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@@ -1,43 +1,64 @@
-############
-Route Policy
-############
+#######################
+Route and Route6 Policy
+#######################
-Route and IPv6 route policies are defined in this section. This route policies
-can then be associated to interfaces.
+IPv4 route and IPv6 route policies are defined in this section. These route
+policies can then be associated to interfaces.
-*************
-Configuration
-*************
+*********
+Rule-Sets
+*********
-Route
-=====
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name>
-
- This command creates a new route policy, identified by <text>.
+A rule-set is a named collection of rules that can be applied to an interface.
+Each rule is numbered, has an action to apply if the rule is matched, and the
+ability to specify the criteria to match. Data packets go through the rules
+from 1 - 999999, at the first match the action of the rule will be executed.
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> description <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> description <text>
- Set description for the route policy.
+ Provide a rule-set description.
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> enable-default-log
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> enable-default-log
Option to log packets hitting default-action.
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> description <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> description <text>
- Set description for rule in route policy.
+ Provide a description for each rule.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> action drop
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> log <enable|disable>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> log <enable|disable>
- Set rule action to drop.
+ Option to enable or disable log matching rule.
+
+Matching criteria
+=================
+
+There are a lot of matching criteria options available, both for
+``policy route`` and ``policy route6``. These options are listed
+in this section.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> connection-mark <1-2147483647>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> connection-mark <1-2147483647>
+
+ Set match criteria based on connection mark.
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> source address
+ <match_criteria>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> destination address
<match_criteria>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> source address
+ <match_criteria>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> destination address
+ <match_criteria>
- Set match criteria based on destination address, where <match_criteria>
- could be:
+ Set match criteria based on source or destination ipv4|ipv6 address, where
+ <match_criteria> could be:
+For ipv4:
* <x.x.x.x>: IP address to match.
* <x.x.x.x/x>: Subnet to match.
* <x.x.x.x>-<x.x.x.x>: IP range to match.
@@ -45,14 +66,30 @@ Route
* !<x.x.x.x/x>: Match everything except the specified subnet.
* !<x.x.x.x>-<x.x.x.x>: Match everything except the specified range.
+And for ipv6:
+ * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: IPv6 address to match.
+ * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h/x>: IPv6 prefix to match.
+ * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>-<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: IPv6 range to match.
+ * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: Match everything except the specified address.
+ * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h/x>: Match everything except the specified prefix.
+ * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>-<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: Match everything except the
+ specified range.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> source group
+ <address-group|domain-group|mac-group|network-group|port-group> <text>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> destination group
- <address-group|network-group|port-group> <text>
+ <address-group|domain-group|mac-group|network-group|port-group> <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> source group
+ <address-group|domain-group|mac-group|network-group|port-group> <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> destination group
+ <address-group|domain-group|mac-group|network-group|port-group> <text>
- Set destination match criteria based on groups, where <text> would be the
- group name/identifier.
+ Set match criteria based on source or destination groups, where <text>
+ would be the group name/identifier. Prepend character '!' for inverted
+ matching criteria.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> destination port
- <match_criteria>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> destination port <match_criteria>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> destination port <match_criteria>
Set match criteria based on destination port, where <match_criteria> could
be:
@@ -66,24 +103,43 @@ Route
'!22,telnet,http,123,1001-1005'
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> disable
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> disable
Option to disable rule.
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> dscp <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> dscp <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> dscp-exclude <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> dscp-exclude <text>
+
+ Match based on dscp value criteria. Multiple values from 0 to 63
+ and ranges are supported.
+
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> fragment
<match-grag|match-non-frag>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> fragment
+ <match-grag|match-non-frag>
Set IP fragment match, where:
* match-frag: Second and further fragments of fragmented packets.
* match-non-frag: Head fragments or unfragmented packets.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> icmp <code|type|type-name>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> icmp <code | type>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> icmpv6 <code | type>
- Set ICMP match criterias, based on code and/or types. Types could be
- referenced by number or by name.
+ Match based on icmp|icmpv6 code and type.
