Showing posts with label iptables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iptables. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

IP_CONNTRACK: TABLE FULL, DROPPING PACKET

Category: , — SkyHi @ Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Last week, I found myself with a server under low load, but it couldn’t make or receive network connections. When I ran dmesg, I found the following line repeating over and over:
ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet
I’d seen this message before, but I headed over to Red Hat’s site for more details. It turns out that the server was running iptables, but it was under a very heavy load and also handling a high volume of network connections. Generally, the ip_conntrack_max is set to the total MB of RAM installed multiplied by 16. However, this server had 4GB of RAM, but ip_conntrack_max was set to 65536:
# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max
65536
I logged into another server with 1GB of RAM (RHES 5, 32-bit) and another with 2GB of RAM (RHES 4, 64-bit), and both had ip_conntrack_max set to 65536. I’m not sure if this is a known Red Hat issue, or if it’s just set to a standard value out of the box.
If you want to check your server’s current tracked connections, just run the following:
# cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_count
If you want to adjust it (as I did), just run the following as root:
# echo 131072 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_conntrack_max

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Friday, April 20, 2012

Iptables: My most used commands

Category: — SkyHi @ Friday, April 20, 2012

This is a small manual of iptables, I’ll show some basic commands, you may need to know to keep your computer secure.

Basic commands

List rules
iptables -L
This is going, list the default table “Filter”.
Edit: You may prefer to use iptables -L -vn to get more information, and to see ports as numbers instead of its names.
List rules in specific table
iptables -L -t nat
You can also list the other tables like: mangle, raw and security. You should consider reading a bit more about tables. You can do it in the Tables section in the man page of iptables
Delete all rules
iptables -F
Delete specific table liket nat
iptables -t nat -F
Specify chain policies
iptables let’s you configure default policies for chains in the filter table, where INPUT, FORWARD and OUTPUT, are the main ones (or at least the most used). Users can even define new chains.
These aforementioned chains, are better explained in this graph that comes from Wikipedia.
iptables chains
You can see the original image here
iptables -P INPUT DROP
iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
iptables -P OUTPUT DROP
You can define the default policy as ACCEPT and then deny specific traffic, or define default policies as DROP and then open specific traffic to and/or from your box. The last one is more secure, but require more job.
Block IP traffic from an specific IP or Network.
Block from an IP
iptables -A INPUT -s 11.22.33.44 -j DROP
If you want to block only on an specific NIC
iptables -A INPUT -s 11.22.33.44 -i eth0 -j DROP
Or an specific port
iptables -A INPUT -s 11.22.33.44 -p tcp -dport 22 -j DROP
Using a Network and not only one IP
iptables -A INPUT -s 11.22.33.0/24 -j DROP
Block traffic from a specific MAC address
Suppose you want to bloc traffic some a MAC address instead of an IP address. This is handy if a DHCP server is changing the IP of the maching you want to protect from.
iptables -A INPUT -m mac --mac-source 00:11:2f:8f:f8:f8 -j DROP
Block a specific port
If all you want is to block a port, iptables can still do it.
And you can block incoming or outgoing traffic.
Block incoming traffic to a port
Suppose we need to block port 21 for incoming traffic:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 21 -j DROP
But if you have two-NIC server, with one NIC facing the Internet and the other facing your local private Network, and you only one to block FTP access from outside world.
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -i eth1 -p tcp --destination-port 21 -j DROP
In this case I’m assuming eth1 is the one facing the Internet.
You can also block a port from a specific IP address:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 22.33.44.55 --destination-port 21 -j DROP
Or even block access to a port from everywhere but a specific IP range.
iptables -A INPUT p tcp -s ! 22.33.44.0/24 --destination-port 21 -j DROP
Block outgoing traffic to a port
If you want to forbid outgoing traffic to port 25, this is useful, in the case you are running a Linux firewall for your office, and you want to stop virus from sending emails.
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 25 -j DROP
I’m using FORWARD, as in this example the server is a firewall, but you can use OUTPUT too, to block also server self traffic.
Log traffic, before taking action
If you want to log the traffic before blocking it, for example, there is a rule in an office, where all employees have been said not to log into a given server, and you want to be sure everybody obeys the rule by blocking access to ssh port. But, at the same time you want to find the one who tried it.
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j LOG --log-prefix "dropped access to port 22"
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j DROP
You will be able to see which IP tried to access the server, but of course he couldn’t.

