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2.\" $FreeBSD$
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4.Dd April 25, 2023
5.Dt IPFW 8
6.Os
7.Sh NAME
8.Nm ipfw , dnctl
9.Nd User interface for firewall, traffic shaper, packet scheduler,
10in-kernel NAT.
11.Sh SYNOPSIS
12.Ss FIREWALL CONFIGURATION
13.Nm
14.Op Fl cq
15.Cm add
16.Ar rule
17.Nm
18.Op Fl acdefnNStT
19.Op Cm set Ar N
20.Brq Cm list | show
21.Op Ar rule | first-last ...
22.Nm
23.Op Fl f | q
24.Op Cm set Ar N
25.Cm flush
26.Nm
27.Op Fl q
28.Op Cm set Ar N
29.Brq Cm delete | zero | resetlog
30.Op Ar number ...
31.Pp
32.Nm
33.Cm set Oo Cm disable Ar number ... Oc Op Cm enable Ar number ...
34.Nm
35.Cm set move
36.Op Cm rule
37.Ar number Cm to Ar number
38.Nm
39.Cm set swap Ar number number
40.Nm
41.Cm set show
42.Ss SYSCTL SHORTCUTS
43.Nm
44.Cm enable
45.Brq Cm firewall | altq | one_pass | debug | verbose | dyn_keepalive
46.Nm
47.Cm disable
48.Brq Cm firewall | altq | one_pass | debug | verbose | dyn_keepalive
49.Ss LOOKUP TABLES
50.Nm
51.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm create Ar create-options
52.Nm
53.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table
54.Brq Ar name | all
55.Cm destroy
56.Nm
57.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm modify Ar modify-options
58.Nm
59.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm swap Ar name
60.Nm
61.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm add Ar table-key Op Ar value
62.Nm
63.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm add Op Ar table-key Ar value ...
64.Nm
65.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm atomic add Op Ar table-key Ar value ...
66.Nm
67.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm delete Op Ar table-key ...
68.Nm
69.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm lookup Ar addr
70.Nm
71.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm lock
72.Nm
73.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table Ar name Cm unlock
74.Nm
75.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table
76.Brq Ar name | all
77.Cm list
78.Nm
79.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table
80.Brq Ar name | all
81.Cm info
82.Nm
83.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table
84.Brq Ar name | all
85.Cm detail
86.Nm
87.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm table
88.Brq Ar name | all
89.Cm flush
90.Ss DUMMYNET CONFIGURATION (TRAFFIC SHAPER AND PACKET SCHEDULER)
91.Nm dnctl
92.Brq Cm pipe | queue | sched
93.Ar number
94.Cm config
95.Ar config-options
96.Nm dnctl
97.Op Fl s Op Ar field
98.Brq Cm pipe | queue | sched
99.Brq Cm delete | list | show
100.Op Ar number ...
101.Ss IN-KERNEL NAT
102.Nm
103.Op Fl q
104.Cm nat
105.Ar number
106.Cm config
107.Ar config-options
108.Nm
109.Cm nat
110.Ar number
111.Cm show
112.Brq Cm config | log
113.Ss STATEFUL IPv6/IPv4 NETWORK ADDRESS AND PROTOCOL TRANSLATION
114.Nm
115.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64lsn Ar name Cm create Ar create-options
116.Nm
117.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64lsn Ar name Cm config Ar config-options
118.Nm
119.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64lsn
120.Brq Ar name | all
121.Brq Cm list | show
122.Op Cm states
123.Nm
124.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64lsn
125.Brq Ar name | all
126.Cm destroy
127.Nm
128.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64lsn Ar name Cm stats Op Cm reset
129.Ss STATELESS IPv6/IPv4 NETWORK ADDRESS AND PROTOCOL TRANSLATION
130.Nm
131.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64stl Ar name Cm create Ar create-options
132.Nm
133.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64stl Ar name Cm config Ar config-options
134.Nm
135.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64stl
136.Brq Ar name | all
137.Brq Cm list | show
138.Nm
139.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64stl
140.Brq Ar name | all
141.Cm destroy
142.Nm
143.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64stl Ar name Cm stats Op Cm reset
144.Ss XLAT464 CLAT IPv6/IPv4 NETWORK ADDRESS AND PROTOCOL TRANSLATION
145.Nm
146.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64clat Ar name Cm create Ar create-options
147.Nm
148.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64clat Ar name Cm config Ar config-options
149.Nm
150.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64clat
151.Brq Ar name | all
152.Brq Cm list | show
153.Nm
154.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64clat
155.Brq Ar name | all
156.Cm destroy
157.Nm
158.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nat64clat Ar name Cm stats Op Cm reset
159.Ss IPv6-to-IPv6 NETWORK PREFIX TRANSLATION
160.Nm
161.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nptv6 Ar name Cm create Ar create-options
162.Nm
163.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nptv6
164.Brq Ar name | all
165.Brq Cm list | show
166.Nm
167.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nptv6
168.Brq Ar name | all
169.Cm destroy
170.Nm
171.Oo Cm set Ar N Oc Cm nptv6 Ar name Cm stats Op Cm reset
172.Ss INTERNAL DIAGNOSTICS
173.Nm
174.Cm internal iflist
175.Nm
176.Cm internal talist
177.Nm
178.Cm internal vlist
179.Ss LIST OF RULES AND PREPROCESSING
180.Nm
181.Op Fl cfnNqS
182.Oo
183.Fl p Ar preproc
184.Oo
185.Ar preproc-flags
186.Oc
187.Oc
188.Ar pathname
189.Sh DESCRIPTION
190The
191.Nm
192utility is the user interface for controlling the
193.Xr ipfw 4
194firewall, the
195.Xr dummynet 4
196traffic shaper/packet scheduler, and the
197in-kernel NAT services.
198.Pp
199A firewall configuration, or
200.Em ruleset ,
201is made of a list of
202.Em rules
203numbered from 1 to 65535.
204Packets are passed to the firewall
205from a number of different places in the protocol stack
206(depending on the source and destination of the packet,
207it is possible for the firewall to be
208invoked multiple times on the same packet).
209The packet passed to the firewall is compared
210against each of the rules in the
211.Em ruleset ,
212in rule-number order
213(multiple rules with the same number are permitted, in which case
214they are processed in order of insertion).
215When a match is found, the action corresponding to the
216matching rule is performed.
217.Pp
218Depending on the action and certain system settings, packets
219can be reinjected into the firewall at some rule after the
220matching one for further processing.
221.Pp
222A ruleset always includes a
223.Em default
224rule (numbered 65535) which cannot be modified or deleted,
225and matches all packets.
226The action associated with the
227.Em default
228rule can be either
229.Cm deny
230or
231.Cm allow
232depending on how the kernel is configured.
233.Pp
234If the ruleset includes one or more rules with the
235.Cm keep-state ,
236.Cm record-state ,
237.Cm limit
238or
239.Cm set-limit
240option,
241the firewall will have a
242.Em stateful
243behaviour, i.e., upon a match it will create
244.Em dynamic rules ,
245i.e., rules that match packets with the same 5-tuple
246(protocol, source and destination addresses and ports)
247as the packet which caused their creation.
248Dynamic rules, which have a limited lifetime, are checked
249at the first occurrence of a
250.Cm check-state ,
251.Cm keep-state
252or
253.Cm limit
254rule, and are typically used to open the firewall on-demand to
255legitimate traffic only.
256Please note, that
257.Cm keep-state
258and
259.Cm limit
260imply implicit
261.Cm check-state
262for all packets (not only these matched by the rule) but
263.Cm record-state
264and
265.Cm set-limit
266have no implicit
267.Cm check-state .
268See the
269.Sx STATEFUL FIREWALL
270and
271.Sx EXAMPLES
272Sections below for more information on the stateful behaviour of
273.Nm .
274.Pp
275All rules (including dynamic ones) have a few associated counters:
276a packet count, a byte count, a log count and a timestamp
277indicating the time of the last match.
278Counters can be displayed or reset with
279.Nm
280commands.
281.Pp
282Each rule belongs to one of 32 different
283.Em sets
284, and there are
285.Nm
286commands to atomically manipulate sets, such as enable,
287disable, swap sets, move all rules in a set to another
288one, delete all rules in a set.
289These can be useful to
290install temporary configurations, or to test them.
291See Section
292.Sx SETS OF RULES
293for more information on
294.Em sets .
295.Pp
296Rules can be added with the
297.Cm add
298command; deleted individually or in groups with the
299.Cm delete
300command, and globally (except those in set 31) with the
301.Cm flush
302command; displayed, optionally with the content of the
303counters, using the
304.Cm show
305and
306.Cm list
307commands.
308Finally, counters can be reset with the
309.Cm zero
310and
311.Cm resetlog
312commands.
313.Ss COMMAND OPTIONS
314The following general options are available when invoking
315.Nm :
316.Bl -tag -width indent
317.It Fl a
318Show counter values when listing rules.
319The
320.Cm show
321command implies this option.
322.It Fl b
323Only show the action and the comment, not the body of a rule.
324Implies
325.Fl c .
326.It Fl c
327When entering or showing rules, print them in compact form,
328i.e., omitting the "ip from any to any" string
329when this does not carry any additional information.
330.It Fl d
331When listing, show dynamic rules in addition to static ones.
332.It Fl D
333When listing, show only dynamic states.
334When deleting, delete only dynamic states.
335.It Fl f
336Run without prompting for confirmation for commands that can cause problems if misused,
337i.e.,
338.Cm flush .
339If there is no tty associated with the process, this is implied.
340The
341.Cm delete
342command with this flag ignores possible errors,
343i.e., nonexistent rule number.
344And for batched commands execution continues with the next command.
345.It Fl i
346When listing a table (see the
347.Sx LOOKUP TABLES
348section below for more information on lookup tables), format values
349as IP addresses.
350By default, values are shown as integers.
351.It Fl n
352Only check syntax of the command strings, without actually passing
353them to the kernel.
354.It Fl N
355Try to resolve addresses and service names in output.
356.It Fl q
357Be quiet when executing the
358.Cm add ,
359.Cm nat ,
360.Cm zero ,
361.Cm resetlog
362or
363.Cm flush
364commands;
365(implies
366.Fl f ) .
367This is useful when updating rulesets by executing multiple
368.Nm
369commands in a script
370(e.g.,
371.Ql sh\ /etc/rc.firewall ) ,
372or by processing a file with many
373.Nm
374rules across a remote login session.
375It also stops a table add or delete
376from failing if the entry already exists or is not present.
377.Pp
378The reason why this option may be important is that
379for some of these actions,
380.Nm
381may print a message; if the action results in blocking the
382traffic to the remote client,
383the remote login session will be closed
384and the rest of the ruleset will not be processed.
385Access to the console would then be required to recover.
386.It Fl S
387When listing rules, show the
388.Em set
389each rule belongs to.
390If this flag is not specified, disabled rules will not be
391listed.
392.It Fl s Op Ar field
393When listing pipes, sort according to one of the four
394counters (total or current packets or bytes).
395.It Fl t
396When listing, show last match timestamp converted with
397.Fn ctime .
398.It Fl T
399When listing, show last match timestamp as seconds from the epoch.
400This form can be more convenient for postprocessing by scripts.
401.El
402.Ss LIST OF RULES AND PREPROCESSING
403To ease configuration, rules can be put into a file which is
404processed using
405.Nm
406as shown in the last synopsis line.
407An absolute
408.Ar pathname
409must be used.
410The file will be read line by line and applied as arguments to the
411.Nm
412utility.
413.Pp
414Optionally, a preprocessor can be specified using
415.Fl p Ar preproc
416where
417.Ar pathname
418is to be piped through.
419Useful preprocessors include
420.Xr cpp 1
421and
422.Xr m4 1 .
423If
424.Ar preproc
425does not start with a slash
426.Pq Ql /
427as its first character, the usual
428.Ev PATH
429name search is performed.
430Care should be taken with this in environments where not all
431file systems are mounted (yet) by the time
432.Nm
433is being run (e.g.\& when they are mounted over NFS).
434Once
435.Fl p
436has been specified, any additional arguments are passed on to the preprocessor
437for interpretation.
438This allows for flexible configuration files (like conditionalizing
439them on the local hostname) and the use of macros to centralize
440frequently required arguments like IP addresses.
441.Ss TRAFFIC SHAPER CONFIGURATION
442The
443.Nm dnctl
444.Cm pipe , queue
445and
446.Cm sched
447commands are used to configure the traffic shaper and packet scheduler.
448See the
449.Sx TRAFFIC SHAPER (DUMMYNET) CONFIGURATION
450Section below for details.
451.Pp
452If the world and the kernel get out of sync the
453.Nm
454ABI may break, preventing you from being able to add any rules.
455This can adversely affect the booting process.
456You can use
457.Nm
458.Cm disable
459.Cm firewall
460to temporarily disable the firewall to regain access to the network,
461allowing you to fix the problem.
462.Sh PACKET FLOW
463A packet is checked against the active ruleset in multiple places
464in the protocol stack, under control of several sysctl variables.
465These places and variables are shown below, and it is important to
466have this picture in mind in order to design a correct ruleset.
467.Bd -literal -offset indent
468       ^    to upper layers    V
469       |                       |
470       +----------->-----------+
471       ^                       V
472 [ip(6)_input]           [ip(6)_output]     net.inet(6).ip(6).fw.enable=1
473       |                       |
474       ^                       V
475 [ether_demux]        [ether_output_frame]  net.link.ether.ipfw=1
476       |                       |
477       +-->--[bdg_forward]-->--+            net.link.bridge.ipfw=1
478       ^                       V
479       |      to devices       |
480.Ed
481.Pp
482The number of
483times the same packet goes through the firewall can
484vary between 0 and 4 depending on packet source and
485destination, and system configuration.
486.Pp
487Note that as packets flow through the stack, headers can be
488stripped or added to it, and so they may or may not be available
489for inspection.
490E.g., incoming packets will include the MAC header when
491.Nm
492is invoked from
493.Cm ether_demux() ,
494but the same packets will have the MAC header stripped off when
495.Nm
496is invoked from
497.Cm ip_input()
498or
499.Cm ip6_input() .
500.Pp
501Also note that each packet is always checked against the complete ruleset,
502irrespective of the place where the check occurs, or the source of the packet.
503If a rule contains some match patterns or actions which are not valid
504for the place of invocation (e.g.\& trying to match a MAC header within
505.Cm ip_input
506or
507.Cm ip6_input ),
508the match pattern will not match, but a
509.Cm not
510operator in front of such patterns
511.Em will
512cause the pattern to
513.Em always
514match on those packets.
515It is thus the responsibility of
516the programmer, if necessary, to write a suitable ruleset to
517differentiate among the possible places.
518.Cm skipto
519rules can be useful here, as an example:
520.Bd -literal -offset indent
521# packets from ether_demux or bdg_forward
522ipfw add 10 skipto 1000 all from any to any layer2 in
523# packets from ip_input
524ipfw add 10 skipto 2000 all from any to any not layer2 in
525# packets from ip_output
526ipfw add 10 skipto 3000 all from any to any not layer2 out
527# packets from ether_output_frame
528ipfw add 10 skipto 4000 all from any to any layer2 out
529.Ed
530.Pp
531(yes, at the moment there is no way to differentiate between
532ether_demux and bdg_forward).
533.Pp
534Also note that only actions
535.Cm allow ,
536.Cm deny ,
537.Cm netgraph ,
538.Cm ngtee
539and related to
540.Cm dummynet
541are processed for
542.Cm layer2
543frames and all other actions act as if they were
544.Cm allow
545for such frames.
546Full set of actions is supported for IP packets without
547.Cm layer2
548headers only.
549For example,
550.Cm divert
551action does not divert
552.Cm layer2
553frames.
554.Sh SYNTAX
555In general, each keyword or argument must be provided as
556a separate command line argument, with no leading or trailing
557spaces.
558Keywords are case-sensitive, whereas arguments may
559or may not be case-sensitive depending on their nature
560(e.g.\& uid's are, hostnames are not).
