Anti DDos kernel settings

iptables.sh

### 1: Drop invalid packets ### 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -m conntrack --ctstate INVALID -j DROP  

### 2: Drop TCP packets that are new and are not SYN ### 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp ! --syn -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j DROP 
 
### 3: Drop SYN packets with suspicious MSS value ### 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m tcpmss ! --mss 536:65535 -j DROP  

### 4: Block packets with bogus TCP flags ### 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,PSH,ACK,URG NONE -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN FIN,SYN -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN,RST -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,RST FIN,RST -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,ACK FIN -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,URG URG -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,FIN FIN -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,PSH PSH -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL ALL -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL NONE -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL FIN,PSH,URG -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL SYN,FIN,PSH,URG -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL SYN,RST,ACK,FIN,URG -j DROP  

### 5: Block spoofed packets ### 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 224.0.0.0/3 -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 169.254.0.0/16 -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 172.16.0.0/12 -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 192.0.2.0/24 -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/16 -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 0.0.0.0/8 -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 240.0.0.0/5 -j DROP 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 127.0.0.0/8 ! -i lo -j DROP  

### 6: Drop ICMP (you usually don't need this protocol) ### 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p icmp -j DROP  

### 7: Drop fragments in all chains ### 
/sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -f -j DROP  

### 8: Limit connections per source IP ### 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m connlimit --connlimit-above 111 -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset  

### 9: Limit RST packets ### 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags RST RST -m limit --limit 2/s --limit-burst 2 -j ACCEPT 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags RST RST -j DROP  

### 10: Limit new TCP connections per second per source IP ### 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m limit --limit 60/s --limit-burst 20 -j ACCEPT 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j DROP  

### 11: Use SYNPROXY on all ports (disables connection limiting rule) ### 
# Hidden - unlock content above in "Mitigating SYN Floods With SYNPROXY" section
Bonus Rules
Here are some more iptables rules that are useful to increase the overall security of a Linux server:

### SSH brute-force protection ### 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m recent --set 
/sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 10 -j DROP  

### Protection against port scanning ### 
/sbin/iptables -N port-scanning 
/sbin/iptables -A port-scanning -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,ACK,FIN,RST RST -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 2 -j RETURN 
/sbin/iptables -A port-scanning -j DROP

sysctl.conf

Anti-DDoS Kernel Settings (sysctl.conf)
kernel.printk = 4 4 1 7 
kernel.panic = 10 
kernel.sysrq = 0 
kernel.shmmax = 4294967296 
kernel.shmall = 4194304 
kernel.core_uses_pid = 1 
kernel.msgmnb = 65536 
kernel.msgmax = 65536 
vm.swappiness = 20 
vm.dirty_ratio = 80 
vm.dirty_background_ratio = 5 
fs.file-max = 2097152 
net.core.netdev_max_backlog = 262144 
net.core.rmem_default = 31457280 
net.core.rmem_max = 67108864 
net.core.wmem_default = 31457280 
net.core.wmem_max = 67108864 
net.core.somaxconn = 65535 
net.core.optmem_max = 25165824 
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh1 = 4096 
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh2 = 8192 
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_thresh3 = 16384 
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_interval = 5 
net.ipv4.neigh.default.gc_stale_time = 120 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_max = 10000000 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_loose = 0 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_established = 1800 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close = 10 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_close_wait = 10 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_fin_wait = 20 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_last_ack = 20 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_syn_recv = 20 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_syn_sent = 20 
net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_tcp_timeout_time_wait = 10 
net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle = 0 
net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range = 1024 65000 
net.ipv4.ip_no_pmtu_disc = 1 
net.ipv4.route.flush = 1 
net.ipv4.route.max_size = 8048576 
net.ipv4.icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts = 1 
net.ipv4.icmp_ignore_bogus_error_responses = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control = htcp 
net.ipv4.tcp_mem = 65536 131072 262144 
net.ipv4.udp_mem = 65536 131072 262144 
net.ipv4.tcp_rmem = 4096 87380 33554432 
net.ipv4.udp_rmem_min = 16384 
net.ipv4.tcp_wmem = 4096 87380 33554432 
net.ipv4.udp_wmem_min = 16384 
net.ipv4.tcp_max_tw_buckets = 1440000 
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_recycle = 0 
net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_max_orphans = 400000 
net.ipv4.tcp_window_scaling = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_rfc1337 = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_syncookies = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_synack_retries = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_syn_retries = 2 
net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 16384 
net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_sack = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_fack = 1 
net.ipv4.tcp_ecn = 2 
net.ipv4.tcp_fin_timeout = 10 
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time = 600 
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl = 60 
net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes = 10 
net.ipv4.tcp_no_metrics_save = 1 
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 0 
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects = 0 
net.ipv4.conf.all.send_redirects = 0 
net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_source_route = 0 
net.ipv4.conf.all.rp_filter = 1