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.SS addrtype
This module matches packets based on their
.B address type.
Address types are used within the kernel networking stack and categorize
addresses into various groups. The exact definition of that group depends on the specific layer three protocol.
.PP
The following address types are possible:
.TP
.BI "UNSPEC"
an unspecified address (i.e. 0.0.0.0)
.TP
.BI "UNICAST"
an unicast address
.TP
.BI "LOCAL"
a local address
.TP
.BI "BROADCAST"
a broadcast address
.TP
.BI "ANYCAST"
an anycast packet
.TP
.BI "MULTICAST"
a multicast address
.TP
.BI "BLACKHOLE"
a blackhole address
.TP
.BI "UNREACHABLE"
an unreachable address
.TP
.BI "PROHIBIT"
a prohibited address
.TP
.BI "THROW"
FIXME
.TP
.BI "NAT"
FIXME
.TP
.BI "XRESOLVE"
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-src\-type\fP \fItype\fP
Matches if the source address is of given type
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-dst\-type\fP \fItype\fP
Matches if the destination address is of given type
.TP
.BI "\-\-limit\-iface\-in"
The address type checking can be limited to the interface the packet is coming
in. This option is only valid in the
.BR PREROUTING ,
.B INPUT
and
.B FORWARD
chains. It cannot be specified with the
\fB\-\-limit\-iface\-out\fP
option.
.TP
\fB\-\-limit\-iface\-out\fP
The address type checking can be limited to the interface the packet is going
out. This option is only valid in the
.BR POSTROUTING ,
.B OUTPUT
and
.B FORWARD
chains. It cannot be specified with the
\fB\-\-limit\-iface\-in\fP
option.
.SS ah
This module matches the SPIs in Authentication header of IPsec packets.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ahspi\fP \fIspi\fP[\fB:\fP\fIspi\fP]
.SS cluster
Allows you to deploy gateway and back-end load-sharing clusters without the
need of load-balancers.
.PP
This match requires that all the nodes see the same packets. Thus, the cluster
match decides if this node has to handle a packet given the following options:
.TP
\fB\-\-cluster\-total\-nodes\fP \fInum\fP
Set number of total nodes in cluster.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-cluster\-local\-node\fP \fInum\fP
Set the local node number ID.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-cluster\-local\-nodemask\fP \fImask\fP
Set the local node number ID mask. You can use this option instead
of \fB\-\-cluster\-local\-node\fP.
.TP
\fB\-\-cluster\-hash\-seed\fP \fIvalue\fP
Set seed value of the Jenkins hash.
.PP
Example:
.IP
iptables \-A PREROUTING \-t mangle \-i eth1 \-m cluster
\-\-cluster\-total\-nodes 2 \-\-cluster\-local\-node 1
\-\-cluster\-hash\-seed 0xdeadbeef
\-j MARK \-\-set-mark 0xffff
.IP
iptables \-A PREROUTING \-t mangle \-i eth2 \-m cluster
\-\-cluster\-total\-nodes 2 \-\-cluster\-local\-node 1
\-\-cluster\-hash\-seed 0xdeadbeef
\-j MARK -\-set\-mark 0xffff
.IP
iptables \-A PREROUTING \-t mangle \-i eth1
\-m mark ! \-\-mark 0xffff \-j DROP
.IP
iptables \-A PREROUTING \-t mangle \-i eth2
\-m mark ! \-\-mark 0xffff \-j DROP
.PP
And the following commands to make all nodes see the same packets:
.IP
ip maddr add 01:00:5e:00:01:01 dev eth1
.IP
ip maddr add 01:00:5e:00:01:02 dev eth2
.IP
arptables \-A OUTPUT \-o eth1 \-\-h\-length 6
\-j mangle \-\-mangle-mac-s 01:00:5e:00:01:01
.IP
arptables \-A INPUT \-i eth1 \-\-h-length 6
\-\-destination-mac 01:00:5e:00:01:01
\-j mangle \-\-mangle\-mac\-d 00:zz:yy:xx:5a:27
.IP
arptables \-A OUTPUT \-o eth2 \-\-h\-length 6
\-j mangle \-\-mangle\-mac\-s 01:00:5e:00:01:02
.IP
arptables \-A INPUT \-i eth2 \-\-h\-length 6
\-\-destination\-mac 01:00:5e:00:01:02
\-j mangle \-\-mangle\-mac\-d 00:zz:yy:xx:5a:27
.PP
In the case of TCP connections, pickup facility has to be disabled
to avoid marking TCP ACK packets coming in the reply direction as
valid.
.IP
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp_loose
.SS comment
Allows you to add comments (up to 256 characters) to any rule.
.TP
\fB\-\-comment\fP \fIcomment\fP
.TP
Example:
iptables \-A INPUT \-i eth1 \-m comment \-\-comment "my local LAN"
.SS connbytes
Match by how many bytes or packets a connection (or one of the two
flows constituting the connection) has transferred so far, or by
average bytes per packet.
.PP
The counters are 64-bit and are thus not expected to overflow ;)
.PP
The primary use is to detect long-lived downloads and mark them to be
scheduled using a lower priority band in traffic control.
.PP
The transferred bytes per connection can also be viewed through
`conntrack \-L` and accessed via ctnetlink.
.PP
NOTE that for connections which have no accounting information, the match will
always return false. The "net.netfilter.nf_conntrack_acct" sysctl flag controls
whether \fBnew\fP connections will be byte/packet counted. Existing connection
flows will not be gaining/losing a/the accounting structure when be sysctl flag
is flipped.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-connbytes\fP \fIfrom\fP[\fB:\fP\fIto\fP]
match packets from a connection whose packets/bytes/average packet
size is more than FROM and less than TO bytes/packets. if TO is
omitted only FROM check is done. "!" is used to match packets not
falling in the range.
.TP
\fB\-\-connbytes\-dir\fP {\fBoriginal\fP|\fBreply\fP|\fBboth\fP}
which packets to consider
.TP
\fB\-\-connbytes\-mode\fP {\fBpackets\fP|\fBbytes\fP|\fBavgpkt\fP}
whether to check the amount of packets, number of bytes transferred or
the average size (in bytes) of all packets received so far. Note that
when "both" is used together with "avgpkt", and data is going (mainly)
only in one direction (for example HTTP), the average packet size will
be about half of the actual data packets.