Tips and Tricks

Because iptables executes the rules in order, if you want to change something you need to insert the rule in the specific position, or the desired effect is not going to be achieved.
List rules with numbers
iptables -nL --line-numbers
This is going to list all your rules with numbers preceding the rules. Determine where you want the inserted rule and write:
List specific chains
iptables -nL INPUT
Will list all INPUT rules.
iptables -nL FORWARD
Will list all OUTPUT rules
Insert rules
iptables -I INPUT 3 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j ACCEPT
That is going to add a rule in position 3 of the “array”
Delete rules
iptables -D INPUT 3
That is going to remove the rule inserted above. You can also remove it, by matching it.
iptables -D INPUT -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j ACCEPT
Delete flush all rules and chains
This steps are very handy if you want to start with a completely empty and default tables:
iptables --flush
iptables --table nat --flush
iptables --table mangle --flush
iptables --delete-chain
iptables --table nat --delete-chain
iptables --table mangle --delete-chain
NOTE: do not execute this rules if you are connected via ssh or something similar, you may get locked out

Simple scripts for specific needs

How to stop brute force attacks
You can also use iptables to stop brute force attacks to your server, for example: Allow only three attempts to log through ssh before banning the IP for 15 minutes, this should let legitimate users to log to the servers, but bots will not be able. Remember to always use strong passwords
iptables -F
iptables -A INPUT -i lo -p all -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -p all -j ACCEPT                    
iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport www -j ACCEPT
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -i eth0 -m state --state NEW -m recent --set
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -i eth0 -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 900 --hitcount 3 -j DROP
iptables -P INPUT DROP
How to NAT with iptables
iptables is also very useful to configure NAT routers, a Linux mashing can act as a router, and share its public IP with a private networks behind it. It is also useful to configure the DHCP in the same server.
To configure a NAT router, you will be better with a server with two NICs, let’s suppose you have:
  • eth0: 12.13.14.15
  • eth1: 10.1.1.1
Now configure NAT to forward all traffic from 10.1.1.0 network through eth0 IP. You may want to empty all tables and start with a fresh chains and tables (see how above).
iptables --table nat --append POSTROUTING --out-interface eth0 -j MASQUERADE
iptables --append FORWARD --in-interface eth1 -j ACCEPT
That is it, you only have to enable kernel forwarding now:
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward



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Thursday, December 29, 2011

IPTables packet traverse map

Category: — SkyHi @ Thursday, December 29, 2011
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http://www.adminsehow.com/2011/09/iptables-packet-traverse-map/

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Linux: 20 Iptables Examples For New SysAdmins

Category: — SkyHi @ Thursday, December 22, 2011
Linux comes with a host based firewall called Netfilter. According to the official project site:
netfilter is a set of hooks inside the Linux kernel that allows kernel modules to register callback functions with the network stack. A registered callback function is then called back for every packet that traverses the respective hook within the network stack.
This Linux based firewall is controlled by the program called iptables to handles filtering for IPv4, and ip6tables handles filtering for IPv6. I strongly recommend that you first read our quick tutorial that explains how to configure a host-based firewall called Netfilter (iptables) under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora / Redhat Enterprise Linux. This post list most common iptables solutions required by a new Linux user to secure his or her Linux operating system from intruders.

IPTABLES Rules Example

  • Most of the actions listed in this post are written with the assumption that they will be executed by the root user running the bash or any other modern shell. Do not type commands on remote system as it will disconnect your access.
  • For demonstration purpose I've used RHEL 6.x, but the following command should work with any modern Linux distro.
  • This is NOT a tutorial on how to set iptables. See tutorial here. It is a quick cheat sheet to common iptables commands.

