Provided by: shorewall6_5.0.4-1_all 
NAME
rules - Shorewall6 rules file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/shorewall6/rules
DESCRIPTION
Entries in this file govern connection establishment by defining exceptions to the
policies laid out in shorewall6-policy[1](5). By default, subsequent requests and
responses are automatically allowed using connection tracking. For any particular
(source,dest) pair of zones, the rules are evaluated in the order in which they appear in
this file and the first terminating match is the one that determines the disposition of
the request. All rules are terminating except LOG and QUEUE rules.
The rules file is divided into sections. Each section is introduced by a "Section Header"
which is a line beginning with ?SECTION and followed by the section name.
Sections are as follows and must appear in the order listed:
ALL
This section was added in Shorewall 4.4.23. rules in this section are applied,
regardless of the connection tracking state of the packet.
ESTABLISHED
Packets in the ESTABLISHED state are processed by rules in this section.
The only ACTIONs allowed in this section are ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, LOG and QUEUE
There is an implicit ACCEPT rule inserted at the end of this section.
RELATED
Packets in the RELATED state are processed by rules in this section.
The only ACTIONs allowed in this section are ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, LOG and QUEUE
There is an implicit rule added at the end of this section that invokes the
RELATED_DISPOSITION (shorewall6.conf[2](5)).
INVALID
Added in Shorewall 4.5.13. Packets in the INVALID state are processed by rules in this
section.
The only Actions allowed in this section are ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, LOG and QUEUE.
There is an implicit rule added at the end of this section that invokes the
INVALID_DISPOSITION (shorewall6.conf[2](5)).
UNTRACKED
Added in Shorewall 4.5.13. Packets in the UNTRACKED state are processed by rules in
this section.
The only Actions allowed in this section are ACCEPT, DROP, REJECT, LOG and QUEUE.
There is an implicit rule added at the end of this section that invokes the
UNTRACKED_DISPOSITION (shorewall6.conf[2](5)).
NEW
Packets in the NEW state are processed by rules in this section. If the INVALID and/or
UNTRACKED sections are empty or not included, then the packets in the corresponding
state(s) are also processed in this section.
Note
If you are not familiar with Netfilter to the point where you are comfortable with the
differences between the various connection tracking states, then it is suggested that
you omit the ESTABLISHED and RELATED sections and place all of your rules in the NEW
section (That's after the line that reads ?SECTION NEW').
Warning
If you specify FASTACCEPT=Yes in shorewall6.conf[2](5) then the ESTABLISHED and
RELATED sections must be empty.
An except is made if you are running Shorewall 4.4.27 or later and you have specified
a non-default value for RELATED_DISPOSITION or RELATED_LOG_LEVEL. In that case, you
may have rules in the RELATED section of this file.
You may omit any section that you don't need. If no Section Headers appear in the file
then all rules are assumed to be in the NEW section.
The columns in the file are as follows (where the column name is followed by a different
name in parentheses, the different name is used in the alternate specification syntax).
ACTION - target[:{log-level|none}[!][:tag]]
Specifies the action to be taken if the connection request matches the rule. target
must be one of the following.
ACCEPT
Allow the connection request.
ACCEPT+
like ACCEPT but also excludes the connection from any subsequent matching DNAT[-]
or REDIRECT[-] rules. Requires Shorewall 4.5.14 or later.
ACCEPT!
like ACCEPT but exempts the rule from being suppressed by OPTIMIZE=1 in
shorewall6.conf[2](5).
action
The name of an action declared in shorewall6-actions[3](5) or in
/usr/share/shorewall/actions.std.
ADD(ipset:flags)
Added in Shorewall 4.4.12. Causes addresses and/or port numbers to be added to the
named ipset. The flags specify the address or tuple to be added to the set and
must match the type of ipset involved. For example, for an iphash ipset, either
the SOURCE or DESTINATION address can be added using flagssrc or dst respectively
(see the -A command in ipset (8)).
Beginning with Shorewall 5.0.3, an optional timeout can be specified. This is the
number of seconds that the new entry in the ipset is to remain valid and overrides
any timeout specified when the ipset was created.
ADD is non-terminating. Even if a packet matches the rule, it is passed on to the
next rule.