561.Pp
562Some arguments (e.g., port or address lists) are comma-separated
563lists of values.
564In this case, spaces after commas ',' are allowed to make
565the line more readable.
566You can also put the entire
567command (including flags) into a single argument.
568E.g., the following forms are equivalent:
569.Bd -literal -offset indent
570ipfw -q add deny src-ip 10.0.0.0/24,127.0.0.1/8
571ipfw -q add deny src-ip 10.0.0.0/24, 127.0.0.1/8
572ipfw "-q add deny src-ip 10.0.0.0/24, 127.0.0.1/8"
573.Ed
574.Sh RULE FORMAT
575The format of firewall rules is the following:
576.Bd -ragged -offset indent
577.Bk -words
578.Op Ar rule_number
579.Op Cm set Ar set_number
580.Op Cm prob Ar match_probability
581.Ar action
582.Op Cm log Op Cm logamount Ar number
583.Op Cm altq Ar queue
584.Oo
585.Bro Cm tag | untag
586.Brc Ar number
587.Oc
588.Ar body
589.Ek
590.Ed
591.Pp
592where the body of the rule specifies which information is used
593for filtering packets, among the following:
594.Pp
595.Bl -tag -width "Source and dest. addresses and ports" -offset XXX -compact
596.It Layer2 header fields
597When available
598.It IPv4 and IPv6 Protocol
599SCTP, TCP, UDP, ICMP, etc.
600.It Source and dest. addresses and ports
601.It Direction
602See Section
603.Sx PACKET FLOW
604.It Transmit and receive interface
605By name or address
606.It Misc. IP header fields
607Version, type of service, datagram length, identification,
608fragmentation flags,
609Time To Live
610.It IP options
611.It IPv6 Extension headers
612Fragmentation, Hop-by-Hop options,
613Routing Headers, Source routing rthdr0, Mobile IPv6 rthdr2, IPSec options.
614.It IPv6 Flow-ID
615.It Misc. TCP header fields
616TCP flags (SYN, FIN, ACK, RST, etc.),
617sequence number, acknowledgment number,
618window
619.It TCP options
620.It ICMP types
621for ICMP packets
622.It ICMP6 types
623for ICMP6 packets
624.It User/group ID
625When the packet can be associated with a local socket.
626.It Divert status
627Whether a packet came from a divert socket (e.g.,
628.Xr natd 8 ) .
629.It Fib annotation state
630Whether a packet has been tagged for using a specific FIB (routing table)
631in future forwarding decisions.
632.El
633.Pp
634Note that some of the above information, e.g.\& source MAC or IP addresses and
635TCP/UDP ports, can be easily spoofed, so filtering on those fields
636alone might not guarantee the desired results.
637.Bl -tag -width indent
638.It Ar rule_number
639Each rule is associated with a
640.Ar rule_number
641in the range 1..65535, with the latter reserved for the
642.Em default
643rule.
644Rules are checked sequentially by rule number.
645Multiple rules can have the same number, in which case they are
646checked (and listed) according to the order in which they have
647been added.
648If a rule is entered without specifying a number, the kernel will
649assign one in such a way that the rule becomes the last one
650before the
651.Em default
652rule.
653Automatic rule numbers are assigned by incrementing the last
654non-default rule number by the value of the sysctl variable
655.Ar net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step
656which defaults to 100.
657If this is not possible (e.g.\& because we would go beyond the
658maximum allowed rule number), the number of the last
659non-default value is used instead.
660.It Cm set Ar set_number
661Each rule is associated with a
662.Ar set_number
663in the range 0..31.
664Sets can be individually disabled and enabled, so this parameter
665is of fundamental importance for atomic ruleset manipulation.
666It can be also used to simplify deletion of groups of rules.
667If a rule is entered without specifying a set number,
668set 0 will be used.
669.br
670Set 31 is special in that it cannot be disabled,
671and rules in set 31 are not deleted by the
672.Nm ipfw flush
673command (but you can delete them with the
674.Nm ipfw delete set 31
675command).
676Set 31 is also used for the
677.Em default
678rule.
679.It Cm prob Ar match_probability
680A match is only declared with the specified probability
681(floating point number between 0 and 1).
682This can be useful for a number of applications such as
683random packet drop or
684(in conjunction with
685.Nm dummynet )
686to simulate the effect of multiple paths leading to out-of-order
687packet delivery.
688.Pp
689Note: this condition is checked before any other condition, including
690ones such as
691.Cm keep-state
692or
693.Cm check-state
694which might have
695side effects.
696.It Cm log Op Cm logamount Ar number
697Packets matching a rule with the
698.Cm log
699keyword will be made available for logging in two ways:
700if the sysctl variable
701.Va net.inet.ip.fw.verbose
702is set to 0 (default), one can use
703.Xr bpf 4
704attached to the
705.Li ipfw0
706pseudo interface.
707This pseudo interface can be created manually after a system
708boot by using the following command:
709.Bd -literal -offset indent
710# ifconfig ipfw0 create
711.Ed
712.Pp
713Or, automatically at boot time by adding the following
714line to the
715.Xr rc.conf 5
716file:
717.Bd -literal -offset indent
718firewall_logif="YES"
719.Ed
720.Pp
721There is zero overhead when no
722.Xr bpf 4
723is attached to the pseudo interface.
724.Pp
725If
726.Va net.inet.ip.fw.verbose
727is set to 1, packets will be logged to
728.Xr syslogd 8
729with a
730.Dv LOG_SECURITY
731facility up to a maximum of
732.Cm logamount
733packets.
734If no
735.Cm logamount
736is specified, the limit is taken from the sysctl variable
737.Va net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit .
738In both cases, a value of 0 means unlimited logging.
739.Pp
740Once the limit is reached, logging can be re-enabled by
741clearing the logging counter or the packet counter for that entry, see the
742.Cm resetlog
743command.
744.Pp
745Note: logging is done after all other packet matching conditions
746have been successfully verified, and before performing the final
747action (accept, deny, etc.) on the packet.
748.It Cm tag Ar number
749When a packet matches a rule with the
750.Cm tag
751keyword, the numeric tag for the given
752.Ar number
753in the range 1..65534 will be attached to the packet.
754The tag acts as an internal marker (it is not sent out over
755the wire) that can be used to identify these packets later on.
756This can be used, for example, to provide trust between interfaces
757and to start doing policy-based filtering.
758A packet can have multiple tags at the same time.
759Tags are "sticky", meaning once a tag is applied to a packet by a
760matching rule it exists until explicit removal.
761Tags are kept with the packet everywhere within the kernel, but are
762lost when the packet leaves the kernel, for example, on transmitting
763packet out to the network or sending packet to a
764.Xr divert 4
765socket.
766.Pp
767To check for previously applied tags, use the
768.Cm tagged
769rule option.
770To delete previously applied tag, use the
771.Cm untag
772keyword.
773.Pp
774Note: since tags are kept with the packet everywhere in kernelspace,
775they can be set and unset anywhere in the kernel network subsystem
776(using the
777.Xr mbuf_tags 9
778facility), not only by means of the
779.Xr ipfw 4
780.Cm tag
781and
782.Cm untag
783keywords.
784For example, there can be a specialized
785.Xr netgraph 4
786node doing traffic analyzing and tagging for later inspecting
787in firewall.
788.It Cm untag Ar number
789When a packet matches a rule with the
790.Cm untag
791keyword, the tag with the number
792.Ar number
793is searched among the tags attached to this packet and,
794if found, removed from it.
795Other tags bound to packet, if present, are left untouched.
796.It Cm setmark Ar value | tablearg
797When a packet matches a rule with the
798.Cm setmark
799keyword, a 32-bit numeric mark is assigned to the packet.
800The mark is an extension to the tags.
801As tags, mark is "sticky" so the value is kept the same within the kernel and
802is lost when the packet leaves the kernel.
803Unlike tags, mark can be matched as a lookup table key or compared with bitwise
804mask applied against another value.
805Each packet can have only one mark, so
806.Cm setmark
807always overwrites the previous mark value.
808.Pp
809The initial mark value is 0.
810To check the current mark value, use the
811.Cm mark
812rule option.
813Mark
814.Ar value
815can be entered as decimal or hexadecimal (if prefixed by 0x), and they
816are always printed as hexadecimal.
817.It Cm altq Ar queue
818When a packet matches a rule with the
819.Cm altq
820keyword, the ALTQ identifier for the given
821.Ar queue
822(see
823.Xr altq 4 )
824will be attached.
825Note that this ALTQ tag is only meaningful for packets going "out" of IPFW,
826and not being rejected or going to divert sockets.
827Note that if there is insufficient memory at the time the packet is
828processed, it will not be tagged, so it is wise to make your ALTQ
829"default" queue policy account for this.
830If multiple
831.Cm altq
832rules match a single packet, only the first one adds the ALTQ classification
833tag.
834In doing so, traffic may be shaped by using
835.Cm count Cm altq Ar queue
836rules for classification early in the ruleset, then later applying
837the filtering decision.
838For example,
839.Cm check-state
840and
841.Cm keep-state
842rules may come later and provide the actual filtering decisions in
843addition to the fallback ALTQ tag.
844.Pp
845You must run
846.Xr pfctl 8
847to set up the queues before IPFW will be able to look them up by name,
848and if the ALTQ disciplines are rearranged, the rules in containing the
849queue identifiers in the kernel will likely have gone stale and need
850to be reloaded.
851Stale queue identifiers will probably result in misclassification.
852.Pp
853All system ALTQ processing can be turned on or off via
854.Nm
855.Cm enable Ar altq
856and
857.Nm
858.Cm disable Ar altq .
859The usage of
860.Va net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass
861is irrelevant to ALTQ traffic shaping, as the actual rule action is followed
862always after adding an ALTQ tag.
863.El
864.Ss RULE ACTIONS
865A rule can be associated with one of the following actions, which
866will be executed when the packet matches the body of the rule.
867.Bl -tag -width indent
868.It Cm allow | accept | pass | permit
869Allow packets that match rule.
870The search terminates.
871.It Cm check-state Op Ar :flowname | Cm :any
872Checks the packet against the dynamic ruleset.
873If a match is found, execute the action associated with
874the rule which generated this dynamic rule, otherwise
875move to the next rule.
876.br
877.Cm Check-state
878rules do not have a body.
879If no
880.Cm check-state
881rule is found, the dynamic ruleset is checked at the first
882.Cm keep-state
883or
884.Cm limit
885rule.
886The
887.Ar :flowname
888is symbolic name assigned to dynamic rule by
889.Cm keep-state
890opcode.
891The special flowname
892.Cm :any
893can be used to ignore states flowname when matching.
894The
895.Cm :default
896keyword is special name used for compatibility with old rulesets.
897.It Cm count
898Update counters for all packets that match rule.
899The search continues with the next rule.
900.It Cm deny | drop
901Discard packets that match this rule.
902The search terminates.
903.It Cm divert Ar port
904Divert packets that match this rule to the
905.Xr divert 4
906socket bound to port
907.Ar port .
908The search terminates.
909.It Cm fwd | forward Ar ipaddr | tablearg Ns Op , Ns Ar port
910Change the next-hop on matching packets to
911.Ar ipaddr ,
912which can be an IP address or a host name.
913The next hop can also be supplied by the last table
914looked up for the packet by using the
915.Cm tablearg
916keyword instead of an explicit address.
917The search terminates if this rule matches.
918.Pp
919If
920.Ar ipaddr
921is a local address, then matching packets will be forwarded to
922.Ar port
923(or the port number in the packet if one is not specified in the rule)
924on the local machine.
925.br
926If
927.Ar ipaddr
928is not a local address, then the port number
929(if specified) is ignored, and the packet will be
930forwarded to the remote address, using the route as found in
931the local routing table for that IP.
932.br
933A
934.Ar fwd
935rule will not match layer2 packets (those received
936on ether_input, ether_output, or bridged).
937.br
938The
939.Cm fwd
940action does not change the contents of the packet at all.
941In particular, the destination address remains unmodified, so
942packets forwarded to another system will usually be rejected by that system
943unless there is a matching rule on that system to capture them.
944For packets forwarded locally,
945the local address of the socket will be
946set to the original destination address of the packet.
947This makes the
948.Xr netstat 1
949entry look rather weird but is intended for
950use with transparent proxy servers.
951.It Cm nat Ar nat_nr | global | tablearg
952Pass packet to a
953nat instance
954(for network address translation, address redirect, etc.):
955see the
956.Sx NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT)
957Section for further information.
958.It Cm nat64lsn Ar name
959Pass packet to a stateful NAT64 instance (for IPv6/IPv4 network address and
960protocol translation): see the
961.Sx IPv6/IPv4 NETWORK ADDRESS AND PROTOCOL TRANSLATION
962Section for further information.
963.It Cm nat64stl Ar name
964Pass packet to a stateless NAT64 instance (for IPv6/IPv4 network address and
965protocol translation): see the
966.Sx IPv6/IPv4 NETWORK ADDRESS AND PROTOCOL TRANSLATION
967Section for further information.
968.It Cm nat64clat Ar name
969Pass packet to a CLAT NAT64 instance (for client-side IPv6/IPv4 network address and
970protocol translation): see the
971.Sx IPv6/IPv4 NETWORK ADDRESS AND PROTOCOL TRANSLATION
972Section for further information.
973.It Cm nptv6 Ar name
974Pass packet to a NPTv6 instance (for IPv6-to-IPv6 network prefix translation):
975see the
976.Sx IPv6-to-IPv6 NETWORK PREFIX TRANSLATION (NPTv6)
977Section for further information.
978.It Cm pipe Ar pipe_nr
979Pass packet to a
980.Nm dummynet
981.Dq pipe
982(for bandwidth limitation, delay, etc.).
983See the
984.Sx TRAFFIC SHAPER (DUMMYNET) CONFIGURATION
985Section for further information.
986The search terminates; however, on exit from the pipe and if
987the
988.Xr sysctl 8
989variable
990.Va net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass
991is not set, the packet is passed again to the firewall code
992starting from the next rule.
993.It Cm queue Ar queue_nr
994Pass packet to a
995.Nm dummynet
996.Dq queue
997(for bandwidth limitation using WF2Q+).
998.It Cm reject
999(Deprecated).
1000Synonym for
1001.Cm unreach host .
1002.It Cm reset
1003Discard packets that match this rule, and if the
1004packet is a TCP packet, try to send a TCP reset (RST) notice.
1005The search terminates.
1006.It Cm reset6
1007Discard packets that match this rule, and if the
1008packet is a TCP packet, try to send a TCP reset (RST) notice.
1009The search terminates.
1010.It Cm skipto Ar number | tablearg
1011Skip all subsequent rules numbered less than
1012.Ar number .
1013The search continues with the first rule numbered
1014.Ar number
1015or higher.
1016It is possible to use the
1017.Cm tablearg
1018keyword with a skipto for a
1019.Em computed
1020skipto.
1021Skipto may work either in O(log(N)) or in O(1) depending
1022on amount of memory and/or sysctl variables.
1023See the
1024.Sx SYSCTL VARIABLES
1025section for more details.
1026.It Cm call Ar number | tablearg
1027The current rule number is saved in the internal stack and
1028ruleset processing continues with the first rule numbered
1029.Ar number
1030or higher.
1031If later a rule with the
1032.Cm return
1033action is encountered, the processing returns to the first rule
1034with number of this
1035.Cm call
1036rule plus one or higher
1037(the same behaviour as with packets returning from
1038.Xr divert 4
1039socket after a
1040.Cm divert
1041action).
1042This could be used to make somewhat like an assembly language
1043.Dq subroutine
1044calls to rules with common checks for different interfaces, etc.
1045.Pp
1046Rule with any number could be called, not just forward jumps as with
1047.Cm skipto .
1048So, to prevent endless loops in case of mistakes, both
1049.Cm call
1050and
1051.Cm return
1052actions don't do any jumps and simply go to the next rule if memory
1053cannot be allocated or stack overflowed/underflowed.
1054.Pp
1055Internally stack for rule numbers is implemented using
1056.Xr mbuf_tags 9
1057facility and currently has size of 16 entries.
