Lesson 10

Date: 4/2/2014
Basics of Linux Security
Linux for Engineering and IT Applications


Simple iptables script

#!/bin/sh
IPT=/sbin/iptables

# Flush the tables 
$IPT -F INPUT
$IPT -F OUTPUT 
$IPT -F FORWARD 

# Define default policy to DROP packets
$IPT -P INPUT   DROP
$IPT -P OUTPUT  DROP
$IPT -P FORWARD DROP

# Permit DNS traffic
$IPT -A INPUT -p udp --sport 53 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT

# Accept local-network return traffic from private network 192.168.122.0/24:
$IPT -A INPUT -m state -p tcp --dport 1024:65535 --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -s 192.168.122.0/24 -j ACCEPT 
$IPT -A OUTPUT -m state -p tcp --sport 1024:65535 ! --state INVALID -d 192.168.122.0/24 -j ACCEPT

# Accept all HTTP connections
$IPT -A INPUT -m state -p tcp --dport 80 ! --state INVALID -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -m state -p tcp --sport 80 --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT

# Accept local (192.168.122.0/24) SSH traffic
$IPT -A INPUT -m state -p tcp --dport 22 ! --state INVALID -s 192.168.122.0/24 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -m state -p tcp --sport 22 --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -d 192.168.122.0/24 -j ACCEPT

# Accept all local (loopback) traffic on the lo interface
$IPT -A INPUT -s 127.0.0.1 -i lo -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -d 127.0.0.1 -o lo -j ACCEPT

# Log all other traffic
$IPT -A INPUT -j LOG
$IPT -A OUTPUT -j LOG

To check the current iptables rules, run
/sbin/iptables -n -L



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