.TP
Example:
iptables .. \-m connbytes \-\-connbytes 10000:100000 \-\-connbytes\-dir both \-\-connbytes\-mode bytes ...
.SS connlimit
Allows you to restrict the number of parallel connections to a server per
client IP address (or client address block).
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-connlimit\-above\fP \fIn\fP
Match if the number of existing connections is (not) above \fIn\fP.
.TP
\fB\-\-connlimit\-mask\fP \fIprefix_length\fP
Group hosts using the prefix length. For IPv4, this must be a number between
(including) 0 and 32. For IPv6, between 0 and 128.
.P
Examples:
.TP
# allow 2 telnet connections per client host
iptables \-A INPUT \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 23 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above 2 \-j REJECT
.TP
# you can also match the other way around:
iptables \-A INPUT \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 23 \-m connlimit ! \-\-connlimit\-above 2 \-j ACCEPT
.TP
# limit the number of parallel HTTP requests to 16 per class C sized \
network (24 bit netmask)
iptables \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 80 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above 16
\-\-connlimit\-mask 24 \-j REJECT
.TP
# limit the number of parallel HTTP requests to 16 for the link local network
(ipv6)
ip6tables \-p tcp \-\-syn \-\-dport 80 \-s fe80::/64 \-m connlimit \-\-connlimit\-above
16 \-\-connlimit\-mask 64 \-j REJECT
.SS connmark
This module matches the netfilter mark field associated with a connection
(which can be set using the \fBCONNMARK\fP target below).
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-mark\fP \fIvalue\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Matches packets in connections with the given mark value (if a mask is
specified, this is logically ANDed with the mark before the comparison).
.SS conntrack
This module, when combined with connection tracking, allows access to the
connection tracking state for this packet/connection.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctstate\fP \fIstatelist\fP
\fIstatelist\fP is a comma separated list of the connection states to match.
Possible states are listed below.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctproto\fP \fIl4proto\fP
Layer-4 protocol to match (by number or name)
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctorigsrc\fP \fIaddress\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctorigdst\fP \fIaddress\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctreplsrc\fP \fIaddress\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctrepldst\fP \fIaddress\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Match against original/reply source/destination address
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctorigsrcport\fP \fIport\fP
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctorigdstport\fP \fIport\fP
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctreplsrcport\fP \fIport\fP
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctrepldstport\fP \fIport\fP
Match against original/reply source/destination port (TCP/UDP/etc.) or GRE key.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctstatus\fP \fIstatelist\fP
\fIstatuslist\fP is a comma separated list of the connection statuses to match.
Possible statuses are listed below.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ctexpire\fP \fItime\fP[\fB:\fP\fItime\fP]
Match remaining lifetime in seconds against given value or range of values
(inclusive)
.TP
\fB\-\-ctdir\fP {\fBORIGINAL\fP|\fBREPLY\fP}
Match packets that are flowing in the specified direction. If this flag is not
specified at all, matches packets in both directions.
.PP
States for \fB\-\-ctstate\fP:
.TP
\fBINVALID\fP
meaning that the packet is associated with no known connection
.TP
\fBNEW\fP
meaning that the packet has started a new connection, or otherwise associated
with a connection which has not seen packets in both directions, and
.TP
\fBESTABLISHED\fP
meaning that the packet is associated with a connection which has seen packets
in both directions,
.TP
\fBRELATED\fP
meaning that the packet is starting a new connection, but is associated with an
existing connection, such as an FTP data transfer, or an ICMP error.
.TP
\fBUNTRACKED\fP
meaning that the packet is not tracked at all, which happens if you use
the NOTRACK target in raw table.
.TP
\fBSNAT\fP
A virtual state, matching if the original source address differs from the reply
destination.
.TP
\fBDNAT\fP
A virtual state, matching if the original destination differs from the reply
source.
.PP
Statuses for \fB\-\-ctstatus\fP:
.TP
\fBNONE\fP
None of the below.
.TP
\fBEXPECTED\fP
This is an expected connection (i.e. a conntrack helper set it up)
.TP
\fBSEEN_REPLY\fP
Conntrack has seen packets in both directions.
.TP
\fBASSURED\fP
Conntrack entry should never be early-expired.
.TP
\fBCONFIRMED\fP
Connection is confirmed: originating packet has left box.
.SS cpu
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-cpu\fP \fInumber\fP
Match cpu handling this packet. cpus are numbered from 0 to NR_CPUS-1
Can be used in combination with RPS (Remote Packet Steering) or
multiqueue NICs to spread network traffic on different queues.
.PP
Example:
.PP
iptables \-t nat \-A PREROUTING \-p tcp \-\-dport 80 \-m cpu \-\-cpu 0
\-j REDIRECT \-\-to\-port 8080
.PP
iptables \-t nat \-A PREROUTING \-p tcp \-\-dport 80 \-m cpu \-\-cpu 1
\-j REDIRECT \-\-to\-port 8081
.PP
Available since Linux 2.6.36.
.SS dccp
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-source\-port\fP,\fB\-\-sport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-destination\-port\fP,\fB\-\-dport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-dccp\-types\fP \fImask\fP
Match when the DCCP packet type is one of 'mask'. 'mask' is a comma-separated
list of packet types. Packet types are:
.BR "REQUEST RESPONSE DATA ACK DATAACK CLOSEREQ CLOSE RESET SYNC SYNCACK INVALID" .
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-dccp\-option\fP \fInumber\fP
Match if DCP option set.
.SS dscp
This module matches the 6 bit DSCP field within the TOS field in the
IP header. DSCP has superseded TOS within the IETF.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-dscp\fP \fIvalue\fP
Match against a numeric (decimal or hex) value [0-63].
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-dscp\-class\fP \fIclass\fP
Match the DiffServ class. This value may be any of the
BE, EF, AFxx or CSx classes. It will then be converted
into its according numeric value.
.SS ecn
This allows you to match the ECN bits of the IPv4 and TCP header. ECN is the Explicit Congestion Notification mechanism as specified in RFC3168
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ecn\-tcp\-cwr\fP
This matches if the TCP ECN CWR (Congestion Window Received) bit is set.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ecn\-tcp\-ece\fP
This matches if the TCP ECN ECE (ECN Echo) bit is set.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ecn\-ip\-ect\fP \fInum\fP
This matches a particular IPv4 ECT (ECN-Capable Transport). You have to specify
a number between `0' and `3'.