#1: Displaying the Status of Your Firewall

Type the following command as root:
# iptables -L -n -v
Sample outputs:
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Above output indicates that the firewall is not active. The following sample shows an active firewall:
# iptables -L -n -v
Sample outputs:
Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
    0     0 DROP       all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state INVALID
  394 43586 ACCEPT     all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
   93 17292 ACCEPT     all  --  br0    *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
    1   142 ACCEPT     all  --  lo     *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
    0     0 ACCEPT     all  --  br0    br0     0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
    0     0 DROP       all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state INVALID
    0     0 TCPMSS     tcp  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           tcp flags:0x06/0x02 TCPMSS clamp to PMTU
    0     0 ACCEPT     all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
    0     0 wanin      all  --  vlan2  *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
    0     0 wanout     all  --  *      vlan2   0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
    0     0 ACCEPT     all  --  br0    *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 425 packets, 113K bytes)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Chain wanin (1 references)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Chain wanout (1 references)
 pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
Where,
  • -L : List rules.
  • -v : Display detailed information. This option makes the list command show the interface name, the rule options, and the TOS masks. The packet and byte counters are also listed, with the suffix 'K', 'M' or 'G' for 1000, 1,000,000 and 1,000,000,000 multipliers respectively.
  • -n : Display IP address and port in numeric format. Do not use DNS to resolve names. This will speed up listing.

#1.1: To inspect firewall with line numbers, enter:

# iptables -n -L -v --line-numbers
Sample outputs:
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
1    DROP       all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state INVALID
2    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
3    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
4    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
1    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
2    DROP       all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state INVALID
3    TCPMSS     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           tcp flags:0x06/0x02 TCPMSS clamp to PMTU
4    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
5    wanin      all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
6    wanout     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
7    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
Chain wanin (1 references)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
Chain wanout (1 references)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
You can use line numbers to delete or insert new rules into the firewall.

#1.2: To display INPUT or OUTPUT chain rules, enter:

# iptables -L INPUT -n -v
# iptables -L OUTPUT -n -v --line-numbers

#2: Stop / Start / Restart the Firewall

If you are using CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux, enter:
# service iptables stop
# service iptables start
# service iptables restart
You can use the iptables command itself to stop the firewall and delete all rules:
# iptables -F
# iptables -X
# iptables -t nat -F
# iptables -t nat -X
# iptables -t mangle -F
# iptables -t mangle -X
# iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT
# iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
# iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT
Where,
  • -F : Deleting (flushing) all the rules.
  • -X : Delete chain.
  • -t table_name : Select table (called nat or mangle) and delete/flush rules.
  • -P : Set the default policy (such as DROP, REJECT, or ACCEPT).

#3: Delete Firewall Rules

To display line number along with other information for existing rules, enter:
# iptables -L INPUT -n --line-numbers
# iptables -L OUTPUT -n --line-numbers
# iptables -L OUTPUT -n --line-numbers | less
# iptables -L OUTPUT -n --line-numbers | grep 202.54.1.1
You will get the list of IP. Look at the number on the left, then use number to delete it. For example delete line number 4, enter:
# iptables -D INPUT 4
OR find source IP 202.54.1.1 and delete from rule:
# iptables -D INPUT -s 202.54.1.1 -j DROP
Where,
  • -D : Delete one or more rules from the selected chain

#4: Insert Firewall Rules

To insert one or more rules in the selected chain as the given rule number use the following syntax. First find out line numbers, enter:
# iptables -L INPUT -n --line-numbers
Sample outputs:
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
1    DROP       all  --  202.54.1.1           0.0.0.0/0
2    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state NEW,ESTABLISHED
To insert rule between 1 and 2, enter:
# iptables -I INPUT 2 -s 202.54.1.2 -j DROP
To view updated rules, enter:
# iptables -L INPUT -n --line-numbers
Sample outputs:
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
num  target     prot opt source               destination
1    DROP       all  --  202.54.1.1           0.0.0.0/0
2    DROP       all  --  202.54.1.2           0.0.0.0/0
3    ACCEPT     all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           state NEW,ESTABLISHED

