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    • Bob.DigB
      Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Bronko
      last edited by Bob.Dig

      @Bronko said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

      How to disable NAT for these specific SMTP traffic flow to log real source IP of connecting mail server - currently replaced by 10.200.0.2 (tun_wg0 at Site-B) - at my machineMX?

      Please show your Port Forward on your VPS and also the config of your WG Interface for both. Outbound NAT for both should be automatic, nothing else. It is that easy...

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        viragomann @Bronko
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        @Bronko said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

        Resuming:
        How to disable NAT for these specific SMTP traffic flow to log real source IP of connecting mail server - currently replaced by 10.200.0.2 (tun_wg0 at Site-B) - at my machineMX?

        If you direct this connection over HAproxy read again, what I wrote above.

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          Bronko @Bob.Dig
          last edited by

          @Bob-Dig said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

          Please show your Port Forward on your VPS and also the config of your WG Interface for both. Outbound NAT for both should be automatic, nothing else. It is that easy...

          Site-A (VPS):

          Screenshot from 2023-10-05 21-42-58.png

          Screenshot from 2023-10-05 21-47-45.png

          Screenshot from 2023-10-05 21-48-57.png

          Site-B (home):

          Screenshot from 2023-10-05 21-50-34.png

          Screenshot from 2023-10-05 21-51-54.png

          As mentioned, mail server at home - machineMX (at LAN_SEITE3) - is working for in- and outbound mails, but the replaced source ip of incomming mail server connections.

          @viragomann said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

          If you direct this connection over HAproxy read again, what I wrote above.

          Will double check it but to use HAProxy as a reverse proxy for the Postfix SMTP server, you need to enable Postscreen in Postfix. This doesn't worked for me at the first run...

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            Bob.Dig LAYER 8 @Bronko
            last edited by Bob.Dig

            @Bronko I meant the complete IP-config from those interfaces, not their status.
            Also remove the manual outbound NAT rule and forget haproxy.
            And what rule is the last one? For the tunnel use an allow any rule for testing.

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              Bronko @Bob.Dig
              last edited by Bronko

              @Bob-Dig said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

              I meant the complete IP-config from those interfaces, not their status.

              The tunnel is working fine, no problem here... isn't it?

              @Bob-Dig said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

              Also remove the manual outbound NAT rule and forget haproxy.

              Without this rule @viragomann (above) incomming conntections via VPS at Site-A to machineMX at Site-B doesn't work.

              @Bob-Dig said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

              And what rule is the last one? For the tunnel use an allow any rule for testing.

              An allow any rule for wg_tunnel is in place. These last one is policy routing for server net (LAN_SEITE3). Without these the outgoing traffic at server net is routed via default gateway at Site-A.

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                Bronko @Bronko
                last edited by Bronko

                Let's have a picture here, port forwarding, outbound NAT and policy routing via rules from above:

                Untitled.jpg

                Described above:

                Site-A

                tun_wg0: 10.200.0.2

                netstat -rn
                Routing tables
                
                Internet:
                Destination        Gateway            Flags     Netif Expire
                default            xxxxxxxxxx         UGS      vtnet0
                10.0.0.0/24        10.200.0.1         UGS     tun_wg0
                10.200.0.0/24      link#6             U       tun_wg0
                10.200.0.2         link#3             UHS         lo0
                xxxxxxxxx/22       link#1             U        vtnet0
                xxxxxxxxx          link#3             UHS         lo0
                yyyyyyyyyyyyy      link#1             UHS      vtnet0
                yyyyyyyyyyyyy      link#1             UHS      vtnet0
                127.0.0.1          link#3             UH          lo0
                192.168.0.0/16     10.200.0.1         UGS     tun_wg0
                
                