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> icmp type-name <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> icmpv6 type-name <text>
+
+ Match based on icmp|icmpv6 type-name criteria. Use tab for information
+ about what type-name criteria are supported.
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> ipsec
<match-ipsec|match-none>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> ipsec
+ <match-ipsec|match-none>
Set IPSec inbound match criterias, where:
@@ -91,88 +147,45 @@ Route
* match-none: match inbound non-IPsec packets.
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> limit burst <0-4294967295>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> limit burst <0-4294967295>
- Set maximum number of packets to alow in excess of rate
+ Set maximum number of packets to alow in excess of rate.
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> limit rate <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> limit rate <text>
Set maximum average matching rate. Format for rate: integer/time_unit, where
time_unit could be any one of second, minute, hour or day.For example
1/second implies rule to be matched at an average of once per second.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> log <enable|disable>
-
- Option to enable or disable log matching rule.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> log <text>
-
- Option to log matching rule.
-
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> protocol
- <text|0-255|tcp_udp|all|!protocol>
+ <text | 0-255 | tcp_udp | all >
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> protocol
+ <text | 0-255 | tcp_udp | all >
- Set protocol to match. Protocol name in /etc/protocols or protocol number,
- or "tcp_udp" or "all". Also, protocol could be denied by using !.
+ Match a protocol criteria. A protocol number or a name which is defined in:
+ ``/etc/protocols``. Special names are ``all`` for all protocols and
+ ``tcp_udp`` for tcp and udp based packets. The ``!`` negates the selected
+ protocol.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> recent <count|time>
- <1-255|0-4294967295>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> recent count <1-255>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> recent count <1-255>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> recent time <1-4294967295>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> recent time <1-4294967295>
Set parameters for matching recently seen sources. This match could be used
by seeting count (source address seen more than <1-255> times) and/or time
(source address seen in the last <0-4294967295> seconds).
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set dscp <0-63>
-
- Set packet modifications: Packet Differentiated Services Codepoint (DSCP)
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set mark <1-2147483647>
-
- Set packet modifications: Packet marking
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set table <main|1-200>
-
- Set packet modifications: Routing table to forward packet with.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set tcp-mss <500-1460>
-
- Set packet modifications: Explicitly set TCP Maximum segment size value.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> source address
- <match_criteria>
-
- Set match criteria based on source address, where <match_criteria> could be:
-
- * <x.x.x.x>: IP address to match.
- * <x.x.x.x/x>: Subnet to match.
- * <x.x.x.x>-<x.x.x.x>: IP range to match.
- * !<x.x.x.x>: Match everything except the specified address.
- * !<x.x.x.x/x>: Match everything except the specified subnet.
- * !<x.x.x.x>-<x.x.x.x>: Match everything except the specified range.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> source group
- <address-group|network-group|port-group> <text>
-
- Set source match criteria based on groups, where <text> would be the group
- name/identifier.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> source port <match_criteria>
-
- Set match criteria based on source port, where <match_criteria> could be:
-
- * <port name>: Named port (any name in /etc/services, e.g., http).
- * <1-65535>: Numbered port.
- * <start>-<end>: Numbered port range (e.g., 1001-1005).
-
- Multiple source ports can be specified as a comma-separated list. The whole
- list can also be "negated" using '!'. For example:
- '!22,telnet,http,123,1001-1005'
-
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> state
- <established|invalid|new|related> <disable|enable>
+ <established | invalid | new | related>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> state
+ <established | invalid | new | related>
Set match criteria based on session state.
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> tcp flags <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> tcp flags <text>
Set match criteria based on tcp flags. Allowed values for TCP flags: SYN ACK
FIN RST URG PSH ALL. When specifying more than one flag, flags should be
@@ -180,241 +193,67 @@ Route
packets with the SYN flag set, and the ACK, FIN and RST flags unset.
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> time monthdays <text>
-
- Set monthdays to match rule on. Format for monthdays: 2,12,21.
- To negate add ! at the front eg. !2,12,21
-
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time monthdays <text>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> time startdate <text>
-
- Set date to start matching rule. Format for date: yyyy-mm-dd. To specify
- time of date with startdate, append 'T' to date followed by time in 24 hour
- notation hh:mm:ss. For eg startdate value of 2009-01-21T13:30:00 refers to
- 21st Jan 2009 with time 13:30:00.
