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Date:      Sun, 21 Sep 2003 16:07:54 -0500 (CDT)
From:      "masta" <masta@wifibsd.org>
To:        <sub_0@netcabo.pt>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Message-ID:  <1132.12.238.113.137.1064178474.squirrel@mail.yazzy.org>

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Mario Freitas wrote:

> Hi,
> I recently configured a jail on a FreeBSD gateway doing nat for the
> interface alias (the jail address, say 192.168.J.J). I tried with natd
> and ipnat too.
> However there are some problems I still do not understand. First
> when I added "nameserver 192.168.X.X" (the nameserver running outside
> the jail environment) to the jail, every query to the name server is
> made via the loopback interface instead of the internal interface, or
> $intif (where I have 192.168.X.X plus 192.168.J.J). Shouldn't the packet
> travel(virtually) via the $intif interface (as if the request was coming
> from any machine on the LAN)? Also, the packets are travelling through
> the loopback interface, where bind _is not_ listening :) (another weird
> behaviour?)

This is normal. Jails use the loopback interface. You should alter your
configuration accordingly.

> Second, I've tried using, unsuccessfully, many ipfw rules so any user
> inside the jail environment can establish statefully any tcp connection
> to the internet. What I do not understand is why the request does not
> (virtually) come through $intif (192.168.J.J).

Because the jail(8) uses the loopback interface.
[snip]

I seem to recall some old discussion about the roadmap for jail(8), and
somebody mentioned the consideration of a set of patches to virtualize the
entire freebsd network stack to facilitate the type of feature you thought
jail's have, but don't.


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masta@wifibsd.org
http://wifibsd.org





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