                Screenshot from 2023-07-04 18-40-47.png

                Site-B

                tun_wg0: 10.200.0.1

                netstat -rn
                Routing tables
                
                Internet:
                Destination        Gateway            Flags     Netif Expire
                0.0.0.0/8          link#12            U         re0.8
                default            xxxxxxxxxxxxx      UGS      pppoe0
                10.0.0.0/24        link#18            U       re2.301
                10.0.0.1           link#5             UHS         lo0
                10.0.1.0/24        link#21            U        ovpns1
                10.0.1.1           link#5             UHS         lo0
                10.0.2.0/24        link#25            U        ovpns2
                10.0.2.1           link#5             UHS         lo0
                10.0.3.0/24        link#22            U        ovpns3
                10.0.3.1           link#5             UHS         lo0
                10.0.4.0/24        link#23            U        ovpns5
                10.0.4.1           link#5             UHS         lo0
                10.0.5.0/24        link#24            U        ovpns6
                10.0.5.1           link#5             UHS         lo0
                10.200.0.0/24      link#8             U       tun_wg0
                10.200.0.1         link#5             UHS         lo0
                xxxxxxxxxxxxxx     link#19            UH       pppoe0
                yyyyyyyyyyyyy      link#5             UHS         lo0
                127.0.0.1          link#5             UH          lo0
                192.168.1.0/24     link#2             U           re1
                192.168.1.1        link#5             UHS         lo0
                192.168.2.0/30     link#1             U           re0
                192.168.2.2        link#5             UHS         lo0
                192.168.3.0/24     link#17            U       re2.106
                192.168.3.1        link#5             UHS         lo0
                192.168.6.0/24     link#20            U       bridge0
                192.168.6.1        link#5             UHS         lo0
                192.168.8.0/24     link#10            U       re2.201
                192.168.8.1        link#5             UHS         lo0
                192.168.9.0/24     link#16            U       re2.105
                192.168.9.1        link#5             UHS         lo0
                192.168.21.0/24    10.0.2.2           UGS      ovpns2
                192.168.178.0/24   10.0.4.2           UGS      ovpns5
                192.168.179.0/24   10.0.5.2           UGS      ovpns6
                zzzzzzzzzzzzzz     link#19            UHS      pppoe0
                
                

                Screenshot from 2023-07-04 18-47-12.png

                Server on Site-B (first post) located at 10.0.0.0/24

                machineMX log for incomming smtp connection:

                postfix/smtpd[31491]: connect from mail.example.org[10.200.0.2]
                

                How to disable NAT to achieve this?:

                postfix/smtpd[31491]: connect from mail.example.org[...real_IP...]
                
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                  Bronko @Bronko
                  last edited by Bronko

                  @Bob-Dig said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

                  Don't NAT, like I said before and don't use haproxy for email.

                  Ok, but NAT on Site-A WAN interface is necessary for sure.

                  @viragomann said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

                  Anyway you would have to obey my suggestions regarding interface assignment and filter rules at B above.

                  I'm full in trust with you and and it's right in place....

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                    viragomann @Bronko
                    last edited by

                    @Bronko said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

                    what I would like to reach?

                    Still not clear, what this is and what you're doing exactly, even I requested several times. So I'm out here.

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                      Bronko @viragomann
                      last edited by Bronko

                      @viragomann said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

                      Still not clear, what this is and what you're doing exactly, even I requested several times. So I'm out here.

                      Oh, I'm sorry... my picture above should it sum up.
                      Recap: How to log on machineMX real source IP here:

                      postfix/smtpd[31491]: connect from mail.example.org[...real_IP...]
                      
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                        Bronko @Bronko
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                        I have been take some packet sniffs...

                        With outbound NAT rule @viragomann from above the source IP is replaced by pfsense tun_wg0 at Site-A (10.200.0.2) and machineMX reply is flowing back to Site-A; it works.

                        Without outbound NAT the real source IP is kept (what I would like to reach) and the machineMX is replying too (sniffed at LAN_SEITE3), but the reply doesn't dive into tun_wg0 back at Site-B, means only the smtp requests from real source IP are sniffed at tun_wg0. No firewall drops in system logs. "Allow any rules" are placed at tunnel and server net (LAN_SEITE3) as required.
                        How can I find where the smtp replies are dropped?

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                          viragomann @Bronko
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                          @Bronko
                          You mentioned above, that you run the SMTP traffic over HAproxy at A. Is that still the case???

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                            Bronko @Bronko
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                            @viragomann
                            No isn't:

                            @Bronko said in NAT forwarding into WireGuard Interface as LAN Interface:

                            .... but to use HAProxy as a reverse proxy for the Postfix SMTP server, you need to enable Postscreen in Postfix. This doesn't worked for me at the first run...

                            SMTP port forwarding for now, and it only works with outbound NAT rule at Site-A... (my last post).

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                              Bronko @Bronko
                              last edited by Bronko

                              Because I'm going off topic here, I'm resuming what is still the problem at a new Topic and it solved there.

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