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Archive => 18.1 Legacy Series => Topic started by: ruggerio on March 20, 2018, 07:32:15 am
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Hi,
I have one single Server on the DMZ-Interface. I want to get Some Ports (eg. 80,443) forwarded to this.
So, i created a NAT-Portfforwading rule:
Interface: WAN
Target: Wan Adress
Target Ports : 80,443
Redirect Target IP: [IP of my Webserver]
Redirect Target Ports: 80,443
This created an automted rule on WAN:
Source: any
Source port: any
Target: [IP of my Webserver]
Target Ports: 80,443
As this "Server" is in the DMZ, i created a rule on the DMZ-Network, to allow Access to my webserver.
Question: is the rule on the dmz-interface really needed? on the WAN-Interface, traffic for the ports for my webserver is allowed.
In iptables (yes, i know...) i would also have to set an allow-rule for that Interface.
Thx,
Roger
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As this "Server" is in the DMZ, i created a rule on the DMZ-Network, to allow Access to my webserver.
Or you can use NAT reflection if you need to access this webserver also from LAN.
Question: is the rule on the dmz-interface really needed? on the WAN-Interface, traffic for the ports for my webserver is allowed.
Only if you need http(s) access to the server from LAN too, and you don't use NAT reflection (see upon).
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It might help you if you imagine yourself as a policeman standing in the middle of an intersection:
Policeman - the router making routing decisions
Junction/ Intersection - The router equipment, as a whole.
Roads - NICs (Network Interface Cards)/ Connections themselves.
Cars - Data Packets
Make each rule following the ”from where - getting in by which road - getting out by which road - to where” way of thinking, and most of the time you would have no problems in setting up your router.
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Hi Hitiucip,
Thanks for both eplanations, now thats quite clear! The policmen in my case is the dmz-interface, which stops or allows the traffic to that "Zone".
Roger
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You are the policeman! ALWAYS!(!) :)
Named "dmz-interface" is a road, one of the many you have getting into your intersection (meaning, "router"). ;)
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Thanks a lot :)