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NG_NAT(4)	       FreeBSD Kernel Interfaces Manual		     NG_NAT(4)

NAME
     ng_nat -- NAT netgraph node type

SYNOPSIS
     #include <netgraph/ng_nat.h>

DESCRIPTION
     An	ng_nat node performs network address translation (NAT) of IPv4 packets
     passing through it.  A nat	node uses libalias(3) engine for packet	alias-
     ing.

HOOKS
     This node type has	two hooks:

     out  Packets received on this hook	are considered outgoing	and will be
	  masqueraded to a configured address.

     in	  Packets coming on this hook are considered incoming and will be
	  dealiased.

CONTROL	MESSAGES
     This node type supports the generic control messages, plus	the following:

     NGM_NAT_SET_IPADDR	(setaliasaddr)
	  Configure aliasing address for a node.  After	both hooks have	been
	  connected and	aliasing address was configured, a node	is ready for
	  aliasing operation.

     NGM_NAT_SET_MODE (setmode)
	  Set node's operation mode using supplied struct ng_nat_mode.

	  struct ng_nat_mode {
		  uint32_t	  flags;
		  uint32_t	  mask;
	  };
	  /* Supported flags: */
	  #define NG_NAT_LOG			  0x01
	  #define NG_NAT_DENY_INCOMING		  0x02
	  #define NG_NAT_SAME_PORTS		  0x04
	  #define NG_NAT_UNREGISTERED_ONLY	  0x10
	  #define NG_NAT_RESET_ON_ADDR_CHANGE	  0x20
	  #define NG_NAT_PROXY_ONLY		  0x40
	  #define NG_NAT_REVERSE		  0x80
	  #define NG_NAT_UNREGISTERED_CGN	  0x100

	  The corresponding libalias flags can be found	by replacing the
	  NG_NAT prefix	with PKT_ALIAS.

     NGM_NAT_SET_TARGET	(settarget)
	  Configure target address for a node.	When an	incoming packet	not
	  associated with any pre-existing aliasing link arrives at the	host
	  machine, it will be sent to the specified address.

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_PORT (redirectport)
	  Redirect incoming connections	arriving to given port(s) to another
	  host and port(s).  The following struct ng_nat_redirect_port must be
	  supplied as argument.

	  #define NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH	  64
	  struct ng_nat_redirect_port {
		  struct in_addr  local_addr;
		  struct in_addr  alias_addr;
		  struct in_addr  remote_addr;
		  uint16_t	  local_port;
		  uint16_t	  alias_port;
		  uint16_t	  remote_port;
		  uint8_t	  proto;
		  char		  description[NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH];
	  };

	  Redirection is assigned an unique ID which is	returned as response
	  to this message, and information about redirection added to list of
	  static redirects which later can be retrieved	by
	  NGM_NAT_LIST_REDIRECTS message.

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_ADDR (redirectaddr)
	  Redirect traffic for public IP address to a machine on the local
	  network.  This function is known as static NAT.  The following
	  struct ng_nat_redirect_addr must be supplied as argument.

	  struct ng_nat_redirect_addr {
		  struct in_addr  local_addr;
		  struct in_addr  alias_addr;
		  char		  description[NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH];
	  };

	  Unique ID for	this redirection is returned as	response to this mes-
	  sage.

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_PROTO (redirectproto)
	  Redirect incoming IP packets of protocol proto (see protocols(5)) to
	  a machine on the local network.  The following struct
	  ng_nat_redirect_proto	must be	supplied as argument.

	  struct ng_nat_redirect_proto {
		  struct in_addr  local_addr;
		  struct in_addr  alias_addr;
		  struct in_addr  remote_addr;
		  uint8_t	  proto;
		  char		  description[NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH];
	  };

	  Unique ID for	this redirection is returned as	response to this mes-
	  sage.