.SS esp
This module matches the SPIs in ESP header of IPsec packets.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-espspi\fP \fIspi\fP[\fB:\fP\fIspi\fP]
.SS hashlimit
\fBhashlimit\fP uses hash buckets to express a rate limiting match (like the
\fBlimit\fP match) for a group of connections using a \fBsingle\fP iptables
rule. Grouping can be done per-hostgroup (source and/or destination address)
and/or per-port. It gives you the ability to express "\fIN\fP packets per time
quantum per group":
.TP
matching on source host
"1000 packets per second for every host in 192.168.0.0/16"
.TP
matching on source port
"100 packets per second for every service of 192.168.1.1"
.TP
matching on subnet
"10000 packets per minute for every /28 subnet in 10.0.0.0/8"
.PP
A hash limit option (\fB\-\-hashlimit\-upto\fP, \fB\-\-hashlimit\-above\fP) and
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-name\fP are required.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-upto\fP \fIamount\fP[\fB/second\fP|\fB/minute\fP|\fB/hour\fP|\fB/day\fP]
Match if the rate is below or equal to \fIamount\fP/quantum. It is specified as
a number, with an optional time quantum suffix; the default is 3/hour.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-above\fP \fIamount\fP[\fB/second\fP|\fB/minute\fP|\fB/hour\fP|\fB/day\fP]
Match if the rate is above \fIamount\fP/quantum.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-burst\fP \fIamount\fP
Maximum initial number of packets to match: this number gets recharged by one
every time the limit specified above is not reached, up to this number; the
default is 5.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-mode\fP {\fBsrcip\fP|\fBsrcport\fP|\fBdstip\fP|\fBdstport\fP}\fB,\fP...
A comma-separated list of objects to take into consideration. If no
\-\-hashlimit\-mode option is given, hashlimit acts like limit, but at the
expensive of doing the hash housekeeping.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-srcmask\fP \fIprefix\fP
When \-\-hashlimit\-mode srcip is used, all source addresses encountered will be
grouped according to the given prefix length and the so-created subnet will be
subject to hashlimit. \fIprefix\fP must be between (inclusive) 0 and 32. Note
that \-\-hashlimit\-srcmask 0 is basically doing the same thing as not specifying
srcip for \-\-hashlimit\-mode, but is technically more expensive.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-dstmask\fP \fIprefix\fP
Like \-\-hashlimit\-srcmask, but for destination addresses.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-name\fP \fIfoo\fP
The name for the /proc/net/ipt_hashlimit/foo entry.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-htable\-size\fP \fIbuckets\fP
The number of buckets of the hash table
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-htable\-max\fP \fIentries\fP
Maximum entries in the hash.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-htable\-expire\fP \fImsec\fP
After how many milliseconds do hash entries expire.
.TP
\fB\-\-hashlimit\-htable\-gcinterval\fP \fImsec\fP
How many milliseconds between garbage collection intervals.
.SS helper
This module matches packets related to a specific conntrack-helper.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-helper\fP \fIstring\fP
Matches packets related to the specified conntrack-helper.
.RS
.PP
string can be "ftp" for packets related to a ftp-session on default port.
For other ports append \-portnr to the value, ie. "ftp\-2121".
.PP
Same rules apply for other conntrack-helpers.
.RE
.SS icmp
This extension can be used if `\-\-protocol icmp' is specified. It
provides the following option:
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-icmp\-type\fP {\fItype\fP[\fB/\fP\fIcode\fP]|\fItypename\fP}
This allows specification of the ICMP type, which can be a numeric
ICMP type, type/code pair, or one of the ICMP type names shown by the command
.nf
iptables \-p icmp \-h
.fi
.SS iprange
This matches on a given arbitrary range of IP addresses.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-src\-range\fP \fIfrom\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIto\fP]
Match source IP in the specified range.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-dst\-range\fP \fIfrom\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIto\fP]
Match destination IP in the specified range.
.SS ipvs
Match IPVS connection properties.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ipvs\fP
packet belongs to an IPVS connection
.TP
Any of the following options implies \-\-ipvs (even negated)
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-vproto\fP \fIprotocol\fP
VIP protocol to match; by number or name, e.g. "tcp"
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-vaddr\fP \fIaddress\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
VIP address to match
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-vport\fP \fIport\fP
VIP port to match; by number or name, e.g. "http"
.TP
\fB\-\-vdir\fP {\fBORIGINAL\fP|\fBREPLY\fP}
flow direction of packet
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-vmethod\fP {\fBGATE\fP|\fBIPIP\fP|\fBMASQ\fP}
IPVS forwarding method used
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-vportctl\fP \fIport\fP
VIP port of the controlling connection to match, e.g. 21 for FTP
.SS length
This module matches the length of the layer-3 payload (e.g. layer-4 packet)
of a packet against a specific value
or range of values.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-length\fP \fIlength\fP[\fB:\fP\fIlength\fP]
.SS limit
This module matches at a limited rate using a token bucket filter.
A rule using this extension will match until this limit is reached
(unless the `!' flag is used). It can be used in combination with the
.B LOG
target to give limited logging, for example.
.TP
\fB\-\-limit\fP \fIrate\fP[\fB/second\fP|\fB/minute\fP|\fB/hour\fP|\fB/day\fP]
Maximum average matching rate: specified as a number, with an optional
`/second', `/minute', `/hour', or `/day' suffix; the default is
3/hour.
.TP
\fB\-\-limit\-burst\fP \fInumber\fP
Maximum initial number of packets to match: this number gets
recharged by one every time the limit specified above is not reached,
up to this number; the default is 5.
.SS mac
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-mac\-source\fP \fIaddress\fP
Match source MAC address. It must be of the form XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX.
Note that this only makes sense for packets coming from an Ethernet device
and entering the
.BR PREROUTING ,
.B FORWARD
or
.B INPUT
chains.
.SS mark
This module matches the netfilter mark field associated with a packet
(which can be set using the
.B MARK
target below).
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-mark\fP \fIvalue\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Matches packets with the given unsigned mark value (if a \fImask\fP is
specified, this is logically ANDed with the \fImask\fP before the
comparison).
