[ale] NAT proxy?

James CE Johnson jcej at tragus.org
Mon Jul 30 19:40:19 EDT 2001


I think what you're looking for here is the Linux Virtual Server project:
    http://www.linuxvirtualserver.org/

Dow Hurst wrote:

>I have a project I am working on for someone and have come up with this
>scenario to figure out:
>
>What are the techniques for having connections initiated *from* the
>Internet passed thru a NAT based firewall and to a listening daemon on a
>server behind the NAT based firewall?
>
>I am interested in having specific IPs outside a firewall able to
>request services such as X connections or SSH connections from any of a
>set of servers that are behind a NAT/ipchains based firewall.  Is there
>a way to do this?
>
>Imagine a lab of PCs needing to connect to servers running chemistry
>software.  The PCs are represented by a known range of dynamic IPs and
>the servers are hidden behind a NAT/ipchains based firewall.  The
>non-networked address range behind the NAT firewall is 192.168.100.0. 
>Can I have a proxy of sorts on the firewall willing to forward
>connections in a round robin fashion?  The first connection goes to
>192.168.100.3, the second to 192.168.100.4, and so on.  Has anyone done
>this or know of any way to do it?  I understand that I can forward
>certain ports to a particular DMZ type server, but I want more
>flexibility.  Thanks for the help,
>Dow
>   
>



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