libxt_recent.man revision 7573631fa9f6f15b28a13cc5d22f2a446f69fd64
1Allows you to dynamically create a list of IP addresses and then match against 2that list in a few different ways. 3.PP 4For example, you can create a "badguy" list out of people attempting to connect 5to port 139 on your firewall and then DROP all future packets from them without 6considering them. 7.TP 8\fB\-\-name\fP \fIname\fP 9Specify the list to use for the commands. If no name is given then 10\fBDEFAULT\fR will be used. 11.TP 12[\fB!\fR] \fB\-\-set\fP 13This will add the source address of the packet to the list. If the source 14address is already in the list, this will update the existing entry. This will 15always return success (or failure if \fB!\fR is passed in). 16.TP 17\fB\-\-rsource\fP 18Match/save the source address of each packet in the recent list table. This 19is the default. 20.TP 21\fB\-\-rdest\fP 22Match/save the destination address of each packet in the recent list table. 23.TP 24[\fB!\fR] \fB\-\-rcheck\fP 25Check if the source address of the packet is currently in the list. 26.TP 27[\fB!\fR] \fB\-\-update\fP 28Like \fB\-\-rcheck\fP, except it will update the "last seen" timestamp if it 29matches. 30.TP 31[\fB!\fR] \fB\-\-remove\fP 32Check if the source address of the packet is currently in the list and if so 33that address will be removed from the list and the rule will return true. If 34the address is not found, false is returned. 35.TP 36[\fB!\fR] \fB\-\-seconds\fP \fIseconds\fP 37This option must be used in conjunction with one of \fB\-\-rcheck\fP or 38\fB\-\-update\fP. When used, this will narrow the match to only happen when the 39address is in the list and was seen within the last given number of seconds. 40.TP 41[\fB!\fR] \fB\-\-hitcount\fP \fIhits\fP 42This option must be used in conjunction with one of \fB\-\-rcheck\fP or 43\fB\-\-update\fP. When used, this will narrow the match to only happen when the 44address is in the list and packets had been received greater than or equal to 45the given value. This option may be used along with \fB\-\-seconds\fP to create 46an even narrower match requiring a certain number of hits within a specific 47time frame. The maximum value for the hitcount parameter is given by the 48"ip_pkt_list_tot" parameter of the xt_recent kernel module. Exceeding this 49value on the command line will cause the rule to be rejected. 50.TP 51\fB\-\-rttl\fP 52This option may only be used in conjunction with one of \fB\-\-rcheck\fP or 53\fB\-\-update\fP. When used, this will narrow the match to only happen when the 54address is in the list and the TTL of the current packet matches that of the 55packet which hit the \fB\-\-set\fP rule. This may be useful if you have problems 56with people faking their source address in order to DoS you via this module by 57disallowing others access to your site by sending bogus packets to you. 58.PP 59Examples: 60.IP 61iptables \-A FORWARD \-m recent \-\-name badguy \-\-rcheck \-\-seconds 60 \-j DROP 62.IP 63iptables \-A FORWARD \-p tcp \-i eth0 \-\-dport 139 \-m recent \-\-name badguy \-\-set \-j DROP 64.PP 65Steve's ipt_recent website (http://snowman.net/projects/ipt_recent/) also has 66some examples of usage. 67.PP 68\fB/proc/net/xt_recent/*\fR are the current lists of addresses and information 69about each entry of each list. 70.PP 71Each file in \fB/proc/net/xt_recent/\fR can be read from to see the current 72list or written two using the following commands to modify the list: 73.TP 74\fBecho +\fR\fIaddr\fR\fB >/proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT\fR 75to add \fIaddr\fR to the DEFAULT list 76.TP 77\fBecho \-\fP\fIaddr\fP\fB >/proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT\fP 78to remove \fIaddr\fR from the DEFAULT list 79.TP 80\fBecho / >/proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT\fR 81to flush the DEFAULT list (remove all entries). 82.PP 83The module itself accepts parameters, defaults shown: 84.TP 85\fBip_list_tot\fR=\fI100\fR 86Number of addresses remembered per table. 87.TP 88\fBip_pkt_list_tot\fR=\fI20\fR 89Number of packets per address remembered. 90.TP 91\fBip_list_hash_size\fR=\fI0\fR 92Hash table size. 0 means to calculate it based on ip_list_tot, default: 512. 93.TP 94\fBip_list_perms\fR=\fI0644\fR 95Permissions for /proc/net/xt_recent/* files. 96.TP 97\fBip_list_uid\fR=\fI0\fR 98Numerical UID for ownership of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files. 99.TP 100\fBip_list_gid\fR=\fI0\fR 101Numerical GID for ownership of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files. 102