Re: [Proftpd-user] Relaxed AllowForeignAddress option

Matus UHLAR - fantomas <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.network.proftpd.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 15.04.17 02:59, Dmitry Katsubo wrote:
>I have come across the problem when ProFTPd is configured to use given
> address (say, 77.10.11.12) for masquerading to be able to serve external
> users in passive mode, while rejecting users from internal network with
> message:
>
>  SECURITY VIOLATION: Passive connection from 77.10.11.12 rejected
>
>Actually, in my network setup local users are able to set packages to
> external IP address, which are looped back by NAT.  However ProFTPd
> considers this a security violation for good reason.  On the other side I
> cannot apply the solution from [1] using e.g.  <VirtualHost 10.0.0.5>, as
> the server which is running ProFTPd is different from NAT/gateway and it
> doesn't own the external address 77.10.11.12.  So the only way out (except
> forcing the clients to use active connection) is to use
>
>  AllowForeignAddress on
>
>In this respect I would like to suggest to introduce an extra option value:
>
>  AllowForeignAddress off     # All unmatched connections are rejected

this does already exist

>  AllowForeignAddress relaxed # Data connections from the same IP as control connection + from masqueraded IP are accepted

can't your NAT device translate also data connections?
It should be able to do so.

>  AllowForeignAddress strict  # Only data connections from the same IP as control connection are accepted

this is the same as "AllowForeignAddress off"


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