Re: [ANNOUNCE] new iptables module match large amount of ip addresses

[Eric Leblond <eric@inl.fr>]

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Hi,

Le jeudi 17 septembre 2009 à 21:15 +0200, Mikulas Patocka a écrit :
> Hi
> 
> Here I submit an iptables module that can match large amounts (millions) 
> of ip addresses efficiently using binary search.

What are the differences with ipset ? (http://ipset.netfilter.org/)

BR,

>  I needed it to protect my 
> home network from spam. It may be useful for other people too, so if you 
> want it, you can take it and add it to the kernel.
> 
> Get the patches for netfilter and kernel at:
> http://artax.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~mikulas/xt_ipfile/
> (you need to copy the file include/linux/netfilter/xt_ipfile.h from kernel 
> sources to /usr/include/linux/netfilter/ to compile the userspace)
> 
> The main features:
> - fast matching of large amount of ip addresses using binary search.
> - an ability to match ranges of addresses or address/mask subnets.
> - fast loading of the addresses (on Pentium 3 850, 2 million addresses 
> load in 5.5s, if they are already sorted in the file, the load time is 
> just 1.5s).
> - memory efficient --- consumes only 8 bytes per address.
> 
> USAGE:
> 
> prepare a file with addreses, in this example /root/firewall/bad-ips. One 
> entry per line, the allowed formats are:
> 1.2.3.4
> 1.2.3.0/24
> 1.2.3.4-1.2.3.8
> 
> insert it into iptables with:
> iptables -A SPAM -m ipfile --src-file /root/firewall/bad-ips -j DROP
> 
> The module doesn't support ipv6 because I don't use it, but it's generic 
> enough that it could be extended for it. It could be also extended to 
> match ethernet MAC addresses.
> 
> Mikulas
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Eric Leblond <eric@inl.fr>
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