1058As mbuf tags are lost when packet leaves the kernel,
1059.Cm divert
1060should not be used in subroutines to avoid endless loops
1061and other undesired effects.
1062.It Cm return
1063Takes rule number saved to internal stack by the last
1064.Cm call
1065action and returns ruleset processing to the first rule
1066with number greater than number of corresponding
1067.Cm call
1068rule.
1069See description of the
1070.Cm call
1071action for more details.
1072.Pp
1073Note that
1074.Cm return
1075rules usually end a
1076.Dq subroutine
1077and thus are unconditional, but
1078.Nm
1079command-line utility currently requires every action except
1080.Cm check-state
1081to have body.
1082While it is sometimes useful to return only on some packets,
1083usually you want to print just
1084.Dq return
1085for readability.
1086A workaround for this is to use new syntax and
1087.Fl c
1088switch:
1089.Bd -literal -offset indent
1090# Add a rule without actual body
1091ipfw add 2999 return via any
1092
1093# List rules without "from any to any" part
1094ipfw -c list
1095.Ed
1096.Pp
1097This cosmetic annoyance may be fixed in future releases.
1098.It Cm tee Ar port
1099Send a copy of packets matching this rule to the
1100.Xr divert 4
1101socket bound to port
1102.Ar port .
1103The search continues with the next rule.
1104.It Cm unreach Ar code Op mtu
1105Discard packets that match this rule, and try to send an ICMP
1106unreachable notice with code
1107.Ar code ,
1108where
1109.Ar code
1110is a number from 0 to 255, or one of these aliases:
1111.Cm net , host , protocol , port ,
1112.Cm needfrag , srcfail , net-unknown , host-unknown ,
1113.Cm isolated , net-prohib , host-prohib , tosnet ,
1114.Cm toshost , filter-prohib , host-precedence
1115or
1116.Cm precedence-cutoff .
1117The
1118.Cm needfrag
1119code may have an optional
1120.Ar mtu
1121parameter.
1122If specified, the MTU value will be put into generated ICMP packet.
1123The search terminates.
1124.It Cm unreach6 Ar code
1125Discard packets that match this rule, and try to send an ICMPv6
1126unreachable notice with code
1127.Ar code ,
1128where
1129.Ar code
1130is a number from 0, 1, 3 or 4, or one of these aliases:
1131.Cm no-route, admin-prohib, address
1132or
1133.Cm port .
1134The search terminates.
1135.It Cm netgraph Ar cookie
1136Divert packet into netgraph with given
1137.Ar cookie .
1138The search terminates.
1139If packet is later returned from netgraph it is either
1140accepted or continues with the next rule, depending on
1141.Va net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass
1142sysctl variable.
1143.It Cm ngtee Ar cookie
1144A copy of packet is diverted into netgraph, original
1145packet continues with the next rule.
1146See
1147.Xr ng_ipfw 4
1148for more information on
1149.Cm netgraph
1150and
1151.Cm ngtee
1152actions.
1153.It Cm setfib Ar fibnum | tablearg
1154The packet is tagged so as to use the FIB (routing table)
1155.Ar fibnum
1156in any subsequent forwarding decisions.
1157In the current implementation, this is limited to the values 0 through 15, see
1158.Xr setfib 2 .
1159Processing continues at the next rule.
1160It is possible to use the
1161.Cm tablearg
1162keyword with setfib.
1163If the tablearg value is not within the compiled range of fibs,
1164the packet's fib is set to 0.
1165.It Cm setdscp Ar DSCP | number | tablearg
1166Set specified DiffServ codepoint for an IPv4/IPv6 packet.
1167Processing continues at the next rule.
1168Supported values are:
1169.Pp
1170.Cm cs0
1171.Pq Dv 000000 ,
1172.Cm cs1
1173.Pq Dv 001000 ,
1174.Cm cs2
1175.Pq Dv 010000 ,
1176.Cm cs3
1177.Pq Dv 011000 ,
1178.Cm cs4
1179.Pq Dv 100000 ,
1180.Cm cs5
1181.Pq Dv 101000 ,
1182.Cm cs6
1183.Pq Dv 110000 ,
1184.Cm cs7
1185.Pq Dv 111000 ,
1186.Cm af11
1187.Pq Dv 001010 ,
1188.Cm af12
1189.Pq Dv 001100 ,
1190.Cm af13
1191.Pq Dv 001110 ,
1192.Cm af21
1193.Pq Dv 010010 ,
1194.Cm af22
1195.Pq Dv 010100 ,
1196.Cm af23
1197.Pq Dv 010110 ,
1198.Cm af31
1199.Pq Dv 011010 ,
1200.Cm af32
1201.Pq Dv 011100 ,
1202.Cm af33
1203.Pq Dv 011110 ,
1204.Cm af41
1205.Pq Dv 100010 ,
1206.Cm af42
1207.Pq Dv 100100 ,
1208.Cm af43
1209.Pq Dv 100110 ,
1210.Cm va
1211.Pq Dv 101100 ,
1212.Cm ef
1213.Pq Dv 101110 ,
1214.Cm be
1215.Pq Dv 000000 .
1216Additionally, DSCP value can be specified by number (0..63).
1217It is also possible to use the
1218.Cm tablearg
1219keyword with setdscp.
1220If the tablearg value is not within the 0..63 range, lower 6 bits of supplied
1221value are used.
1222.It Cm tcp-setmss Ar mss
1223Set the Maximum Segment Size (MSS) in the TCP segment to value
1224.Ar mss .
1225The kernel module
1226.Cm ipfw_pmod
1227should be loaded or kernel should have
1228.Cm options IPFIREWALL_PMOD
1229to be able use this action.
1230This command does not change a packet if original MSS value is lower than
1231specified value.
1232Both TCP over IPv4 and over IPv6 are supported.
1233Regardless of matched a packet or not by the
1234.Cm tcp-setmss
1235rule, the search continues with the next rule.
1236.It Cm reass
1237Queue and reassemble IPv4 fragments.
1238If the packet is not fragmented, counters are updated and
1239processing continues with the next rule.
1240If the packet is the last logical fragment, the packet is reassembled and, if
1241.Va net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass
1242is set to 0, processing continues with the next rule.
1243Otherwise, the packet is allowed to pass and the search terminates.
1244If the packet is a fragment in the middle of a logical group of fragments,
1245it is consumed and
1246processing stops immediately.
1247.Pp
1248Fragment handling can be tuned via
1249.Va net.inet.ip.maxfragpackets
1250and
1251.Va net.inet.ip.maxfragsperpacket
1252which limit, respectively, the maximum number of processable
1253fragments (default: 800) and
1254the maximum number of fragments per packet (default: 16).
1255.Pp
1256NOTA BENE: since fragments do not contain port numbers,
1257they should be avoided with the
1258.Nm reass
1259rule.
1260Alternatively, direction-based (like
1261.Nm in
1262/
1263.Nm out
1264) and source-based (like
1265.Nm via
1266) match patterns can be used to select fragments.
1267.Pp
1268Usually a simple rule like:
1269.Bd -literal -offset indent
1270# reassemble incoming fragments
1271ipfw add reass all from any to any in
1272.Ed
1273.Pp
1274is all you need at the beginning of your ruleset.
1275.It Cm abort
1276Discard packets that match this rule, and if the packet is an SCTP packet,
1277try to send an SCTP packet containing an ABORT chunk.
1278The search terminates.
1279.It Cm abort6
1280Discard packets that match this rule, and if the packet is an SCTP packet,
1281try to send an SCTP packet containing an ABORT chunk.
1282The search terminates.
1283.El
1284.Ss RULE BODY
1285The body of a rule contains zero or more patterns (such as
1286specific source and destination addresses or ports,
1287protocol options, incoming or outgoing interfaces, etc.)
1288that the packet must match in order to be recognised.
1289In general, the patterns are connected by (implicit)
1290.Cm and
1291operators -- i.e., all must match in order for the
1292rule to match.
1293Individual patterns can be prefixed by the
1294.Cm not
1295operator to reverse the result of the match, as in
1296.Pp
1297.Dl "ipfw add 100 allow ip from not 1.2.3.4 to any"
1298.Pp
1299Additionally, sets of alternative match patterns
1300.Pq Em or-blocks
1301can be constructed by putting the patterns in
1302lists enclosed between parentheses ( ) or braces { }, and
1303using the
1304.Cm or
1305operator as follows:
1306.Pp
1307.Dl "ipfw add 100 allow ip from { x or not y or z } to any"
1308.Pp
1309Only one level of parentheses is allowed.
1310Beware that most shells have special meanings for parentheses
1311or braces, so it is advisable to put a backslash \\ in front of them
1312to prevent such interpretations.
1313.Pp
1314The body of a rule must in general include a source and destination
1315address specifier.
1316The keyword
1317.Ar any
1318can be used in various places to specify that the content of
1319a required field is irrelevant.
1320.Pp
1321The rule body has the following format:
1322.Bd -ragged -offset indent
1323.Op Ar proto Cm from Ar src Cm to Ar dst
1324.Op Ar options
1325.Ed
1326.Pp
1327The first part (proto from src to dst) is for backward
1328compatibility with earlier versions of
1329.Fx .
1330In modern
1331.Fx
1332any match pattern (including MAC headers, IP protocols,
1333addresses and ports) can be specified in the
1334.Ar options
1335section.
1336.Pp
1337Rule fields have the following meaning:
1338.Bl -tag -width indent
1339.It Ar proto : protocol | Cm { Ar protocol Cm or ... }
1340.It Ar protocol : Oo Cm not Oc Ar protocol-name | protocol-number
1341An IP protocol specified by number or name
1342(for a complete list see
1343.Pa /etc/protocols ) ,
1344or one of the following keywords:
1345.Bl -tag -width indent
1346.It Cm ip4 | ipv4
1347Matches IPv4 packets.
1348.It Cm ip6 | ipv6
1349Matches IPv6 packets.
1350.It Cm ip | all
1351Matches any packet.
1352.El
1353.Pp
1354The
1355.Cm ipv6
1356in
1357.Cm proto
1358option will be treated as inner protocol.
1359And, the
1360.Cm ipv4
1361is not available in
1362.Cm proto
1363option.
1364.Pp
1365The
1366.Cm { Ar protocol Cm or ... }
1367format (an
1368.Em or-block )
1369is provided for convenience only but its use is deprecated.
1370.It Ar src No and Ar dst : Bro Cm addr | Cm { Ar addr Cm or ... } Brc Op Oo Cm not Oc Ar ports
1371An address (or a list, see below)
1372optionally followed by
1373.Ar ports
1374specifiers.
1375.Pp
1376The second format
1377.Em ( or-block
1378with multiple addresses) is provided for convenience only and
1379its use is discouraged.
1380.It Ar addr : Oo Cm not Oc Bro
1381.Cm any | me | me6 |
1382.Cm table Ns Pq Ar name Ns Op , Ns Ar value
1383.Ar | addr-list | addr-set
1384.Brc
1385.Bl -tag -width indent
1386.It Cm any
1387Matches any IP address.
1388.It Cm me
1389Matches any IP address configured on an interface in the system.
1390.It Cm me6
1391Matches any IPv6 address configured on an interface in the system.
1392The address list is evaluated at the time the packet is
1393analysed.
1394.It Cm table Ns Pq Ar name Ns Op , Ns Ar value
1395Matches any IPv4 or IPv6 address for which an entry exists in the lookup table
1396.Ar number .
1397If an optional 32-bit unsigned
1398.Ar value
1399is also specified, an entry will match only if it has this value.
1400See the
1401.Sx LOOKUP TABLES
1402section below for more information on lookup tables.
1403.El
1404.It Ar addr-list : ip-addr Ns Op Ns , Ns Ar addr-list
1405.It Ar ip-addr :
1406A host or subnet address specified in one of the following ways:
1407.Bl -tag -width indent
1408.It Ar numeric-ip | hostname
1409Matches a single IPv4 address, specified as dotted-quad or a hostname.
1410Hostnames are resolved at the time the rule is added to the firewall list.
1411.It Ar addr Ns / Ns Ar masklen
1412Matches all addresses with base
1413.Ar addr
1414(specified as an IP address, a network number, or a hostname)
1415and mask width of
1416.Cm masklen
1417bits.
1418As an example, 1.2.3.4/25 or 1.2.3.0/25 will match
1419all IP numbers from 1.2.3.0 to 1.2.3.127 .
1420.It Ar addr Ns : Ns Ar mask
1421Matches all addresses with base
1422.Ar addr
1423(specified as an IP address, a network number, or a hostname)
1424and the mask of
1425.Ar mask ,
1426specified as a dotted quad.
1427As an example, 1.2.3.4:255.0.255.0 or 1.0.3.0:255.0.255.0 will match
14281.*.3.*.
1429This form is advised only for non-contiguous
1430masks.
1431It is better to resort to the
1432.Ar addr Ns / Ns Ar masklen
1433format for contiguous masks, which is more compact and less
1434error-prone.
1435.El
1436.It Ar addr-set : addr Ns Oo Ns / Ns Ar masklen Oc Ns Cm { Ns Ar list Ns Cm }
1437.It Ar list : Bro Ar num | num-num Brc Ns Op Ns , Ns Ar list
1438Matches all addresses with base address
1439.Ar addr
1440(specified as an IP address, a network number, or a hostname)
1441and whose last byte is in the list between braces { } .
1442Note that there must be no spaces between braces and
1443numbers (spaces after commas are allowed).
1444Elements of the list can be specified as single entries
1445or ranges.
1446The
1447.Ar masklen
1448field is used to limit the size of the set of addresses,
1449and can have any value between 24 and 32.
1450If not specified,
1451it will be assumed as 24.
1452.br
1453This format is particularly useful to handle sparse address sets
1454within a single rule.
1455Because the matching occurs using a
1456bitmask, it takes constant time and dramatically reduces
1457the complexity of rulesets.
1458.br
1459As an example, an address specified as 1.2.3.4/24{128,35-55,89}
1460or 1.2.3.0/24{128,35-55,89}
1461will match the following IP addresses:
1462.br
14631.2.3.128, 1.2.3.35 to 1.2.3.55, 1.2.3.89 .
1464.It Ar addr6-list : ip6-addr Ns Op Ns , Ns Ar addr6-list
1465.It Ar ip6-addr :
1466A host or subnet specified one of the following ways:
1467.Bl -tag -width indent
1468.It Ar numeric-ip | hostname
1469Matches a single IPv6 address as allowed by
1470.Xr inet_pton 3
1471or a hostname.
1472Hostnames are resolved at the time the rule is added to the firewall
1473list.
1474.It Ar addr Ns / Ns Ar masklen
1475Matches all IPv6 addresses with base
1476.Ar addr
1477(specified as allowed by
1478.Xr inet_pton 3
1479or a hostname)
1480and mask width of
1481.Cm masklen
1482bits.
1483.It Ar addr Ns / Ns Ar mask
1484Matches all IPv6 addresses with base
1485.Ar addr
1486(specified as allowed by
1487.Xr inet_pton 3
1488or a hostname)
1489and the mask of
1490.Ar mask ,
1491specified as allowed by
1492.Xr inet_pton 3 .
1493As an example, fe::640:0:0/ffff::ffff:ffff:0:0 will match
1494fe:*:*:*:0:640:*:*.
1495This form is advised only for non-contiguous
1496masks.
1497It is better to resort to the
1498.Ar addr Ns / Ns Ar masklen
1499format for contiguous masks, which is more compact and less
1500error-prone.
1501.El
1502.Pp
1503No support for sets of IPv6 addresses is provided because IPv6 addresses
1504are typically random past the initial prefix.
1505.It Ar ports : Bro Ar port | port Ns \&- Ns Ar port Ns Brc Ns Op , Ns Ar ports
1506For protocols which support port numbers (such as SCTP, TCP and UDP), optional
1507.Cm ports
1508may be specified as one or more ports or port ranges, separated
1509by commas but no spaces, and an optional
1510.Cm not
1511operator.
