shorewall6-accounting5Configuration FilesaccountingShorewall6 Accounting file/etc/shorewall6/accountingDescriptionAccounting rules exist simply to count packets and bytes in
categories that you define in this file. You may display these rules and
their packet and byte counters using the shorewall6 show
accounting command.Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.18, the accounting structure can be
created with three root chains:accountin: Rules that are valid
in the INPUT chain (may not specify
an output interface).accountout: Rules that are
valid in the OUTPUT chain (may not specify an input interface or a MAC
address).accounting: Other rules.The new structure is enabled by sectioning the accounting file in a
manner similar to the rules
file. The sections are INPUT,
OUTPUT and FORWARD and must appear in that order (although any
of them may be omitted). The first non-commentary record in the accounting
file must be a section header when sectioning is used.If sections are not used, the Shorewall rules compiler cannot
detect certain violations of netfilter restrictions. These violations
can result in run-time errors such as the following:
ip6tables-restore v1.4.13: Can't use -o
with INPUT
Beginning with Shorewall 4.4.20, the ACCOUNTING_TABLE setting was
added to shorewall.conf and shorewall6.conf. That setting determines the
Netfilter table (filter or mangle) where the accounting rules are added.
When ACCOUNTING_TABLE=mangle is specified, the available sections are
PREROUTING, INPUT, OUTPUT,
FORWARD and POSTROUTING.Section headers have the form:section-nameThe optional "?" was added in Shorewalll 4.6.0 and is preferred.
Existing configurations may be converted to use this form using the
shorewall6 update command.When sections are enabled:A jump to a user-defined accounting chain must appear before
entries that add rules to that chain. This eliminates loops and
unreferenced chains.An output interface may not be specified in the PREROUTING and INPUT sections.In the OUTPUT and POSTROUTING sections:An input interface may not be specifiedJumps to a chain defined in the INPUT or PREROUTING sections that specifies an input
interface are prohibitedMAC addresses may not be usedJump to a chain defined in the INPUT or PREROUTING section that specifies a MAC
address are prohibited.The default value of the CHAIN column is:accountin in the INPUT sectionaccountout in the OUTPUT sectionaccountfwd in the FORWARD sectionaccountpre in the PREROUTING sectionaccountpost in the
POSTROUTING sectionTraffic addressed to the firewall goes through the rules defined
in the INPUT section.Traffic originating on the firewall goes through the rules
defined in the OUTPUT section.Traffic being forwarded through the firewall goes through the
rules from the FORWARD sections.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 - {COUNT|DONE|chain[:{COUNT|JUMP}]|[?]COMMENT
comment}What to do when a matching packet is found.COUNTSimply count the match and continue with the next
ruleDONECount the match and don't attempt to match any other
accounting rules in the chain specified in the CHAIN column.chain[:COUNT]Where chain is the name of a chain;
shorewall6 will create the chain automatically if it doesn't
already exist. If a second chain is mentioned in the CHAIN
column, then a jump from this second chain to
chain is created. If no chain is
named in the CHAIN column, then a jump from the default chain
to chain is created. If :COUNT is included, a counting rule
matching this entry will be added to
chain. The chain may
not exceed 29 characters in length and may be composed of
letters, digits, dash ('-') and underscore ('_').chain:JUMPLike the previous option without the :COUNT part.INLINEAdded in Shorewall 4.5.16. Allows free form ip6tables
matches to be specified following a ';'. In the generated
ip6tables rule(s), the free form matches will follow any
matches that are generated by the column contents.NFACCT({object[!]}[,...])Added in Shorewall 4.5.7. Provides a form of accounting
that survives shorewall stop/shorewall
start and shorewall restart. Requires the
NFaccnt Match capability in your kernel and iptables.
object names an nfacct object (see
man nfaccnt(8)). Multiple rules can specify the same
object; all packets that match any
of the rules increment the packet and bytes count of the
object.Prior to Shorewall 4.5.16, only one
object could be specified.
Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.16, an arbitrary number of
objects may be given.With Shorewall 4.5.16 or later, an nfacct
object in the list may optionally
be followed by ! to indicate
that the nfacct object will be
incremented unconditionally for each packet. When ! is omitted, the
object will be incremented only if
all of the matches in the rule succeed.NFLOG[(nflog-parameters)]
- Added in Shorewall-4.4.20.Causes each matching packet to be sent via the currently
loaded logging back end (usually nfnetlink_log) where it is
available to accounting daemons through a netlink
socket.[?]COMMENTThe 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.Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.11, ?COMMENT is a synonym
for COMMENT and is preferred.CHAIN - {-|chain}The name of a chain. If specified as
- the accounting chain is assumed when the file is
un-sectioned. When the file is sectioned, the default is one of
accountin, accountout, etc. depending on the section. This is the
chain where the accounting rule is added. The
chain will be created if it doesn't already
exist. The chain may not exceed 29 characters
in length.SOURCE - {-|any|all|interface|interface:address|address}Packet Source.The name of an interface, an
address (host or net) or an
interface name followed by ":" and a host
or net address. An ipset name is also
accepted as an address.DESTINATION (dest) - {-|any|all|interface|interfaceaddress|address}Packet Destination.Format same as SOURCE
column.PROTOCOL (proto) - {-|any|all|protocol-name|protocol-number|ipp2p[:{udp|all}]}A protocol-name (from protocols(5)), a
protocol-number, ipp2p, ipp2p:udp or ipp2p:allBeginning with Shorewall 4.5.12, this column can accept a
comma-separated list of protocols.DEST PORT(S) (dport) -
{-|any|all|ipp2p-option|port-name-or-number[,port-name-or-number]...}Destination Port number. Service name from services(5) or
port number. May only be specified if the
protocol is TCP (6), UDP (17), DCCP (33), SCTP (132) or UDPLITE
(136).You may place a comma-separated list of port names or numbers
in this column if your kernel and ip6tables include multi-port match
support.If the PROTOCOL is ipp2p then
this column must contain an ipp2p-option
("ip6tables -m ipp2p --help") without the leading "--". If no option
is given in this column, ipp2p is
assumed.SOURCE PORT(S) (sport) -
{-|any|all|port-name-or-number[,port-name-or-number]...}Service name from services(5) or port
number. May only be specified if the protocol is TCP (6),
UDP (17), DCCP (33), SCTP (132) or UDPLITE (136).You may place a comma-separated list of port numbers in this
column if your kernel and ip6tables include multi-port match
support.Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.15, you may place '=' in this
column, provided that the DEST PORT(S) column is non-empty. This
causes the rule to match when either the source port or the
destination port in a packet matches one of the ports specified in
DEST PORTS(S). Use of '=' requires multi-port match in your iptables
and kernel.USER/GROUP (user) - [!][user-name-or-number][:group-name-or-number][+program-name]This column may only be non-empty if the CHAIN is OUTPUT.When this column is non-empty, the rule applies only if the
program generating the output is running under the effective
user and/or group
specified (or is NOT running under that id if "!" is given).Examples:joeprogram must be run by joe:kidsprogram must be run by a member of the 'kids'
group!:kidsprogram must not be run by a member of the 'kids'
group+upnpd#program named upnpdThe ability to specify a program name was removed from
Netfilter in kernel version 2.6.14.MARK - [!]value[/mask][:C]Defines a test on the existing packet or connection mark. The
rule will match only if the test returns true.If you don't want to define a test but need to specify
anything in the following columns, place a "-" in this field.!Inverts the test (not equal)valueValue of the packet or connection mark.maskA mask to be applied to the mark before testing.:CDesignates a connection mark. If omitted, the packet
mark's value is tested.IPSEC - option-list
(Optional - Added in Shorewall 4.4.13 but broken until 4.5.4.1
)The option-list consists of a comma-separated list of options
from the following list. Only packets that will be encrypted or have
been decrypted via an SA that matches these options will have their
source address changed. May only be specified when sections are
used.reqid=numberwhere number is specified using
setkey(8) using the 'unique:number option
for the SPD level.spi=<number>where number is the SPI of the SA
used to encrypt/decrypt packets.proto=ah|esp|ipcompIPSEC Encapsulation Protocolmss=numbersets the MSS field in TCP packetsmode=transport|tunnelIPSEC modetunnel-src=address[/mask]only available with mode=tunneltunnel-dst=address[/mask]only available with mode=tunnelstrictMeans that packets must match all rules.nextSeparates rules; can only be used with strictyes or ipsecWhen used by itself, causes all traffic that will be
encrypted/encapsulated or has been decrypted/un-encapsulated
to match the rule.no or noneWhen used by itself, causes all traffic that will not be
encrypted/encapsulated or has been decrypted/un-encapsulated
to match the rule.inMay only be used in the FORWARD section and must be the
first or the only item the list. Indicates that matching
packets have been decrypted in input.outMay only be used in the FORWARD section and must be the
first or the only item in the list. Indicates that matching
packets will be encrypted on output.If this column is non-empty and sections are not used,
then:A chain NAME appearing in the ACTION column must be a
chain branched either directly or indirectly from the accipsecin or accipsecout chain.The CHAIN column must contain either accipsecin or accipsecout or a chain branched either
directly or indirectly from those chains.These rules will NOT appear in the accounting chain.HEADERS -
[!][any:|exactly:]header-list
(Optional - Added in Shorewall 4.4.15)The header-list consists of a
comma-separated list of headers from the following list.auth, ah, or 51Authentication Headers extension
header.esp, or 50Encrypted Security Payload
extension header.hop, hop-by-hop or 0Hop-by-hop options extension header.route, ipv6-route or 41IPv6 Route extension header.frag, ipv6-frag or 44IPv6 fragmentation extension header.none, ipv6-nonxt or 59No next headerproto, protocol or 255Any protocol header.If any: is specified, the
rule will match if any of the listed headers are present. If
exactly: is specified, the will
match packets that exactly include all specified headers. If neither
is given, any: is assumed.If ! is entered, the rule
will match those packets which would not be matched when ! is omitted.In all of the above columns except ACTION and CHAIN,
the values -, any and all may be
used as wildcards. Omitted trailing columns are also treated as
wildcards.FILES/etc/shorewall6/accountingSee ALSOhttp://www.shorewall.net/Accounting.html
http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.htmlhttp://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#Pairsshorewall6(8), shorewall6-actions(5), shorewall6-blacklist(5),
shorewall6-hosts(5), shorewall6-interfaces(5), shorewall6-maclist(5),
shorewall6-netmap(5),shorewall6-params(5), shorewall6-policy(5),
shorewall6-providers(5), shorewall6-rtrules(5),
shorewall6-routestopped(5), shorewall6-rules(5), shorewall6.conf(5),
shorewall6-secmarks(5), shorewall6-tcclasses(5), shorewall6-tcdevices(5),
shorewall6-mangle(5), shorewall6-tos(5), shorewall6-tunnels(5),
shorewall6-zones(5)