shorewall6-conntrack5conntrackshorewall6 conntrack file/etc/shorewall6/conntrackDescriptionThe original intent of the notrack
file was to exempt certain traffic from Netfilter connection tracking.
Traffic matching entries in that file were not to be tracked.The role of the file was expanded in Shorewall 4.4.27 to include all
rules that can be added in the Netfilter raw table. In 4.5.7, the file's name was changed to
conntrack.The file supports two different column layouts: FORMAT 1 and FORMAT
2, FORMAT 1 being the default. The two differ in that FORMAT 2 has an
additional leading ACTION column. When an entry in the file of this form
is encountered, the format of the following entries are assumed to be of
the specified format.FORMAT formatwhere format is either 1 or 2.Comments may be attached to Netfilter rules generated from entries
in this file through the use of COMMENT lines. These lines begin with the
word COMMENT; the remainder of the line is treated as a comment which is
attached to subsequent rules until another COMMENT line is found or until
the end of the file is reached. To stop adding comments to rules, use a
line with only the word COMMENT.The columns in the file are as follows (where the column name is
followed by a different name in parentheses, the different name is used in
the alternate specification syntax).ACTION - {NOTRACK|CT:helper:name[(arg=val[,...])|CT:notrack}This column is only present when FORMAT = 2. Values other than
NOTRACK require CT Target support in your
iptables and kernel. or
Disables connection tracking for this packet.DROPAdded in Shorewall 4.5.10. Silently discard the
packet.:nameAttach the helper identified by the
name to this connection. This is more
flexible than loading the conntrack helper with preset ports.
May be followed by an option list of
arg=val
pairs in parentheses:=event[,...]Only generate the specified conntrack events for this
connection. Possible event types are: new, related, destroy, reply, assured, protoinfo, helper, mark (this is connection mark, not
packet mark), natseqinfo,
and secmark. If more than
one event is listed, the
event list must be enclosed in
parentheses (e.g., ctevents=(new,related)).Only generate a new
expectation events for this connection.When FORMAT = 1, this column is not present and the rule is
processed as if NOTRACK had been entered in this column.SOURCE ‒
zone[:interface][:address-list]where zone is the name of a zone,
interface is an interface to that zone,
and address-list is a comma-separated
list of addresses (may contain exclusion - see shorewall6-exclusion
(5)).Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.7, can be
used as the zone name to mean
all zones.Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.10, can be
used as the zone name to mean all
off-firewall zones.DEST ‒
[interface|address-list]where address-list is a
comma-separated list of addresses (may contain exclusion - see
shorewall6-exclusion
(5)). If an interface is given:It must be up and configured with an IPv6 address when
Shorewall is started or restarted.All routes out of the interface must be configured when
Shorewall is started or restarted.Default routes out of the interface will result in a
warning message and will be ignored.PROTO ‒
protocol-name-or-numberA protocol name from /etc/protocols or a
protocol number.DEST PORT(S) (dport) - port-number/service-name-listA comma-separated list of port numbers and/or service names
from /etc/services. May also include port
ranges of the form
low-port:high-port
if your kernel and iptables include port range support.SOURCE PORT(S) (sport) - port-number/service-name-listA comma-separated list of port numbers and/or service names
from /etc/services. May also include port
ranges of the form
low-port:high-port
if your kernel and iptables include port range support.USER/GROUP (user) ‒
[user][:group]May only be specified if the SOURCE
zone is $FW. Specifies the effective user
id and or group id of the process sending the traffic.SWITCH -
[!]switch-nameAdded in Shorewall6 4.5.10 and allows enabling and disabling
the rule without requiring shorewall6
restart.Enables the rule if the value stored in
/proc/net/nf_condition/switch-name
is 1. Disables the rule if that file contains 0 (the default). If
'!' is supplied, the test is inverted such that the rule is enabled
if the file contains 0. The switch-name
must begin with a letter and be composed of letters, decimal digits,
underscores or hyphens. Switch names must be 30 characters or less
in length.Switches are normally off. To
turn a switch on:echo 1 >
/proc/net/nf_condition/switch-nameTo turn it off again:echo 0 >
/proc/net/nf_condition/switch-nameSwitch settings are retained over shorewall6
restart.EXAMPLE#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST SOURCE USER/GROUP
# PORT(S) PORT(S)
CT:helper:ftp(expevents=new) fw - tcp 21 FILES/etc/shorewall6/notrackSee ALSOhttp://shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairsshorewall6(8), shorewall6-accounting(5), shorewall6-actions(5),
shorewall6-blacklist(5), shorewall6-hosts(5), shorewall6-interfaces(5),
shorewall6-ipsec(5), shoewall6-netmap(5),shorewall6-params(5),
shorewall6-policy(5), shorewall6-providers(5), shorewall6-proxyarp(5),
shorewall6-rtrules(5), shorewall6-routestopped(5), shorewall6-rules(5),
shorewall6.conf(5), shorewall6-secmarks(5), shorewall6-tcclasses(5),
shorewall6-tcdevices(5), shorewall6-tcrules(5), shorewall6-tos(5),
shorewall6-tunnels(5), shorewall-zones(5)