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<h1 style="text-align: center;">ICMP Echo-request (Ping)<br>
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Shorewall 'Ping' management has evolved over time with the latest
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change coming in Shorewall version 1.4.0. To find out which version of
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Shorewall you are running, at a shell prompt type "<font color="#009900"><b>/sbin/shorewall
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version</b></font>". If that command gives you an error, it's time to
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upgrade since you have a very old version of Shorewall installed (1.2.4
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or earlier).<br>
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<h2>Shorewall Versions >= 1.4.0</h2>
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In Shoreall 1.4.0 and later version, ICMP echo-request's are treated
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just like any other connection request.<br>
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In order to accept ping requests from zone z1 to zone z2 where the
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policy for z1 to z2 is not ACCEPT, you need a rule in
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/etc/shoreall/rules of the form:<br>
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<blockquote>ACCEPT <i>z1
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z2 </i>icmp 8<br>
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</blockquote>
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Example: <br>
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<br>
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To permit ping from the local zone to the firewall:<br>
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<blockquote>ACCEPT loc
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fw icmp 8<br>
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</blockquote>
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If you would like to accept 'ping' by default even when the relevant
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policy is DROP or REJECT, create <b>/etc/shorewall/icmpdef </b>if it
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doesn't already exist and in that file place the following command:<br>
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<blockquote>
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<pre><b><font color="#009900">run_iptables -A icmpdef -p icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT<br></font></b></pre>
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</blockquote>
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With that rule in place, if you want to ignore 'ping' from z1 to z2
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then you need a rule of the form:<br>
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<blockquote>DROP <i>z1
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z2 </i>icmp 8<br>
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</blockquote>
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Example:<br>
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<br>
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To drop ping from the internet, you would need this rule in
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/etc/shorewall/rules:<br>
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<br>
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<blockquote>DROP net
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fw icmp 8<br>
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</blockquote>
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<h2>Shorewall Versions >= 1.3.14 and < 1.4.0 with
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OLD_PING_HANDLING=No in /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf</h2>
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In 1.3.14, Ping handling was put under control of the rules and
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policies just like any other connection request. In order to accept
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ping requests from zone z1 to zone z2 where the policy for z1 to z2 is
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not ACCEPT, you need a rule in /etc/shoreall/rules of the form:<br>
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<blockquote>ACCEPT <i>z1
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z2 </i>icmp 8<br>
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</blockquote>
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Example: <br>
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<br>
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To permit ping from the local zone to the firewall:<br>
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<blockquote>ACCEPT loc
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fw icmp 8<br>
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</blockquote>
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If you would like to accept 'ping' by default even when the relevant
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policy is DROP or REJECT, create <b>/etc/shorewall/icmpdef </b>if it
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doesn't already exist and in that file place the following command:<br>
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<blockquote>
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<pre><b><font color="#009900">run_iptables -A icmpdef -p icmp --icmp-type 8 -j ACCEPT<br></font></b></pre>
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</blockquote>
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With that rule in place, if you want to ignore 'ping' from z1 to z2
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then you need a rule of the form:<br>
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<blockquote>DROP <i>z1
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z2 </i>icmp 8<br>
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</blockquote>
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Example:<br>
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<br>
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To drop ping from the internet, you would need this rule in
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/etc/shorewall/rules:<br>
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<blockquote>DROP net
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fw icmp 8<br>
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</blockquote>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTE: </span>There is one
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exception to the above description. In 1.3.14 and 1.3.14a, ping from
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the firewall itself is enabled unconditionally. This suprising
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"feature" was removed in version 1.4.0.<br>
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<blockquote> </blockquote>
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<blockquote> </blockquote>
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<h2>Shorewall Versions < 1.3.14 or with OLD_PING_HANDLING=Yes in
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/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf<br>
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</h2>
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There are several aspects to the old Shorewall Ping management:<br>
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<li>The <b>noping</b> and <b>filterping </b>interface options in <a
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href="Documentation.htm#Interfaces">/etc/shorewall/interfaces</a>.</li>
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<li>The <b>FORWARDPING</b> option in<a href="Documentation.htm#Conf">
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/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf</a>.</li>
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<li>Explicit rules in <a href="Documentation.htm#Rules">/etc/shorewall/rules</a>.</li>
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There are two cases to consider:<br>
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<li>Ping requests addressed to the firewall itself; and</li>
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<li>Ping requests being forwarded to another system. Included here
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are all cases of packet forwarding including NAT, DNAT rule, Proxy ARP
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and simple routing.</li>
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These cases will be covered separately.<br>
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<h3>Ping Requests Addressed to the Firewall Itself</h3>
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For ping requests addressed to the firewall, the sequence is as follows:<br>
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<li>If neither <b>noping</b> nor <b>filterping </b>are specified
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for the interface that receives the ping request then the request will
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be responded to with an ICMP echo-reply.</li>
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<li>If <b>noping</b> is specified for the interface that receives
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the ping request then the request is ignored.</li>
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<li>If <b>filterping </b>is specified for the interface then the
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request is passed to the rules/policy evaluation.</li>
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<h3>Ping Requests Forwarded by the Firewall</h3>
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These requests are <b>always</b> passed to rules/policy evaluation.<br>
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<h3>Rules Evaluation</h3>
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Ping requests are ICMP type 8. So the general rule format is:<br>
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<i>Target
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Source Destination </i>icmp
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Example 1. Accept pings from the net to the dmz (pings are responded to
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with an ICMP echo-reply):<br>
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ACCEPT net
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Example 2. Drop pings from the net to the firewall<br>
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DROP net
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fw icmp 8<br>
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<h3>Policy Evaluation</h3>
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If no applicable rule is found, then the policy for the source to
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the destination is applied.<br>
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<li>If the relevant policy is ACCEPT then the request is responded to
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with an ICMP echo-reply.</li>
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<li>If <b>FORWARDPING</b> is set to Yes in
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/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf then the request is responded to with an
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ICMP echo-reply.</li>
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<li>Otherwise, the relevant REJECT or DROP policy is used and the
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request is either rejected or simply ignored.</li>
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><font size="2">Updated 8/23/2003 - <a
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href="support.htm">Tom Eastep</a></font></div>
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<p><font size="2"> </font></p>
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<p><a href="copyright.htm"><font size="2">Copyright</font> © <font
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size="2">2001, 2002, 2003 Thomas M. Eastep.</font></a><br>
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