1512The
1513.Ql \&-
1514notation specifies a range of ports (including boundaries).
1515.Pp
1516Service names (from
1517.Pa /etc/services )
1518may be used instead of numeric port values.
1519The length of the port list is limited to 30 ports or ranges,
1520though one can specify larger ranges by using an
1521.Em or-block
1522in the
1523.Cm options
1524section of the rule.
1525.Pp
1526A backslash
1527.Pq Ql \e
1528can be used to escape the dash
1529.Pq Ql -
1530character in a service name (from a shell, the backslash must be
1531typed twice to avoid the shell itself interpreting it as an escape
1532character).
1533.Pp
1534.Dl "ipfw add count tcp from any ftp\e\e-data-ftp to any"
1535.Pp
1536Fragmented packets which have a non-zero offset (i.e., not the first
1537fragment) will never match a rule which has one or more port
1538specifications.
1539See the
1540.Cm frag
1541option for details on matching fragmented packets.
1542.El
1543.Ss RULE OPTIONS (MATCH PATTERNS)
1544Additional match patterns can be used within
1545rules.
1546Zero or more of these so-called
1547.Em options
1548can be present in a rule, optionally prefixed by the
1549.Cm not
1550operand, and possibly grouped into
1551.Em or-blocks .
1552.Pp
1553The following match patterns can be used (listed in alphabetical order):
1554.Bl -tag -width indent
1555.It Cm // this is a comment .
1556Inserts the specified text as a comment in the rule.
1557Everything following // is considered as a comment and stored in the rule.
1558You can have comment-only rules, which are listed as having a
1559.Cm count
1560action followed by the comment.
1561.It Cm bridged
1562Alias for
1563.Cm layer2 .
1564.It Cm defer-immediate-action | defer-action
1565A rule with this option will not perform normal action
1566upon a match.
1567This option is intended to be used with
1568.Cm record-state
1569or
1570.Cm keep-state
1571as the dynamic rule, created but ignored on match, will work
1572as intended.
1573Rules with both
1574.Cm record-state
1575and
1576.Cm defer-immediate-action
1577create a dynamic rule and continue with the next rule without actually
1578performing the action part of this rule.
1579When the rule is later activated via the state table, the action is
1580performed as usual.
1581.It Cm diverted
1582Matches only packets generated by a divert socket.
1583.It Cm diverted-loopback
1584Matches only packets coming from a divert socket back into the IP stack
1585input for delivery.
1586.It Cm diverted-output
1587Matches only packets going from a divert socket back outward to the IP
1588stack output for delivery.
1589.It Cm dst-ip Ar ip-address
1590Matches IPv4 packets whose destination IP is one of the address(es)
1591specified as argument.
1592.It Bro Cm dst-ip6 | dst-ipv6 Brc Ar ip6-address
1593Matches IPv6 packets whose destination IP is one of the address(es)
1594specified as argument.
1595.It Cm dst-port Ar ports
1596Matches IP packets whose destination port is one of the port(s)
1597specified as argument.
1598.It Cm established
1599Matches TCP packets that have the RST or ACK bits set.
1600.It Cm ext6hdr Ar header
1601Matches IPv6 packets containing the extended header given by
1602.Ar header .
1603Supported headers are:
1604.Pp
1605Fragment,
1606.Pq Cm frag ,
1607Hop-to-hop options
1608.Pq Cm hopopt ,
1609any type of Routing Header
1610.Pq Cm route ,
1611Source routing Routing Header Type 0
1612.Pq Cm rthdr0 ,
1613Mobile IPv6 Routing Header Type 2
1614.Pq Cm rthdr2 ,
1615Destination options
1616.Pq Cm dstopt ,
1617IPSec authentication headers
1618.Pq Cm ah ,
1619and IPsec encapsulated security payload headers
1620.Pq Cm esp .
1621.It Cm fib Ar fibnum
1622Matches a packet that has been tagged to use
1623the given FIB (routing table) number.
1624.It Cm flow Ar table Ns Pq Ar name Ns Op , Ns Ar value
1625Search for the flow entry in lookup table
1626.Ar name .
1627If not found, the match fails.
1628Otherwise, the match succeeds and
1629.Cm tablearg
1630is set to the value extracted from the table.
1631.Pp
1632This option can be useful to quickly dispatch traffic based on
1633certain packet fields.
1634See the
1635.Sx LOOKUP TABLES
1636section below for more information on lookup tables.
1637.It Cm flow-id Ar labels
1638Matches IPv6 packets containing any of the flow labels given in
1639.Ar labels .
1640.Ar labels
1641is a comma separated list of numeric flow labels.
1642.It Cm dst-mac Ar table Ns Pq Ar name Ns Op , Ns Ar value
1643Search for the destination MAC address entry in lookup table
1644.Ar name .
1645If not found, the match fails.
1646Otherwise, the match succeeds and
1647.Cm tablearg
1648is set to the value extracted from the table.
1649.It Cm src-mac Ar table Ns Pq Ar name Ns Op , Ns Ar value
1650Search for the source MAC address entry in lookup table
1651.Ar name .
1652If not found, the match fails.
1653Otherwise, the match succeeds and
1654.Cm tablearg
1655is set to the value extracted from the table.
1656.It Cm frag Ar spec
1657Matches IPv4 packets whose
1658.Cm ip_off
1659field contains the comma separated list of IPv4 fragmentation
1660options specified in
1661.Ar spec .
1662The recognized options are:
1663.Cm df
1664.Pq Dv don't fragment ,
1665.Cm mf
1666.Pq Dv more fragments ,
1667.Cm rf
1668.Pq Dv reserved fragment bit
1669.Cm offset
1670.Pq Dv non-zero fragment offset .
1671The absence of a particular options may be denoted
1672with a
1673.Ql \&! .
1674.Pp
1675Empty list of options defaults to matching on non-zero fragment offset.
1676Such rule would match all not the first fragment datagrams,
1677both IPv4 and IPv6.
1678This is a backward compatibility with older rulesets.
1679.It Cm gid Ar group
1680Matches all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for a
1681.Ar group .
1682A
1683.Ar group
1684may be specified by name or number.
1685.It Cm jail Ar jail
1686Matches all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for the
1687jail whose ID or name is
1688.Ar jail .
1689.It Cm icmptypes Ar types
1690Matches ICMP packets whose ICMP type is in the list
1691.Ar types .
1692The list may be specified as any combination of
1693individual types (numeric) separated by commas.
1694.Em Ranges are not allowed .
1695The supported ICMP types are:
1696.Pp
1697echo reply
1698.Pq Cm 0 ,
1699destination unreachable
1700.Pq Cm 3 ,
1701source quench
1702.Pq Cm 4 ,
1703redirect
1704.Pq Cm 5 ,
1705echo request
1706.Pq Cm 8 ,
1707router advertisement
1708.Pq Cm 9 ,
1709router solicitation
1710.Pq Cm 10 ,
1711time-to-live exceeded
1712.Pq Cm 11 ,
1713IP header bad
1714.Pq Cm 12 ,
1715timestamp request
1716.Pq Cm 13 ,
1717timestamp reply
1718.Pq Cm 14 ,
1719information request
1720.Pq Cm 15 ,
1721information reply
1722.Pq Cm 16 ,
1723address mask request
1724.Pq Cm 17
1725and address mask reply
1726.Pq Cm 18 .
1727.It Cm icmp6types Ar types
1728Matches ICMP6 packets whose ICMP6 type is in the list of
1729.Ar types .
1730The list may be specified as any combination of
1731individual types (numeric) separated by commas.
1732.Em Ranges are not allowed .
1733.It Cm in | out
1734Matches incoming or outgoing packets, respectively.
1735.Cm in
1736and
1737.Cm out
1738are mutually exclusive (in fact,
1739.Cm out
1740is implemented as
1741.Cm not in Ns No ).
1742.It Cm ipid Ar id-list
1743Matches IPv4 packets whose
1744.Cm ip_id
1745field has value included in
1746.Ar id-list ,
1747which is either a single value or a list of values or ranges
1748specified in the same way as
1749.Ar ports .
1750.It Cm iplen Ar len-list
1751Matches IP packets whose total length, including header and data, is
1752in the set
1753.Ar len-list ,
1754which is either a single value or a list of values or ranges
1755specified in the same way as
1756.Ar ports .
1757.It Cm ipoptions Ar spec
1758Matches packets whose IPv4 header contains the comma separated list of
1759options specified in
1760.Ar spec .
1761The supported IP options are:
1762.Pp
1763.Cm ssrr
1764(strict source route),
1765.Cm lsrr
1766(loose source route),
1767.Cm rr
1768(record packet route) and
1769.Cm ts
1770(timestamp).
1771The absence of a particular option may be denoted
1772with a
1773.Ql \&! .
1774.It Cm ipprecedence Ar precedence
1775Matches IPv4 packets whose precedence field is equal to
1776.Ar precedence .
1777.It Cm ipsec
1778Matches packets that have IPSEC history associated with them
1779(i.e., the packet comes encapsulated in IPSEC, the kernel
1780has IPSEC support, and can correctly decapsulate it).
1781.Pp
1782Note that specifying
1783.Cm ipsec
1784is different from specifying
1785.Cm proto Ar ipsec
1786as the latter will only look at the specific IP protocol field,
1787irrespective of IPSEC kernel support and the validity of the IPSEC data.
1788.Pp
1789Further note that this flag is silently ignored in kernels without
1790IPSEC support.
1791It does not affect rule processing when given and the
1792rules are handled as if with no
1793.Cm ipsec
1794flag.
1795.It Cm iptos Ar spec
1796Matches IPv4 packets whose
1797.Cm tos
1798field contains the comma separated list of
1799service types specified in
1800.Ar spec .
1801The supported IP types of service are:
1802.Pp
1803.Cm lowdelay
1804.Pq Dv IPTOS_LOWDELAY ,
1805.Cm throughput
1806.Pq Dv IPTOS_THROUGHPUT ,
1807.Cm reliability
1808.Pq Dv IPTOS_RELIABILITY ,
1809.Cm mincost
1810.Pq Dv IPTOS_MINCOST ,
1811.Cm congestion
1812.Pq Dv IPTOS_ECN_CE .
1813The absence of a particular type may be denoted
1814with a
1815.Ql \&! .
1816.It Cm dscp spec Ns Op , Ns Ar spec
1817Matches IPv4/IPv6 packets whose
1818.Cm DS
1819field value is contained in
1820.Ar spec
1821mask.
1822Multiple values can be specified via
1823the comma separated list.
1824Value can be one of keywords used in
1825.Cm setdscp
1826action or exact number.
1827.It Cm ipttl Ar ttl-list
1828Matches IPv4 packets whose time to live is included in
1829.Ar ttl-list ,
1830which is either a single value or a list of values or ranges
1831specified in the same way as
1832.Ar ports .
1833.It Cm ipversion Ar ver
1834Matches IP packets whose IP version field is
1835.Ar ver .
1836.It Cm keep-state Op Ar :flowname
1837Upon a match, the firewall will create a dynamic rule, whose
1838default behaviour is to match bidirectional traffic between
1839source and destination IP/port using the same protocol.
1840The rule has a limited lifetime (controlled by a set of
1841.Xr sysctl 8
1842variables), and the lifetime is refreshed every time a matching
1843packet is found.
1844The
1845.Ar :flowname
1846is used to assign additional to addresses, ports and protocol parameter
1847to dynamic rule.
1848It can be used for more accurate matching by
1849.Cm check-state
1850rule.
1851The
1852.Cm :default
1853keyword is special name used for compatibility with old rulesets.
1854.It Cm layer2
1855Matches only layer2 packets, i.e., those passed to
1856.Nm
1857from
1858.Fn ether_demux
1859and
1860.Fn ether_output_frame .
1861.It Cm limit Bro Cm src-addr | src-port | dst-addr | dst-port Brc Ar N Op Ar :flowname
1862The firewall will only allow
1863.Ar N
1864connections with the same
1865set of parameters as specified in the rule.
1866One or more
1867of source and destination addresses and ports can be
1868specified.
1869.It Cm lookup Bro Cm dst-ip | dst-port | dst-mac | src-ip | src-port | src-mac | uid |
1870.Cm jail | dscp | mark Brc Ar name
1871Search an entry in lookup table
1872.Ar name
1873that matches the field specified as argument.
1874If not found, the match fails.
1875Otherwise, the match succeeds and
1876.Cm tablearg
1877is set to the value extracted from the table.
1878.Pp
1879This option can be useful to quickly dispatch traffic based on
1880certain packet fields.
1881See the
1882.Sx LOOKUP TABLES
1883section below for more information on lookup tables.
1884.It Cm { MAC | mac } Ar dst-mac src-mac
1885Match packets with a given
1886.Ar dst-mac
1887and
1888.Ar src-mac
1889addresses, specified as the
1890.Cm any
1891keyword (matching any MAC address), or six groups of hex digits
1892separated by colons,
1893and optionally followed by a mask indicating the significant bits.
1894The mask may be specified using either of the following methods:
1895.Bl -enum -width indent
1896.It
1897A slash
1898.Pq /
1899followed by the number of significant bits.
1900For example, an address with 33 significant bits could be specified as:
1901.Pp
1902.Dl "MAC 10:20:30:40:50:60/33 any"
1903.It
1904An ampersand
1905.Pq &
1906followed by a bitmask specified as six groups of hex digits separated
1907by colons.
1908For example, an address in which the last 16 bits are significant could
1909be specified as:
1910.Pp
1911.Dl "MAC 10:20:30:40:50:60&00:00:00:00:ff:ff any"
1912.Pp
1913Note that the ampersand character has a special meaning in many shells
1914and should generally be escaped.
1915.El
1916Note that the order of MAC addresses (destination first,
1917source second) is
1918the same as on the wire, but the opposite of the one used for
1919IP addresses.
1920.It Cm mac-type Ar mac-type
1921Matches packets whose Ethernet Type field
1922corresponds to one of those specified as argument.
1923.Ar mac-type
1924is specified in the same way as
1925.Cm port numbers
1926(i.e., one or more comma-separated single values or ranges).
1927You can use symbolic names for known values such as
1928.Em vlan , ipv4, ipv6 .
1929Values can be entered as decimal or hexadecimal (if prefixed by 0x),
1930and they are always printed as hexadecimal (unless the
1931.Cm -N
1932option is used, in which case symbolic resolution will be attempted).
1933.It Cm proto Ar protocol
1934Matches packets with the corresponding IP protocol.
1935.It Cm record-state
1936Upon a match, the firewall will create a dynamic rule as if
1937.Cm keep-state
1938was specified.
1939However, this option doesn't imply an implicit
1940.Cm check-state
1941in contrast to
1942.Cm keep-state .
1943.It Cm recv | xmit | via Brq Ar ifX | Ar ifmask | Ar table Ns Po Ar name Ns Oo , Ns Ar value Oc Pc | Ar ipno | Ar any
1944Matches packets received, transmitted or going through,
1945respectively, the interface specified by exact name
1946.Po Ar ifX Pc ,
1947by device mask
1948.Po Ar ifmask Pc ,
1949by IP address, or through some interface.
1950.Pp
1951Interface
1952name may be matched against
1953.Ar ifmask
1954with
1955.Xr fnmatch 3
1956according to the rules used by the shell (f.e. tun*).
1957See also the
1958.Sx EXAMPLES
1959section.
1960.Pp
1961Table
1962.Ar name
1963may be used to match interface by its kernel ifindex.
1964See the
1965.Sx LOOKUP TABLES
1966section below for more information on lookup tables.
1967.Pp
1968The
1969.Cm via
1970keyword causes the interface to always be checked.
1971If
1972.Cm recv
1973or
1974.Cm xmit
1975is used instead of
1976.Cm via ,
1977then only the receive or transmit interface (respectively)
1978is checked.
1979By specifying both, it is possible to match packets based on
1980both receive and transmit interface, e.g.:
1981.Pp
1982.Dl "ipfw add deny ip from any to any out recv ed0 xmit ed1"
1983.Pp
1984The
1985.Cm recv
1986interface can be tested on either incoming or outgoing packets,
1987while the
1988.Cm xmit
1989interface can only be tested on outgoing packets.