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_DYNAMIC (redirectdynamic)
	  Mark redirection with	specified ID as	dynamic, i.e., it will serve
	  for exactly one next connection and then will	be automatically
	  deleted from internal	links table.  Only fully specified links can
	  be made dynamic.  The	redirection with this ID is also immediately
	  deleted from user-visible list of static redirects (available
	  through NGM_NAT_LIST_REDIRECTS message).

     NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_DELETE (redirectdelete)
	  Delete redirection with specified ID (currently active connections
	  are not affected).

     NGM_NAT_ADD_SERVER	(addserver)
	  Add another server to	a pool.	 This is used to transparently offload
	  network load on a single server and distribute the load across a
	  pool of servers, also	known as LSNAT (RFC 2391).  The	following
	  struct ng_nat_add_server must	be supplied as argument.

	  struct ng_nat_add_server {
		  uint32_t	  id;
		  struct in_addr  addr;
		  uint16_t	  port;
	  };

	  First, the redirection is set	up by NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_PORT or
	  NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_ADDR.  Then,	ID of that redirection is used in mul-
	  tiple	NGM_NAT_ADD_SERVER messages to add necessary number of
	  servers.  For	redirections created by	NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_ADDR, the
	  port is ignored and could have any value.  Original redirection's
	  parameters local_addr	and local_port are also	ignored	after
	  NGM_NAT_ADD_SERVER was used (they are	effectively replaced by	server
	  pool).

     NGM_NAT_LIST_REDIRECTS (listredirects)
	  Return list of configured static redirects as	struct
	  ng_nat_list_redirects.

	  struct ng_nat_listrdrs_entry {
		  uint32_t	  id;		  /* Anything except zero */
		  struct in_addr  local_addr;
		  struct in_addr  alias_addr;
		  struct in_addr  remote_addr;
		  uint16_t	  local_port;
		  uint16_t	  alias_port;
		  uint16_t	  remote_port;
		  uint16_t	  proto;	  /* Valid proto or NG_NAT_REDIRPROTO_ADDR */
		  uint16_t	  lsnat;	  /* LSNAT servers count */
		  char		  description[NG_NAT_DESC_LENGTH];
	  };
	  struct ng_nat_list_redirects {
		  uint32_t		  total_count;
		  struct ng_nat_listrdrs_entry redirects[];
	  };
	  #define NG_NAT_REDIRPROTO_ADDR  (IPPROTO_MAX + 3)

	  Entries of the redirects array returned in the unified format	for
	  all redirect types.  Ports are meaningful only if protocol is	either
	  TCP or UDP and static	NAT redirection	(created by
	  NGM_NAT_REDIRECT_ADDR) is indicated by proto set to
	  NG_NAT_REDIRPROTO_ADDR.  If lsnat servers counter is greater than
	  zero,	then local_addr	and local_port are also	meaningless.

     NGM_NAT_PROXY_RULE	(proxyrule)
	  Specify a transparent	proxying rule (string must be supplied as ar-
	  gument).  See	libalias(3) for	details.

     NGM_NAT_LIBALIAS_INFO (libaliasinfo)
	  Return internal statistics of	libalias(3) instance as	struct
	  ng_nat_libalias_info.

	  struct ng_nat_libalias_info {
		  uint32_t	  icmpLinkCount;
		  uint32_t	  udpLinkCount;
		  uint32_t	  tcpLinkCount;
		  uint32_t	  sctpLinkCount;
		  uint32_t	  pptpLinkCount;
		  uint32_t	  protoLinkCount;
		  uint32_t	  fragmentIdLinkCount;
		  uint32_t	  fragmentPtrLinkCount;
		  uint32_t	  sockCount;
	  };
	  In case of ng_nat failed to retrieve a certain counter from its
	  libalias instance, the corresponding field is	returned as
	  UINT32_MAX.