.SS multiport
This module matches a set of source or destination ports. Up to 15
ports can be specified. A port range (port:port) counts as two
ports. It can only be used in conjunction with
\fB\-p tcp\fP
or
\fB\-p udp\fP.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-source\-ports\fP,\fB\-\-sports\fP \fIport\fP[\fB,\fP\fIport\fP|\fB,\fP\fIport\fP\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]...
Match if the source port is one of the given ports. The flag
\fB\-\-sports\fP
is a convenient alias for this option. Multiple ports or port ranges are
separated using a comma, and a port range is specified using a colon.
\fB53,1024:65535\fP would therefore match ports 53 and all from 1024 through
65535.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-destination\-ports\fP,\fB\-\-dports\fP \fIport\fP[\fB,\fP\fIport\fP|\fB,\fP\fIport\fP\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]...
Match if the destination port is one of the given ports. The flag
\fB\-\-dports\fP
is a convenient alias for this option.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-ports\fP \fIport\fP[\fB,\fP\fIport\fP|\fB,\fP\fIport\fP\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]...
Match if either the source or destination ports are equal to one of
the given ports.
.SS osf
The osf module does passive operating system fingerprinting. This modules
compares some data (Window Size, MSS, options and their order, TTL, DF,
and others) from packets with the SYN bit set.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-genre\fP \fIstring\fP
Match an operating system genre by using a passive fingerprinting.
.TP
\fB\-\-ttl\fP \fIlevel\fP
Do additional TTL checks on the packet to determine the operating system.
\fIlevel\fP can be one of the following values:
.IP \(bu 4
0 - True IP address and fingerprint TTL comparison. This generally works for
LANs.
.IP \(bu 4
1 - Check if the IP header's TTL is less than the fingerprint one. Works for
globally-routable addresses.
.IP \(bu 4
2 - Do not compare the TTL at all.
.TP
\fB\-\-log\fP \fIlevel\fP
Log determined genres into dmesg even if they do not match the desired one.
\fIlevel\fP can be one of the following values:
.IP \(bu 4
0 - Log all matched or unknown signatures
.IP \(bu 4
1 - Log only the first one
.IP \(bu 4
2 - Log all known matched signatures
.PP
You may find something like this in syslog:
.PP
Windows [2000:SP3:Windows XP Pro SP1, 2000 SP3]: 11.22.33.55:4024 ->
11.22.33.44:139 hops=3 Linux [2.5-2.6:] : 1.2.3.4:42624 -> 1.2.3.5:22 hops=4
.PP
OS fingerprints are loadable using the \fBnfnl_osf\fP program. To load
fingerprints from a file, use:
.PP
\fBnfnl_osf -f /usr/share/xtables/pf.os\fP
.PP
To remove them again,
.PP
\fBnfnl_osf -f /usr/share/xtables/pf.os -d\fP
.PP
The fingerprint database can be downlaoded from
http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/etc/pf.os .
.SS owner
This module attempts to match various characteristics of the packet creator,
for locally generated packets. This match is only valid in the OUTPUT and
POSTROUTING chains. Forwarded packets do not have any socket associated with
them. Packets from kernel threads do have a socket, but usually no owner.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-uid\-owner\fP \fIusername\fP
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-uid\-owner\fP \fIuserid\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIuserid\fP]
Matches if the packet socket's file structure (if it has one) is owned by the
given user. You may also specify a numerical UID, or an UID range.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-gid\-owner\fP \fIgroupname\fP
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-gid\-owner\fP \fIgroupid\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIgroupid\fP]
Matches if the packet socket's file structure is owned by the given group.
You may also specify a numerical GID, or a GID range.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-socket\-exists\fP
Matches if the packet is associated with a socket.
.SS physdev
This module matches on the bridge port input and output devices enslaved
to a bridge device. This module is a part of the infrastructure that enables
a transparent bridging IP firewall and is only useful for kernel versions
above version 2.5.44.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-physdev\-in\fP \fIname\fP
Name of a bridge port via which a packet is received (only for
packets entering the
.BR INPUT ,
.B FORWARD
and
.B PREROUTING
chains). If the interface name ends in a "+", then any
interface which begins with this name will match. If the packet didn't arrive
through a bridge device, this packet won't match this option, unless '!' is used.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-physdev\-out\fP \fIname\fP
Name of a bridge port via which a packet is going to be sent (for packets
entering the
.BR FORWARD ,
.B OUTPUT
and
.B POSTROUTING
chains). If the interface name ends in a "+", then any
interface which begins with this name will match. Note that in the
.BR nat " and " mangle
.B OUTPUT
chains one cannot match on the bridge output port, however one can in the
.B "filter OUTPUT"
chain. If the packet won't leave by a bridge device or if it is yet unknown what
the output device will be, then the packet won't match this option,
unless '!' is used.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-physdev\-is\-in\fP
Matches if the packet has entered through a bridge interface.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-physdev\-is\-out\fP
Matches if the packet will leave through a bridge interface.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-physdev\-is\-bridged\fP
Matches if the packet is being bridged and therefore is not being routed.
This is only useful in the FORWARD and POSTROUTING chains.
.SS pkttype
This module matches the link-layer packet type.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-pkt\-type\fP {\fBunicast\fP|\fBbroadcast\fP|\fBmulticast\fP}
.SS policy
This modules matches the policy used by IPsec for handling a packet.
.TP
\fB\-\-dir\fP {\fBin\fP|\fBout\fP}
Used to select whether to match the policy used for decapsulation or the
policy that will be used for encapsulation.
.B in
is valid in the
.B PREROUTING, INPUT and FORWARD
chains,
.B out
is valid in the
.B POSTROUTING, OUTPUT and FORWARD
chains.
.TP
\fB\-\-pol\fP {\fBnone\fP|\fBipsec\fP}
Matches if the packet is subject to IPsec processing.
.TP
\fB\-\-strict\fP
Selects whether to match the exact policy or match if any rule of
the policy matches the given policy.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-reqid\fP \fIid\fP
Matches the reqid of the policy rule. The reqid can be specified with
.B setkey(8)
using
.B unique:id
as level.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-spi\fP \fIspi\fP
Matches the SPI of the SA.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-proto\fP {\fBah\fP|\fBesp\fP|\fBipcomp\fP}
Matches the encapsulation protocol.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-mode\fP {\fBtunnel\fP|\fBtransport\fP}
Matches the encapsulation mode.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-tunnel\-src\fP \fIaddr\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Matches the source end-point address of a tunnel mode SA.
