From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: prefix len confusion
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 17:10:47 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m233yv2r20.wl-randy@psg.com> (raw)
[ old dog but new to this list. apologies for fleas ]
amd64 hardware, not vm
debian 13, very current
nftables v1.1.3 (Commodore Bullmoose #4)
tl;dr:
o ipv4 ssh dict attacker getting through
o i am not an nftables guru; but a few of this have stared at this
for many days
o do i not understand cidr prefix notation?
essentially, i am seeing the traditional ssh dict attcak to
42.642.11.82, when i think i am filtering 42.642.11.80/30, which should
cover 42.642.11.82
the attack sources, at least as logged, are not within the allowed $JUMP
or other allow lists
the equivalent of this is happening in more than one pop
here is an anonymized copy of `/etc/nftables.conf`. i hope the ip addy
mangling did not screw things up. sorry for the length.
randy
#!/usr/sbin/nft -f
flush ruleset
define IFACE = enp4s0f1
define JUMP4 = {
42.666.0.0/23,
42.642.11.0/24,
42.642.12.0/24
}
define JUMP6 = {
2001:841:1::0/48,
2001:841:3806::0/48,
2001:841:8006::0/48
}
define EXTv4 = {
250.12.129.20/30,
238.224.157.204/30
}
define EXTv6 = {
2001:841:3800:5000::20/126,
2001:841:3800:5000::/126
}
define INTv4 = {
42.642.11.0/24,
250.12.129.20/30,
238.224.157.204/30
}
define INTv6 = {
2001:841:7830::0/48,
2001:841:3800:5000::20/126, # NTT
2001:841:3800:5000::/126 # NTT
}
define BOGONS4 = {
42.642.11.0/24,
10.0.0.0/8,
127.0.0.0/8,
172.16.0.0/12,
192.168.0.0/16,
169.254.0.0/16
}
define BOGONS6 = {
::/128,
::1/128,
::ffff:0:0/96,
::/96,
100::/64,
2001:10::/28,
2001:db8::/32,
3fff::/20,
fc00::/7,
fe80::/10,
fec0::/10,
ff00::/8
}
define SNMP = {
250.32.129.0/24,
250.42.129.0/26,
42.642.11.9,
42.642.11.17
}
define VULN4 = {
42.642.11.34/31,
42.642.11.36/31,
42.642.11.40/29,
42.642.11.48/29,
42.642.11.80/30 # <<<====
}
define PROX4 = {
42.642.11.30/31,
42.642.11.32/32
}
define PROX6 = {
2001:841:7830::30/127,
2001:841:7830::32/128
}
table ip filter {
chain forward {
type filter hook forward priority filter;
iifname "lo" accept
ip protocol icmp accept
iifname $IFACE goto wan-in
# so is LAN
ip saddr $INTv4 accept
drop
}
chain wan-in {
ip saddr $BOGONS4 drop
ip protocol icmp accept
ip saddr $JUMP4 accept
ip saddr $EXTv4 accept
tcp dport 8006 ip daddr $PROX4 drop # block proxmox web login
ip daddr $VULN4 drop
udp dport snmp ip saddr $SNMP accept
tcp dport snmp ip saddr $SNMP accept
udp dport { 111, 425, 137, 138, 139, 161, 445, 514, 515, 11211 } drop
tcp dport { 111, 135, 137, 138, 139, 161, 445, 514, 515, 11211 } drop
accept
}
}
table ip6 filter {
chain forward {
type filter hook forward priority filter;
iifname "lo" accept
ip6 nexthdr icmpv6 accept
iifname $IFACE goto wan-in
# so is LAN
ip6 saddr $INTv6 accept
drop
}
chain wan-in {
ip6 saddr $BOGONS6 drop
ip6 nexthdr icmpv6 accept
ip6 saddr $JUMP6 accept
ip6 saddr $EXTv6 accept
tcp dport 8006 ip6 daddr $PROX6 drop
udp dport { 111, 425, 137, 138, 139, 161, 445, 514, 515, 631, 11211 } drop
tcp dport { 111, 135, 137, 138, 139, 161, 445, 514, 515, 631, 11211 } drop
accept
}
}
next reply other threads:[~2026-06-10 0:10 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-10 0:10 Randy Bush [this message]
2026-06-10 0:51 ` prefix len confusion Kerin Millar
2026-06-10 1:01 ` Randy Bush
2026-06-10 1:26 ` Kerin Millar
2026-06-10 1:32 ` Randy Bush
2026-06-10 1:38 ` Kerin Millar
2026-06-10 6:20 ` Reindl Harald
2026-06-10 10:09 ` Kerin Millar
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