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diff --git a/docs/configuration/firewall/ipv6.rst b/docs/configuration/firewall/ipv6.rst index 511fd51f..5f526dac 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/firewall/ipv6.rst +++ b/docs/configuration/firewall/ipv6.rst @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -:lastproofread: 2023-11-08 +:lastproofread: 2024-07-03 .. _firewall-ipv6-configuration: @@ -10,13 +10,13 @@ IPv6 Firewall Configuration Overview ******** -In this section there's useful information of all firewall configuration that +In this section there's useful information on all firewall configuration that can be done regarding IPv6, and appropriate op-mode commands. Configuration commands covered in this section: .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 ... -From main structure defined in +From the main structure defined in :doc:`Firewall Overview</configuration/firewall/index>` in this section you can find detailed information only for the next part of the general structure: @@ -51,29 +51,29 @@ This stage includes: * :doc:`Destination NAT</configuration/nat/nat44>`: commands found under ``set nat66 destination ...`` -For transit traffic, which is received by the router and forwarded, base chain -is **forward**. A simplified packet flow diagram for transit traffic is shown -next: +For transit traffic, which is received by the router and forwarded, the base +chain is **forward**. A simplified packet flow diagram for transit traffic is +shown next: .. figure:: /_static/images/firewall-fwd-packet-flow.png -Firewall base chain to configure firewall filtering rules for transit traffic +The base firewall chain to configure filtering rules for transit traffic is ``set firewall ipv6 forward filter ...``, which happens in stage 5, -highlighted with red color. +highlighted in the color red. -For traffic towards the router itself, base chain is **input**, while traffic -originated by the router, base chain is **output**. +For traffic towards the router itself, the base chain is **input**, while +traffic originated by the router has the base chain **output**. A new simplified packet flow diagram is shown next, which shows the path for traffic destined to the router itself, and traffic generated by the router (starting from circle number 6): .. figure:: /_static/images/firewall-input-packet-flow.png -Base chain for traffic towards the router is ``set firewall ipv6 input +The base chain for traffic towards the router is ``set firewall ipv6 input filter ...`` -And base chain for traffic generated by the router is ``set firewall ipv6 -output filter ...``, where two sub-chains are available: **filter** and **raw**: +And the base chain for traffic generated by the router is ``set firewall ipv6 +output ...``, where two sub-chains are available: **filter** and **raw**: * **Output Prerouting**: ``set firewall ipv6 output raw ...``. As described in **Prerouting**, rules defined in this section are @@ -82,9 +82,9 @@ output filter ...``, where two sub-chains are available: **filter** and **raw**: in this section are processed after connection tracking subsystem. .. note:: **Important note about default-actions:** - If default action for any base chain is not defined, then the default - action is set to **accept** for that chain. For custom chains, if default - action is not defined, then the default-action is set to **drop** + If a default action for any base chain is not defined, then the default + action is set to **accept** for that chain. For custom chains, if the + default action is not defined, then the default-action is set to **drop** Custom firewall chains can be created, with commands ``set firewall ipv6 name <name> ...``. In order to use @@ -95,9 +95,9 @@ should be defined in a base chain. Firewall - IPv6 Rules ****************************** -For firewall filtering, firewall rules needs to be created. Each rule is +For firewall filtering, firewall rules need to be created. Each rule is numbered, has an action to apply if the rule is matched, and the ability -to specify multiple criteria matchers. Data packets go through the rules +to specify multiple matching criteria. Data packets go through the rules from 1 - 999999, so order is crucial. At the first match the action of the rule will be executed. @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ Actions ======= If a rule is defined, then an action must be defined for it. This tells the -firewall what to do if all criteria matchers defined for such rule do match. +firewall what to do if all of the criteria defined for that rule match. The action can be : @@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ The action can be : .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> action [accept | continue | drop | jump | queue | reject | return] - This required setting defines the action of the current rule. If action is - set to jump, then jump-target is also needed. + This required setting defines the action of the current rule. If the action + is set to jump, then a jump-target is also needed. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> jump-target <text> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ The action can be : jump-target <text> To be used only when action is set to ``jump``. Use this command to specify - jump target. + the jump target. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> queue <0-65535> @@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ The action can be : queue <0-65535> To be used only when action is set to ``queue``. Use this command to specify - queue target to use. Queue range is also supported. + the queue target to use. Queue range is also supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> queue-options bypass @@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ The action can be : .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> queue-options bypass - To be used only when action is set to ``queue``. Use this command to let + To be used only when action is set to ``queue``. Use this command to let the packet go through firewall when no userspace software is connected to the queue. @@ -200,21 +200,21 @@ not match any rule in it's chain. For base chains, possible options for .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> default-action [accept | drop | jump | queue | reject | return] - This set the default action of the rule-set if no rule matched a packet - criteria. If default-action is set to ``jump``, then - ``default-jump-target`` is also needed. Note that for base chains, default - action can only be set to ``accept`` or ``drop``, while on custom chain, - more actions are available. + This sets the default action of the rule-set if a packet does not match the + criteria of any rule. If default-action is set to ``jump``, then + ``default-jump-target`` is also needed. Note that for base chains, the + default action can only be set to ``accept`` or ``drop``, while on custom + chains, more actions are available. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> default-jump-target <text> To be used only when ``default-action`` is set to ``jump``. Use this - command to specify jump target for default rule. + command to specify the jump target for the default rule. .. note:: **Important note about default-actions:** - If default action for any base chain is not defined, then the default - action is set to **accept** for that chain. For custom chains, if default - action is not defined, then the default-action is set to **drop**. + If the default action for any base chain is not defined, then the default + action is set to **accept** for that chain. For custom chains if a default + action is not defined then the default-action is set to **drop**. Firewall Logs ============= @@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ log options can be defined. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> log Enable logging for the matched packet. If this configuration command is not - present, then log is not enabled. + present, then the log is not enabled. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter default-log .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 input filter default-log @@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ log options can be defined. log-options level [emerg | alert | crit | err | warn | notice | info | debug] - Define log-level. Only applicable if rule log is enable. + Define log-level. Only applicable if rule log is enabled. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> log-options group <0-65535> @@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ log options can be defined. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> log-options group <0-65535> - Define log group to send message to. Only applicable if rule log is enable. + Define the log group to send messages to. Only applicable if rule log is + enabled. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> log-options snapshot-length <0-9000> @@ -273,8 +274,8 @@ log options can be defined. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> log-options snapshot-length <0-9000> - Define length of packet payload to include in netlink message. Only - applicable if rule log is enable and log group is defined. + Define the length of packet payload to include in a netlink message. Only + applicable if rule log is enabled and log group is defined. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> log-options queue-threshold <0-65535> @@ -285,8 +286,8 @@ log options can be defined. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> log-options queue-threshold <0-65535> - Define number of packets to queue inside the kernel before sending them to - userspace. Only applicable if rule log is enable and log group is defined. + Define the number of packets to queue inside the kernel before sending them + to userspace. Only applicable if rule log is enabled and log group is defined. Firewall Description ==================== @@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ every defined custom chain. Rule Status =========== -When defining a rule, it is enable by default. In some cases, it is useful to +When defining a rule, it is enabled by default. In some cases, it is useful to just disable the rule, rather than removing it. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> disable @@ -335,7 +336,7 @@ There are a lot of matching criteria against which the packet can be tested. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> connection-status nat [destination | source] - Match criteria based on nat connection status. + Match based on nat connection status. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> connection-mark <1-2147483647> @@ -346,7 +347,7 @@ There are a lot of matching criteria against which the packet can be tested. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> connection-mark <1-2147483647> - Match criteria based on connection mark. + Match based on connection mark. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> source address [address | addressrange | CIDR] @@ -366,9 +367,8 @@ There are a lot of matching criteria against which the packet can be tested. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination address [address | addressrange | CIDR] - Match criteria based on source and/or destination address. This is similar - to the network groups part, but here you are able to negate the matching - addresses. + Match based on source and/or destination address. This is similar to the + network groups part, but here you are able to negate the matching addresses. .. code-block:: none @@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ There are a lot of matching criteria against which the packet can be tested. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination fqdn <fqdn> - Specify a Fully Qualified Domain Name as source/destination matcher. Ensure - router is able to resolve such dns query. + Specify a Fully Qualified Domain Name as source/destination to match. Ensure + that the router is able to resolve this dns query. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> source geoip country-code <country> @@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> source mac-address <mac-address> - Only in the source criteria, you can specify a mac-address. + You can only specify a source mac-address to match. .. code-block:: none @@ -516,8 +516,7 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination port [1-65535 | portname | start-end] - A port can be set with a port number or a name which is here - defined: ``/etc/services``. + A port can be set by number or name as defined in ``/etc/services``. .. code-block:: none @@ -550,8 +549,8 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination group address-group <name | !name> - Use a specific address-group. Prepend character ``!`` for inverted matching - criteria. + Use a specific address-group. Prepending the character ``!`` to invert the + criteria to match is also supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> source group dynamic-address-group <name | !name> @@ -571,8 +570,8 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination group dynamic-address-group <name | !name> - Use a specific dynamic-address-group. Prepend character ``!`` for inverted - matching criteria. + Use a specific dynamic-address-group. Prepending the character ``!`` to + invert the criteria to match is also supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> source group network-group <name | !name> @@ -592,8 +591,8 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination group network-group <name | !name> - Use a specific network-group. Prepend character ``!`` for inverted matching - criteria. + Use a specific network-group. Prepending the character ``!