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NAME

       firehol-params - optional rule parameters

SYNOPSIS

       Common

       { src | src4 | src6 } [not] host

       { dst | dst4 | dst6 } [not] host

       srctype [not] type

       dsttype [not] type

       proto [not] protocol

       mac [not] macaddr

       dscp [not] value class classid

       mark [not] id

       tos [not] id

       custom "iptables-options..."

       Router Only

       inface [not] interface

       outface [not] interface

       physin [not] interface

       physout [not] interface

       Interface Only

       uid [not] user

       gid [not] group

       Logging

       log "log text" [level loglevel]

       loglimit "log text" [level loglevel]

       Other

       sport port

       dport port

DESCRIPTION

       Optional rule parameters are accepted by many commands to narrow the match they make.  Not
       all parameters are accepted by all commands so you should check  the  individual  commands
       for exclusions.

       All  matches  are  made  against the REQUEST.  FireHOL automatically sets up the necessary
        stateful rules to deal with replies in the reverse direction.

       Use the keyword not to match any value other than the one(s) specified.

       The logging parameters are unusual in that they do not affect the match, they just cause a
       log  message  to  be  emitted.   Therefore,  the  logging parameters don't support the not
       option.

       FireHOL is designed so that if you specify a parameter that is also used internally by the
       command then a warning will be issued (and the internal version will be used).

COMMON

   src, dst
       Use  src  and  dst  to  define  the  source  and  destination  IP addresses of the request
       respectively.  host defines the IP or IPs to be matched.  Examples:

              server4 smtp accept src not 192.0.2.1
              server4 smtp accept dst 198.51.100.1
              server4 smtp accept src not 192.0.2.1 dst 198.51.100.1
              server6 smtp accept src not 2001:DB8:1::/64
              server6 smtp accept dst 2001:DB8:2::/64
              server6 smtp accept src not 2001:DB8:1::/64 dst 2001:DB8:2::/64

       When attempting to create rules for both IPv4 and IPv6 it is generally easier to  use  the
       src4, src6, dst4 and dst6 pairs:

              server46 smtp accept src4 192.0.2.1 src6 2001:DB8:1::/64
              server46 smtp accept dst4 198.51.100.1 dst6 2001:DB8:2::/64
              server46 smtp accept dst4 $d4 dst6 $d6 src4 not $d4 src6 not $s6

       To  keep the rules sane, if one of the 4/6 pair specifies not, then so must the other.  If
       you do not want to use both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, you must specify the rule as IPv4  or
       IPv6 only.  It is always possible to write a second IPv4 or IPv6 only rule.

   srctype, dsttype
       Use srctype or dsttype to define the source or destination IP address type of the request.
       type is the address type category as used in the kernel's network stack.  It  can  be  one
       of:

       UNSPEC an unspecified address (i.e.  0.0.0.0)

       UNICAST
              a unicast address

       LOCAL  a local address

       BROADCAST
              a broadcast address

       ANYCAST
              an anycast address

       MULTICAST
              a multicast address

       BLACKHOLE
              a blackhole address

       UNREACHABLE
              an unreachable address

       PROHIBIT
              a prohibited address

       THROW; NAT; XRESOLVE
              undocumented

       See iptables(8) or run iptables -m addrtype --help for more information.  Examples:

              server smtp accept srctype not "UNREACHABLE PROHIBIT"

   proto
       Use proto to match by protocol.  The protocol can be any accepted by iptables(8).

   mac
       Use  mac  to  match  by  MAC  address.   The  macaddr matches to the "remote" host.  In an
       interface, "remote" always means the non-local host.  In a router, "remote" refers to  the
       source  of  requests  for  servers.  It refers to the destination of requests for clients.
       Examples:

               # Only allow pop3 requests to the e6 host
               client pop3 accept mac 00:01:01:00:00:e6

               # Only allow hosts other than e7/e8 to access smtp
               server smtp accept mac not "00:01:01:00:00:e7 00:01:01:00:00:e8"

   dscp
       Use dscp to match the DSCP field on packets.  For details on DSCP values and classids, see
       firehol-dscp(5).

               server smtp accept dscp not "0x20 0x30"
               server smtp accept dscp not class "BE EF"

   mark
       Use mark to match marks set on packets.  For details on mark ids, see firehol-mark(5).