-
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time startdate <text>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> time starttime <text>
-
- Set time of day to start matching rule. Format of time: hh:mm:ss using 24
- hours notation.
-
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time starttime <text>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> time stopdate <text>
-
- Set date to stop matching rule. Format for date: yyyy-mm-dd. To specify time
- of date with stopdate, append 'T' to date followed by time in 24 hour
- notation hh:mm:ss. For eg startdate value of 2009-01-21T13:30:00 refers to
- 21st Jan 2009 with time 13:30:00.
-
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time stopdate <text>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> time stoptime <text>
-
- Set time of day to stop matching rule. Format of time: hh:mm:ss using 24
- hours notation.
-
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time stoptime <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> time weekdays <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time weekdays <text>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> time utc
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time utc
- Interpret times for startdate, stopdate, starttime and stoptime to be UTC.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> time weekdays
-
- Weekdays to match rule on. Format for weekdays: Mon,Thu,Sat. To negate add !
- at the front eg. !Mon,Thu,Sat.
+ Time to match the defined rule.
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route rule <n> ttl <eq | gt | lt> <0-255>
-IPv6 Route
-==========
+ Match time to live parameter, where 'eq' stands for 'equal'; 'gt' stands for
+ 'greater than', and 'lt' stands for 'less than'.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 rule <n> hop-limit <eq | gt | lt> <0-255>
- This command creates a new IPv6 route policy, identified by <text>.
+ Match hop-limit parameter, where 'eq' stands for 'equal'; 'gt' stands for
+ 'greater than', and 'lt' stands for 'less than'.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> description <text>
+Actions
+=======
- Set description for the IPv6 route policy.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> enable-default-log
-
- Option to log packets hitting default-action.
+When mathcing all patterns defined in a rule, then different actions can
+be made. This includes droping the packet, modifying certain data, or
+setting a different routing table.
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> action drop
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> action drop
Set rule action to drop.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> description <text>
-
- Set description for rule in IPv6 route policy.
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set connection-mark
+ <1-2147483647>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> set connection-mark
+ <1-2147483647>
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> destination address
- <match_criteria>
-
- Set match criteria based on destination IPv6 address, where <match_criteria>
- could be:
-
- * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: IPv6 address to match.
- * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h/x>: IPv6 prefix to match.
- * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>-<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: IPv6 range to match.
- * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: Match everything except the specified address.
- * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h/x>: Match everything except the specified prefix.
- * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>-<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: Match everything except the
- specified range.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> destination port <match_criteria>
-
- Set match criteria based on destination port, where <match_criteria> could
- be:
-
- * <port name>: Named port (any name in /etc/services, e.g., http).
- * <1-65535>: Numbered port.
- * <start>-<end>: Numbered port range (e.g., 1001-1005).
-
- Multiple destination ports can be specified as a comma-separated list. The
- whole list can also be "negated" using '!'. For example:
- '!22,telnet,http,123,1001-1005'.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> disable
-
- Option to disable rule.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> icmpv6 type <icmpv6_typ>
-
- Set ICMPv6 match criterias, based on ICMPv6 type/code name.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> ipsec
- <match-ipsec|match-none>
-
- Set IPSec inbound match criterias, where:
-
- * match-ipsec: match inbound IPsec packets.
- * match-none: match inbound non-IPsec packets.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> limit burst
- <0-4294967295>
-
- Set maximum number of packets to alow in excess of rate
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> limit rate <text>
-
- Set maximum average matching rate. Format for rate: integer/time_unit, where
- time_unit could be any one of second, minute, hour or day.For example
- 1/second implies rule to be matched at an average of once per second.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> log <enable|disable>
-
- Option to enable or disable log matching rule.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> log <text>
-
- Option to log matching rule.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> protocol
- <text|0-255|tcp_udp|all|!protocol>
-
- Set IPv6 protocol to match. IPv6 protocol name from /etc/protocols or
- protocol number, or "tcp_udp" or "all". Also, protocol could be denied by
- using !.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> recent <count|time>
- <1-255|0-4294967295>
-
- Set parameters for matching recently seen sources. This match could be used
- by seeting count (source address seen more than <1-255> times) and/or time
- (source address seen in the last <0-4294967295> seconds).