`` to invert the + criteria to match is also supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> source group port-group <name | !name> @@ -613,8 +612,8 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination group port-group <name | !name> - Use a specific port-group. Prepend character ``!`` for inverted matching - criteria. + Use a specific port-group. Prepending the character ``!`` to invert the + criteria to match is also supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> source group domain-group <name | !name> @@ -634,8 +633,8 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination group domain-group <name | !name> - Use a specific domain-group. Prepend character ``!`` for inverted matching - criteria. + Use a specific domain-group. Prepending the character ``!`` to invert the + criteria to match is also supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> source group mac-group <name | !name> @@ -655,8 +654,8 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> destination group mac-group <name | !name> - Use a specific mac-group. Prepend character ``!`` for inverted matching - criteria. + Use a specific mac-group. Prepending the character ``!`` to invert the + criteria to match is also supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> dscp [0-63 | start-end] @@ -687,7 +686,7 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> fragment [match-frag | match-non-frag] - Match based on fragment criteria. + Match based on fragmentation. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> icmpv6 [code | type] <0-255> @@ -709,7 +708,7 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> icmpv6 type-name <text> - Match based on icmpv6 type-name criteria. Use tab for information + Match based on icmpv6 type-name. Use tab for information about what **type-name** criteria are supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> @@ -720,11 +719,11 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. inbound-interface name <iface> Match based on inbound interface. Wildcard ``*`` can be used. - For example: ``eth2*``. Prepending character ``!`` for inverted matching - criteria is also supported. For example ``!eth2`` + For example: ``eth2*``. Prepending the character ``!`` to invert the + criteria to match is also supported. For example ``!eth2`` .. note:: If an interface is attached to a non-default vrf, when using - **inbound-interface**, vrf name must be used. For example ``set firewall + **inbound-interface**, the vrf name must be used. For example ``set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule 10 inbound-interface name MGMT`` .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> @@ -734,8 +733,8 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> inbound-interface group <iface_group> - Match based on inbound interface group. Prepending character ``!`` for - inverted matching criteria is also supported. For example ``!IFACE_GROUP`` + Match based on the inbound interface group. Prepending the character ``!`` + to invert the criteria to match is also supported. For example ``!IFACE_GROUP`` .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> outbound-interface name <iface> @@ -745,11 +744,11 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. outbound-interface name <iface> Match based on outbound interface. Wildcard ``*`` can be used. - For example: ``eth2*``. Prepending character ``!`` for inverted matching - criteria is also supported. For example ``!eth2`` + For example: ``eth2*``. Prepending the character ``!`` to invert the + criteria to match is also supported. For example ``!eth2`` .. note:: If an interface is attached to a non-default vrf, when using - **outbound-interface**, real interface name must be used. For example + **outbound-interface**, the real interface name must be used. For example ``set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule 10 outbound-interface name eth0`` .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> @@ -759,8 +758,8 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> outbound-interface group <iface_group> - Match based on outbound interface group. Prepending character ``!`` for - inverted matching criteria is also supported. For example ``!IFACE_GROUP`` + Match based on outbound interface group. Prepending the character ``!`` to + invert the criteria to match is also supported. For example ``!IFACE_GROUP`` .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> ipsec [match-ipsec | match-none] @@ -771,7 +770,7 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> ipsec [match-ipsec | match-none] - Match based on ipsec criteria. + Match based on ipsec. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> limit burst <0-4294967295> @@ -814,7 +813,7 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> packet-length-exclude <text> - Match based on packet length criteria. Multiple values from 1 to 65535 + Match based on the packet length. Multiple values from 1 to 65535 and ranges are supported. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> @@ -826,7 +825,7 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> packet-type [broadcast | host | multicast | other] - Match based on packet type criteria. + Match based on the packet type. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> protocol [<text> | <0-255> | all | tcp_udp] @@ -837,10 +836,9 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> protocol [<text> | <0-255> | all | tcp_udp] - Match a protocol criteria. A protocol number or a name which is here - defined: ``/etc/protocols``. + Match based on protocol number or name as defined in ``/etc/protocols``. Special names are ``all`` for all protocols and ``tcp_udp`` for tcp and udp - based packets. The ``!`` negate the selected protocol. + based packets. The ``!`` negates the selected protocol. .. code-block:: none @@ -948,7 +946,7 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 name <name> rule <1-999999> hop-limit <eq | gt | lt> <0-255> - Match hop-limit parameter, where 'eq' stands for 'equal'; 'gt' stands for + Match the hop-limit parameter, where 'eq' stands for 'equal'; 'gt' stands for 'greater than', and 'lt' stands for 'less than'. .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 forward filter rule <1-999999> @@ -984,7 +982,7 @@ Synproxy connections .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 [input | forward] filter rule <1-999999> synproxy tcp mss <501-65535> - Set TCP-MSS (maximum segment size) for the connection + Set the TCP-MSS (maximum segment size) for the connection .. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv6 [input | forward] filter rule <1-999999> synproxy tcp window-scale <1-14> @@ -1027,7 +1025,8 @@ Rule-set overview .. opcmd:: show firewall - This will show you a basic firewall overview + This will show you a basic firewall overview, for all rule-sets, and not + only for ipv6 .. code-block:: none |