AUDIT[(accept|drop|reject)]
Added in Shorewall 4.5.10. Audits the packet with the specified type; if the type
is omitted, then drop is assumed. Require AUDIT_TARGET support in the kernel and
iptables.
A_ACCEPT, and A_ACCEPT!
Added in Shorewall 4.4.20. Audited versions of ACCEPT and ACCEPT! respectively.
Require AUDIT_TARGET support in the kernel and iptables.
A_DROP and A_DROP!
Added in Shorewall 4.4.20. Audited versions of DROP and DROP! respectively.
Require AUDIT_TARGET support in the kernel and iptables.
A_REJECT AND A_REJECT!
Added in Shorewall 4.4.20. Audited versions of REJECT and REJECT! respectively.
Require AUDIT_TARGET support in the kernel and iptables.
[?]COMMENT
the rest of the line will be attached as a comment to the Netfilter rule(s)
generated by the following entries. The comment will appear delimited by "/* ...
*/" in the output of "shorewall show <chain>". To stop the comment from being
attached to further rules, simply include COMMENT on a line by itself.
Note
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym for COMMENT and is
preferred.
CONTINUE
For experts only.
Do not process any of the following rules for this (source zone,destination zone).
If the source and/or destination IP address falls into a zone defined later in
shorewall6-zones[4](5) or in a parent zone of the source or destination zones,
then this connection request will be passed to the rules defined for that (those)
zone(s). See shorewall6-nesting[5](5) for additional information.
CONTINUE!
like CONTINUE but exempts the rule from being suppressed by OPTIMIZE=1 in
shorewall6.conf[2](5).
COUNT
Simply increment the rule's packet and byte count and pass the packet to the next
rule.
DEL(ipset:flags)
Added in Shorewall 4.4.12. Causes an entry to be deleted from the named ipset. The
flags specify the address or tuple to be deleted from the set and must match the
type of ipset involved. For example, for an iphash ipset, either the SOURCE or
DESTINATION address can be deleted using flagssrc or dst respectively (see the -D
command in ipset (8)).
DEL is non-terminating. Even if a packet matches the rule, it is passed on to the
next rule.
DNAT
Forward the request to another system (and optionally another port). Requires
Shorewall 4.5.14 or later.
DNAT-
Advanced users only.
Like DNAT but only generates the DNAT iptables rule and not the companion ACCEPT
rule. Requires Shorewall 4.5.14 or later.
DROP
Ignore the request.
DROP!
like DROP but exempts the rule from being suppressed by OPTIMIZE=1 in
shorewall6.conf[2](5).
HELPER
Added in Shorewall 4.5.7. This action requires that the HELPER column contains the
name of the Netfilter helper to be associated with connections matching this
connection. May only be specified in the NEW section and is useful for being able
to specify a helper when the applicable policy is ACCEPT. No destination zone
should be specified in HELPER rules.
INLINE[(action)]
Added in Shorewall 4.5.16. This action allows you to construct most of the rule
yourself using ip6tables syntax. The part that you specify must follow a semicolon
(';') and is completely free-form. If the target of the rule (the part following
'j') is something that Shorewall supports in the ACTION column, then you may
enclose it in parentheses (e.g., INLINE(ACCEPT)). Otherwise, you can include it
after the semicolon. In this case, you must declare the target as a builtin action
in shorewall6-actions[3](5).
Some considerations when using INLINE:
• The p, s, d, i, o, policy, and state match (state or conntrack --ctstate)
matches will always appear in the front of the rule in that order.
• When multiple matches are specified, the compiler will keep them in the order
in which they appear (excluding the above listed ones), but they will not
necessarily be at the end of the generated rule. For example, if addresses are
specified in the SOURCE and/or DEST columns, their generated matches will
appear after those specified using ';'.
IP6TABLES({ip6tables-target [option ...])
This action allows you to specify an ip6tables target with options (e.g.,
'IPTABLES(MARK --set-xmark 0x01/0xff)'. If the ip6tables-target is not one
recognized by Shorewall, the following error message will be issued:
ERROR: Unknown target (ip6tables-target)
This error message may be eliminated by adding the ip6tables-target as a builtin
action in shorewall6-actions[6](5).
Important
If you specify REJECT as the ip6tables-target, the target of the rule will be
the i6ptables REJECT target and not Shorewall's builtin 'reject' chain which
is used when REJECT (see below) is specified as the target in the ACTION
column.