#5: Save Firewall Rules

To save firewall rules under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux, enter:
# service iptables save
In this example, drop an IP and save firewall rules:
# iptables -A INPUT -s 202.5.4.1 -j DROP
# service iptables save
For all other distros use the iptables-save command:
# iptables-save > /root/my.active.firewall.rules
# cat /root/my.active.firewall.rules

#6: Restore Firewall Rules

To restore firewall rules form a file called /root/my.active.firewall.rules, enter:
# iptables-restore < /root/my.active.firewall.rules
To restore firewall rules under CentOS / RHEL / Fedora Linux, enter:
# service iptables restart

#7: Set the Default Firewall Policies

To drop all traffic:
# iptables -P INPUT DROP
# iptables -P OUTPUT DROP
# iptables -P FORWARD DROP
# iptables -L -v -n
#### you will not able to connect anywhere as all traffic is dropped ###
# ping cyberciti.biz
# wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/linux-3.2-rc5.tar.bz2

#7.1: Only Block Incoming Traffic

To drop all incoming / forwarded packets, but allow outgoing traffic, enter:
# iptables -P INPUT DROP
# iptables -P FORWARD DROP
# iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
# iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# iptables -L -v -n
### *** now ping and wget should work *** ###
# ping cyberciti.biz
# wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.0/testing/linux-3.2-rc5.tar.bz2

#8:Drop Private Network Address On Public Interface

IP spoofing is nothing but to stop the following IPv4 address ranges for private networks on your public interfaces. Packets with non-routable source addresses should be rejected using the following syntax:
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j DROP
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP

#8.1: IPv4 Address Ranges For Private Networks (make sure you block them on public interface)

  • 10.0.0.0/8 -j (A)
  • 172.16.0.0/12 (B)
  • 192.168.0.0/16 (C)
  • 224.0.0.0/4 (MULTICAST D)
  • 240.0.0.0/5 (E)
  • 127.0.0.0/8 (LOOPBACK)

#9: Blocking an IP Address (BLOCK IP)

To block an attackers ip address called 1.2.3.4, enter:
# iptables -A INPUT -s 1.2.3.4 -j DROP
# iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -j DROP

#10: Block Incoming Port Requests (BLOCK PORT)

To block all service requests on port 80, enter:
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP
To block port 80 only for an ip address 1.2.3.4, enter:
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 1.2.3.4 --dport 80 -j DROP
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp -s 192.168.1.0/24 --dport 80 -j DROP

#11: Block Outgoing IP Address

To block outgoing traffic to a particular host or domain such as cyberciti.biz, enter:
# host -t a cyberciti.biz
Sample outputs:
cyberciti.biz has address 75.126.153.206
Note down its ip address and type the following to block all outgoing traffic to 75.126.153.206:
# iptables -A OUTPUT -d 75.126.153.206 -j DROP
You can use a subnet as follows:
# iptables -A OUTPUT -d 192.168.1.0/24 -j DROP
# iptables -A OUTPUT -o eth1 -d 192.168.1.0/24 -j DROP

#11.1: Example - Block Facebook.com Domain

First, find out all ip address of facebook.com, enter:
# host -t a www.facebook.com
Sample outputs:
www.facebook.com has address 69.171.228.40
Find CIDR for 69.171.228.40, enter:
# whois 69.171.228.40 | grep CIDR
Sample outputs:
CIDR:           69.171.224.0/19
To prevent outgoing access to www.facebook.com, enter:
# iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d 69.171.224.0/19 -j DROP
You can also use domain name, enter:
# iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d www.facebook.com -j DROP
# iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d facebook.com -j DROP
From the iptables man page:
... specifying any name to be resolved with a remote query such as DNS (e.g., facebook.com is a really bad idea), a network IP address (with /mask), or a plain IP address ...

