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NG_NAT(4)	       FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual		     NG_NAT(4)

NAME
     ng_nat -- NAT netgraph node type

SYNOPSIS
     #include <netgraph/ng_nat.h>

DESCRIPTION
     An	ng_nat node performs network address translation (NAT) of packets
     passing through it.  A nat	node uses libalias(3) engine for packet	alias-
     ing.

HOOKS
     This node type has	two hooks:

     out     Packets received on this hook are considered outgoing and will be
	     masqueraded to a configured address.

     in	     Packets coming on this hook are considered	incoming and will be
	     dealiased.

CONTROL	MESSAGES
     This node type supports the generic control messages, plus	the following:

     NGM_NAT_SET_IPADDR	(setaliasaddr)
	     Configure aliasing	address	for a node.  After both	hooks have
	     been connected and	aliasing address was configured, a node	is
	     ready for aliasing	operation.

     NGM_NAT_SET_MODE (setmode)
	     Set node's	operation mode using supplied struct ng_nat_mode.

	     struct ng_nat_mode	{
		     uint32_t	     flags;
		     uint32_t	     mask;
	     };
	     /*	Supported flags: */
	     #define NG_NAT_LOG			     0x01
	     #define NG_NAT_DENY_INCOMING	     0x02
	     #define NG_NAT_SAME_PORTS		     0x04
	     #define NG_NAT_UNREGISTERED_ONLY	     0x10
	     #define NG_NAT_RESET_ON_ADDR_CHANGE     0x20
	     #define NG_NAT_PROXY_ONLY		     0x40
	     #define NG_NAT_REVERSE		     0x80

     NGM_NAT_SET_TARGET	(settarget)
	     Configure target address for a node.  When	an incoming packet not
	     associated	with any pre-existing aliasing link arrives at the
	     host machine, it will be sent to the specified address.

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_PORT (redirectport)
	     Redirect incoming connections arriving to given port(s) to
	     another host and port(s).	The following struct
	     ng_nat_redirect_port must be supplied as argument.

	     #define NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH	     64
	     struct ng_nat_redirect_port {
		     struct in_addr  local_addr;
		     struct in_addr  alias_addr;
		     struct in_addr  remote_addr;
		     uint16_t	     local_port;
		     uint16_t	     alias_port;
		     uint16_t	     remote_port;
		     uint8_t	     proto;
		     char	     description[NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH];
	     };

	     Redirection is assigned an	unique ID which	is returned as
	     response to this message, and information about redirection added
	     to	list of	static redirects which later can be retrieved by
	     NGM_NAT_LIST_REDIRECTS message.

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_ADDR (redirectaddr)
	     Redirect traffic for public IP address to a machine on the	local
	     network.  This function is	known as static	NAT.  The following
	     struct ng_nat_redirect_addr must be supplied as argument.

	     struct ng_nat_redirect_addr {
		     struct in_addr  local_addr;
		     struct in_addr  alias_addr;
		     char	     description[NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH];
	     };

	     Unique ID for this	redirection is returned	as response to this
	     message.

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_PROTO (redirectproto)
	     Redirect incoming IP packets of protocol proto (see protocols(5))
	     to	a machine on the local network.	 The following struct
	     ng_nat_redirect_proto must	be supplied as argument.

	     struct ng_nat_redirect_proto {
		     struct in_addr  local_addr;
		     struct in_addr  alias_addr;
		     struct in_addr  remote_addr;
		     uint8_t	     proto;
		     char	     description[NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH];
	     };

	     Unique ID for this	redirection is returned	as response to this
	     message.

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_DYNAMIC (redirectdynamic)
	     Mark redirection with specified ID	as dynamic, i.e., it will
	     serve for exactly one next	connection and then will be automati-
	     cally deleted from	internal links table.  Only fully specified
	     links can be made dynamic.	 The redirection with this ID is also
	     immediately deleted from user-visible list	of static redirects
	     (available	through	NGM_NAT_LIST_REDIRECTS message).

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_DELETE (redirectdelete)
	     Delete redirection	with specified ID (currently active connec-
	     tions are not affected).