LOG:level
Simply log the packet and continue with the next rule.
macro[(macrotarget)]
The name of a macro defined in a file named macro.macro. If the macro accepts an
action parameter (Look at the macro source to see if it has PARAM in the TARGET
column) then the macro name is followed by the parenthesized macrotarget (ACCEPT,
DROP, REJECT, ...) to be substituted for the parameter.
Example: FTP(ACCEPT).
The older syntax where the macro name and the target are separated by a slash
(e.g. FTP/ACCEPT) is still allowed but is deprecated.
NFLOG[(nflog-parameters)]
Added in Shorewall 4.5.9.3. Queues matching packets to a back end logging daemon
via a netlink socket then continues to the next rule. See
http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.html[7].
Similar to LOG:NFLOG[(nflog-parameters)], except that the log level is not changed
when this ACTION is used in an action or macro and the invocation of that action
or macro specifies a log level.
NFQUEUE[([queuenumber1[:queuenumber2][,bypass]]|bypass)]
Queues the packet to a user-space application using the nfnetlink_queue mechanism.
If a queuenumber1 is not specified, queue zero (0) is assumed. Beginning with
Shorewall 4.6.10, the keyword bypass can be given. By default, if no userspace
program is listening on an NFQUEUE, then all packets that are to be queued are
dropped. When this option is used, the NFQUEUE rule is silently bypassed instead.
The packet will move on to the next rule. Also beginning in Shorewall 4.6.10, a
second queue number (queuenumber2) may be specified. This specifies a range of
queues to use. Packets are then balanced across the given queues. This is useful
for multicore systems: start multiple instances of the userspace program on queues
x, x+1, .. x+n and use "x:x+n". Packets belonging to the same connection are put
into the same nfqueue.
NFQUEUE[([queuenumber1[,queuenumber2][,bypass]]|bypass)]
like NFQUEUE but exempts the rule from being suppressed by OPTIMIZE=1 in
shorewall6.conf[2](5).
NONAT
Excludes the connection from any subsequent DNAT[-] or REDIRECT[-] rules but
doesn't generate a rule to accept the traffic. Requires Shorewall 4.5.14 or later.
QUEUE
Queue the packet to a user-space application such as ftwall
(http://p2pwall.sf.net). The application may reinsert the packet for further
processing.
QUEUE!
like QUEUE but exempts the rule from being suppressed by OPTIMIZE=1 in
shorewall6.conf[2](5).
REDIRECT
Redirect the request to a server running on the firewall. Requires Shorewall
4.5.14 or later.
REDIRECT-
Advanced users only.
Like REDIRECT but only generates the REDIRECT iptables rule and not the companion
ACCEPT rule. Requires Shorewall 4.5.14 or later.
REJECT
disallow the request and return an icmp-unreachable or an RST packet.
REJECT!
like REJECT but exempts the rule from being suppressed by OPTIMIZE=1 in
shorewall6.conf[2](5).
TARPIT [(tarpit | honeypot | reset)]
Added in Shorewall 4.6.6.
TARPIT captures and holds incoming TCP connections using no local per-connection
resources.
TARPIT only works with the PROTO column set to tcp (6), and is totally application
agnostic. This module will answer a TCP request and play along like a listening
server, but aside from sending an ACK or RST, no data is sent. Incoming packets
are ignored and dropped. The attacker will terminate the session eventually. This
module allows the initial packets of an attack to be captured by other software
for inspection. In most cases this is sufficient to determine the nature of the
attack.
This offers similar functionality to LaBrea <http://www.hackbusters.net/LaBrea/>
but does not require dedicated hardware or IPs. Any TCP port that you would
normally DROP or REJECT can instead become a tarpit.
The target accepts a single optional parameter:
tarpit
This mode is the default and completes a connection with the attacker but
limits the window size to 0, thus keeping the attacker waiting long periods of
time. While he is maintaining state of the connection and trying to continue
every 60-240 seconds, we keep none, so it is very lightweight. Attempts to
close the connection are ignored, forcing the remote side to time out the
connection in 12-24 minutes.
honeypot
This mode completes a connection with the attacker, but signals a normal
window size, so that the remote side will attempt to send data, often with
some very nasty exploit attempts. We can capture these packets for decoding
and further analysis. The module does not send any data, so if the remote
expects an application level response, the game is up.
reset
This mode is handy because we can send an inline RST (reset). It has no other
function.