#12: Log and Drop Packets

Type the following to log and block IP spoofing on public interface called eth1
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j LOG --log-prefix "IP_SPOOF A: "
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP
By default everything is logged to /var/log/messages file.
# tail -f /var/log/messages
# grep --color 'IP SPOOF' /var/log/messages

#13: Log and Drop Packets with Limited Number of Log Entries

The -m limit module can limit the number of log entries created per time. This is used to prevent flooding your log file. To log and drop spoofing per 5 minutes, in bursts of at most 7 entries .
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -m limit --limit 5/m --limit-burst 7 -j LOG --log-prefix "IP_SPOOF A: "
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP

#14: Drop or Accept Traffic From Mac Address

Use the following syntax:
# iptables -A INPUT -m mac --mac-source 00:0F:EA:91:04:08 -j DROP
## *only accept traffic for TCP port # 8080 from mac 00:0F:EA:91:04:07 * ##
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 22 -m mac --mac-source 00:0F:EA:91:04:07 -j ACCEPT

#15: Block or Allow ICMP Ping Request

Type the following command to block ICMP ping requests:
# iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j DROP
# iptables -A INPUT -i eth1 -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j DROP
Ping responses can also be limited to certain networks or hosts:
# iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j ACCEPT
The following only accepts limited type of ICMP requests:
### ** assumed that default INPUT policy set to DROP ** #############
iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-reply -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type destination-unreachable -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type time-exceeded -j ACCEPT
## ** all our server to respond to pings ** ##
iptables -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j ACCEPT

#16: Open Range of Ports

Use the following syntax to open a range of ports:
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 7000:7010 -j ACCEPT

#17: Open Range of IP Addresses

Use the following syntax to open a range of IP address:
## only accept connection to tcp port 80 (Apache) if ip is between 192.168.1.100 and 192.168.1.200 ##
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --destination-port 80 -m iprange --src-range 192.168.1.100-192.168.1.200 -j ACCEPT
## nat example ##
iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j SNAT --to-source 192.168.1.20-192.168.1.25

#17: Established Connections and Restaring The Firewall

When you restart the iptables service it will drop established connections as it unload modules from the system under RHEL / Fedora / CentOS Linux. Edit, /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config and set IPTABLES_MODULES_UNLOAD as follows:
IPTABLES_MODULES_UNLOAD = no

#18: Help Iptables Flooding My Server Screen

Use the crit log level to send messages to a log file instead of console:
iptables -A INPUT -s 1.2.3.4 -p tcp --destination-port 80 -j LOG --log-level crit

#19: Block or Open Common Ports

The following shows syntax for opening and closing common TCP and UDP ports:
 
Replace ACCEPT with DROP to block port:
## open port ssh tcp port 22 ##
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
 
## open cups (printing service) udp/tcp port 631 for LAN users ##
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT
 
## allow time sync via NTP for lan users (open udp port 123) ##
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 123 -j ACCEPT
 
## open tcp port 25 (smtp) for all ##
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 25 -j ACCEPT
 
# open dns server ports for all ##
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
 
## open http/https (Apache) server port to all ##
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
 
## open tcp port 110 (pop3) for all ##
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 110 -j ACCEPT
 
## open tcp port 143 (imap) for all ##
iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 143 -j ACCEPT
 
## open access to Samba file server for lan users only ##
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 137 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT
 
## open access to proxy server for lan users only ##
iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.1.0/24 -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 3128 -j ACCEPT
 
## open access to mysql server for lan users only ##
iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 3306 -j ACCEPT
 

#20: Restrict the Number of Parallel Connections To a Server Per Client IP

You can use connlimit module to put such restrictions. To allow 3 ssh connections per client host, enter:
# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --syn --dport 22 -m connlimit --connlimit-above 3 -j REJECT
Set HTTP requests to 20:
# iptables -p tcp --syn --dport 80 -m connlimit --connlimit-above 20 --connlimit-mask 24 -j DROP
Where,
  1. --connlimit-above 3 : Match if the number of existing connections is above 3.
  2. --connlimit-mask 24 : Group hosts using the prefix length. For IPv4, this must be a number between (including) 0 and 32.