1990So
1991.Cm out
1992is required (and
1993.Cm in
1994is invalid) whenever
1995.Cm xmit
1996is used.
1997.Pp
1998A packet might not have a receive or transmit interface: packets
1999originating from the local host have no receive interface,
2000while packets destined for the local host have no transmit
2001interface.
2002.It Cm set-limit Bro Cm src-addr | src-port | dst-addr | dst-port Brc Ar N
2003Works like
2004.Cm limit
2005but does not have an implicit
2006.Cm check-state
2007attached to it.
2008.It Cm setup
2009Matches TCP packets that have the SYN bit set but no ACK bit.
2010This is the short form of
2011.Dq Li tcpflags\ syn,!ack .
2012.It Cm sockarg
2013Matches packets that are associated to a local socket and
2014for which the SO_USER_COOKIE socket option has been set
2015to a non-zero value.
2016As a side effect, the value of the
2017option is made available as
2018.Cm tablearg
2019value, which in turn can be used as
2020.Cm skipto
2021or
2022.Cm pipe
2023number.
2024.It Cm src-ip Ar ip-address
2025Matches IPv4 packets whose source IP is one of the address(es)
2026specified as an argument.
2027.It Cm src-ip6 Ar ip6-address
2028Matches IPv6 packets whose source IP is one of the address(es)
2029specified as an argument.
2030.It Cm src-port Ar ports
2031Matches IP packets whose source port is one of the port(s)
2032specified as argument.
2033.It Cm tagged Ar tag-list
2034Matches packets whose tags are included in
2035.Ar tag-list ,
2036which is either a single value or a list of values or ranges
2037specified in the same way as
2038.Ar ports .
2039Tags can be applied to the packet using
2040.Cm tag
2041rule action parameter (see it's description for details on tags).
2042.It Cm mark Ar value[:bitmask] | tablearg[:bitmask]
2043Matches packets whose mark is equal to
2044.Ar value
2045with optional
2046.Ar bitmask
2047applied to it.
2048.Cm tablearg
2049can also be used instead of an explicit
2050.Ar value
2051to match a value supplied by the last table lookup.
2052.Pp
2053Both
2054.Ar value
2055and
2056.Ar bitmask
2057can be entered as decimal or hexadecimal (if prefixed by 0x), and they
2058are always printed as hexadecimal.
2059.It Cm tcpack Ar ack
2060TCP packets only.
2061Match if the TCP header acknowledgment number field is set to
2062.Ar ack .
2063.It Cm tcpdatalen Ar tcpdatalen-list
2064Matches TCP packets whose length of TCP data is
2065.Ar tcpdatalen-list ,
2066which is either a single value or a list of values or ranges
2067specified in the same way as
2068.Ar ports .
2069.It Cm tcpflags Ar spec
2070TCP packets only.
2071Match if the TCP header contains the comma separated list of
2072flags specified in
2073.Ar spec .
2074The supported TCP flags are:
2075.Pp
2076.Cm fin ,
2077.Cm syn ,
2078.Cm rst ,
2079.Cm psh ,
2080.Cm ack
2081and
2082.Cm urg .
2083The absence of a particular flag may be denoted
2084with a
2085.Ql \&! .
2086A rule which contains a
2087.Cm tcpflags
2088specification can never match a fragmented packet which has
2089a non-zero offset.
2090See the
2091.Cm frag
2092option for details on matching fragmented packets.
2093.It Cm tcpmss Ar tcpmss-list
2094Matches TCP packets whose MSS (maximum segment size) value is set to
2095.Ar tcpmss-list ,
2096which is either a single value or a list of values or ranges
2097specified in the same way as
2098.Ar ports .
2099.It Cm tcpseq Ar seq
2100TCP packets only.
2101Match if the TCP header sequence number field is set to
2102.Ar seq .
2103.It Cm tcpwin Ar tcpwin-list
2104Matches TCP packets whose  header window field is set to
2105.Ar tcpwin-list ,
2106which is either a single value or a list of values or ranges
2107specified in the same way as
2108.Ar ports .
2109.It Cm tcpoptions Ar spec
2110TCP packets only.
2111Match if the TCP header contains the comma separated list of
2112options specified in
2113.Ar spec .
2114The supported TCP options are:
2115.Pp
2116.Cm mss
2117(maximum segment size),
2118.Cm window
2119(tcp window advertisement),
2120.Cm sack
2121(selective ack),
2122.Cm ts
2123(rfc1323 timestamp) and
2124.Cm cc
2125(rfc1644 t/tcp connection count).
2126The absence of a particular option may be denoted
2127with a
2128.Ql \&! .
2129.It Cm uid Ar user
2130Match all TCP or UDP packets sent by or received for a
2131.Ar user .
2132A
2133.Ar user
2134may be matched by name or identification number.
2135.It Cm verrevpath
2136For incoming packets,
2137a routing table lookup is done on the packet's source address.
2138If the interface on which the packet entered the system matches the
2139outgoing interface for the route,
2140the packet matches.
2141If the interfaces do not match up,
2142the packet does not match.
2143All outgoing packets or packets with no incoming interface match.
2144.Pp
2145The name and functionality of the option is intentionally similar to
2146the Cisco IOS command:
2147.Pp
2148.Dl ip verify unicast reverse-path
2149.Pp
2150This option can be used to make anti-spoofing rules to reject all
2151packets with source addresses not from this interface.
2152See also the option
2153.Cm antispoof .
2154.It Cm versrcreach
2155For incoming packets,
2156a routing table lookup is done on the packet's source address.
2157If a route to the source address exists, but not the default route
2158or a blackhole/reject route, the packet matches.
2159Otherwise, the packet does not match.
2160All outgoing packets match.
2161.Pp
2162The name and functionality of the option is intentionally similar to
2163the Cisco IOS command:
2164.Pp
2165.Dl ip verify unicast source reachable-via any
2166.Pp
2167This option can be used to make anti-spoofing rules to reject all
2168packets whose source address is unreachable.
2169.It Cm antispoof
2170For incoming packets, the packet's source address is checked if it
2171belongs to a directly connected network.
2172If the network is directly connected, then the interface the packet
2173came on in is compared to the interface the network is connected to.
2174When incoming interface and directly connected interface are not the
2175same, the packet does not match.
2176Otherwise, the packet does match.
2177All outgoing packets match.
2178.Pp
2179This option can be used to make anti-spoofing rules to reject all
2180packets that pretend to be from a directly connected network but do
2181not come in through that interface.
2182This option is similar to but more restricted than
2183.Cm verrevpath
2184because it engages only on packets with source addresses of directly
2185connected networks instead of all source addresses.
2186.El
2187.Sh LOOKUP TABLES
2188Lookup tables are useful to handle large sparse sets of
2189addresses or other search keys (e.g., ports, jail IDs, interface names).
2190In the rest of this section we will use the term ``key''.
2191Table name needs to match the following spec:
2192.Ar table-name .
2193Tables with the same name can be created in different
2194.Ar sets .
2195However, rule links to the tables in
2196.Ar set 0
2197by default.
2198This behavior can be controlled by
2199.Va net.inet.ip.fw.tables_sets
2200variable.
2201See the
2202.Sx SETS OF RULES
2203section for more information.
2204There may be up to 65535 different lookup tables.
2205.Pp
2206The following table types are supported:
2207.Bl -tag -width indent
2208.It Ar table-type : Ar addr | iface | number | flow | mac
2209.It Ar table-key : Ar addr Ns Oo / Ns Ar masklen Oc | iface-name | number | flow-spec
2210.It Ar flow-spec : Ar flow-field Ns Op , Ns Ar flow-spec
2211.It Ar flow-field : src-ip | proto | src-port | dst-ip | dst-port
2212.It Cm addr
2213Matches IPv4 or IPv6 address.
2214Each entry is represented by an
2215.Ar addr Ns Op / Ns Ar masklen
2216and will match all addresses with base
2217.Ar addr
2218(specified as an IPv4/IPv6 address, or a hostname) and mask width of
2219.Ar masklen
2220bits.
2221If
2222.Ar masklen
2223is not specified, it defaults to 32 for IPv4 and 128 for IPv6.
2224When looking up an IP address in a table, the most specific
2225entry will match.
2226.It Cm iface
2227Matches interface names.
2228Each entry is represented by string treated as interface name.
2229Wildcards are not supported.
2230.It Cm number
2231Matches protocol ports, uids/gids or jail IDs.
2232Each entry is represented by 32-bit unsigned integer.
2233Ranges are not supported.
2234.It Cm flow
2235Matches packet fields specified by
2236.Ar flow
2237type suboptions with table entries.
2238.It Cm mac
2239Matches MAC address.
2240Each entry is represented by an
2241.Ar addr Ns Op / Ns Ar masklen
2242and will match all addresses with base
2243.Ar addr
2244and mask width of
2245.Ar masklen
2246bits.
2247If
2248.Ar masklen
2249is not specified, it defaults to 48.
2250When looking up an MAC address in a table, the most specific
2251entry will match.
2252.El
2253.Pp
2254Tables require explicit creation via
2255.Cm create
2256before use.
2257.Pp
2258The following creation options are supported:
2259.Bl -tag -width indent
2260.It Ar create-options : Ar create-option | create-options
2261.It Ar create-option : Cm type Ar table-type | Cm valtype Ar value-mask | Cm algo Ar algo-desc |
2262.Cm limit Ar number | Cm locked | Cm missing | Cm or-flush
2263.It Cm type
2264Table key type.
2265.It Cm valtype
2266Table value mask.
2267.It Cm algo
2268Table algorithm to use (see below).
2269.It Cm limit
2270Maximum number of items that may be inserted into table.
2271.It Cm locked
2272Restrict any table modifications.
2273.It Cm missing
2274Do not fail if table already exists and has exactly same options as new one.
2275.It Cm or-flush
2276Flush existing table with same name instead of returning error.
2277Implies
2278.Cm missing
2279so existing table must be compatible with new one.
2280.El
2281.Pp
2282Some of these options may be modified later via
2283.Cm modify
2284keyword.
2285The following options can be changed:
2286.Bl -tag -width indent
2287.It Ar modify-options : Ar modify-option | modify-options
2288.It Ar modify-option : Cm limit Ar number
2289.It Cm limit
2290Alter maximum number of items that may be inserted into table.
2291.El
2292.Pp
2293Additionally, table can be locked or unlocked using
2294.Cm lock
2295or
2296.Cm unlock
2297commands.
2298.Pp
2299Tables of the same
2300.Ar type
2301can be swapped with each other using
2302.Cm swap Ar name
2303command.
2304Swap may fail if tables limits are set and data exchange
2305would result in limits hit.
2306Operation is performed atomically.
2307.Pp
2308One or more entries can be added to a table at once using
2309.Cm add
2310command.
2311Addition of all items are performed atomically.
2312By default, error in addition of one entry does not influence
2313addition of other entries.
2314However, non-zero error code is returned in that case.
2315Special
2316.Cm atomic
2317keyword may be specified before
2318.Cm add
2319to indicate all-or-none add request.
2320.Pp
2321One or more entries can be removed from a table at once using
2322.Cm delete
2323command.
2324By default, error in removal of one entry does not influence
2325removing of other entries.
2326However, non-zero error code is returned in that case.
2327.Pp
2328It may be possible to check what entry will be found on particular
2329.Ar table-key
2330using
2331.Cm lookup
2332.Ar table-key
2333command.
2334This functionality is optional and may be unsupported in some algorithms.
2335.Pp
2336The following operations can be performed on
2337.Ar one
2338or
2339.Cm all
2340tables:
2341.Bl -tag -width indent
2342.It Cm list
2343List all entries.
2344.It Cm flush
2345Removes all entries.
2346.It Cm info
2347Shows generic table information.
2348.It Cm detail
2349Shows generic table information and algo-specific data.
2350.El
2351.Pp
2352The following lookup algorithms are supported:
2353.Bl -tag -width indent
2354.It Ar algo-desc : algo-name | "algo-name algo-data"
2355.It Ar algo-name : Ar addr: radix | addr: hash | iface: array | number: array | flow: hash | mac: radix
2356.It Cm addr: radix
2357Separate Radix trees for IPv4 and IPv6, the same way as the routing table (see
2358.Xr route 4 ) .
2359Default choice for
2360.Ar addr
2361type.
2362.It Cm addr:hash
2363Separate auto-growing hashes for IPv4 and IPv6.
2364Accepts entries with the same mask length specified initially via
2365.Cm "addr:hash masks=/v4,/v6"
2366algorithm creation options.
2367Assume /32 and /128 masks by default.
2368Search removes host bits (according to mask) from supplied address and checks
2369resulting key in appropriate hash.
2370Mostly optimized for /64 and byte-ranged IPv6 masks.
2371.It Cm iface:array
2372Array storing sorted indexes for entries which are presented in the system.
2373Optimized for very fast lookup.
2374.It Cm number:array
2375Array storing sorted u32 numbers.
2376.It Cm flow:hash
2377Auto-growing hash storing flow entries.
2378Search calculates hash on required packet fields and searches for matching
2379entries in selected bucket.
2380.It Cm mac: radix
2381Radix tree for MAC address
2382.El
2383.Pp
2384The
2385.Cm tablearg
2386feature provides the ability to use a value, looked up in the table, as
2387the argument for a rule action, action parameter or rule option.
2388This can significantly reduce number of rules in some configurations.
2389If two tables are used in a rule, the result of the second (destination)
2390is used.
2391.Pp
2392Each record may hold one or more values according to
2393.Ar value-mask .
2394This mask is set on table creation via
2395.Cm valtype
2396option.
2397The following value types are supported:
2398.Bl -tag -width indent
2399.It Ar value-mask : Ar value-type Ns Op , Ns Ar value-mask
2400.It Ar value-type : Ar skipto | pipe | fib | nat | dscp | tag | divert |
2401.Ar netgraph | limit | ipv4 | ipv6 | mark
2402.It Cm skipto
2403rule number to jump to.
2404.It Cm pipe
2405Pipe number to use.
2406.It Cm fib
2407fib number to match/set.
2408.It Cm nat
2409nat number to jump to.
2410.It Cm dscp
2411dscp value to match/set.
2412.It Cm tag
2413tag number to match/set.
2414.It Cm divert
2415port number to divert traffic to.
2416.It Cm netgraph
2417hook number to move packet to.
2418.It Cm limit
2419maximum number of connections.
2420.It Cm ipv4
2421IPv4 nexthop to fwd packets to.
2422.It Cm ipv6
2423IPv6 nexthop to fwd packets to.
2424.It Cm mark
2425mark value to match/set.
2426.El
2427.Pp
2428The
2429.Cm tablearg
2430argument can be used with the following actions:
2431.Cm nat, pipe, queue, divert, tee, netgraph, ngtee, fwd, skipto, setfib ,
2432.Cm setmark ,
2433action parameters:
2434.Cm tag, untag ,
2435rule options:
2436.Cm limit, tagged, mark .
2437.Pp
2438When used with the
2439.Cm skipto
2440action, the user should be aware that the code will walk the ruleset
2441up to a rule equal to, or past, the given number.
2442.Pp
2443See the
2444.Sx EXAMPLES
2445Section for example usage of tables and the tablearg keyword.
2446.Sh SETS OF RULES
2447Each rule or table belongs to one of 32 different
2448.Em sets
2449, numbered 0 to 31.
2450Set 31 is reserved for the default rule.
2451.Pp
2452By default, rules or tables are put in set 0, unless you use the
2453.Cm set N
2454attribute when adding a new rule or table.
2455Sets can be individually and atomically enabled or disabled,
2456so this mechanism permits an easy way to store multiple configurations
2457of the firewall and quickly (and atomically) switch between them.
2458.Pp
2459By default, tables from set 0 are referenced when adding rule with
2460table opcodes regardless of rule set.
2461This behavior can be changed by setting
2462.Va net.inet.ip.fw.tables_sets
2463variable to 1.
