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<title>Xen and Shorewall</title>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<firstname>Tom</firstname>
<surname>Eastep</surname>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<pubdate>2006-03-10</pubdate>
<copyright>
<year>2006</year>
<holder>Thomas M. Eastep</holder>
</copyright>
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<section>
<title>Xen Network Environment</title>
<para><ulink
url="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/">Xen</ulink> is a
<firstterm>paravirtualization</firstterm> tool that allows you to run
multiple virtual machines on one physical machine. It is available on a
wide number of platforms and is included in recent
<trademark>SuSE</trademark> distributions.</para>
<para>Xen refers to the virtual machines as
<firstterm>Domains</firstterm>. Domains are numbered with the first domain
being domain 0, the second domain 1, and so on. Domain 0
(<firstterm>Dom0</firstterm>) is special because that is the domain
created when to machine is booted. Additional domains (called
<firstterm>DomU</firstterm>'s) are created using the <command>xm
create</command> command from within Domain 0. Additional domains can also
be created automatically at boot time by using the
<command>xendomains</command> service.</para>
<para>Xen virtualizes a network interface named <filename
class="devicefile">eth0</filename><footnote>
<para>This assumes the default Xen configuration created by
<command>xend </command>and assumes that the host system has a single
ethernet interface named <filename
class="devicefile">eth0</filename>.</para>
</footnote> in each domain. In Dom0, Xen also creates a bridge
(<filename class="devicefile">xenbr0</filename>) and a number of virtual
interfaces as shown in the following diagram.</para>
<graphic align="center" fileref="images/Xen1.png" />
<para>I use the term <firstterm>Extended Dom0</firstterm> to distinguish
the bridge and virtual interfaces from Dom0 itself. That distinction is
important when we try to apply Shorewall in this environment.</para>
<para>The bridge has a number of ports:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>peth0 — This is the port that connects to the physical network
interface in your system.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>vif0.0 — This is the bridge port that is used by traffic to/from
Domain 0.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>vifX.0 — This is the bridge port that is used by traffic to/from
Domain X.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section>
<title>Configuring Shorewall in Dom0</title>
<para>As I state in the answer to <ulink url="FAQ.htm#faq2">Shorewall FAQ
2</ulink>, I object to running servers in a local zone because if the
server becomes compromised then there is no protection between that
compromised server and the other local systems. Xen allows me to safely
run Internet-accessible servers in my local zone by creating a firewall in
(the Extended) Dom0 to isolate the server(s) from the other local systems
(including Dom0).</para>
<caution>
<para>I find Xen Domain 0 to be an arcane environment in which to try to
use Netfilter (and hence Shorewall). As the number of interfaces and
bridges increase, complexity increases geometrically. I recommend
following this guide only if you really need to place a public server in
your local network. Otherwise, the <ulink url="XenMyWay.html">way that I
use Xen</ulink> is much more straight-forward.</para>
</caution>
<para>Here is an example. In this example, we will assume that the system
is behind a second firewall that restricts incoming traffic so that we
only have to worry about protecting the local LAN from the systems running
in the DomU's.</para>
<section>
<title>/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf</title>
<para>Because Xen uses normal Linux bridging, you must enable bridge
support in shorewall.conf</para>
<blockquote>
<programlisting>BRIDGING=Yes</programlisting>
</blockquote>
</section>
<section>
<title>/etc/shorewall/zones</title>
<para>One thing strange about configuring Shorewall in this environment
