[OpenAFS] VLServer Reporting Wrong IP Behind NAT

Derrick Brashear shadow@gmail.com
Thu, 4 Sep 2008 08:19:55 -0400


On Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 12:54 AM, Jason C. Wells <jcw@highperformance.net> wrote:
> Derrick Brashear wrote:
>
>>> How can I get the vlserver to report the external IP address for external
>>> requests?
>>>
>> It's supposed to report both and does for me. We don't know where the
>> request came from, and if we did we still wouldn't necessarily know
>> topology. More work is needed in that space.
>
> I'm not sure I understand your pronoun references.  Do you mean to say that
> the vlserver shotguns both IPs at the client because that bit of code is
> unable to discern external or internal client requests in a NAT environment?

Yup.

>> However, I'm pretty sure a relevant fileserver bug was fixed post-1.4.2.
>
> Cool.  Now I get to learn about debian backports which I heard are pretty
> cool.
>
> Was the list server down or did everyone take a break for a few days?

Labor Day...

Derrick