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authorViacheslav Hletenko <v.gletenko@vyos.io>2023-09-21 15:22:34 +0300
committerViacheslav Hletenko <v.gletenko@vyos.io>2023-09-21 15:22:34 +0300
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Add firewal synproxy
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diff --git a/docs/configuration/firewall/general.rst b/docs/configuration/firewall/general.rst
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--- a/docs/configuration/firewall/general.rst
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@@ -351,10 +351,12 @@ The action can be :
* ``queue``: Enqueue packet to userspace.
+ * ``synproxy``: synproxy the packet.
+
.. cfgcmd:: set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] forward filter rule <1-999999> action
- [accept | drop | jump | queue | reject | return]
+ [accept | drop | jump | queue | reject | return | synproxy]
.. cfgcmd:: set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] input filter rule <1-999999> action
- [accept | drop | jump | queue | reject | return]
+ [accept | drop | jump | queue | reject | return | synproxy]
.. cfgcmd:: set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] output filter rule <1-999999> action
[accept | drop | jump | queue | reject | return]
.. cfgcmd:: set firewall ipv4 name <name> rule <1-999999> action
@@ -1264,6 +1266,49 @@ geoip) to keep database and rules updated.
Match when 'count' amount of connections are seen within 'time'. These
matching criteria can be used to block brute-force attempts.
+********
+Synproxy
+********
+Synproxy connections
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] [input | forward] filter rule <1-999999> action synproxy
+.. cfgcmd:: set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] [input | forward] filter rule <1-999999> protocol tcp
+.. cfgcmd:: set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] [input | forward] filter rule <1-999999> synproxy tcp mss <501-65535>
+
+ Set TCP-MSS (maximum segment size) for the connection
+
+.. cfgcmd:: set firewall [ipv4 | ipv6] [input | forward] filter rule <1-999999> synproxy tcp window-scale <1-14>
+
+ Set the window scale factor for TCP window scaling
+
+Example synproxy
+================
+Requirements to enable synproxy:
+
+ * Traffic must be symmetric
+ * Synproxy relies on syncookies and TCP timestamps, ensure these are enabled
+ * Disable conntrack loose track option
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+ set system sysctl parameter net.ipv4.tcp_timestamps value '1'
+
+ set system conntrack tcp loose disable
+ set system conntrack ignore ipv4 rule 10 destination port '8080'
+ set system conntrack ignore ipv4 rule 10 protocol 'tcp'
+ set system conntrack ignore ipv4 rule 10 tcp flags syn
+
+ set firewall global-options syn-cookies 'enable'
+ set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 action 'synproxy'
+ set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 destination port '8080'
+ set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 inbound-interface interface-name 'eth1'
+ set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 protocol 'tcp'
+ set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 synproxy tcp mss '1460'
+ set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 synproxy tcp window-scale '7'
+ set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 1000 action 'drop'
+ set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 1000 state invalid 'enable'
+
+
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Operation-mode Firewall
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