The target may optionally be followed by ":" and a syslog log level (e.g, REJECT:info
or Web(ACCEPT):debug). This causes the packet to be logged at the specified level.
Note that if the ACTION involves destination network address translation (DNAT,
REDIRECT, etc.) then the packet is logged before the destination address is rewritten.
If the ACTION names an action declared in shorewall-actions[8](5) or in
/usr/share/shorewall/actions.std then:
• If the log level is followed by "!' then all rules in the action are logged at the
log level.
• If the log level is not followed by "!" then only those rules in the action that
do not specify logging are logged at the specified level.
• The special log level none! suppresses logging by the action.
You may also specify ULOG or NFLOG (must be in upper case) as a log level.This will
log to the ULOG or NFLOG target for routing to a separate log through use of ulogd
(http://www.netfilter.org/projects/ulogd/index.html).
Actions specifying logging may be followed by a log tag (a string of alphanumeric
characters) which is appended to the string generated by the LOGPREFIX (in
shorewall6.conf[2](5)).
Example: ACCEPT:info:ftp would include 'ftp ' at the end of the log prefix generated
by the LOGPREFIX setting.
SOURCE -
{zone|zone-list[+]|{all|any}[+][-]}[:interface][:<{address-or-range[,address-or-range]...[exclusion]>|exclusion|+ipset|^countrycode-list}
Source hosts to which the rule applies. May be a zone declared in
/etc/shorewall6/zones, $FW to indicate the firewall itself, all, all+, all-, all+- or
none.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.13, you may use a zone-list which consists of a
comma-separated list of zones declared in shorewall6-zones[4] (5). This zone-list may
be optionally followed by "+" to indicate that the rule is to apply to intra-zone
traffic as well as inter-zone traffic.
When none is used either in the SOURCE or DEST column, the rule is ignored.
all means "All Zones", including the firewall itself. all- means "All Zones, except
the firewall itself". When all[-] is used either in the SOURCE or DEST column
intra-zone traffic is not affected. When all+[-] is "used, intra-zone traffic is
affected. Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.13, exclusion is supported -- see see
shorewall6-exclusion[9](5).
any is equivalent to all when there are no nested zones. When there are nested zones,
any only refers to top-level zones (those with no parent zones). Note that any
excludes all vserver zones, since those zones are nested within the firewall zone.
Except when all[+][-] or any[+][-] is specified, clients may be further restricted to
a list of networks and/or hosts by appending ":" and a comma-separated list of network
and/or host addresses. Hosts may be specified by IP or MAC address; mac addresses must
begin with "~" and must use "-" as a separator.
Hosts may also be specified as an IP address range using the syntax
lowaddress-highaddress. This requires that your kernel and ip6tables contain iprange
match support. If your kernel and ip6tables have ipset match support then you may give
the name of an ipset prefaced by "+". The ipset name may be optionally followed by a
number from 1 to 6 enclosed in square brackets ([]) to indicate the number of levels
of source bindings to be matched.
Beginning with Shorewall6 4.4.17, the primary IP address of a firewall interface can
be specified by an ampersand ('&') followed by the logical name of the interface as
found in the INTERFACE column of shorewall6-interfaces[10] (5).
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.4, A countrycode-list may be specified. A
countrycode-list is a comma-separated list of up to 15 two-character ISO-3661 country
codes enclosed in square brackets ('[...]') and preceded by a caret ('^'). When a
single country code is given, the square brackets may be omitted. A list of country
codes supported by Shorewall may be found at
http://www.shorewall.net/ISO-3661.html[11]. Specifying a countrycode-list requires
GeoIP Match support in your ip6tables and Kernel.
When an interface is not specified, you may omit the angled brackets ('<' and '>')
around the address(es) or you may supply them to improve readability.
You may exclude certain hosts from the set already defined through use of an exclusion
(see shorewall6-exclusion[9](5)).