     NGM_NAT_SET_DLT (setdlt)
	  Sets the data	link type on the in and	out hooks.  Currently, sup-
	  ported types are DLT_RAW (raw	IP datagrams , no offset applied, the
	  default) and DLT_EN10MB (Ethernet). DLT_ definitions can be found in
	  <net/bpf.h>.	If you want to work on the ipfw(8) level you must use
	  no additional	offset by specifying DLT_RAW.  If, however, you	attach
	  ng_nat to a network interface	directly and EN10MB is specified, then
	  the extra offset will	be applied to take into	account	link-level
	  header.  In this mode	the ng_nat would also inspect appropriate type
	  field	in the Ethernet	header and pass-through	any datagrams that are
	  not IP packets.

     NGM_NAT_GET_DLT (getdlt)
	  This control message returns the current data	link type of the in
	  and out hooks.

     In	all redirection	messages local_addr and	local_port mean	address	and
     port of target machine in the internal network, respectively.  If
     alias_addr	is zero, then default aliasing address (set by
     NGM_NAT_SET_IPADDR) is used.  Connections can also	be restricted to be
     accepted only from	specific external machines by using non-zero
     remote_addr and/or	remote_port.  Each redirection assigned	an ID which
     can be later used for redirection manipulation on individual basis	(e.g.,
     removal).	This ID	guaranteed to be unique	until the node shuts down (it
     will not be reused	after deletion), and is	returned to user after making
     each new redirection or can be found in the stored	list of	all redirec-
     tions.  The description passed to and from	node unchanged,	together with
     ID	providing a way	for several entities to	concurrently manipulate	redi-
     rections in automated way.

SHUTDOWN
     This node shuts down upon receipt of a NGM_SHUTDOWN control message, or
     when both hooks are disconnected.

EXAMPLES
     In	the following example, the packets are injected	into a nat node	using
     the ng_ipfw(4) node.

	   # Create NAT	node
	   ngctl mkpeer	ipfw: nat 60 out
	   ngctl name ipfw:60 nat
	   ngctl connect ipfw: nat: 61 in
	   ngctl msg nat: setaliasaddr x.y.35.8

	   # Divert traffic into NAT node
	   ipfw	add 300	netgraph 61 all	from any to any	in via fxp0
	   ipfw	add 400	netgraph 60 all	from any to any	out via	fxp0

	   # Let packets continue with after being (de)aliased
	   sysctl net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass=0

     The ng_nat	node can be inserted right after the ng_iface(4) node in the
     graph.  In	the following example, we perform masquerading on a serial
     line with HDLC encapsulation.

	   /usr/sbin/ngctl -f- <<-SEQ
		   mkpeer cp0: cisco rawdata downstream
		   name	cp0:rawdata hdlc
		   mkpeer hdlc:	nat inet in
		   name	hdlc:inet nat
		   mkpeer nat: iface out inet
		   msg nat: setaliasaddr x.y.8.35
	   SEQ
	   ifconfig ng0	x.y.8.35 x.y.8.1

     The ng_nat	node can also be attached directly to the physical interface
     via ng_ether(4) node in the graph.	 In the	following example, we perform
     masquerading on a Ethernet	interface connected to a public	network.

	   ifconfig igb0 inet x.y.8.35 netmask 0xfffff000
	   route add default x.y.0.1
	   /usr/sbin/ngctl -f- <<-SEQ
		   mkpeer igb0:	nat lower in
		   name	igb0:lower igb0_NAT
		   connect igb0: igb0_NAT: upper out
		   msg igb0_NAT: setdlt	1
		   msg igb0_NAT: setaliasaddr x.y.8.35
	   SEQ

SEE ALSO
     libalias(3), ng_ipfw(4), natd(8), ngctl(8), ng_ether(8)

HISTORY
     The ng_nat	node type was implemented in FreeBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
     Gleb Smirnoff <glebius@FreeBSD.org>

FreeBSD	13.0		       January 24, 2021			  FreeBSD 13.0

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