2464Rule's set will then be used for table references.
2465.Pp
2466The command to enable/disable sets is
2467.Bd -ragged -offset indent
2468.Nm
2469.Cm set Oo Cm disable Ar number ... Oc Op Cm enable Ar number ...
2470.Ed
2471.Pp
2472where multiple
2473.Cm enable
2474or
2475.Cm disable
2476sections can be specified.
2477Command execution is atomic on all the sets specified in the command.
2478By default, all sets are enabled.
2479.Pp
2480When you disable a set, its rules behave as if they do not exist
2481in the firewall configuration, with only one exception:
2482.Bd -ragged -offset indent
2483dynamic rules created from a rule before it had been disabled
2484will still be active until they expire.
2485In order to delete
2486dynamic rules you have to explicitly delete the parent rule
2487which generated them.
2488.Ed
2489.Pp
2490The set number of rules can be changed with the command
2491.Bd -ragged -offset indent
2492.Nm
2493.Cm set move
2494.Brq Cm rule Ar rule-number | old-set
2495.Cm to Ar new-set
2496.Ed
2497.Pp
2498Also, you can atomically swap two rulesets with the command
2499.Bd -ragged -offset indent
2500.Nm
2501.Cm set swap Ar first-set second-set
2502.Ed
2503.Pp
2504See the
2505.Sx EXAMPLES
2506Section on some possible uses of sets of rules.
2507.Sh STATEFUL FIREWALL
2508Stateful operation is a way for the firewall to dynamically
2509create rules for specific flows when packets that
2510match a given pattern are detected.
2511Support for stateful
2512operation comes through the
2513.Cm check-state , keep-state , record-state , limit
2514and
2515.Cm set-limit
2516options of
2517.Nm rules .
2518.Pp
2519Dynamic rules are created when a packet matches a
2520.Cm keep-state ,
2521.Cm record-state ,
2522.Cm limit
2523or
2524.Cm set-limit
2525rule, causing the creation of a
2526.Em dynamic
2527rule which will match all and only packets with
2528a given
2529.Em protocol
2530between a
2531.Em src-ip/src-port dst-ip/dst-port
2532pair of addresses
2533.Em ( src
2534and
2535.Em dst
2536are used here only to denote the initial match addresses, but they
2537are completely equivalent afterwards).
2538Rules created by
2539.Cm keep-state
2540option also have a
2541.Ar :flowname
2542taken from it.
2543This name is used in matching together with addresses, ports and protocol.
2544Dynamic rules will be checked at the first
2545.Cm check-state, keep-state
2546or
2547.Cm limit
2548occurrence, and the action performed upon a match will be the same
2549as in the parent rule.
2550.Pp
2551Note that no additional attributes other than protocol and IP addresses
2552and ports and :flowname are checked on dynamic rules.
2553.Pp
2554The typical use of dynamic rules is to keep a closed firewall configuration,
2555but let the first TCP SYN packet from the inside network install a
2556dynamic rule for the flow so that packets belonging to that session
2557will be allowed through the firewall:
2558.Pp
2559.Dl "ipfw add check-state :OUTBOUND"
2560.Dl "ipfw add allow tcp from my-subnet to any setup keep-state :OUTBOUND"
2561.Dl "ipfw add deny tcp from any to any"
2562.Pp
2563A similar approach can be used for UDP, where an UDP packet coming
2564from the inside will install a dynamic rule to let the response through
2565the firewall:
2566.Pp
2567.Dl "ipfw add check-state :OUTBOUND"
2568.Dl "ipfw add allow udp from my-subnet to any keep-state :OUTBOUND"
2569.Dl "ipfw add deny udp from any to any"
2570.Pp
2571Dynamic rules expire after some time, which depends on the status
2572of the flow and the setting of some
2573.Cm sysctl
2574variables.
2575See Section
2576.Sx SYSCTL VARIABLES
2577for more details.
2578For TCP sessions, dynamic rules can be instructed to periodically
2579send keepalive packets to refresh the state of the rule when it is
2580about to expire.
2581.Pp
2582See Section
2583.Sx EXAMPLES
2584for more examples on how to use dynamic rules.
2585.Sh TRAFFIC SHAPER (DUMMYNET) CONFIGURATION
2586.Nm
2587is also the user interface for the
2588.Nm dummynet
2589traffic shaper, packet scheduler and network emulator, a subsystem that
2590can artificially queue, delay or drop packets
2591emulating the behaviour of certain network links
2592or queueing systems.
2593.Pp
2594.Nm dummynet
2595operates by first using the firewall to select packets
2596using any match pattern that can be used in
2597.Nm
2598rules.
2599Matching packets are then passed to either of two
2600different objects, which implement the traffic regulation:
2601.Bl -hang -offset XXXX
2602.It Em pipe
2603A
2604.Em pipe
2605emulates a
2606.Em link
2607with given bandwidth and propagation delay,
2608driven by a FIFO scheduler and a single queue with programmable
2609queue size and packet loss rate.
2610Packets are appended to the queue as they come out from
2611.Nm ipfw ,
2612and then transferred in FIFO order to the link at the desired rate.
2613.It Em queue
2614A
2615.Em queue
2616is an abstraction used to implement packet scheduling
2617using one of several packet scheduling algorithms.
2618Packets sent to a
2619.Em queue
2620are first grouped into flows according to a mask on the 5-tuple.
2621Flows are then passed to the scheduler associated to the
2622.Em queue ,
2623and each flow uses scheduling parameters (weight and others)
2624as configured in the
2625.Em queue
2626itself.
2627A scheduler in turn is connected to an emulated link,
2628and arbitrates the link's bandwidth among backlogged flows according to
2629weights and to the features of the scheduling algorithm in use.
2630.El
2631.Pp
2632In practice,
2633.Em pipes
2634can be used to set hard limits to the bandwidth that a flow can use, whereas
2635.Em queues
2636can be used to determine how different flows share the available bandwidth.
2637.Pp
2638A graphical representation of the binding of queues,
2639flows, schedulers and links is below.
2640.Bd -literal -offset indent
2641                 (flow_mask|sched_mask)  sched_mask
2642         +---------+   weight Wx  +-------------+
2643         |         |->-[flow]-->--|             |-+
2644    -->--| QUEUE x |   ...        |             | |
2645         |         |->-[flow]-->--| SCHEDuler N | |
2646         +---------+              |             | |
2647             ...                  |             +--[LINK N]-->--
2648         +---------+   weight Wy  |             | +--[LINK N]-->--
2649         |         |->-[flow]-->--|             | |
2650    -->--| QUEUE y |   ...        |             | |
2651         |         |->-[flow]-->--|             | |
2652         +---------+              +-------------+ |
2653                                    +-------------+
2654.Ed
2655It is important to understand the role of the SCHED_MASK
2656and FLOW_MASK, which are configured through the commands
2657.Dl "ipfw sched N config mask SCHED_MASK ..."
2658and
2659.Dl "ipfw queue X config mask FLOW_MASK ..." .
2660.Pp
2661The SCHED_MASK is used to assign flows to one or more
2662scheduler instances, one for each
2663value of the packet's 5-tuple after applying SCHED_MASK.
2664As an example, using ``src-ip 0xffffff00'' creates one instance
2665for each /24 destination subnet.
2666.Pp
2667The FLOW_MASK, together with the SCHED_MASK, is used to split
2668packets into flows.
2669As an example, using
2670``src-ip 0x000000ff''
2671together with the previous SCHED_MASK makes a flow for
2672each individual source address.
2673In turn, flows for each /24
2674subnet will be sent to the same scheduler instance.
2675.Pp
2676The above diagram holds even for the
2677.Em pipe
2678case, with the only restriction that a
2679.Em pipe
2680only supports a SCHED_MASK, and forces the use of a FIFO
2681scheduler (these are for backward compatibility reasons;
2682in fact, internally, a
2683.Nm dummynet's
2684pipe is implemented exactly as above).
2685.Pp
2686There are two modes of
2687.Nm dummynet
2688operation:
2689.Dq normal
2690and
2691.Dq fast .
2692The
2693.Dq normal
2694mode tries to emulate a real link: the
2695.Nm dummynet
2696scheduler ensures that the packet will not leave the pipe faster than it
2697would on the real link with a given bandwidth.
2698The
2699.Dq fast
2700mode allows certain packets to bypass the
2701.Nm dummynet
2702scheduler (if packet flow does not exceed pipe's bandwidth).
2703This is the reason why the
2704.Dq fast
2705mode requires less CPU cycles per packet (on average) and packet latency
2706can be significantly lower in comparison to a real link with the same
2707bandwidth.
2708The default mode is
2709.Dq normal .
2710The
2711.Dq fast
2712mode can be enabled by setting the
2713.Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_fast
2714.Xr sysctl 8
2715variable to a non-zero value.
2716.Ss PIPE, QUEUE AND SCHEDULER CONFIGURATION
2717The
2718.Em pipe ,
2719.Em queue
2720and
2721.Em scheduler
2722configuration commands are the following:
2723.Bd -ragged -offset indent
2724.Cm pipe Ar number Cm config Ar pipe-configuration
2725.Pp
2726.Cm queue Ar number Cm config Ar queue-configuration
2727.Pp
2728.Cm sched Ar number Cm config Ar sched-configuration
2729.Ed
2730.Pp
2731The following parameters can be configured for a pipe:
2732.Pp
2733.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
2734.It Cm bw Ar bandwidth | device
2735Bandwidth, measured in
2736.Sm off
2737.Op Cm K | M | G
2738.Brq Cm bit/s | Byte/s .
2739.Sm on
2740.Pp
2741A value of 0 (default) means unlimited bandwidth.
2742The unit must immediately follow the number, as in
2743.Pp
2744.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 300Kbit/s"
2745.Pp
2746If a device name is specified instead of a numeric value, as in
2747.Pp
2748.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw tun0"
2749.Pp
2750then the transmit clock is supplied by the specified device.
2751At the moment only the
2752.Xr tun 4
2753device supports this
2754functionality, for use in conjunction with
2755.Xr ppp 8 .
2756.Pp
2757.It Cm delay Ar ms-delay
2758Propagation delay, measured in milliseconds.
2759The value is rounded to the next multiple of the clock tick
2760(typically 10ms, but it is a good practice to run kernels
2761with
2762.Dq "options HZ=1000"
2763to reduce
2764the granularity to 1ms or less).
2765The default value is 0, meaning no delay.
2766.Pp
2767.It Cm burst Ar size
2768If the data to be sent exceeds the pipe's bandwidth limit
2769(and the pipe was previously idle), up to
2770.Ar size
2771bytes of data are allowed to bypass the
2772.Nm dummynet
2773scheduler, and will be sent as fast as the physical link allows.
2774Any additional data will be transmitted at the rate specified
2775by the
2776.Nm pipe
2777bandwidth.
2778The burst size depends on how long the pipe has been idle;
2779the effective burst size is calculated as follows:
2780MAX(
2781.Ar size
2782,
2783.Nm bw
2784* pipe_idle_time).
2785.Pp
2786.It Cm profile Ar filename
2787A file specifying the additional overhead incurred in the transmission
2788of a packet on the link.
2789.Pp
2790Some link types introduce extra delays in the transmission
2791of a packet, e.g., because of MAC level framing, contention on
2792the use of the channel, MAC level retransmissions and so on.
2793From our point of view, the channel is effectively unavailable
2794for this extra time, which is constant or variable depending
2795on the link type.
2796Additionally, packets may be dropped after this
2797time (e.g., on a wireless link after too many retransmissions).
2798We can model the additional delay with an empirical curve
2799that represents its distribution.
2800.Bd -literal -offset indent
2801      cumulative probability
2802      1.0 ^
2803          |
2804      L   +-- loss-level          x
2805          |                 ******
2806          |                *
2807          |           *****
2808          |          *
2809          |        **
2810          |       *
2811          +-------*------------------->
2812                      delay
2813.Ed
2814The empirical curve may have both vertical and horizontal lines.
2815Vertical lines represent constant delay for a range of
2816probabilities.
2817Horizontal lines correspond to a discontinuity in the delay
2818distribution: the pipe will use the largest delay for a
2819given probability.
2820.Pp
2821The file format is the following, with whitespace acting as
2822a separator and '#' indicating the beginning a comment:
2823.Bl -tag -width indent
2824.It Cm name Ar identifier
2825optional name (listed by "dnctl pipe show")
2826to identify the delay distribution;
2827.It Cm bw Ar value
2828the bandwidth used for the pipe.
2829If not specified here, it must be present
2830explicitly as a configuration parameter for the pipe;
2831.It Cm loss-level Ar L
2832the probability above which packets are lost.
2833(0.0 <= L <= 1.0, default 1.0 i.e., no loss);
2834.It Cm samples Ar N
2835the number of samples used in the internal
2836representation of the curve (2..1024; default 100);
2837.It Cm "delay prob" | "prob delay"
2838One of these two lines is mandatory and defines
2839the format of the following lines with data points.
2840.It Ar XXX Ar YYY
28412 or more lines representing points in the curve,
2842with either delay or probability first, according
2843to the chosen format.
2844The unit for delay is milliseconds.
2845Data points do not need to be sorted.
2846Also, the number of actual lines can be different
2847from the value of the "samples" parameter:
2848.Nm
2849utility will sort and interpolate
2850the curve as needed.
2851.El
2852.Pp
2853Example of a profile file:
2854.Bd -literal -offset indent
2855name    bla_bla_bla
2856samples 100
2857loss-level    0.86
2858prob    delay
28590       200	# minimum overhead is 200ms
28600.5     200
28610.5     300
28620.8     1000
28630.9     1300
28641       1300
2865#configuration file end
2866.Ed
2867.El
2868.Pp
2869The following parameters can be configured for a queue:
2870.Pp
2871.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
2872.It Cm pipe Ar pipe_nr
2873Connects a queue to the specified pipe.
2874Multiple queues (with the same or different weights) can be connected to
2875the same pipe, which specifies the aggregate rate for the set of queues.
2876.Pp
2877.It Cm weight Ar weight
2878Specifies the weight to be used for flows matching this queue.
2879The weight must be in the range 1..100, and defaults to 1.
2880.El
2881.Pp
2882The following case-insensitive parameters can be configured for a
2883scheduler:
2884.Pp
2885.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
2886.It Cm type Ar {fifo | wf2q+ | rr | qfq | fq_codel | fq_pie}
2887specifies the scheduling algorithm to use.
2888.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
2889.It Cm fifo
2890is just a FIFO scheduler (which means that all packets
2891are stored in the same queue as they arrive to the scheduler).
2892FIFO has O(1) per-packet time complexity, with very low
2893constants (estimate 60-80ns on a 2GHz desktop machine)
2894but gives no service guarantees.
2895.It Cm wf2q+
2896implements the WF2Q+ algorithm, which is a Weighted Fair Queueing
2897algorithm which permits flows to share bandwidth according to
2898their weights.
2899Note that weights are not priorities; even a flow
2900with a minuscule weight will never starve.
2901WF2Q+ has O(log N) per-packet processing cost, where N is the number
2902of flows, and is the default algorithm used by previous versions
2903dummynet's queues.
2904.It Cm rr
2905implements the Deficit Round Robin algorithm, which has O(1) processing
2906costs (roughly, 100-150ns per packet)
2907and permits bandwidth allocation according to weights, but
2908with poor service guarantees.
2909.It Cm qfq
2910implements the QFQ algorithm, which is a very fast variant of
2911WF2Q+, with similar service guarantees and O(1) processing
2912costs (roughly, 200-250ns per packet).
2913.It Cm fq_codel
2914implements the FQ-CoDel (FlowQueue-CoDel) scheduler/AQM algorithm, which
2915uses a modified Deficit Round Robin scheduler to manage two lists of sub-queues
2916(old sub-queues and new sub-queues) for providing brief periods of priority to
2917lightweight or short burst flows.
2918By default, the total number of sub-queues is 1024.
2919FQ-CoDel's internal, dynamically
2920created sub-queues are controlled by separate instances of CoDel AQM.