Examples:
dmz:2002:ce7c::92b4:1::2
Host 2002:ce7c:92b4:1::2 in the DMZ
net:2001:4d48:ad51:24::/64
Subnet 2001:4d48:ad51:24::/64 on the Internet
loc:<2002:cec792b4:1::2,2002:cec792b4:1::44>
Hosts 2002:cec792b4:1::2 and 2002:cec792b4:1::44 in the local zone.
loc:~00-A0-C9-15-39-78
Host in the local zone with MAC address 00:A0:C9:15:39:78.
net:2001:4d48:ad51:24::/64!2001:4d48:ad51:24:6:/80!2001:4d48:ad51:24:6:/80
Subnet 2001:4d48:ad51:24::/64 on the Internet except for 2001:4d48:ad51:24:6:/80.
$FW:ð0
The primary IP address of eth0 in the firewall zone (Shorewall6 4.4.17 and later).
Alternatively, clients may be specified by interface by appending ":" to the zone name
followed by the interface name. For example, loc:eth1 specifies a client that
communicates with the firewall system through eth1. This may be optionally followed by
another colon (":") and an IP/MAC/subnet address as described above (e.g.,
loc:eth1:<2002:ce7c::92b4:1::2>).
Examples:
loc:eth1:<2002:cec792b4:1::2,2002:cec792b4:1::44>
Hosts 2002:cec792b4:1::2 and 2002:cec792b4:1::44 in the Local zone, with both
originating from eth1
DEST -
{zone|zone-list[+]|all[+][-]}[:interface][:<{address-or-range[,address-or-range]...[exclusion]>|exclusion|+ipset|^countrycode-list}[:port[:random]]
Location of Server. May be a zone declared in shorewall6-zones[4](5), $FW to indicate
the firewall itself, all. all+ or none.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.13, you may use a zone-list which consists of a
comma-separated list of zones declared in shorewall6-zones[4] (5). Ths zone-list may
be optionally followed by "+" to indicate that the rule is to apply to intra-zone
traffic as well as inter-zone traffic. Beginning with Shorewall-4.4.13, exclusion is
supported -- see see shorewall6-exclusion[9](5).
Beginning with Shorewall6 4.4.17, the primary IP address of a firewall interface can
be specified by an ampersand ('&') followed by the logical name of the interface as
found in the INTERFACE column of shorewall6-interfaces[10] (5).
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.4, A countrycode-list may be specified. A
countrycode-list is a comma-separated list of up to 15 two-character ISO-3661 country
codes enclosed in square brackets ('[...]') and preceded by a caret ('^'). When a
single country code is given, the square brackets may be omitted. A list of country
codes supported by Shorewall may be found at
http://www.shorewall.net/ISO-3661.html[11]. Specifying a countrycode-list requires
GeoIP Match support in your ip6tables and Kernel.
When none is used either in the SOURCE or DEST column, the rule is ignored.
When all is used either in the SOURCE or DEST column intra-zone traffic is not
affected. When all+ is used, intra-zone traffic is affected.
If the DEST zone is a bport zone, then either:
1. the SOURCE must be all[+][-], or
2. the SOURCE zone must be another bport zone associated with the same bridge, or
3. the SOURCE zone must be an ipv4 zone that is associated with only the same bridge.
Except when all[+]|[-] is specified, the server may be further restricted to a
particular network, host or interface by appending ":" and the network, host or
interface. See SOURCE above.
You may exclude certain hosts from the set already defined through use of an exclusion
(see shorewall6-exclusion[9](5)).
Restriction: MAC addresses are not allowed (this is a Netfilter restriction).
If your kernel and ip6tables have ipset match support then you may give the name of an
ipset prefaced by "+". The ipset name may be optionally followed by a number from 1 to
6 enclosed in square brackets ([]) to indicate the number of levels of destination
bindings to be matched. Only one of the SOURCE and DEST columns may specify an ipset
name.
The port that the server is listening on may be included and separated from the
server's IP address by ":". If omitted, the firewall will not modify the destination
port. A destination port may only be included if the ACTION is DNAT or REDIRECT.
Example 1:
loc:[2001:470:b:227::44]:3128 specifies a local server at IP address
2001:470:b:227::44 and listening on port 3128.
Example 2:
loc:[]:3128 specifies that the destination port should be changed to 3128 but the
IP address should remain the same.
The port may be specified as a service name. You may specify a port range in the form
lowport-highport to cause connections to be assigned to ports in the range in
round-robin fashion. When a port range is specified, lowport and highport must be
given as integers; service names are not permitted. Additionally, the port range may
be optionally followed by :random which causes assignment to ports in the list to be
random.