Only valid with \fB\-\-mode tunnel\fP.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-tunnel\-dst\fP \fIaddr\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Matches the destination end-point address of a tunnel mode SA.
Only valid with \fB\-\-mode tunnel\fP.
.TP
\fB\-\-next\fP
Start the next element in the policy specification. Can only be used with
\fB\-\-strict\fP.
.SS quota
Implements network quotas by decrementing a byte counter with each
packet.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-quota\fP \fIbytes\fP
The quota in bytes.
.SS rateest
The rate estimator can match on estimated rates as collected by the RATEEST
target. It supports matching on absolute bps/pps values, comparing two rate
estimators and matching on the difference between two rate estimators.
.TP
\fB\-\-rateest1\fP \fIname\fP
Name of the first rate estimator.
.TP
\fB\-\-rateest2\fP \fIname\fP
Name of the second rate estimator (if difference is to be calculated).
.TP
\fB\-\-rateest\-delta\fP
Compare difference(s) to given rate(s)
.TP
\fB\-\-rateest\-bps1\fP \fIvalue\fP
.TP
\fB\-\-rateest\-bps2\fP \fIvalue\fP
Compare bytes per second.
.TP
\fB\-\-rateest\-pps1\fP \fIvalue\fP
.TP
\fB\-\-rateest\-pps2\fP \fIvalue\fP
Compare packets per second.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-rateest\-lt\fP
Match if rate is less than given rate/estimator.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-rateest\-gt\fP
Match if rate is greater than given rate/estimator.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-rateest\-eq\fP
Match if rate is equal to given rate/estimator.
.PP
Example: This is what can be used to route outgoing data connections from an
FTP server over two lines based on the available bandwidth at the time the data
connection was started:
.PP
# Estimate outgoing rates
.PP
iptables \-t mangle \-A POSTROUTING \-o eth0 \-j RATEEST \-\-rateest\-name eth0
\-\-rateest\-interval 250ms \-\-rateest\-ewma 0.5s
.PP
iptables \-t mangle \-A POSTROUTING \-o ppp0 \-j RATEEST \-\-rateest\-name ppp0
\-\-rateest\-interval 250ms \-\-rateest\-ewma 0.5s
.PP
# Mark based on available bandwidth
.PP
iptables \-t mangle \-A balance \-m conntrack \-\-ctstate NEW \-m helper \-\-helper ftp
\-m rateest \-\-rateest\-delta \-\-rateest1 eth0 \-\-rateest\-bps1 2.5mbit \-\-rateest\-gt
\-\-rateest2 ppp0 \-\-rateest\-bps2 2mbit \-j CONNMARK \-\-set\-mark 1
.PP
iptables \-t mangle \-A balance \-m conntrack \-\-ctstate NEW \-m helper \-\-helper ftp
\-m rateest \-\-rateest\-delta \-\-rateest1 ppp0 \-\-rateest\-bps1 2mbit \-\-rateest\-gt
\-\-rateest2 eth0 \-\-rateest\-bps2 2.5mbit \-j CONNMARK \-\-set\-mark 2
.PP
iptables \-t mangle \-A balance \-j CONNMARK \-\-restore\-mark
.SS realm
This matches the routing realm. Routing realms are used in complex routing
setups involving dynamic routing protocols like BGP.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-realm\fP \fIvalue\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Matches a given realm number (and optionally mask). If not a number, value
can be a named realm from /etc/iproute2/rt_realms (mask can not be used in
that case).
.SS recent
Allows you to dynamically create a list of IP addresses and then match against
that list in a few different ways.
.PP
For example, you can create a "badguy" list out of people attempting to connect
to port 139 on your firewall and then DROP all future packets from them without
considering them.
.PP
\fB\-\-set\fP, \fB\-\-rcheck\fP, \fB\-\-update\fP and \fB\-\-remove\fP are
mutually exclusive.
.TP
\fB\-\-name\fP \fIname\fP
Specify the list to use for the commands. If no name is given then
\fBDEFAULT\fP will be used.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-set\fP
This will add the source address of the packet to the list. If the source
address is already in the list, this will update the existing entry. This will
always return success (or failure if \fB!\fP is passed in).
.TP
\fB\-\-rsource\fP
Match/save the source address of each packet in the recent list table. This
is the default.
.TP
\fB\-\-rdest\fP
Match/save the destination address of each packet in the recent list table.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-rcheck\fP
Check if the source address of the packet is currently in the list.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-update\fP
Like \fB\-\-rcheck\fP, except it will update the "last seen" timestamp if it
matches.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-remove\fP
Check if the source address of the packet is currently in the list and if so
that address will be removed from the list and the rule will return true. If
the address is not found, false is returned.
.TP
\fB\-\-seconds\fP \fIseconds\fP
This option must be used in conjunction with one of \fB\-\-rcheck\fP or
\fB\-\-update\fP. When used, this will narrow the match to only happen when the
address is in the list and was seen within the last given number of seconds.
.TP
\fB\-\-hitcount\fP \fIhits\fP
This option must be used in conjunction with one of \fB\-\-rcheck\fP or
\fB\-\-update\fP. When used, this will narrow the match to only happen when the
address is in the list and packets had been received greater than or equal to
the given value. This option may be used along with \fB\-\-seconds\fP to create
an even narrower match requiring a certain number of hits within a specific
time frame. The maximum value for the hitcount parameter is given by the
"ip_pkt_list_tot" parameter of the xt_recent kernel module. Exceeding this
value on the command line will cause the rule to be rejected.
.TP
\fB\-\-rttl\fP
This option may only be used in conjunction with one of \fB\-\-rcheck\fP or
\fB\-\-update\fP. When used, this will narrow the match to only happen when the
address is in the list and the TTL of the current packet matches that of the
packet which hit the \fB\-\-set\fP rule. This may be useful if you have problems
with people faking their source address in order to DoS you via this module by
disallowing others access to your site by sending bogus packets to you.
