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- IP dynamic address hack-port v0.03-rst
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- This stuff allows diald ONESHOT connections to get established by
- dynamically changing packet source address (and socket's if local procs).
- It is implemented for TCP diald-box connections(1) and IP_MASQuerading(2).
-
- If enabled[*] and forwarding interface address has changed:
- 1) Socket (and packet) source address is rewritten ON RETRANSMISSIONS
- while in SYN_SENT state (diald-box processes).
- 2) Out-bounded MASQueraded source address changes ON OUTPUT (when
- internal host does retransmission) until a packet from outside is
- received by the tunnel.
-
- This is specially helpful for auto dialup links (diald), where the
- ``actual'' outgoing address is unknown at the moment the link is
- going up. So, the *same* (local AND masqueraded) connections requests that
- bring the link up will be able to get established.
-
- If you enable the RST-provoking mode, then the source address will
- be changed, even if the socket is established. This means we send
- an incorrect packet out, which causes the remote host to kill our
- socket. This is the desired behaviour, because such a socket is
- doomed anyway, and the earlier it dies, the better. This prevents
- the dial-on-demand connection from being kept up by a dead connection,
- and tells the application that the connection was lost.
-
- [*] At boot, by default no address rewriting is attempted.
-
- The values for the ip_dynaddr sysctl are:
-
- 1: To enable:
- 2: To enable verbosity:
- 4: To enable RST-provoking:
-
- Flags can be combined by adding them. Common settings
- would be:
-
- To switch off special handling of dynamic addresses (default)
- # echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
- To enable rewriting in quiet mode:
- # echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
- To enable rewriting in verbose mode:
- # echo 3 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
- (for backwards compatibility you can also use)
- # echo 2 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
- To enable quiet RST-provoking mode:
- # echo 5 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
- To enable verbose RST-provoking mode:
- # echo 7 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_dynaddr
-
- Enjoy!
-
- -- Juanjo <jjciarla@raiz.uncu.edu.ar>
- (with RST-provoking mode by Erik Corry <erik@arbat.com>)
-