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  timeout for iptables Jeff Peng <jeff@simplemail.co.in> - 2024-07-02 13:50 +0200
    Re: timeout for iptables Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-07-02 14:50 +0200
      Re: timeout for iptables Max Nikulin <manikulin@gmail.com> - 2024-07-02 16:10 +0200
        Re: timeout for iptables Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2024-07-02 16:30 +0200
    Re: timeout for iptables Tim Woodall <debianuser@woodall.me.uk> - 2024-07-02 22:30 +0200
      Re: timeout for iptables Jeff Peng <jeff@simplemail.co.in> - 2024-07-03 05:40 +0200

#270731 — timeout for iptables

Hello gurus,

Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules?

for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and 
another IP should be blocked for one week.

Thanks.

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#270734

Jeff Peng wrote: 
> Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules?
> 
> for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and
> another IP should be blocked for one week.

iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native
timeout; you need to use an external tool to insert and remove them.

The best way of doing that is to have a separate table that you
call (for blocking purposes, called from INPUT; if you're
maintaining a firewall, from FORWARD) and use your tool to only
insert and remove lines from that table.

There's a package called fail2ban which is normally used to
inspect logs and issue ban rules based on the logs; it has a
timeout feature. It would be relatively easy to write a new
config for fail2ban rather than implement all the rest of this
yourself. Set up a couple of fake logs files, one for 24 hour
bans and one for 7 day bans, and write IPs to those files,
letting fail2ban take care of the rest.

-dsr-
 
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#270735

On 02/07/2024 19:28, Dan Ritter wrote:
> iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native
> timeout;

nft sets have the timeout option. Isn't it to specify interval of time 
to remove elements?

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#270736

Max Nikulin wrote: 
> On 02/07/2024 19:28, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native
> > timeout;
> 
> nft sets have the timeout option. Isn't it to specify interval of time to
> remove elements?

It works with ipset, which I always think of as an nft feature
rather than an iptables feature. You are correct; that would
work here.

-dsr-

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#270748

On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, Jeff Peng wrote:

> Hello gurus,
>
> Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules?
>
> for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and another 
> IP should be blocked for one week.
>

Off the top of my head I can't think exactly how to do it but I think
you can use -m hashlimit and use the --hastlimit-htable-expire to time
things out.

But this will depend on exactly what you're doing. If you're adding
something to the hashtable that keeps happening then it might not
expire the way you want.

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#270751

Got the idea (nft) and thanks for all help.

On 2024-07-03 04:22, Tim Woodall wrote:
> On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, Jeff Peng wrote:
> 
>> Hello gurus,
>> 
>> Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules?
>> 
>> for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and 
>> another IP should be blocked for one week.
>> 
> 
> Off the top of my head I can't think exactly how to do it but I think
> you can use -m hashlimit and use the --hastlimit-htable-expire to time
> things out.
> 
> But this will depend on exactly what you're doing. If you're adding
> something to the hashtable that keeps happening then it might not
> expire the way you want.

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