.PP
Examples:
.IP
iptables \-A FORWARD \-m recent \-\-name badguy \-\-rcheck \-\-seconds 60 \-j DROP
.IP
iptables \-A FORWARD \-p tcp \-i eth0 \-\-dport 139 \-m recent \-\-name badguy \-\-set \-j DROP
.PP
Steve's ipt_recent website (http://snowman.net/projects/ipt_recent/) also has
some examples of usage.
.PP
\fB/proc/net/xt_recent/*\fP are the current lists of addresses and information
about each entry of each list.
.PP
Each file in \fB/proc/net/xt_recent/\fP can be read from to see the current
list or written two using the following commands to modify the list:
.TP
\fBecho +\fP\fIaddr\fP\fB >/proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT\fP
to add \fIaddr\fP to the DEFAULT list
.TP
\fBecho \-\fP\fIaddr\fP\fB >/proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT\fP
to remove \fIaddr\fP from the DEFAULT list
.TP
\fBecho / >/proc/net/xt_recent/DEFAULT\fP
to flush the DEFAULT list (remove all entries).
.PP
The module itself accepts parameters, defaults shown:
.TP
\fBip_list_tot\fP=\fI100\fP
Number of addresses remembered per table.
.TP
\fBip_pkt_list_tot\fP=\fI20\fP
Number of packets per address remembered.
.TP
\fBip_list_hash_size\fP=\fI0\fP
Hash table size. 0 means to calculate it based on ip_list_tot, default: 512.
.TP
\fBip_list_perms\fP=\fI0644\fP
Permissions for /proc/net/xt_recent/* files.
.TP
\fBip_list_uid\fP=\fI0\fP
Numerical UID for ownership of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files.
.TP
\fBip_list_gid\fP=\fI0\fP
Numerical GID for ownership of /proc/net/xt_recent/* files.
.SS sctp
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-source\-port\fP,\fB\-\-sport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-destination\-port\fP,\fB\-\-dport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-chunk\-types\fP {\fBall\fP|\fBany\fP|\fBonly\fP} \fIchunktype\fP[\fB:\fP\fIflags\fP] [...]
The flag letter in upper case indicates that the flag is to match if set,
in the lower case indicates to match if unset.
Chunk types: DATA INIT INIT_ACK SACK HEARTBEAT HEARTBEAT_ACK ABORT SHUTDOWN SHUTDOWN_ACK ERROR COOKIE_ECHO COOKIE_ACK ECN_ECNE ECN_CWR SHUTDOWN_COMPLETE ASCONF ASCONF_ACK FORWARD_TSN
chunk type available flags
.br
DATA I U B E i u b e
.br
ABORT T t
.br
SHUTDOWN_COMPLETE T t
(lowercase means flag should be "off", uppercase means "on")
.P
Examples:
iptables \-A INPUT \-p sctp \-\-dport 80 \-j DROP
iptables \-A INPUT \-p sctp \-\-chunk\-types any DATA,INIT \-j DROP
iptables \-A INPUT \-p sctp \-\-chunk\-types any DATA:Be \-j ACCEPT
.SS set
This module matches IP sets which can be defined by ipset(8).
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-match\-set\fP \fIsetname\fP \fIflag\fP[\fB,\fP\fIflag\fP]...
where flags are the comma separated list of
.BR "src"
and/or
.BR "dst"
specifications and there can be no more than six of them. Hence the command
.IP
iptables \-A FORWARD \-m set \-\-match\-set test src,dst
.IP
will match packets, for which (if the set type is ipportmap) the source
address and destination port pair can be found in the specified set. If
the set type of the specified set is single dimension (for example ipmap),
then the command will match packets for which the source address can be
found in the specified set.
.PP
The option \fB\-\-match\-set\fP can be replaced by \fB\-\-set\fP if that does
not clash with an option of other extensions.
.PP
Use of -m set requires that ipset kernel support is provided. As standard
kernels do not ship this currently, the ipset or Xtables-addons package needs
to be installed.
.SS socket
This matches if an open socket can be found by doing a socket lookup on the
packet.
.SS state
This module, when combined with connection tracking, allows access to
the connection tracking state for this packet.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-state\fP \fIstate\fP
Where state is a comma separated list of the connection states to
match. Possible states are
.B INVALID
meaning that the packet could not be identified for some reason which
includes running out of memory and ICMP errors which don't correspond to any
known connection,
.B ESTABLISHED
meaning that the packet is associated with a connection which has seen
packets in both directions,
.B NEW
meaning that the packet has started a new connection, or otherwise
associated with a connection which has not seen packets in both
directions, and
.B RELATED
meaning that the packet is starting a new connection, but is
associated with an existing connection, such as an FTP data transfer,
or an ICMP error.
.B UNTRACKED
meaning that the packet is not tracked at all, which happens if you use
the NOTRACK target in raw table.
.SS statistic
This module matches packets based on some statistic condition.
It supports two distinct modes settable with the
\fB\-\-mode\fP
option.
.PP
Supported options:
.TP
\fB\-\-mode\fP \fImode\fP
Set the matching mode of the matching rule, supported modes are
.B random
and
.B nth.
.TP
\fB\-\-probability\fP \fIp\fP
Set the probability from 0 to 1 for a packet to be randomly
matched. It works only with the
.B random
mode.
.TP
\fB\-\-every\fP \fIn\fP
Match one packet every nth packet. It works only with the
.B nth
mode (see also the
\fB\-\-packet\fP
option).
.TP
\fB\-\-packet\fP \fIp\fP
Set the initial counter value (0 <= p <= n\-1, default 0) for the
.B nth
mode.
.SS string
This modules matches a given string by using some pattern matching strategy. It requires a linux kernel >= 2.6.14.
.TP
\fB\-\-algo\fP {\fBbm\fP|\fBkmp\fP}
Select the pattern matching strategy. (bm = Boyer-Moore, kmp = Knuth-Pratt-Morris)
.TP
\fB\-\-from\fP \fIoffset\fP
Set the offset from which it starts looking for any matching. If not passed, default is 0.
.TP
\fB\-\-to\fP \fIoffset\fP
Set the offset up to which should be scanned. That is, byte \fIoffset\fP-1
(counting from 0) is the last one that is scanned.
If not passed, default is the packet size.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-string\fP \fIpattern\fP
Matches the given pattern.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-hex\-string\fP \fIpattern\fP
Matches the given pattern in hex notation.
