quick-start: initial pass of netfilter firewall configuration intro

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Nick Anderegg 2023-09-09 23:27:12 -04:00
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set nat source rule 100 source address '192.168.0.0/24'
set nat source rule 100 translation address masquerade
Firewall
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@ -126,57 +125,177 @@ Firewall
found on all vyos instalations. Documentation for most of the new firewall CLI
can be found in the :ref:`firewall` chapter. The legacy firewall is still available
for versions before 1.4-rolling-202308040557 and can be found in the
:ref:`firewall-legacy` chapter. The examples in this section still use the
legacy firewall configuration options.
:ref:`firewall-legacy` chapter. The examples in this section use the
new configuration.
Add a set of firewall policies for our outside/WAN interface.
Configure Firewall Groups
-------------------------
This configuration creates a proper stateful firewall that blocks all traffic
which was not initiated from the internal/LAN side first.
To make firewall configuration easier, we can create groups of interfaces,
networks, addresses, ports, and domains that describe different parts of
our network. We can then use them for filtering within our firewall rulesets,
allowing for more concise and readable configuration.
In this case, we will create two interface groups—a `WAN` group for our
interfaces connected to the public internet and a `LAN` group for the interfaces
connected to our internal network. Additionally, we will create a network group,
`NET-INSIDE-v4`, that contains our internal subnet.
.. code-block:: none
set firewall name OUTSIDE-IN default-action 'drop'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-IN rule 10 action 'accept'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-IN rule 10 state established 'enable'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-IN rule 10 state related 'enable'
set firewall group interface-group WAN interface eth0
set firewall group interface-group LAN interface eth1
set firewall group network-group NET-INSIDE-v4 network '192.168.0.0/24'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL default-action 'drop'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 10 action 'accept'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 10 state established 'enable'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 10 state related 'enable'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 20 action 'accept'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 20 icmp type-name 'echo-request'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 20 protocol 'icmp'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 20 state new 'enable'
Stateful Packet Filtering
-------------------------
If you wanted to enable SSH access to your firewall from the outside/WAN
interface, you could create some additional rules to allow that kind of
traffic.
These rules allow SSH traffic and rate limit it to 4 requests per minute. This
blocks brute-forcing attempts:
Using the new firewall structure, we can create a common chain for stateful
connection filtering of multiple interfaces (or multiple netfilter hooks on one
interface). Those individual chains can then jump to the common chain for
stateful connection filtering, returning to the original chain for further
rule processing if no action is taken on the packet:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 30 action 'drop'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 30 destination port '22'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 30 protocol 'tcp'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 30 recent count '4'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 30 recent time 'minute'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 30 state new 'enable'
# Create a new chain for stateful connection filtering that
# will return to the original chain if no action is taken
set firewall ipv4 name CONN_FILTER default-action 'return'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 31 action 'accept'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 31 destination port '22'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 31 protocol 'tcp'
set firewall name OUTSIDE-LOCAL rule 31 state new 'enable'
# Allow established and related traffic
set firewall ipv4 name CONN_FILTER rule 10 action 'accept'
set firewall ipv4 name CONN_FILTER rule 10 state established 'enable'
set firewall ipv4 name CONN_FILTER rule 10 state related 'enable'
Apply the firewall policies:
# Drop invalid traffic
set firewall ipv4 name CONN_FILTER rule 20 action 'drop'
set firewall ipv4 name CONN_FILTER rule 20 state invalid 'enable'
Then, we can jump to the common chain from both the `forward` and `input` hooks
as the first filtering rule in the respective chains:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall interface eth0 in name 'OUTSIDE-IN'
set firewall interface eth0 local name 'OUTSIDE-LOCAL'
# Add a filter for the `forward` hook that sends all packets to CONN_FILTER
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 10 action 'jump'
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 10 jump-target CONN_FILTER
# Add a filter for the `input` hook that sends all packets to that same chain
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 action 'jump'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 jump-target CONN_FILTER
Alternatively, you can take the more traditional approach of creating rules on
each hook's chain for stateful connection filtering:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 5 action 'accept'
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 5 state established 'enable'
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 5 state related 'enable'
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 10 action 'drop'
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 10 state invalid 'enable'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 5 action 'accept'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 5 state established 'enable'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 5 state related 'enable'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 action 'drop'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 10 state invalid 'enable'
Block Incoming Traffic
----------------------
Now that we have configured stateful connection filtering to allow traffic from
established and related connections, we can block all other incoming traffic
addressed to our local network.
Create a new chain (`OUTSIDE-IN`) which will drop all traffic that is not
explicity allowed at some point in the chain. Then, we can jump to that chain
from the `forward` hook when traffic is coming from the `WAN` interface group
and is addressed to our local network.
.. code-block:: none
set firewall ipv4 name OUTSIDE-IN default-action 'drop'
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 100 action jump
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 100 jump-target OUTSIDE-IN
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 100 inbound-interface interface-group WAN
set firewall ipv4 forward filter rule 100 destination group network-group NET-INSIDE-v4
We should also block all traffic destinated to the router itself that isn't
explicitly allowed at some point in the chain for the `input` hook. As
we've already configured stateful packet filtering above, we only need to
set the default action to `drop`:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall ipv4 input filter default-action 'drop'
Configure Management Access
---------------------------
We can now configure access to the router itself, allowing SSH
access from the inside/LAN network and rate limiting SSH access from the
outside/WAN network.
First, create a new dedicated chain (`VyOS_MANAGEMENT`) for management
access, which returns to the parent chain if no action is taken. Add a rule
to accept traffic from the `LAN` interface group:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT default-action 'return'
Configure a rule on the `input` hook filter to jump to the `VyOS_MANAGEMENT`
chain when new connections are addressed to port 22 (SSH) on the router itself:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 20 action jump
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 20 jump-target VyOS_MANAGEMENT
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 20 destination port 22
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 20 protocol tcp
Finally, configure the `VyOS_MANAGEMENT` chain to accept connection from the
`LAN` interface group while limiting requests coming from the `WAN` interface
group to 4 per minute:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 15 action 'accept'
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 15 inbound-interface interface-group 'LAN'
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 20 action 'drop'
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 20 recent count 4
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 20 recent time minute
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 20 state new enable
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 20 inbound-interface interface-group 'WAN'
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 21 action 'accept'
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 21 state new enable
set firewall ipv4 name VyOS_MANAGEMENT rule 21 inbound-interface interface-group 'WAN'
Allow Access to Services
------------------------
We can now configure access to the services running on this router, allowing
all connections coming from localhost:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 30 action 'accept'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 30 source address 127.0.0.0/8
Finally, we can allow access to the DNS recursor we configured earlier,
accepting traffic bound for port 53 from all hosts on the `NET-INSIDE-v4`
network:
.. code-block:: none
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 40 action 'accept'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 40 destination port '53'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 40 protocol 'tcp_udp'
set firewall ipv4 input filter rule 40 source group network-group NET-INSIDE-v4
Commit changes, save the configuration, and exit configuration mode:
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vyos@vyos# exit
vyos@vyos$
Hardening
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