              server smtp accept mark not "20 55"

   tos
       Use tos to match the TOS field on packets.  For details on TOS ids, see firehol-tos(5).

              server smtp accept tos not "Maximize-Throughput 0x10"

   custom
       Use  custom to pass arguments directly to iptables(8).  All of the parameters must be in a
       single quoted string.  To pass an option to iptables(8) that itself contains a  space  you
       need to quote strings in the usual bash(1) manner.  For example:

              server smtp accept custom "--some-option some-value"
              server smtp accept custom "--some-option 'some-value second-value'"

ROUTER ONLY

   inface, outface
       Use  inface  and  outface  to  define  the  interface  via which a request is received and
       forwarded respectively.  Use the same format as firehol-interface(5).  Examples:

              server smtp accept inface not eth0
              server smtp accept inface not "eth0 eth1"
              server smtp accept inface eth0 outface eth1

   physin, physout
       Use physin and physout to define the physical interface via which a request is received or
       send  in  cases  where  the  inface or outface is known to be a virtual interface; e.g.  a
       bridge.  Use the same format as firehol-interface(5).  Examples:

              server smtp accept physin not eth0

INTERFACE ONLY

       These parameters match information related to information gathered from  the  local  host.
       They  apply  only  to  outgoing packets and are silently ignored for incoming requests and
       requests that will be forwarded.

              Note

              The Linux kernel infrastructure to match PID/SID and executable names with pid, sid
              and cmd has been removed so these options can no longer be used.

   uid
       Use  uid  to match the operating system user sending the traffic.  The user is a username,
       uid number or a quoted list of the two.

       For example, to limit which users can access POP3  and  IMAP  by  preventing  replies  for
       certain users from being sent:

              client "pop3 imap" accept user not "user1 user2 user3"

       Similarly, this will allow all requests to reach the server but prevent replies unless the
       web server is running as apache:

              server http accept user apache

   gid
       Use gid to match the operating system group sending the traffic.  The  group  is  a  group
       name, gid number or a quoted list of the two.

LOGGING

   log, loglimit
       Use  log  or loglimit to log matching packets to syslog.  Unlike iptables(8) logging, this
       is not an action: FireHOL will produce multiple iptables(8) commands  to  accomplish  both
       the action for the rule and the logging.

       Logging  is  controlled  using  the  FIREHOL_LOG_OPTIONS and FIREHOL_LOG_LEVEL environment
       variables   -   see   firehol-variables(5).     loglimit    additionally    honours    the
       FIREHOL_LOG_FREQUENCY and FIREHOL_LOG_BURST variables.

       Specifying level (which takes the same values as FIREHOL_LOG_LEVEL) allows you to override
       the log level for a single rule.

LESSER USED PARAMETERS

   dport, sport
       FireHOL also provides dport, sport and limit which are used internally and  rarely  needed
       within configuration files.

       dport and sport require an argument port which can be a name, number, range (FROM:TO) or a
       quoted list of ports.

       For dport port specifies the destination port of a request and can be useful when matching
       traffic to helper commands (such as nat) where there is no implicit port.

       For  sport  port  specifies  the  source port of a request and can be useful when matching
       traffic to helper commands (such as nat) where there is no implicit port.

   limit
       limit requires the arguments frequency and burst and will limit the matching of traffic in
       both directions.

SEE ALSO

firehol(1) - FireHOL program

       • firehol.conf(5) - FireHOL configuration

       • firehol-server(5) - server, route commands

       • firehol-client(5) - client command

       • firehol-interface(5) - interface definition

       • firehol-router(5) - router definition

       • firehol-mark(5) - mark config helper

       • firehol-tos(5) - tos config helper

       • firehol-dscp(5) - dscp config helper

       • firehol-variables(5) - control variables

       • iptables(8)  (http://ipset.netfilter.org/iptables.man.html)  -  administration  tool for
         IPv4 firewalls

       • ip6tables(8) (http://ipset.netfilter.org/ip6tables.man.html) - administration  tool  for
         IPv6 firewalls

       • FireHOL Website (http://firehol.org/)

       • FireHOL Online PDF Manual (http://firehol.org/firehol-manual.pdf)

       • FireHOL Online HTML Manual (http://firehol.org/manual)

AUTHORS

       FireHOL Team.