iptables question...
 

Hi all,

I was reading up on some iptables rules in the gentoo security handbook:

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/security-handbook.xml?part=1&chap=12&style=printable

It mentions DROPing packets with an INVALID state.

It sounded/sounds like a good idea, so I added the following rule:

-A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state INVALID -j LOG

As suggested, I addd this rule just ABOVE this one:

-A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

I also changed the DROP action to LOG so I could see what it did if
anything.


Right after adding this rule, I started seeing lines like this in the log:

Dec 16 10:15:31 myhost kernel: IN=eth0 OUT=
MAC=00:e0:81:54:9c:8a:00:90:7f:86:a8:c0:08:00 SRC=208.87.137.233
DST=192.168.1.252 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=52 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP
SPT=50113 DPT=25 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0


What I don't understand is why it isn't using my LOG prefix that is used
for everything else:


-A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix "(>fw-drop): " --log-level 7

Anyone?

iptables question...
 

On 12/16/11 22:17, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was reading up on some iptables rules in the gentoo security handbook:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/security/security-handbook.xml?part=1&chap=12&style=printable
>
>
> It mentions DROPing packets with an INVALID state.
>
> It sounded/sounds like a good idea, so I added the following rule:
>
> -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state INVALID -j LOG
>
> As suggested, I addd this rule just ABOVE this one:
>
> -A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
>
> I also changed the DROP action to LOG so I could see what it did if
> anything.
>
> Right after adding this rule, I started seeing lines like this in the
> log:
>
> Dec 16 10:15:31 myhost kernel: IN=eth0 OUT=
> MAC=00:e0:81:54:9c:8a:00:90:7f:86:a8:c0:08:00 SRC=208.87.137.233
> DST=192.168.1.252 LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=52 ID=0 DF PROTO=TCP
> SPT=50113 DPT=25 WINDOW=0 RES=0x00 RST URGP=0
>
> What I don't understand is why it isn't using my LOG prefix that is
> used for everything else:
>
> -A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix "(>fw-drop): " --log-level 7
>
> Anyone?
>
Did you put the log-prefix rule before or after the LOG rule?
Or why didn't you put it in a 1liner, say:

-A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state INVALID -j LOG --log-level 7
--log-prefix "(>fw-drop): " --log-ip-options --log-tcp-options


--
Regards,

iptables question...
 

On 2011-12-17 11:34 AM, Hari Purnama <hari@mapits.com> wrote:

Did you put the log-prefix rule before or after the LOG rule?


After - the log prefix rule is last...


Or why didn't you put it in a 1liner, say:

-A INPUT -i eth0 -m state --state INVALID -j LOG --log-level 7
--log-prefix "(>fw-drop): " --log-ip-options --log-tcp-options


Well, because I thought the log prefix rule applied to everything that
comes before it...?