iptables.v6.rules

*filter

# Base policy
:INPUT DROP [0:0]
:FORWARD DROP [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]

# Don't attempt to firewall internal traffic on the loopback device.
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT

# Continue connections that are already established or related to an established 
# connection.
-A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT

# Drop non-conforming packets, such as malformed headers, etc.
-A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate INVALID -j DROP

# Block remote packets claiming to be from a loopback address.
-A INPUT -s ::1/128 ! -i lo -j DROP

# Chain for preventing SSH brute-force attacks.
# Permits 10 new connections within 5 minutes from a single host then drops 
# incomming connections from that host. Beyond a burst of 100 connections we 
# log at up 1 attempt per second to prevent filling of logs.
-N SSHBRUTE
-A SSHBRUTE -m recent --name SSH --set
-A SSHBRUTE -m recent --name SSH --update --seconds 300 --hitcount 10 -m limit --limit 1/second --limit-burst 100 -j LOG --log-prefix "ip6tables[SSH-brute]: "
-A SSHBRUTE -m recent --name SSH --update --seconds 300 --hitcount 10 -j DROP
-A SSHBRUTE -j ACCEPT

# Chain for preventing ping flooding - up to 6 pings per second from a single 
# source, again with log limiting. Also prevents us from ICMP REPLY flooding 
# some victim when replying to ICMP ECHO from a spoofed source.
-N ICMPFLOOD
-A ICMPFLOOD -m recent --set --name ICMP --rsource
-A ICMPFLOOD -m recent --update --seconds 1 --hitcount 6 --name ICMP --rsource --rttl -m limit --limit 1/sec --limit-burst 1 -j LOG --log-prefix "ip6tables[ICMP-flood]: "
-A ICMPFLOOD -m recent --update --seconds 1 --hitcount 6 --name ICMP --rsource --rttl -j DROP
-A ICMPFLOOD -j ACCEPT


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# 2. HOST SPECIFIC RULES                                                      #
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# This section is a good place to enable your host-specific services.         #
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# Accept HTTP and HTTPS
#-A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 80,443 --syn -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT


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# 3. GENERAL RULES                                                            #
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# This section contains general rules that should be suitable for most hosts. #
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# Accept worldwide access to SSH and use SSHBRUTE chain for preventing 
# brute-force attacks.
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 --syn -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j SSHBRUTE

# Permit needed ICMP packet types for IPv6 per RFC 4890.
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 1   -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 2   -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 3   -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 4   -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 133 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 134 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 135 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 136 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 137 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 141 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 142 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s fe80::/10 -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 130 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s fe80::/10 -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 131 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s fe80::/10 -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 132 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s fe80::/10 -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 143 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 148 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT              -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 149 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s fe80::/10 -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 151 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s fe80::/10 -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 152 -j ACCEPT
-A INPUT -s fe80::/10 -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 153 -j ACCEPT

# Permit IMCP echo requests (ping) and use ICMPFLOOD chain for preventing ping 
# flooding.
-A INPUT -p ipv6-icmp --icmpv6-type 128 -j ICMPFLOOD

# Do not log packets that are going to ports used by SMB
# (Samba / Windows Sharing).
-A INPUT -p udp -m multiport --dports 135,445 -j DROP
-A INPUT -p udp --dport 137:139 -j DROP
-A INPUT -p udp --sport 137 --dport 1024:65535 -j DROP
-A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 135,139,445 -j DROP

# Do not log packets that are going to port used by UPnP protocol.
-A INPUT -p udp --dport 1900 -j DROP

# Do not log late replies from nameservers.
-A INPUT -p udp --sport 53 -j DROP

# Good practise is to explicately reject AUTH traffic so that it fails fast.
-A INPUT -p tcp --dport 113 --syn -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset

# Prevent DOS by filling log files.
-A INPUT -m limit --limit 1/second --limit-burst 100 -j LOG --log-prefix "ip6tables[DOS]: "

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