2921.It Cm fq_pie
2922implements the FQ-PIE (FlowQueue-PIE) scheduler/AQM algorithm, which similar to
2923.Cm fq_codel
2924but uses per sub-queue PIE AQM instance to control the queue delay.
2925.El
2926.Pp
2927.Cm fq_codel
2928inherits AQM parameters and options from
2929.Cm codel
2930(see below), and
2931.Cm fq_pie
2932inherits AQM parameters and options from
2933.Cm pie
2934(see below).
2935Additionally, both of
2936.Cm fq_codel
2937and
2938.Cm fq_pie
2939have shared scheduler parameters which are:
2940.Bl -tag -width indent
2941.It Cm quantum
2942.Ar m
2943specifies the quantum (credit) of the scheduler.
2944.Ar m
2945is the number of bytes a queue can serve before being moved to the tail
2946of old queues list.
2947The default is 1514 bytes, and the maximum acceptable value
2948is 9000 bytes.
2949.It Cm limit
2950.Ar m
2951specifies the hard size limit (in unit of packets) of all queues managed by an
2952instance of the scheduler.
2953The default value of
2954.Ar m
2955is 10240 packets, and the maximum acceptable value is 20480 packets.
2956.It Cm flows
2957.Ar m
2958specifies the total number of flow queues (sub-queues) that fq_*
2959creates and manages.
2960By default, 1024 sub-queues are created when an instance
2961of the fq_{codel/pie} scheduler is created.
2962The maximum acceptable value is
296365536.
2964.El
2965.Pp
2966Note that any token after
2967.Cm fq_codel
2968or
2969.Cm fq_pie
2970is considered a parameter for fq_{codel/pie}.
2971So, ensure all scheduler
2972configuration options not related to fq_{codel/pie} are written before
2973.Cm fq_codel/fq_pie
2974tokens.
2975.El
2976.Pp
2977In addition to the type, all parameters allowed for a pipe can also
2978be specified for a scheduler.
2979.Pp
2980Finally, the following parameters can be configured for both
2981pipes and queues:
2982.Pp
2983.Bl -tag -width XXXX -compact
2984.It Cm buckets Ar hash-table-size
2985Specifies the size of the hash table used for storing the
2986various queues.
2987Default value is 64 controlled by the
2988.Xr sysctl 8
2989variable
2990.Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.hash_size ,
2991allowed range is 16 to 65536.
2992.Pp
2993.It Cm mask Ar mask-specifier
2994Packets sent to a given pipe or queue by an
2995.Nm
2996rule can be further classified into multiple flows, each of which is then
2997sent to a different
2998.Em dynamic
2999pipe or queue.
3000A flow identifier is constructed by masking the IP addresses,
3001ports and protocol types as specified with the
3002.Cm mask
3003options in the configuration of the pipe or queue.
3004For each different flow identifier, a new pipe or queue is created
3005with the same parameters as the original object, and matching packets
3006are sent to it.
3007.Pp
3008Thus, when
3009.Em dynamic pipes
3010are used, each flow will get the same bandwidth as defined by the pipe,
3011whereas when
3012.Em dynamic queues
3013are used, each flow will share the parent's pipe bandwidth evenly
3014with other flows generated by the same queue (note that other queues
3015with different weights might be connected to the same pipe).
3016.br
3017Available mask specifiers are a combination of one or more of the following:
3018.Pp
3019.Cm dst-ip Ar mask ,
3020.Cm dst-ip6 Ar mask ,
3021.Cm src-ip Ar mask ,
3022.Cm src-ip6 Ar mask ,
3023.Cm dst-port Ar mask ,
3024.Cm src-port Ar mask ,
3025.Cm flow-id Ar mask ,
3026.Cm proto Ar mask
3027or
3028.Cm all ,
3029.Pp
3030where the latter means all bits in all fields are significant.
3031.Pp
3032.It Cm noerror
3033When a packet is dropped by a
3034.Nm dummynet
3035queue or pipe, the error
3036is normally reported to the caller routine in the kernel, in the
3037same way as it happens when a device queue fills up.
3038Setting this
3039option reports the packet as successfully delivered, which can be
3040needed for some experimental setups where you want to simulate
3041loss or congestion at a remote router.
3042.Pp
3043.It Cm plr Ar packet-loss-rate
3044Packet loss rate.
3045Argument
3046.Ar packet-loss-rate
3047is a floating-point number between 0 and 1, with 0 meaning no
3048loss, 1 meaning 100% loss.
3049The loss rate is internally represented on 31 bits.
3050.Pp
3051.It Cm queue Brq Ar slots | size Ns Cm Kbytes
3052Queue size, in
3053.Ar slots
3054or
3055.Cm KBytes .
3056Default value is 50 slots, which
3057is the typical queue size for Ethernet devices.
3058Note that for slow speed links you should keep the queue
3059size short or your traffic might be affected by a significant
3060queueing delay.
3061E.g., 50 max-sized Ethernet packets (1500 bytes) mean 600Kbit
3062or 20s of queue on a 30Kbit/s pipe.
3063Even worse effects can result if you get packets from an
3064interface with a much larger MTU, e.g.\& the loopback interface
3065with its 16KB packets.
3066The
3067.Xr sysctl 8
3068variables
3069.Em net.inet.ip.dummynet.pipe_byte_limit
3070and
3071.Em net.inet.ip.dummynet.pipe_slot_limit
3072control the maximum lengths that can be specified.
3073.Pp
3074.It Cm red | gred Ar w_q Ns / Ns Ar min_th Ns / Ns Ar max_th Ns / Ns Ar max_p
3075[ecn]
3076Make use of the RED (Random Early Detection) queue management algorithm.
3077.Ar w_q
3078and
3079.Ar max_p
3080are floating
3081point numbers between 0 and 1 (inclusive), while
3082.Ar min_th
3083and
3084.Ar max_th
3085are integer numbers specifying thresholds for queue management
3086(thresholds are computed in bytes if the queue has been defined
3087in bytes, in slots otherwise).
3088The two parameters can also be of the same value if needed.
3089The
3090.Nm dummynet
3091also supports the gentle RED variant (gred) and ECN (Explicit Congestion
3092Notification) as optional.
3093Three
3094.Xr sysctl 8
3095variables can be used to control the RED behaviour:
3096.Bl -tag -width indent
3097.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_lookup_depth
3098specifies the accuracy in computing the average queue
3099when the link is idle (defaults to 256, must be greater than zero)
3100.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_avg_pkt_size
3101specifies the expected average packet size (defaults to 512, must be
3102greater than zero)
3103.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_max_pkt_size
3104specifies the expected maximum packet size, only used when queue
3105thresholds are in bytes (defaults to 1500, must be greater than zero).
3106.El
3107.Pp
3108.It Cm codel Oo Cm target Ar time Oc Oo Cm interval Ar time Oc Oo Cm ecn |
3109.Cm noecn Oc
3110Make use of the CoDel (Controlled-Delay) queue management algorithm.
3111.Ar time
3112is interpreted as milliseconds by default but seconds (s), milliseconds (ms) or
3113microseconds (us) can be specified instead.
3114CoDel drops or marks (ECN) packets
3115depending on packet sojourn time in the queue.
3116.Cm target
3117.Ar time
3118(5ms by default) is the minimum acceptable persistent queue delay that CoDel
3119allows.
3120CoDel does not drop packets directly after packets sojourn time becomes
3121higher than
3122.Cm target
3123.Ar time
3124but waits for
3125.Cm interval
3126.Ar time
3127(100ms default) before dropping.
3128.Cm interval
3129.Ar time
3130should be set to maximum RTT for all expected connections.
3131.Cm ecn
3132enables (disabled by default) packet marking (instead of dropping) for
3133ECN-enabled TCP flows when queue delay becomes high.
3134.Pp
3135Note that any token after
3136.Cm codel
3137is considered a parameter for CoDel.
3138So, ensure all pipe/queue
3139configuration options are written before
3140.Cm codel
3141token.
3142.Pp
3143The
3144.Xr sysctl 8
3145variables
3146.Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.codel.target
3147and
3148.Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.codel.interval
3149can be used to set CoDel default parameters.
3150.Pp
3151.It Cm pie Oo Cm target Ar time Oc Oo Cm tupdate Ar time Oc Oo
3152.Cm alpha Ar n Oc Oo Cm beta Ar n Oc Oo Cm max_burst Ar time Oc Oo
3153.Cm max_ecnth Ar n Oc Oo Cm ecn | Cm noecn Oc Oo Cm capdrop |
3154.Cm nocapdrop Oc Oo Cm drand | Cm nodrand Oc Oo Cm onoff
3155.Oc Oo Cm dre | Cm ts Oc
3156Make use of the PIE (Proportional Integral controller Enhanced) queue management
3157algorithm.
3158PIE drops or marks packets depending on a calculated drop probability during
3159en-queue process, with the aim of achieving high throughput while keeping queue
3160delay low.
3161At regular time intervals of
3162.Cm tupdate
3163.Ar time
3164(15ms by default) a background process (re)calculates the probability based on queue delay
3165deviations from
3166.Cm target
3167.Ar time
3168(15ms by default) and queue delay trends.
3169PIE approximates current queue
3170delay by using a departure rate estimation method, or (optionally) by using a
3171packet timestamp method similar to CoDel.
3172.Ar time
3173is interpreted as milliseconds by default but seconds (s), milliseconds (ms) or
3174microseconds (us) can be specified instead.
3175The other PIE parameters and options are as follows:
3176.Bl -tag -width indent
3177.It Cm alpha Ar n
3178.Ar n
3179is a floating point number between 0 and 7 which specifies the weight of queue
3180delay deviations that is used in drop probability calculation.
31810.125 is the default.
3182.It Cm beta Ar n
3183.Ar n
3184is a floating point number between 0 and 7 which specifies is the weight of queue
3185delay trend that is used in drop probability calculation.
31861.25 is the default.
3187.It Cm max_burst Ar time
3188The maximum period of time that PIE does not drop/mark packets.
3189150ms is the
3190default and 10s is the maximum value.
3191.It Cm max_ecnth Ar n
3192Even when ECN is enabled, PIE drops packets instead of marking them when drop
3193probability becomes higher than ECN probability threshold
3194.Cm max_ecnth Ar n
3195, the default is 0.1 (i.e 10%) and 1 is the maximum value.
3196.It Cm ecn | noecn
3197enable or disable ECN marking for ECN-enabled TCP flows.
3198Disabled by default.
3199.It Cm capdrop | nocapdrop
3200enable or disable cap drop adjustment.
3201Cap drop adjustment is enabled by default.
3202.It Cm drand | nodrand
3203enable or disable drop probability de-randomisation.
3204De-randomisation eliminates
3205the problem of dropping packets too close or too far.
3206De-randomisation is enabled by default.
3207.It Cm onoff
3208enable turning PIE on and off depending on queue load.
3209If this option is enabled,
3210PIE turns on when over 1/3 of queue becomes full.
3211This option is disabled by
3212default.
3213.It Cm dre | ts
3214Calculate queue delay using departure rate estimation
3215.Cm dre
3216or timestamps
3217.Cm ts .
3218.Cm dre
3219is used by default.
3220.El
3221.Pp
3222Note that any token after
3223.Cm pie
3224is considered a parameter for PIE.
3225So ensure all pipe/queue
3226the configuration options are written before
3227.Cm pie
3228token.
3229.Xr sysctl 8
3230variables can be used to control the
3231.Cm pie
3232default parameters.
3233See the
3234.Sx SYSCTL VARIABLES
3235section for more details.
3236.El
3237.Pp
3238When used with IPv6 data,
3239.Nm dummynet
3240currently has several limitations.
3241Information necessary to route link-local packets to an
3242interface is not available after processing by
3243.Nm dummynet
3244so those packets are dropped in the output path.
3245Care should be taken to ensure that link-local packets are not passed to
3246.Nm dummynet .
3247.Sh CHECKLIST
3248Here are some important points to consider when designing your
3249rules:
3250.Bl -bullet
3251.It
3252Remember that you filter both packets going
3253.Cm in
3254and
3255.Cm out .
3256Most connections need packets going in both directions.
3257.It
3258Remember to test very carefully.
3259It is a good idea to be near the console when doing this.
3260If you cannot be near the console,
3261use an auto-recovery script such as the one in
3262.Pa /usr/share/examples/ipfw/change_rules.sh .
3263.It
3264Do not forget the loopback interface.
3265.El
3266.Sh FINE POINTS
3267.Bl -bullet
3268.It
3269There are circumstances where fragmented datagrams are unconditionally
3270dropped.
3271TCP packets are dropped if they do not contain at least 20 bytes of
3272TCP header, UDP packets are dropped if they do not contain a full 8
3273byte UDP header, and ICMP packets are dropped if they do not contain
32744 bytes of ICMP header, enough to specify the ICMP type, code, and
3275checksum.
3276These packets are simply logged as
3277.Dq pullup failed
3278since there may not be enough good data in the packet to produce a
3279meaningful log entry.
3280.It
3281Another type of packet is unconditionally dropped, a TCP packet with a
3282fragment offset of one.
3283This is a valid packet, but it only has one use, to try
3284to circumvent firewalls.
3285When logging is enabled, these packets are
3286reported as being dropped by rule -1.
3287.It
3288If you are logged in over a network, loading the
3289.Xr kld 4
3290version of
3291.Nm
3292is probably not as straightforward as you would think.
3293The following command line is recommended:
3294.Bd -literal -offset indent
3295kldload ipfw && \e
3296ipfw add 32000 allow ip from any to any
3297.Ed
3298.Pp
3299Along the same lines, doing an
3300.Bd -literal -offset indent
3301ipfw flush
3302.Ed
3303.Pp
3304in similar surroundings is also a bad idea.
3305.It
3306The
3307.Nm
3308filter list may not be modified if the system security level
3309is set to 3 or higher
3310(see
3311.Xr init 8
3312for information on system security levels).
3313.El
3314.Sh PACKET DIVERSION
3315A
3316.Xr divert 4
3317socket bound to the specified port will receive all packets
3318diverted to that port.
3319If no socket is bound to the destination port, or if the divert module is
3320not loaded, or if the kernel was not compiled with divert socket support,
3321the packets are dropped.
3322.Sh NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT)
3323.Nm
3324support in-kernel NAT using the kernel version of
3325.Xr libalias 3 .
3326The kernel module
3327.Cm ipfw_nat
3328should be loaded or kernel should have
3329.Cm options IPFIREWALL_NAT
3330to be able use NAT.
3331.Pp
3332The nat configuration command is the following:
3333.Bd -ragged -offset indent
3334.Bk -words
3335.Cm nat
3336.Ar nat_number
3337.Cm config
3338.Ar nat-configuration
3339.Ek
3340.Ed
3341.Pp
3342The following parameters can be configured:
3343.Bl -tag -width indent
3344.It Cm ip Ar ip_address
3345Define an ip address to use for aliasing.
3346.It Cm if Ar nic
3347Use ip address of NIC for aliasing, dynamically changing
3348it if NIC's ip address changes.
3349.It Cm log
3350Enable logging on this nat instance.
3351.It Cm deny_in
3352Deny any incoming connection from outside world.
3353.It Cm same_ports
3354Try to leave the alias port numbers unchanged from
3355the actual local port numbers.
3356.It Cm unreg_only
3357Traffic on the local network not originating from a RFC 1918
3358unregistered address spaces will be ignored.
3359.It Cm unreg_cgn
3360Like unreg_only, but includes the RFC 6598 (Carrier Grade NAT)
3361address range.
3362.It Cm reset
3363Reset table of the packet aliasing engine on address change.
3364.It Cm reverse
3365Reverse the way libalias handles aliasing.
3366.It Cm proxy_only
3367Obey transparent proxy rules only, packet aliasing is not performed.
3368.It Cm skip_global
3369Skip instance in case of global state lookup (see below).
3370.It Cm port_range Ar lower-upper
3371Set the aliasing ports between the ranges given.
3372Upper port has to be greater than lower.
