Re: RDR question

French, David wrote:
> Can anyone tell me if RDR works were it initiates a new connection for 
> the redirected traffic?  That is, I have
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>             rdr e1000g0 0.0.0.0/0 port 5000 -> 192.168.11.12 port 5000
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> Does the traffic in on e1000g0 to port 5000 start a new connection from 
> the ipfilter host to 192.168.11.12 port 5000?  Or does it just modify 
> the packet in some way (header re-write)?  I really need to know if a 
> new connection is created from the ipfilter host with new seq numbers.
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> Thanks,
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>             --Dave
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Hi Dave,

Pretty sure it just rewrites the destination address. If u have access 
to tcpdump u can verify easily by
dumping the traffic going out to the redirected address.

HTH,
Steve