+ Set a specific connection mark.
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set dscp <0-63>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> set dscp <0-63>
Set packet modifications: Packet Differentiated Services Codepoint (DSCP)
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set mark <1-2147483647>
.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> set mark <1-2147483647>
- Set packet modifications: Packet marking.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> set table <main|1-200>
-
- Set packet modifications: Routing table to forward packet with.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> set tcp-mss
- <pmtu|500-1460>
-
- Set packet modifications: pmtu option automatically set to Path Maximum
- Transfer Unit minus 60 bytes. Otherwise, expliicitly set TCP MSS value from
- 500 to 1460.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> source address
- <match_criteria>
-
- Set match criteria based on IPv6 source address, where <match_criteria>
- could be:
-
- * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: IPv6 address to match
- * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h/x>: IPv6 prefix to match
- * <h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>-<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: IPv6 range to match
- * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: Match everything except the specified address
- * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h/x>: Match everything except the specified prefix
- * !<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>-<h:h:h:h:h:h:h:h>: Match everything except the
- specified range
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> source mac-address
- <MAC_address|!MAC_address>
-
- Set source match criteria based on MAC address. Declare specific MAC address
- to match, or match everything except the specified MAC.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> source port
- <match_criteria>
-
- Set match criteria based on source port, where <match_criteria> could be:
-
- * <port name>: Named port (any name in /etc/services, e.g., http).
- * <1-65535>: Numbered port.
- * <start>-<end>: Numbered port range (e.g., 1001-1005).
-
- Multiple source ports can be specified as a comma-separated list. The whole
- list can also be "negated" using '!'. For example:
- '!22,telnet,http,123,1001-1005'.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> state
- <established|invalid|new|related> <disable|enable>
-
- Set match criteria based on session state.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> tcp flags <text>
-
- Set match criteria based on tcp flags. Allowed values for TCP flags: SYN ACK
- FIN RST URG PSH ALL. When specifying more than one flag, flags should be
- comma-separated. For example : value of 'SYN,!ACK,!FIN,!RST' will only match
- packets with the SYN flag set, and the ACK, FIN and RST flags unset.
+ Set a specific packet mark.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time monthdays <text>
-
- Set monthdays to match rule on. Format for monthdays: 2,12,21.
- To negate add ! at the front eg. !2,12,21
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time startdate <text>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set table <main | 1-200>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> set table <main | 1-200>
- Set date to start matching rule. Format for date: yyyy-mm-dd. To specify
- time of date with startdate, append 'T' to date followed by time in 24 hour
- notation hh:mm:ss. For eg startdate value of 2009-01-21T13:30:00 refers to
- 21st Jan 2009 with time 13:30:00.
+ Set the routing table to forward packet with.
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time starttime <text>
-
- Set time of day to start matching rule. Format of time: hh:mm:ss using 24
- hours notation.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time stopdate <text>
-
- Set date to stop matching rule. Format for date: yyyy-mm-dd. To specify time
- of date with stopdate, append 'T' to date followed by time in 24 hour
- notation hh:mm:ss. For eg startdate value of 2009-01-21T13:30:00 refers to
- 21st Jan 2009 with time 13:30:00.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time stoptime <text>
-
- Set time of day to stop matching rule. Format of time: hh:mm:ss using 24
- hours notation.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time utc
-
- Interpret times for startdate, stopdate, starttime and stoptime to be UTC.
-
-.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> time weekdays
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route <name> rule <n> set tcp-mss <500-1460>
+.. cfgcmd:: set policy route6 <name> rule <n> set tcp-mss <500-1460>
- Weekdays to match rule on. Format for weekdays: Mon,Thu,Sat. To negate add !
- at the front eg. !Mon,Thu,Sat.
+ Set packet modifications: Explicitly set TCP Maximum segment size value. \ No newline at end of file