Re: [Vserver] CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT support in guest

From: Herbert Poetzl <herbert_at_13thfloor.at>
Date: Sun 21 Jan 2007 - 11:36:20 GMT
Message-ID: <20070121113620.GA1109@MAIL.13thfloor.at>

On Sat, Jan 20, 2007 at 11:05:36PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> I'm wondering if it's possible to get netfilter capabilities in
> the guest?

well, netfilter works perfectly fine inside and outside a
guest, what you cannot do inside a guest is to manipulate
the netfilter rules

> I wanted to try to run XMail in a guest, but it needs netfilter
> support, namely: CONFIG_IP_NF_TARGET_REDIRECT

this is a kernel config option, you can select that when
you build your kernel and it will be there ...

> My guess is no-dice!

depends on what XMail is going to do with that :)

IMHO a mail server application which uses netfilter rules
to change the target of packets? sounds suspicious to me.

even more suspicious, if you run it on a guest with a
single ip for example :)

> But I thought I'd ask if anyone's gotten XMail running in a guest.

we'll see, in case that doesn't work out, I'd suggest
to use something like postfix or qmail, which should
work perfectly fine for the mail part, and a few other
applications for pop/imap/webmail ...

HTH,
Herbert

> Thanks,
>
> David

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