Expert Iptables help needed

[neilhwatson]

I wish to be able to access my IPS's usenet server from work.

Problem: my isp only access connections from local connections (my home).

Solution: Use iptables to snat and dnat my connection from work:

Point my usenet reader at work to my home ip, port 119
Have iptables accept that connection, change to source to its own ip and redirect the packet to my ISP's news server.

I have iptables set up and running and use snat for local machines on my home network.

Does anyone know how to do this?
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I have done something like this one time with shorewall (it's only a set of config file to configure iptables)
You just have to add a simple line in your rules.conf...
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[batkiwi]

I would ssh in, tunneling the news port, instead.

Even better, set up leafnode (easy with gentoo, it just works ootb), then ssh in and forward to your local news cache.

If you do what you're talking about, you're likely to get kicked off of your isp, b/c you'd be running what is basically an open news proxy.

ANYONE with your ip could post to your isp's news server.