.SS tcp
These extensions can be used if `\-\-protocol tcp' is specified. It
provides the following options:
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-source\-port\fP,\fB\-\-sport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]
Source port or port range specification. This can either be a service
name or a port number. An inclusive range can also be specified,
using the format \fIfirst\fP\fB:\fP\fIlast\fP.
If the first port is omitted, "0" is assumed; if the last is omitted,
"65535" is assumed.
If the first port is greater than the second one they will be swapped.
The flag
\fB\-\-sport\fP
is a convenient alias for this option.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-destination\-port\fP,\fB\-\-dport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]
Destination port or port range specification. The flag
\fB\-\-dport\fP
is a convenient alias for this option.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-tcp\-flags\fP \fImask\fP \fIcomp\fP
Match when the TCP flags are as specified. The first argument \fImask\fP is the
flags which we should examine, written as a comma-separated list, and
the second argument \fIcomp\fP is a comma-separated list of flags which must be
set. Flags are:
.BR "SYN ACK FIN RST URG PSH ALL NONE" .
Hence the command
.nf
iptables \-A FORWARD \-p tcp \-\-tcp\-flags SYN,ACK,FIN,RST SYN
.fi
will only match packets with the SYN flag set, and the ACK, FIN and
RST flags unset.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-syn\fP
Only match TCP packets with the SYN bit set and the ACK,RST and FIN bits
cleared. Such packets are used to request TCP connection initiation;
for example, blocking such packets coming in an interface will prevent
incoming TCP connections, but outgoing TCP connections will be
unaffected.
It is equivalent to \fB\-\-tcp\-flags SYN,RST,ACK,FIN SYN\fP.
If the "!" flag precedes the "\-\-syn", the sense of the
option is inverted.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-tcp\-option\fP \fInumber\fP
Match if TCP option set.
.SS tcpmss
This matches the TCP MSS (maximum segment size) field of the TCP header. You can only use this on TCP SYN or SYN/ACK packets, since the MSS is only negotiated during the TCP handshake at connection startup time.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-mss\fP \fIvalue\fP[\fB:\fP\fIvalue\fP]
Match a given TCP MSS value or range.
.SS time
This matches if the packet arrival time/date is within a given range. All
options are optional, but are ANDed when specified.
.TP
\fB\-\-datestart\fP \fIYYYY\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIMM\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIDD\fP[\fBT\fP\fIhh\fP[\fB:\fP\fImm\fP[\fB:\fP\fIss\fP]]]]]
.TP
\fB\-\-datestop\fP \fIYYYY\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIMM\fP[\fB\-\fP\fIDD\fP[\fBT\fP\fIhh\fP[\fB:\fP\fImm\fP[\fB:\fP\fIss\fP]]]]]
.IP
Only match during the given time, which must be in ISO 8601 "T" notation.
The possible time range is 1970-01-01T00:00:00 to 2038-01-19T04:17:07.
.IP
If \-\-datestart or \-\-datestop are not specified, it will default to 1970-01-01
and 2038-01-19, respectively.
.TP
\fB\-\-timestart\fP \fIhh\fP\fB:\fP\fImm\fP[\fB:\fP\fIss\fP]
.TP
\fB\-\-timestop\fP \fIhh\fP\fB:\fP\fImm\fP[\fB:\fP\fIss\fP]
.IP
Only match during the given daytime. The possible time range is 00:00:00 to
23:59:59. Leading zeroes are allowed (e.g. "06:03") and correctly interpreted
as base-10.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-monthdays\fP \fIday\fP[\fB,\fP\fIday\fP...]
.IP
Only match on the given days of the month. Possible values are \fB1\fP
to \fB31\fP. Note that specifying \fB31\fP will of course not match
on months which do not have a 31st day; the same goes for 28- or 29-day
February.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-weekdays\fP \fIday\fP[\fB,\fP\fIday\fP...]
.IP
Only match on the given weekdays. Possible values are \fBMon\fP, \fBTue\fP,
\fBWed\fP, \fBThu\fP, \fBFri\fP, \fBSat\fP, \fBSun\fP, or values from \fB1\fP
to \fB7\fP, respectively. You may also use two-character variants (\fBMo\fP,
\fBTu\fP, etc.).
.TP
\fB\-\-utc\fP
.IP
Interpret the times given for \fB\-\-datestart\fP, \fB\-\-datestop\fP,
\fB\-\-timestart\fP and \fB\-\-timestop\fP to be UTC.
.TP
\fB\-\-localtz\fP
.IP
Interpret the times given for \fB\-\-datestart\fP, \fB\-\-datestop\fP,
\fB\-\-timestart\fP and \fB\-\-timestop\fP to be local kernel time. (Default)
.PP
EXAMPLES. To match on weekends, use:
.IP
\-m time \-\-weekdays Sa,Su
.PP
Or, to match (once) on a national holiday block:
.IP
\-m time \-\-datestart 2007\-12\-24 \-\-datestop 2007\-12\-27
.PP
Since the stop time is actually inclusive, you would need the following stop
time to not match the first second of the new day:
.IP
\-m time \-\-datestart 2007\-01\-01T17:00 \-\-datestop 2007\-01\-01T23:59:59
.PP
During lunch hour:
.IP
\-m time \-\-timestart 12:30 \-\-timestop 13:30
.PP
The fourth Friday in the month:
.IP
\-m time \-\-weekdays Fr \-\-monthdays 22,23,24,25,26,27,28
.PP
(Note that this exploits a certain mathematical property. It is not possible to
say "fourth Thursday OR fourth Friday" in one rule. It is possible with
multiple rules, though.)
.SS tos
This module matches the 8-bit Type of Service field in the IPv4 header (i.e.
including the "Precedence" bits) or the (also 8-bit) Priority field in the IPv6
header.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-tos\fP \fIvalue\fP[\fB/\fP\fImask\fP]
Matches packets with the given TOS mark value. If a mask is specified, it is
logically ANDed with the TOS mark before the comparison.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-tos\fP \fIsymbol\fP
You can specify a symbolic name when using the tos match for IPv4. The list of
recognized TOS names can be obtained by calling iptables with \fB\-m tos \-h\fP.
Note that this implies a mask of 0x3F, i.e. all but the ECN bits.
.SS ttl
This module matches the time to live field in the IP header.
.TP
\fB\-\-ttl\-eq\fP \fIttl\fP
Matches the given TTL value.