is that Dom0 is defined as two different zones. It is defined as the
firewall zone and it is also defined as "all systems connected to
<filename class="devicefile">xenbr0:vif0.0</filename>. In this case, I
call this second zone <emphasis role="bold">ursa</emphasis> (which is
the name given to the virtual system running in Dom0); that zone
corresponds to Dom0 as seen from the outside in the diagram above (see
more <link linkend="zones">below</link>).</para>
<blockquote>
<programlisting># OPTIONS OPTIONS
fw firewall #Domain 0
ursa ipv4 #Domain 0 on the bridge
dmz ipv4 #Server(s) running in Domains other than 0
net ipv4 #The local LAN and beyond
#LAST LINE - ADD YOUR ENTRIES ABOVE THIS ONE - DO NOT REMOVE</programlisting>
</blockquote>
</section>
<section>
<title>/etc/shorewall/interfaces</title>
<para>We must deal with two network interfaces. We must deal with the
(virtualized) eth0 and we must also deal with the bridge (xenbr0)
created by Xen.</para>
<blockquote>
<programlisting>#ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS
- xenbr0 - dhcp
net eth0 detect dhcp
#LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE</programlisting>
</blockquote>
</section>
<section>
<title>/etc/shorewall/hosts</title>
<para>Here we define the zones <emphasis role="bold">ursa</emphasis> and
<emphasis role="bold">dmz</emphasis> and we extend the definition of the
zone <emphasis role="bold">net</emphasis>.<blockquote>
<programlisting>#ZONE HOST(S) OPTIONS
ursa xenbr0:vif0.0
dmz xenbr0:vif+<footnote>
<para>There is a bug in Shorewall versions prior to 3.0.4 that treats all bridge ports as if they had routeback specified. I recommend that you run a Shorewall verison &gt; 3.0.3 if you run Xen.</para>
</footnote>
net xenbr0:peth0
#LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS LINE -- DO NOT REMOVE</programlisting>
</blockquote></para>
<para>Note that the <emphasis role="bold">net</emphasis> zone has two
different interfaces. From the point of view of Dom0 (which is where
Shorewall runs), the <emphasis role="bold">net</emphasis> zone comprises
everything except Dom0. From the point of view of the Extended Domain 0,
the <emphasis role="bold">net</emphasis> zone is everything connected
(directly or indirectly) to the <filename
class="devicefile">peth0</filename> port on the bridge.</para>
</section>
<section>
<title>/etc/shorewall/policy</title>
<para>The policies shown here effectively isolate Domains 1...N.</para>
<blockquote>
<programlisting>#SOURCE DEST POLICY LOG LIMIT:BURST
# LEVEL
all fw ACCEPT
fw all ACCEPT
ursa all ACCEPT
net ursa ACCEPT
net net NONE
all all REJECT info
#LAST LINE -- DO NOT REMOVE
</programlisting>
</blockquote>
</section>
<section>
<title>/etc/shorewall/rules</title>
<para>These rules determine the traffic allowed into and out of the
<emphasis role="bold">dmz</emphasis> zone.</para>
<blockquote>
<programlisting>#
# "Net' to DMZ
#
ACCEPT net dmz udp domain
ACCEPT net dmz tcp www,smtp,smtps,domain,ssh,imap,rsync,https,imaps,ftp,10023,pop3,3128
Trcrt/ACCEPT net dmz
#
# DMZ to 'Net'
#
ACCEPT dmz net:!192.168.0.0/22 udp domain,ntp
ACCEPT dmz net:!192.168.0.0/22 tcp echo,ftp,ssh,smtp,whois,domain,www,81,https,rsync,cvspserver,2702,2703,8080
ACCEPT dmz net:$POPSERVERS tcp pop3
Ping/ACCEPT dmz net
Ping/ACCEPT dmz ursa</programlisting>
</blockquote>
<para>Here, 192.168.0.0/22 comprises my local network.</para>
<para id="zones">From the point of view of Shorewall, the zone diagram
is as shown in the following diagram.</para>
<graphic align="center" fileref="images/Xen2.png" />
<para>Note that the <emphasis role="bold">ursa</emphasis> zone subsumes
the <emphasis role="bold">fw</emphasis> zone because the <emphasis
role="bold">ursa</emphasis> zone is defined to be all systems that
interface to xenbr0's vif0.0 port — it is the rules governing traffic
to/from the <emphasis role="bold">ursa</emphasis> zone that protect the
firewall in this configuration.</para>
<para>More elaborate configurations are possible as described in my
<ulink url="XenMyWay.html">Xen and the Art of Consolidation</ulink>
article.</para>
</section>
</section>
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