Iptables firewall on Debian
July 29th, 2011
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Iptables provide filtering, NAT and other packet mangling.
Viewing current configuration
iptables -LOutput will be like
Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT) target prot opt source destination
Storing iptables rules in a file
nano -w /etc/iptables.test.rules
*filter # Allows all loopback (lo0) traffic and drop all traffic to 127/8 that doesn't use lo0 -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -i ! lo -d 127.0.0.0/8 -j REJECT # Accepts all established inbound connections -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT # Allows all outbound traffic # You could modify this to only allow certain traffic -A OUTPUT -j ACCEPT # Allows HTTP and HTTPS connections from anywhere (the normal ports for websites) -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT # Allows SSH connections for script kiddies # THE -dport NUMBER IS THE SAME ONE YOU SET UP IN THE SSHD_CONFIG FILE -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW --dport 30000 -j ACCEPT # Now you should read up on iptables rules and consider whether ssh access # for everyone is really desired. Most likely you will only allow access from certain IPs. # Allow ping -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT # log iptables denied calls (access via 'dmesg' command) -A INPUT -m limit --limit 5/min -j LOG --log-prefix "iptables denied: " --log-level 7 # Reject all other inbound - default deny unless explicitly allowed policy: -A INPUT -j REJECT -A FORWARD -j REJECT COMMIT
Activate these new rules:
iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.test.rules
See the difference
iptables -LIf you are happy then save new rules to master iptables file
iptables-save > /etc/iptables.up.rules
To make sure the iptables rules are started on a reboot we'll create a new file
nano -w /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables
#!/bin/bash /sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/iptables.up.rules
Set permission
chmod +x /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables
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