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[Documentation] SNAT in INPUT chain

Message ID 20160426161417.GA3100@strlen.de
State Accepted
Delegated to: Florian Westphal
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Florian Westphal April 26, 2016, 4:14 p.m. UTC
Lion Yang <lion@aosc.io> wrote:
> netfilter after about (linux kernel) 2.4.x (or 2.6.x?) [1] can put SNAT into hook NF_IP_LOCAL_IN.
> However, official docs(including 'man') doesn't change, so far.
> 
> It's hard to me to write something correctly and precisely in English.
> Would someone improve the docs please?

Is this enough?


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Lion Yang April 26, 2016, 4:46 p.m. UTC | #1
Yes, enough.

27.04.2016, 00:13, "Florian Westphal" <fw@strlen.de>:
> Is this enough?
>
> --- a/iptables/iptables.8.in
> +++ b/iptables/iptables.8.in
> @@ -103,8 +103,9 @@ the built-in chains \fBINPUT\fP (for packets destined to local sockets),
>  .TP
>  \fBnat\fP:
>  This table is consulted when a packet that creates a new
> -connection is encountered. It consists of three built-ins: \fBPREROUTING\fP
> -(for altering packets as soon as they come in), \fBOUTPUT\fP
> +connection is encountered. It consists of four built-ins: \fBPREROUTING\fP
> +(for altering packets as soon as they come in), \fBINPUT\fP (for altering
> +packets destined for local sockets), \fBOUTPUT\fP
>  (for altering locally-generated packets before routing), and \fBPOSTROUTING\fP
>  (for altering packets as they are about to go out).
>  IPv6 NAT support is available since kernel 3.7.

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--- a/iptables/iptables.8.in
+++ b/iptables/iptables.8.in
@@ -103,8 +103,9 @@  the built-in chains \fBINPUT\fP (for packets destined to local sockets),
 .TP
 \fBnat\fP:
 This table is consulted when a packet that creates a new
-connection is encountered.  It consists of three built-ins: \fBPREROUTING\fP
-(for altering packets as soon as they come in), \fBOUTPUT\fP
+connection is encountered.  It consists of four built-ins: \fBPREROUTING\fP
+(for altering packets as soon as they come in), \fBINPUT\fP (for altering
+packets destined for local sockets), \fBOUTPUT\fP
 (for altering locally-generated packets before routing), and \fBPOSTROUTING\fP
 (for altering packets as they are about to go out).
 IPv6 NAT support is available since kernel 3.7.