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SynProxy Problem with Asymmetric dual bridge topology

DISCUSSION Niyazi Sırt 1 participant 1 message May 25, 2015

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Hi,

I have a asymmetric dual bridge topology as shown below:

                      -------
                      |     |
                      ---o--- 172.16.11.5
                         |
                         |
                    -----o----- 172.16.11.6
                    |         |
                    |         | default gw 1.1.1.1
                    |         |
         1.1.1.2/30 --o----o--- 2.2.2.2/30
                      |    |
                      |    |
                      |    | (enp10s0f0)
                  ----o----o-----
                  |             |
                  |     XXX     |
                  |             |
                  |  br1   br0  | synproxy
                  |             |
                  ----o----o-----
                      |    |
                      |    |
                      |    |
         1.1.1.1/30 --o----o--- 2.2.2.1/30
                    |         |
                    |         | default gw 2.2.2.2
                    |         |
                    -----o----- 172.16.10.1
                         |
                         |
                      ---o--- 172.16.10.6
                      |     |
                      -------

On all machines between 172.16.11.5 and 172.16.10.6 "rp filtering" is off and "ip forwarding" is on. There is a machine at the middle of topology which is called "XXX" machine. XXX has two bridges and a SynProxy.

When SynProxy is turned OFF on XXX, I can ping from 172.16.11.5 to 172.16.10.6 and icmp packets follow this path: br1->172.16.10.1->172.16.10.6->172.16.10.1->br0. In addition, I can access from 172.16.11.5 to 172.16.10.6 with ssh. So the TCP traffic works as I expect.

However, when SynProxy is turned ON on XXX, I can ping from 172.16.11.5 to 172.16.10.6 and icmp packets follow the same path. But I can not access from 172.16.11.5 to 172.16.10.6 using ssh. This is because synproxy can not send syn ack replies through br1 iface. If I add a route for synack packets on XXX, i can connect from 172.16.11.5 to 172.16.10.6 with ssh.

route add 172.16.11.5 dev enp10s0f0

But this is not acceptable because 172.16.11.0 network is cloud. So i could not add route all cloud network to route table and could not add mac address to arp table.

How can I connect from 172.16.11.5 to the 172.16.10.6 machine using ssh when SynProxy is turned ON on XXX?

Thanks in advance,

Niyazi