If the ACTION is REDIRECT or REDIRECT-, this column needs only to contain the port
number on the firewall that the request should be redirected to. That is equivalent to
specifying $FW::port.
PROTO - {-|tcp:syn|ipp2p|ipp2p:udp|ipp2p:all|protocol-number|protocol-name|all}
Optional protocol - ipp2p* requires ipp2p match support in your kernel and ip6tables.
tcp:syn implies tcp plus the SYN flag must be set and the RST,ACK and FIN flags must
be reset.
Beginning with Shorewall6 4.4.19, this column can contain a comma-separated list of
protocol-numbers and/or protocol names (e.g., tcp,udp).
DPORT - {-|port-name-number-or-range[,port-name-number-or-range]...|+ipset}
Optional destination Ports. A comma-separated list of Port names (from services(5)),
port numbers or port ranges; if the protocol is icmp, this column is interpreted as
the destination icmp-type(s). ICMP types may be specified as a numeric type, a numeric
type and code separated by a slash (e.g., 3/4), or a typename. See
http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#ICMP[12]. Note that prior to
Shorewall6 4.4.19, only a single ICMP type may be listed.
If the protocol is ipp2p, this column is interpreted as an ipp2p option without the
leading "--" (example bit for bit-torrent). If no port is given, ipp2p is assumed.
A port range is expressed as lowport:highport.
This column is ignored if PROTO = all but must be entered if any of the following
columns are supplied. In that case, it is suggested that this field contain a dash
(-).
If your kernel contains multi-port match support, then only a single Netfilter rule
will be generated in this list and the SPORT list below if:
1. There are 15 or less ports listed.
2. No port ranges are included or your kernel and ip6tables contain extended
multi-port match support.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.6.0, an ipset name can be specified in this column. This is
intended to be used with bitmap:port ipsets.
This column was formerly labelled DEST PORT(S).
SPORT - {-|port-name-number-or-range[,port-name-number-or-range]...|+ipset}
Optional source port(s). If omitted, any source port is acceptable. Specified as a
comma- separated list of port names, port numbers or port ranges.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.15, you may place '=' in this column, provided that the
DPORT column is non-empty. This causes the rule to match when either the source port
or the destination port in a packet matches one of the ports specified in DPORT. Use
of '=' requires multi-port match in your iptables and kernel.
Warning
Unless you really understand IP, you should leave this column empty or place a
dash (-) in the column. Most people who try to use this column get it wrong.
If you don't want to restrict client ports but need to specify a later column, then
place "-" in this column.
If your kernel contains multi-port match support, then only a single Netfilter rule
will be generated if in this list and the DPORT list above:
1. There are 15 or less ports listed.
2. No port ranges are included or your kernel and ip6tables contain extended
multi-port match support.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.6.0, an ipset name can be specified in this column. This is
intended to be used with bitmap:port ipsets.
This column was formerly labelled SOURCE PORT(S).
ORIGDEST - [-]
Included for compatibility with Shorewall. Enter '-' in this column if you need to
specify one of the later columns.
This column was formerly labelled ORIGINAL DEST.
RATE - limit
where limit is one of:
[-|[{s|d}:[[name]:]]]rate/{sec|min|hour|day}[:burst]
[name1]:rate1/{sec|min|hour|day}[:burst1],[name2]:rate2/{sec|min|hour|day}[:burst2]
You may optionally rate-limit the rule by placing a value in this column:
rate* is the number of connections per interval (sec or min) and burst* is the largest
burst permitted. If no burst is given, a value of 5 is assumed. There may be no no
white-space embedded in the specification.
Example: 10/sec:20
When s: or d: is specified, the rate applies per source IP address or per destination
IP address respectively. The names may be chosen by the user and specifiy a hash table
to be used to count matching connections. If not given, the name shorewallN (where N
is a unique integer) is assumed. Where more than one rule or POLICY specifies the same
name, the connections counts for the rules are aggregated and the individual rates
apply to the aggregated count.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.6.5, two limits may be specified, separated by a comma. In
this case, the first limit (name1, rate1, burst1) specifies the per-source IP limit
and the second limit specifies the per-destination IP limit.
Example: client:10/sec:20,:60/sec:100
In this example, the 'client' hash table will be used to enforce the per-source limit
and the compiler will pick a unique name for the hash table that tracks the
per-destination limit.