#21: HowTO: Use iptables Like a Pro

For more information about iptables, please see the manual page by typing man iptables from the command line:
$ man iptables
You can see the help using the following syntax too:
# iptables -h
To see help with specific commands and targets, enter:
# iptables -j DROP -h

#21.1: Testing Your Firewall

Find out if ports are open or not, enter:
# netstat -tulpn
Find out if tcp port 80 open or not, enter:
# netstat -tulpn | grep :80
If port 80 is not open, start the Apache, enter:
# service httpd start
Make sure iptables allowing access to the port 80:
# iptables -L INPUT -v -n | grep 80
Otherwise open port 80 using the iptables for all users:
# iptables -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
# service iptables save
Use the telnet command to see if firewall allows to connect to port 80:
$ telnet www.cyberciti.biz 80
Sample outputs:
Trying 75.126.153.206...
Connected to www.cyberciti.biz.
Escape character is '^]'.
^]
telnet> quit
Connection closed.
You can use nmap to probe your own server using the following syntax:
$ nmap -sS -p 80 www.cyberciti.biz
Sample outputs:
Starting Nmap 5.00 ( http://nmap.org ) at 2011-12-13 13:19 IST
Interesting ports on www.cyberciti.biz (75.126.153.206):
PORT   STATE SERVICE
80/tcp open  http
Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 1.00 seconds
I also recommend you install and use sniffer such as tcpdupm and ngrep to test your firewall settings.

Conclusion:

This post only list basic rules for new Linux users. You can create and build more complex rules. This requires good understanding of TCP/IP, Linux kernel tuning via sysctl.conf, and good knowledge of your own setup. Stay tuned for next topics:
  • Stateful packet inspection.
  • Using connection tracking helpers.
  • Network address translation.
  • Layer 2 filtering.
  • Firewall testing tools.
  • Dealing with VPNs, DNS, Web, Proxy, and other protocols.

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#!/bin/bash
# Clear any previous rules.
/sbin/iptables -F
# Default drop policy.
/sbin/iptables -P INPUT DROP
/sbin/iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
# Allow anything over loopback and vpn.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i lo -s 127.0.0.1 -d 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -s 127.0.0.1 -d 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -i tun0 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -o tun0 -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p esp -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p esp -j ACCEPT
# Drop any tcp packet that does not start a connection with a syn flag.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j DROP
# Drop any invalid packet that could not be identified.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
# Drop invalid packets.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,PSH,ACK,URG NONE -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,FIN SYN,FIN              -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN,RST              -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,RST FIN,RST              -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags ACK,FIN FIN                  -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags ACK,URG URG                  -j DROP
# Reject broadcasts to 224.0.0.1
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 224.0.0.0/4 -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -d 224.0.0.0/4 -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -s 240.0.0.0/5 -j DROP
# Blocked ports
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED --dport 8010 -j DROP
# Allow TCP/UDP connections out. Keep state so conns out are allowed back in.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT  -p tcp -m state --state ESTABLISHED     -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT  -p udp -m state --state ESTABLISHED     -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# Allow only ICMP echo requests (ping) in. Limit rate in. Uncomment if needed.
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT  -p icmp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED --icmp-type echo-reply -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p icmp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED --icmp-type echo-request -j ACCEPT
# or block ICMP allow only ping out
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT  -p icmp -m state --state NEW -j DROP
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT  -p icmp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT -p icmp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# Allow ssh connections in.
#/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s 1.2.3.4 -m tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -m limit --limit 2/m -j ACCEPT
# Drop everything that did not match above or drop and log it.
#/sbin/iptables -A INPUT   -j LOG --log-level 4 --log-prefix "IPTABLES_INPUT: "
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT   -j DROP
#/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -j LOG --log-level 4 --log-prefix "IPTABLES_FORWARD: "
/sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -j DROP
#/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT  -j LOG --log-level 4 --log-prefix "IPTABLES_OUTPUT: "
/sbin/iptables -A OUTPUT  -j ACCEPT
iptables-save > /dev/null 2>&1



REFERENCES
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-iptables-examples.html
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