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Browse All TopicsIs there a way to restrict or allow only certain source ip addresses connecting to my redhat 8.0 box? Also would it be setup across all network cards or specified for each? Also could you allow a specific source ip address to connect on one port but not any other?
Thanks for the help in advance.
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by: jleviePosted on 2004-02-17 at 09:15:32ID: 10384119
Yes this can be done with iptables. It is possible to do the restrictions globally or per interface. A simple example of doing this might look like:
#!/bin/sh
#
# This is a simple, reasonably complete local host based firewall suitable for
# protecting a server that might be exposed to malicous activity.
#
# Save this in root's home directory as iptables-gw and make it executable
# with 'chmod +x iptables-host'. Then to install the rule set simply run it
# with './iptables-host'.
#
# Once the rule sets are to your liking you can easily arrange to have them
# installed at boot on a Redhat box (7.1 or later). Save the rules with:
#
# service iptables save
#
# which saves the running ruleset to /etc/sysconfig/iptables. When
# /etc/init.d/iptables executes it will see the file and restore the rules.
#
# I find it easier to modify this file and run it to change the rulesets,
# rather than modifying the running rules. That way I have a readable
# record of the firewall configuration.
#
# Author: Jim Levie (jim@entrophy-free.net)
#
# Set an absolute path to IPTABLES and define my IP.
#
IPT="/sbin/iptables"
IP1=10.0.0.1
#
# Clear out any existing firewall rules, and any chains that might have
# been created. Then set the default policies.
#
$IPT -F
$IPT -F INPUT
$IPT -F OUTPUT
$IPT -F FORWARD
$IPT -F -t mangle
$IPT -F -t nat
$IPT -X
$IPT -P INPUT DROP
$IPT -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
$IPT -P FORWARD ACCEPT
#
# Begin setting up the rulesets. First define some rule chains to handle
# exception conditions. These chains will receive packets that we aren't
# willing to pass. Limiters on logging are used so as to not to swamp the
# firewall in a DOS scenario.
#
# silent - Just dop the packet
# tcpflags - Log packets with bad flags, most likely an attack
# firewalled - Log packets that that we refuse, possibly from an attack
#
$IPT -N silent
$IPT -A silent -j DROP
$IPT -N tcpflags
$IPT -A tcpflags -m limit --limit 15/minute -j LOG --log-prefix TCPflags:
$IPT -A tcpflags -j DROP
$IPT -N firewalled
$IPT -A firewalled -m limit --limit 15/minute -j LOG --log-prefix Firewalled:
$IPT -A firewalled -j DROP
#
# These are all TCP flag combinations that should never, ever, occur in the
# wild. All of these are illegal combinations that are used to attack a box
# in various ways.
#
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL FIN,URG,PSH -j tcpflags
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL ALL -j tcpflags
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL SYN,RST,ACK,FIN,URG -j tcpflags
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL NONE -j tcpflags
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN,RST -j tcpflags
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,FIN SYN,FIN -j tcpflags
#
# Allow selected ICMP types and drop the rest.
#
$IPT -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 0 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 3 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 11 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type 8 -m limit --limit 1/second -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p icmp -j firewalled
#
# The loopback interface is inheritly trustworthy. Don't disable it or
# a number of things will break.
#
$IPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
#
# Now allow Internet hosts access to those services we provide. Note that
# enabling inbound FTP 20 & 21 tcp will also require allowing ports
# 1024-65534/tcp. Which in itself is good enough reason not to allow FTP
# connections and to only allow ssh/scp/sftp.
#
# Allow ssh from anywhere to this server
#
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s 0/0 --dport 22 -j ACCEPT
#
# HTTP access from anywhere
#
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s 0/0 --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s 0/0 --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
#
# Allow access to SMTP only from a single node
#
#$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s 10.0.0.33 --dport 25 -j ACCEPT
#
# If there are trusted nodes you can allow then access to everything with
# something like this. Be sure to set IP at the top of this script if you enable one
# of these.
#
#$IPT -A INPUT -s 10.0.0.0/24 -d $IP1 -j ACCEPT
#$IPT -A INPUT -s 10.0.0.2 -d $IP1 -j ACCEPT
#
# Allow packets that are part of an established connection to pass
# through the firewall. This is required for normal Internet activity.
#
$IPT -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
#
# Anything not already matched gets firewalled and logged.
#
$IPT -A INPUT -j firewalled