This column was formerly labelled RATE LIMIT.
USER - [!][user-name-or-number-or-range][:group-name-or-number-or-range]
This optional column may only be non-empty if the SOURCE is the firewall itself.
When this column is non-empty, the rule applies only if the program generating the
output is running under the effective user and/or group specified (or is NOT running
under that id if "!" is given).
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.8, multiple user or group names/ids separated by commas
may be specified.
Examples:
joe
program must be run by joe
:kids
program must be run by a member of the 'kids' group
!:kids
program must not be run by a member of the 'kids' group
2001-2099
UIDs 2001 through 2099 (Shorewall 4.5.6 and later)
This column was formerly labelled USER/GROUP.
MARK - [!]value[/mask][:C]
Defines a test on the existing packet or connection mark. The rule will match only if
the test returns true.
If you don't want to define a test but need to specify anything in the following
columns, place a "-" in this field.
!
Inverts the test (not equal)
value
Value of the packet or connection mark.
mask
A mask to be applied to the mark before testing.
:C
Designates a connection mark. If omitted, the packet mark's value is tested.
CONNLIMIT - [d:][!]limit[:mask]
May be used to limit the number of simultaneous connections to/from each individual
host or network to limit connections. Requires connlimit match in your kernel and
iptables. While the limit is only checked on rules specifying CONNLIMIT, the number of
current connections is calculated over all current connections from the SOURCE or
DESTINATION host. By default, limiting is done by SOURCE host or net, but if the
specification begins with d:, then limiting will be donw by destination host or net.
By default, the limit is applied to each host but can be made to apply to networks of
hosts by specifying a mask. The mask specifies the width of a VLSM mask to be applied
to the source address; the number of current connections is then taken over all hosts
in the subnet source-address/mask. When ! is specified, the rule matches when the
number of connection exceeds the limit.
TIME - timeelement[&timeelement...]
May be used to limit the rule to a particular time period each day, to particular days
of the week or month, or to a range defined by dates and times. Requires time match
support in your kernel and ip6tables.
timeelement may be:
timestart=hh:mm[:ss]
Defines the starting time of day.
timestop=hh:mm[:ss]
Defines the ending time of day.
utc
Times are expressed in Greenwich Mean Time.
localtz
Deprecated by the Netfilter team in favor of kerneltz. Times are expressed in
Local Civil Time (default).
kerneltz
Added in Shorewall 4.5.2. Times are expressed in Local Kernel Time (requires
iptables 1.4.12 or later).
weekdays=ddd[,ddd]...
where ddd is one of Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat or Sun
monthdays=dd[,dd],...
where dd is an ordinal day of the month
datestart=yyyy[-mm[-dd[Thh[:mm[:ss]]]]]
Defines the starting date and time.
datestop=yyyy[-mm[-dd[Thh[:mm[:ss]]]]]
Defines the ending date and time.
HEADERS - [!][any:|exactly:]header-list (Optional - Added in Shorewall 4.4.15)
The header-list consists of a comma-separated list of headers from the following list.
auth, ah, or 51
Authentication Headers extension header.
esp, or 50
Encrypted Security Payload extension header.
hop, hop-by-hop or 0
Hop-by-hop options extension header.
route, ipv6-route or 41
IPv6 Route extension header.
frag, ipv6-frag or 44
IPv6 fragmentation extension header.
none, ipv6-nonxt or 59
No next header
proto, protocol or 255
Any protocol header.
If any: is specified, the rule will match if any of the listed headers are present. If
exactly: is specified, the will match packets that exactly include all specified
headers. If neither is given, any: is assumed.
If ! is entered, the rule will match those packets which would not be matched when !
is omitted.
SWITCH - [!]switch-name[={0|1}]
Added in Shorewall6 4.4.24 and allows enabling and disabling the rule without
requiring shorewall6 restart.
Enables the rule if the value stored in /proc/net/nf_condition/switch-name is 1.
Disables the rule if that file contains 0 (the default). If '!' is supplied, the test
is inverted such that the rule is enabled if the file contains 0.
Within the switch-name, '@0' and '@{0}' are replaced by the name of the chain to which
the rule is a added. The switch-name (after '@...' expansion) must begin with a letter
and be composed of letters, decimal digits, underscores or hyphens. Switch names must
be 30 characters or less in length.
