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diff --git a/docs/configuration/firewall/index.rst b/docs/configuration/firewall/index.rst index 1d904901..daf5f116 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/firewall/index.rst +++ b/docs/configuration/firewall/index.rst @@ -26,14 +26,23 @@ firewall are covered below: If the interface where the packet was received isn't part of a bridge, then packet is processed at the **IP Layer**: - * **Prerouting**: several actions can be done in this stage, and currently - these actions are defined in different parts in VyOS configuration. Order - is important, and all these actions are performed before any actions - defined under ``firewall`` section. Relevant configuration that acts in - this stage are: + * **Prerouting**: All packets that are received by the router + are processed in this stage, regardless of the destination of the packet. + Starting from vyos-1.5-rolling-202406120020, a new section was added to + firewall configuration. There are several actions that can be done in this + stage, and currently these actions are also defined in different parts in + VyOS configuration. Order is important, and relevant configuration that + acts in this stage are: + + * **Firewall prerouting**: rules defined under ``set firewall [ipv4 | + ipv6] prerouting raw...``. All rules defined in this section are + processed before connection tracking subsystem. * **Conntrack Ignore**: rules defined under ``set system conntrack ignore - [ipv4 | ipv6] ...``. + [ipv4 | ipv6] ...``. Starting from vyos-1.5-rolling-202406120020, + configuration done in this section can be done in ``firewall [ipv4 | + ipv6] prerouting ...``. For compatibility reasons, this feature is + still present, but it will be removed in the future. * **Policy Route**: rules defined under ``set policy [route | route6] ...``. @@ -67,11 +76,13 @@ packet is processed at the **IP Layer**: new connection originated by a internal process running on VyOS router, such as NTP, or a response to traffic received externally through **input** (for example response to an ssh login attempt to the router). - This includes ipv4 and ipv6 filtering rules, defined in: + This includes ipv4 and ipv6 rules, and two different sections are present: - * ``set firewall ipv4 output filter ...``. + * **Output Prerouting**: ``set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] output filter ...``. + As described in **Prerouting**, rules defined in this section are + processed before connection tracking subsystem. - * ``set firewall ipv6 output filter ...``. + * **Output Filter**: ``set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] output filter ...``. * **Postrouting**: as in **Prerouting**, several actions defined in different parts of VyOS configuration are performed in this @@ -120,6 +131,9 @@ The main structure of the VyOS firewall CLI is shown next: + filter - output + filter + + raw + - prerouting + + raw - name + custom_name * ipv6 @@ -129,6 +143,9 @@ The main structure of the VyOS firewall CLI is shown next: + filter - output + filter + + raw + - prerouting + + raw - ipv6-name + custom_name * zone |