     NGM_NAT_ADD_SERVER	(addserver)
	     Add another server	to a pool.  This is used to transparently
	     offload network load on a single server and distribute the	load
	     across a pool of servers, also known as LSNAT (RFC	2391).	The
	     following struct ng_nat_add_server	must be	supplied as argument.

	     struct ng_nat_add_server {
		     uint32_t	     id;
		     struct in_addr  addr;
		     uint16_t	     port;
	     };

	     First, the	redirection is set up by NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_PORT or
	     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_ADDR.  Then, ID of that redirection is used in
	     multiple NGM_NAT_ADD_SERVER messages to add necessary number of
	     servers.  For redirections	created	by NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_ADDR, the
	     port is ignored and could have any	value.	Original redirection's
	     parameters	local_addr and local_port are also ignored after
	     NGM_NAT_ADD_SERVER	was used (they are effectively replaced	by
	     server pool).

     NGM_NAT_LIST_REDIRECTS (listredirects)
	     Return list of configured static redirects	as struct
	     ng_nat_list_redirects.

	     struct ng_nat_listrdrs_entry {
		     uint32_t	     id;	     /*	Anything except	zero */
		     struct in_addr  local_addr;
		     struct in_addr  alias_addr;
		     struct in_addr  remote_addr;
		     uint16_t	     local_port;
		     uint16_t	     alias_port;
		     uint16_t	     remote_port;
		     uint16_t	     proto;	     /*	Valid proto or NG_NAT_REDIRPROTO_ADDR */
		     uint16_t	     lsnat;	     /*	LSNAT servers count */
		     char	     description[NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH];
	     };
	     struct ng_nat_list_redirects {
		     uint32_t		     total_count;
		     struct ng_nat_listrdrs_entry redirects[];
	     };
	     #define NG_NAT_REDIRPROTO_ADDR  (IPPROTO_MAX + 3)

	     Entries of	the redirects array returned in	the unified format for
	     all redirect types.  Ports	are meaningful only if protocol	is
	     either TCP	or UDP and static NAT redirection (created by
	     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_ADDR) is indicated by proto set to
	     NG_NAT_REDIRPROTO_ADDR.  If lsnat servers counter is greater than
	     zero, then	local_addr and local_port are also meaningless.

     NGM_NAT_PROXY_RULE	(proxyrule)
	     Specify a transparent proxying rule (string must be supplied as
	     argument).	 See libalias(3) for details.

     In	all redirection	messages local_addr and	local_port mean	address	and
     port of target machine in the internal network, respectively.  If
     alias_addr	is zero, then default aliasing address (set by
     NGM_NAT_SET_IPADDR) is used.  Connections can also	be restricted to be
     accepted only from	specific external machines by using non-zero
     remote_addr and/or	remote_port.  Each redirection assigned	an ID which
     can be later used for redirection manipulation on individual basis	(e.g.,
     removal).	This ID	guaranteed to be unique	until the node shuts down (it
     will not be reused	after deletion), and is	returned to user after making
     each new redirection or can be found in the stored	list of	all redirec-
     tions.  The description passed to and from	node unchanged,	together with
     ID	providing a way	for several entities to	concurrently manipulate	redi-
     rections in automated way.

SHUTDOWN
     This node shuts down upon receipt of a NGM_SHUTDOWN control message, or
     when both hooks are disconnected.

EXAMPLES
     In	the following example, the packets are injected	into a nat node	using
     the ng_ipfw(4) node.

	   # Create NAT	node
	   ngctl mkpeer	ipfw: nat 60 out
	   ngctl name ipfw:60 nat
	   ngctl connect ipfw: nat: 61 in
	   ngctl msg nat: setaliasaddr x.y.35.8

	   # Divert traffic into NAT node
	   ipfw	add 300	netgraph 61 all	from any to any	in via fxp0
	   ipfw	add 400	netgraph 60 all	from any to any	out via	fxp0

	   # Let packets continue with after being (de)aliased
	   sysctl net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass=0

     The ng_nat	node can be inserted right after the ng_iface(4) node in the
     graph.  In	the following example, we perform masquerading on a serial
     line with HDLC encapsulation.

	   /usr/sbin/ngctl -f- <<-SEQ
		   mkpeer cp0: cisco rawdata downstream
		   name	cp0:rawdata hdlc
		   mkpeer hdlc:	nat inet in
		   name	hdlc:inet nat
		   mkpeer nat: iface out inet
		   msg nat: setaliasaddr x.y.8.35
	   SEQ
	   ifconfig ng0	x.y.8.35 x.y.8.1

SEE ALSO
     libalias(3), ng_ipfw(4), natd(8), ngctl(8)

HISTORY
     The ng_nat	node type was implemented in FreeBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
     Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>

FreeBSD	11.1			 March 1, 2008			  FreeBSD 11.1

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | HOOKS | CONTROL MESSAGES | SHUTDOWN | EXAMPLES | SEE ALSO | HISTORY | AUTHORS

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