Switches are normally off. To turn a switch on:
echo 1 >
/proc/net/nf_condition/switch-name
To turn it off again:
echo 0 >
/proc/net/nf_condition/switch-name
Switch settings are retained over shorewall6 restart.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.10, when the switch-name is followed by =0 or =1, then
the switch is initialized to off or on respectively by the start command. Other
commands do not affect the switch setting.
HELPER - [helper]
Added in Shorewall 4.5.7.
In the NEW section, causes the named conntrack helper to be associated with this
connection; the contents of this column are ignored unless ACTION is ACCEPT*, DNAT* or
REDIRECT*.
In the RELATED section, will only match if the related connection has the named helper
associated with it.
The helper may be one of:
amanda
ftp
irc
netbios-ns
pptp
Q.931
RAS
sane
sip
snmp
tftp
If the HELPERS option is specified in shorewall6.conf[2](5), then any module specified
in this column must be listed in the HELPERS setting.
EXAMPLE
Example 1:
Accept SMTP requests from the DMZ to the internet
#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DPORT SPORT ORIGDEST
ACCEPT dmz net tcp smtp
Example 4:
You want to accept SSH connections to your firewall only from internet IP addresses
2002:ce7c::92b4:1::2 and 2002:ce7c::92b4:1::22
#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DPORT SPORT ORIGDEST
ACCEPT net:<2002:ce7c::92b4:1::2,2002:ce7c::92b4:1::22> \
$FW tcp 22
Example 5:
You wish to limit SSH connections from remote systems to 1/min with a burst of three
(to allow for limited retry):
#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DPORT SPORT ORIGDEST RATE
SSH(ACCEPT) net all - - - - s:1/min:3
Example 6:
Forward port 80 to dmz host $BACKUP if switch 'primary_down' is set.
#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DPORT SPORT ORIGDEST RATE USER MARK CONNLIMIT TIME HEADERS SWITCH
DNAT net dmz:$BACKUP tcp 80 - - - - - - - - primary_down
Example 7:
Drop all email from IP addresses in the country whose ISO-3661 country code is ZZ.
#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DPORT
DROP net:^ZZ fw tcp 25
Example 8:
You want to generate your own rule involving ip6tables targets and matches not
supported by Shorewall.
#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DPORT
INLINE $FW net ; -p 6 -m mickey-mouse --name test -m set --match-set set1 src -m mickey-mouse --name test2 -j SECCTX --name test3
The above will generate the following ip6tables-restore input:
-A fw2net -p 6 -m mickey-mouse --name test -m set --match-set set1 src -m mickey-mouse --name test2 -j SECCTX --name test3
Note that SECCTX must be defined as a builtin action in shorewall6-actions[3](5):
#ACTION OPTIONS
SECCTX builtin
FILES
/etc/shorewall6/rules
SEE ALSO
http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.html[7]
http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairs[13]
shorewall6(8), shorewall6-accounting(5), shorewall6-actions(5), shorewall6-blacklist(5),
shorewall6-blrules(5), shorewall6-hosts(5), shorewall6-interfaces(5),
shorewall6-maclist(5), shorewall6-netmap(5),shorewall6-params(5), shorewall6-policy(5),
shorewall6-providers(5), shorewall6-rtrules(5), shorewall6-routestopped(5),
shorewall6.conf(5), shorewall6-secmarks(5), shorewall6-tcclasses(5),
shorewall6-tcdevices(5), shorewall6-mangle(5), shorewall6-tos(5), shorewall6-tunnels(5),
shorewall6-zones(5)
NOTES
1. shorewall6-policy
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-policy.html
2. shorewall6.conf
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6.conf.html
3. shorewall6-actions
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-actions.html
4. shorewall6-zones
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-zones.html
5. shorewall6-nesting
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-nesting.html
6. shorewall6-actions
http://www.shorewall.netshorewall6-actions.html
7. http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.html
http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.html
8. shorewall-actions
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages/shorewall-actions.html
9. shorewall6-exclusion
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-exclusion.html
10. shorewall6-interfaces
http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-interfaces.html
11. http://www.shorewall.net/ISO-3661.html
http://www.shorewall.net/ISO-3661.html
12. http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#ICMP
http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#ICMP
13. http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairs
http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairs