From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Anatoly Y." Subject: Re: Questions about DHCP firewall rules Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 11:03:52 +0700 Message-ID: <46453CA8.3010101@tsu.ru> References: <729129.22320.qm@web83819.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <729129.22320.qm@web83819.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Errors-To: netfilter-bounces@lists.netfilter.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" Cc: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org Timestamp: Sat 12 May 2007, 11:03 +0700 (NOVT) Nicholas Kline wrote: > Greetings, > > I am in the process of learning Netfilter/IPtables. I > plan on using Netfilter/IPtables to protect my Linux > desktop computers and servers. We're talking > host-based firewalls, not one firewall protecting all > of the desktops and servers. > > I have a basic question I am hoping someone on this > mailing list can answer. I am a little confused about > configuring Netfilter/IPtables on a Linux desktop > computer. Specifically, this situation: > > a linux desktop computer that is configured to use > DHCP > and configured to use the following rule: > > $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s $IP_LOCAL -j LOG --log-prefix > "Spoofed source IP" > $IPTABLES -A INPUT -s $IP_LOCAL -j DROP > > I would like to include the previous rule as part of a > standard rule set. > >>>From how I understand this situation, the firewall > would have to be able to automatically detect when the > computers IP address changes, right? Manually > inputting the computers IP address each time it > changes would get really old. > > I'm using several books as references for learning > Netfilter/IPtables and they discuss implementing > "dynamic firewall scripts". In this case, a dynamic > firewall script that recognizes when the computers IP > address changes. > > So, my questions are: > > 1.) If I am using a computer that is configured to > obtain its IP address through DHCP, what firewall > rules do I need to setup? > > 2.) Additionally, how do I configure the firewall to > automatically detect changes in the computers network > configuration (IP address change, etc.)? Use full prefix of all fake networks (or your only). -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/16 -j LOG .... for example. -- Anatoly Y. aka Snelius | AY254-RIPE