.TP
\fB\-\-ttl\-gt\fP \fIttl\fP
Matches if TTL is greater than the given TTL value.
.TP
\fB\-\-ttl\-lt\fP \fIttl\fP
Matches if TTL is less than the given TTL value.
.SS u32
U32 tests whether quantities of up to 4 bytes extracted from a packet have
specified values. The specification of what to extract is general enough to
find data at given offsets from tcp headers or payloads.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-u32\fP \fItests\fP
The argument amounts to a program in a small language described below.
.IP
tests := location "=" value | tests "&&" location "=" value
.IP
value := range | value "," range
.IP
range := number | number ":" number
.PP
a single number, \fIn\fP, is interpreted the same as \fIn:n\fP. \fIn:m\fP is
interpreted as the range of numbers \fB>=n\fP and \fB<=m\fP.
.IP "" 4
location := number | location operator number
.IP "" 4
operator := "&" | "<<" | ">>" | "@"
.PP
The operators \fB&\fP, \fB<<\fP, \fB>>\fP and \fB&&\fP mean the same as in C.
The \fB=\fP is really a set membership operator and the value syntax describes
a set. The \fB@\fP operator is what allows moving to the next header and is
described further below.
.PP
There are currently some artificial implementation limits on the size of the
tests:
.IP " *"
no more than 10 of "\fB=\fP" (and 9 "\fB&&\fP"s) in the u32 argument
.IP " *"
no more than 10 ranges (and 9 commas) per value
.IP " *"
no more than 10 numbers (and 9 operators) per location
.PP
To describe the meaning of location, imagine the following machine that
interprets it. There are three registers:
.IP
A is of type \fBchar *\fP, initially the address of the IP header
.IP
B and C are unsigned 32 bit integers, initially zero
.PP
The instructions are:
.IP
number B = number;
.IP
C = (*(A+B)<<24) + (*(A+B+1)<<16) + (*(A+B+2)<<8) + *(A+B+3)
.IP
&number C = C & number
.IP
<< number C = C << number
.IP
>> number C = C >> number
.IP
@number A = A + C; then do the instruction number
.PP
Any access of memory outside [skb\->data,skb\->end] causes the match to fail.
Otherwise the result of the computation is the final value of C.
.PP
Whitespace is allowed but not required in the tests. However, the characters
that do occur there are likely to require shell quoting, so it is a good idea
to enclose the arguments in quotes.
.PP
Example:
.IP
match IP packets with total length >= 256
.IP
The IP header contains a total length field in bytes 2-3.
.IP
\-\-u32 "\fB0 & 0xFFFF = 0x100:0xFFFF\fP"
.IP
read bytes 0-3
.IP
AND that with 0xFFFF (giving bytes 2-3), and test whether that is in the range
[0x100:0xFFFF]
.PP
Example: (more realistic, hence more complicated)
.IP
match ICMP packets with icmp type 0
.IP
First test that it is an ICMP packet, true iff byte 9 (protocol) = 1
.IP
\-\-u32 "\fB6 & 0xFF = 1 &&\fP ...
.IP
read bytes 6-9, use \fB&\fP to throw away bytes 6-8 and compare the result to
1. Next test that it is not a fragment. (If so, it might be part of such a
packet but we cannot always tell.) N.B.: This test is generally needed if you
want to match anything beyond the IP header. The last 6 bits of byte 6 and all
of byte 7 are 0 iff this is a complete packet (not a fragment). Alternatively,
you can allow first fragments by only testing the last 5 bits of byte 6.
.IP
... \fB4 & 0x3FFF = 0 &&\fP ...
.IP
Last test: the first byte past the IP header (the type) is 0. This is where we
have to use the @syntax. The length of the IP header (IHL) in 32 bit words is
stored in the right half of byte 0 of the IP header itself.
.IP
... \fB0 >> 22 & 0x3C @ 0 >> 24 = 0\fP"
.IP
The first 0 means read bytes 0-3, \fB>>22\fP means shift that 22 bits to the
right. Shifting 24 bits would give the first byte, so only 22 bits is four
times that plus a few more bits. \fB&3C\fP then eliminates the two extra bits
on the right and the first four bits of the first byte. For instance, if IHL=5,
then the IP header is 20 (4 x 5) bytes long. In this case, bytes 0-1 are (in
binary) xxxx0101 yyzzzzzz, \fB>>22\fP gives the 10 bit value xxxx0101yy and
\fB&3C\fP gives 010100. \fB@\fP means to use this number as a new offset into
the packet, and read four bytes starting from there. This is the first 4 bytes
of the ICMP payload, of which byte 0 is the ICMP type. Therefore, we simply
shift the value 24 to the right to throw out all but the first byte and compare
the result with 0.
.PP
Example:
.IP
TCP payload bytes 8-12 is any of 1, 2, 5 or 8
.IP
First we test that the packet is a tcp packet (similar to ICMP).
.IP
\-\-u32 "\fB6 & 0xFF = 6 &&\fP ...
.IP
Next, test that it is not a fragment (same as above).
.IP
... \fB0 >> 22 & 0x3C @ 12 >> 26 & 0x3C @ 8 = 1,2,5,8\fP"
.IP
\fB0>>22&3C\fP as above computes the number of bytes in the IP header. \fB@\fP
makes this the new offset into the packet, which is the start of the TCP
header. The length of the TCP header (again in 32 bit words) is the left half
of byte 12 of the TCP header. The \fB12>>26&3C\fP computes this length in bytes
(similar to the IP header before). "@" makes this the new offset, which is the
start of the TCP payload. Finally, 8 reads bytes 8-12 of the payload and
\fB=\fP checks whether the result is any of 1, 2, 5 or 8.
.SS udp
These extensions can be used if `\-\-protocol udp' is specified. It
provides the following options:
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-source\-port\fP,\fB\-\-sport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]
Source port or port range specification.
See the description of the
\fB\-\-source\-port\fP
option of the TCP extension for details.
.TP
[\fB!\fP] \fB\-\-destination\-port\fP,\fB\-\-dport\fP \fIport\fP[\fB:\fP\fIport\fP]
Destination port or port range specification.
See the description of the
\fB\-\-destination\-port\fP
option of the TCP extension for details.
.SS unclean
This module takes no options, but attempts to match packets which seem
malformed or unusual. This is regarded as experimental.