3373.El
3374.Pp
3375Some special values can be supplied instead of
3376.Va nat_number
3377in nat rule actions:
3378.Bl -tag -width indent
3379.It Cm global
3380Looks up translation state in all configured nat instances.
3381If an entry is found, packet is aliased according to that entry.
3382If no entry was found in any of the instances, packet is passed unchanged,
3383and no new entry will be created.
3384See section
3385.Sx MULTIPLE INSTANCES
3386in
3387.Xr natd 8
3388for more information.
3389.It Cm tablearg
3390Uses argument supplied in lookup table.
3391See
3392.Sx LOOKUP TABLES
3393section below for more information on lookup tables.
3394.El
3395.Pp
3396To let the packet continue after being (de)aliased, set the sysctl variable
3397.Va net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass
3398to 0.
3399For more information about aliasing modes, refer to
3400.Xr libalias 3 .
3401See Section
3402.Sx EXAMPLES
3403for some examples of nat usage.
3404.Ss REDIRECT AND LSNAT SUPPORT IN IPFW
3405Redirect and LSNAT support follow closely the syntax used in
3406.Xr natd 8 .
3407See Section
3408.Sx EXAMPLES
3409for some examples on how to do redirect and lsnat.
3410.Ss SCTP NAT SUPPORT
3411SCTP nat can be configured in a similar manner to TCP through the
3412.Nm
3413command line tool.
3414The main difference is that
3415.Nm sctp nat
3416does not do port translation.
3417Since the local and global side ports will be the same,
3418there is no need to specify both.
3419Ports are redirected as follows:
3420.Bd -ragged -offset indent
3421.Bk -words
3422.Cm nat
3423.Ar nat_number
3424.Cm config if
3425.Ar nic
3426.Cm redirect_port sctp
3427.Ar ip_address [,addr_list] {[port | port-port] [,ports]}
3428.Ek
3429.Ed
3430.Pp
3431Most
3432.Nm sctp nat
3433configuration can be done in real-time through the
3434.Xr sysctl 8
3435interface.
3436All may be changed dynamically, though the hash_table size will only
3437change for new
3438.Nm nat
3439instances.
3440See
3441.Sx SYSCTL VARIABLES
3442for more info.
3443.Sh IPv6/IPv4 NETWORK ADDRESS AND PROTOCOL TRANSLATION
3444.Ss Stateful translation
3445.Nm
3446supports in-kernel IPv6/IPv4 network address and protocol translation.
3447Stateful NAT64 translation allows IPv6-only clients to contact IPv4 servers
3448using unicast TCP, UDP or ICMP protocols.
3449One or more IPv4 addresses assigned to a stateful NAT64 translator are shared
3450among several IPv6-only clients.
3451When stateful NAT64 is used in conjunction with DNS64, no changes are usually
3452required in the IPv6 client or the IPv4 server.
3453The kernel module
3454.Cm ipfw_nat64
3455should be loaded or kernel should have
3456.Cm options IPFIREWALL_NAT64
3457to be able use stateful NAT64 translator.
3458.Pp
3459Stateful NAT64 uses a bunch of memory for several types of objects.
3460When IPv6 client initiates connection, NAT64 translator creates a host entry
3461in the states table.
3462Each host entry uses preallocated IPv4 alias entry.
3463Each alias entry has a number of ports group entries allocated on demand.
3464Ports group entries contains connection state entries.
3465There are several options to control limits and lifetime for these objects.
3466.Pp
3467NAT64 translator follows RFC7915 when does ICMPv6/ICMP translation,
3468unsupported message types will be silently dropped.
3469IPv6 needs several ICMPv6 message types to be explicitly allowed for correct
3470operation.
3471Make sure that ND6 neighbor solicitation (ICMPv6 type 135) and neighbor
3472advertisement (ICMPv6 type 136) messages will not be handled by translation
3473rules.
3474.Pp
3475After translation NAT64 translator by default sends packets through
3476corresponding netisr queue.
3477Thus translator host should be configured as IPv4 and IPv6 router.
3478Also this means, that a packet is handled by firewall twice.
3479First time an original packet is handled and consumed by translator,
3480and then it is handled again as translated packet.
3481This behavior can be changed by sysctl variable
3482.Va net.inet.ip.fw.nat64_direct_output .
3483Also translated packet can be tagged using
3484.Cm tag
3485rule action, and then matched by
3486.Cm tagged
3487opcode to avoid loops and extra overhead.
3488.Pp
3489The stateful NAT64 configuration command is the following:
3490.Bd -ragged -offset indent
3491.Bk -words
3492.Cm nat64lsn
3493.Ar name
3494.Cm create
3495.Ar create-options
3496.Ek
3497.Ed
3498.Pp
3499The following parameters can be configured:
3500.Bl -tag -width indent
3501.It Cm prefix4 Ar ipv4_prefix/plen
3502The IPv4 prefix with mask defines the pool of IPv4 addresses used as
3503source address after translation.
3504Stateful NAT64 module translates IPv6 source address of client to one
3505IPv4 address from this pool.
3506Note that incoming IPv4 packets that don't have corresponding state entry
3507in the states table will be dropped by translator.
3508Make sure that translation rules handle packets, destined to configured prefix.
3509.It Cm prefix6 Ar ipv6_prefix/length
3510The IPv6 prefix defines IPv4-embedded IPv6 addresses used by translator
3511to represent IPv4 addresses.
3512This IPv6 prefix should be configured in DNS64.
3513The translator implementation follows RFC6052, that restricts the length of
3514prefixes to one of following: 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, or 96.
3515The Well-Known IPv6 Prefix 64:ff9b:: must be 96 bits long.
3516The special
3517.Ar ::/length
3518prefix can be used to handle several IPv6 prefixes with one NAT64 instance.
3519The NAT64 instance will determine a destination IPv4 address from prefix
3520.Ar length .
3521.It Cm states_chunks Ar number
3522The number of states chunks in single ports group.
3523Each ports group by default can keep 64 state entries in single chunk.
3524The above value affects the maximum number of states that can be associated with single IPv4 alias address and port.
3525The value must be power of 2, and up to 128.
3526.It Cm host_del_age Ar seconds
3527The number of seconds until the host entry for a IPv6 client will be deleted
3528and all its resources will be released due to inactivity.
3529Default value is
3530.Ar 3600 .
3531.It Cm pg_del_age Ar seconds
3532The number of seconds until a ports group with unused state entries will
3533be released.
3534Default value is
3535.Ar 900 .
3536.It Cm tcp_syn_age Ar seconds
3537The number of seconds while a state entry for TCP connection with only SYN
3538sent will be kept.
3539If TCP connection establishing will not be finished,
3540state entry will be deleted.
3541Default value is
3542.Ar 10 .
3543.It Cm tcp_est_age Ar seconds
3544The number of seconds while a state entry for established TCP connection
3545will be kept.
3546Default value is
3547.Ar 7200 .
3548.It Cm tcp_close_age Ar seconds
3549The number of seconds while a state entry for closed TCP connection
3550will be kept.
3551Keeping state entries for closed connections is needed, because IPv4 servers
3552typically keep closed connections in a TIME_WAIT state for a several minutes.
3553Since translator's IPv4 addresses are shared among all IPv6 clients,
3554new connections from the same addresses and ports may be rejected by server,
3555because these connections are still in a TIME_WAIT state.
3556Keeping them in translator's state table protects from such rejects.
3557Default value is
3558.Ar 180 .
3559.It Cm udp_age Ar seconds
3560The number of seconds while translator keeps state entry in a waiting for
3561reply to the sent UDP datagram.
3562Default value is
3563.Ar 120 .
3564.It Cm icmp_age Ar seconds
3565The number of seconds while translator keeps state entry in a waiting for
3566reply to the sent ICMP message.
3567Default value is
3568.Ar 60 .
3569.It Cm log
3570Turn on logging of all handled packets via BPF through
3571.Ar ipfwlog0
3572interface.
3573.Ar ipfwlog0
3574is a pseudo interface and can be created after a boot manually with
3575.Cm ifconfig
3576command.
3577Note that it has different purpose than
3578.Ar ipfw0
3579interface.
3580Translators sends to BPF an additional information with each packet.
3581With
3582.Cm tcpdump
3583you are able to see each handled packet before and after translation.
3584.It Cm -log
3585Turn off logging of all handled packets via BPF.
3586.It Cm allow_private
3587Turn on processing private IPv4 addresses.
3588By default IPv6 packets with destinations mapped to private address ranges
3589defined by RFC1918 are not processed.
3590.It Cm -allow_private
3591Turn off private address handling in
3592.Nm nat64
3593instance.
3594.El
3595.Pp
3596To inspect a states table of stateful NAT64 the following command can be used:
3597.Bd -ragged -offset indent
3598.Bk -words
3599.Cm nat64lsn
3600.Ar name
3601.Cm show Cm states
3602.Ek
3603.Ed
3604.Pp
3605Stateless NAT64 translator doesn't use a states table for translation
3606and converts IPv4 addresses to IPv6 and vice versa solely based on the
3607mappings taken from configured lookup tables.
3608Since a states table doesn't used by stateless translator,
3609it can be configured to pass IPv4 clients to IPv6-only servers.
3610.Pp
3611The stateless NAT64 configuration command is the following:
3612.Bd -ragged -offset indent
3613.Bk -words
3614.Cm nat64stl
3615.Ar name
3616.Cm create
3617.Ar create-options
3618.Ek
3619.Ed
3620.Pp
3621The following parameters can be configured:
3622.Bl -tag -width indent
3623.It Cm prefix6 Ar ipv6_prefix/length
3624The IPv6 prefix defines IPv4-embedded IPv6 addresses used by translator
3625to represent IPv4 addresses.
3626This IPv6 prefix should be configured in DNS64.
3627.It Cm table4 Ar table46
3628The lookup table
3629.Ar table46
3630contains mapping how IPv4 addresses should be translated to IPv6 addresses.
3631.It Cm table6 Ar table64
3632The lookup table
3633.Ar table64
3634contains mapping how IPv6 addresses should be translated to IPv4 addresses.
3635.It Cm log
3636Turn on logging of all handled packets via BPF through
3637.Ar ipfwlog0
3638interface.
3639.It Cm -log
3640Turn off logging of all handled packets via BPF.
3641.It Cm allow_private
3642Turn on processing private IPv4 addresses.
3643By default IPv6 packets with destinations mapped to private address ranges
3644defined by RFC1918 are not processed.
3645.It Cm -allow_private
3646Turn off private address handling in
3647.Nm nat64
3648instance.
3649.El
3650.Pp
3651Note that the behavior of stateless translator with respect to not matched
3652packets differs from stateful translator.
3653If corresponding addresses was not found in the lookup tables, the packet
3654will not be dropped and the search continues.
3655.Ss XLAT464 CLAT translation
3656XLAT464 CLAT NAT64 translator implements client-side stateless translation as
3657defined in RFC6877 and is very similar to statless NAT64 translator
3658explained above.
3659Instead of lookup tables it uses one-to-one mapping between IPv4 and IPv6
3660addresses using configured prefixes.
3661This mode can be used as a replacement of DNS64 service for applications
3662that are not using it (e.g. VoIP) allowing them to access IPv4-only Internet
3663over IPv6-only networks with help of remote NAT64 translator.
3664.Pp
3665The CLAT NAT64 configuration command is the following:
3666.Bd -ragged -offset indent
3667.Bk -words
3668.Cm nat64clat
3669.Ar name
3670.Cm create
3671.Ar create-options
3672.Ek
3673.Ed
3674.Pp
3675The following parameters can be configured:
3676.Bl -tag -width indent
3677.It Cm clat_prefix Ar ipv6_prefix/length
3678The IPv6 prefix defines IPv4-embedded IPv6 addresses used by translator
3679to represent source IPv4 addresses.
3680.It Cm plat_prefix Ar ipv6_prefix/length
3681The IPv6 prefix defines IPv4-embedded IPv6 addresses used by translator
3682to represent destination IPv4 addresses.
3683This IPv6 prefix should be configured on a remote NAT64 translator.
3684.It Cm log
3685Turn on logging of all handled packets via BPF through
3686.Ar ipfwlog0
3687interface.
3688.It Cm -log
3689Turn off logging of all handled packets via BPF.
3690.It Cm allow_private
3691Turn on processing private IPv4 addresses.
3692By default
3693.Nm nat64clat
3694instance will not process IPv4 packets with destination address from private
3695ranges as defined in RFC1918.
3696.It Cm -allow_private
3697Turn off private address handling in
3698.Nm nat64clat
3699instance.
3700.El
3701.Pp
3702Note that the behavior of CLAT translator with respect to not matched
3703packets differs from stateful translator.
3704If corresponding addresses were not matched against prefixes configured,
3705the packet will not be dropped and the search continues.
3706.Sh IPv6-to-IPv6 NETWORK PREFIX TRANSLATION (NPTv6)
3707.Nm
3708supports in-kernel IPv6-to-IPv6 network prefix translation as described
3709in RFC6296.
3710The kernel module
3711.Cm ipfw_nptv6
3712should be loaded or kernel should has
3713.Cm options IPFIREWALL_NPTV6
3714to be able use NPTv6 translator.
3715.Pp
3716The NPTv6 configuration command is the following:
3717.Bd -ragged -offset indent
3718.Bk -words
3719.Cm nptv6
3720.Ar name
3721.Cm create
3722.Ar create-options
3723.Ek
3724.Ed
3725.Pp
3726The following parameters can be configured:
3727.Bl -tag -width indent
3728.It Cm int_prefix Ar ipv6_prefix
3729IPv6 prefix used in internal network.
3730NPTv6 module translates source address when it matches this prefix.
3731.It Cm ext_prefix Ar ipv6_prefix
3732IPv6 prefix used in external network.
3733NPTv6 module translates destination address when it matches this prefix.
3734.It Cm ext_if Ar nic
3735The NPTv6 module will use first global IPv6 address from interface
3736.Ar nic
3737as external prefix.
3738It can be useful when IPv6 prefix of external network is dynamically obtained.
3739.Cm ext_prefix
3740and
3741.Cm ext_if
3742options are mutually exclusive.
3743.It Cm prefixlen Ar length
3744The length of specified IPv6 prefixes.
3745It must be in range from 8 to 64.
3746.El
3747.Pp
3748Note that the prefix translation rules are silently ignored when IPv6 packet
3749forwarding is disabled.
3750To enable the packet forwarding, set the sysctl variable
3751.Va net.inet6.ip6.forwarding
3752to 1.
3753.Pp
3754To let the packet continue after being translated, set the sysctl variable
3755.Va net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass
3756to 0.
3757.Sh LOADER TUNABLES
3758Tunables can be set in
3759.Xr loader 8
3760prompt,
3761.Xr loader.conf 5
3762or
3763.Xr kenv 1
3764before ipfw module gets loaded.
3765.Bl -tag -width indent
3766.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.default_to_accept : No 0
3767Defines ipfw last rule behavior.
3768This value overrides
3769.Cd "options IPFW_DEFAULT_TO_(ACCEPT|DENY)"
3770from kernel configuration file.
3771.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.tables_max : No 128
3772Defines number of tables available in ipfw.
3773Number cannot exceed 65534.
3774.El
3775.Sh SYSCTL VARIABLES
3776A set of
3777.Xr sysctl 8
3778variables controls the behaviour of the firewall and
3779associated modules
3780.Pq Nm dummynet , bridge , sctp nat .
3781These are shown below together with their default value
3782(but always check with the
3783.Xr sysctl 8
3784command what value is actually in use) and meaning:
3785.Bl -tag -width indent
3786.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.accept_global_ootb_addip : No 0
3787Defines how the
3788.Nm nat
3789responds to receipt of global OOTB ASCONF-AddIP:
3790.Bl -tag -width indent
3791.It Cm 0
3792No response (unless a partially matching association exists -
3793ports and vtags match but global address does not)
3794.It Cm 1
3795.Nm nat
3796will accept and process all OOTB global AddIP messages.
3797.El
3798.Pp
3799Option 1 should never be selected as this forms a security risk.
3800An attacker can
3801establish multiple fake associations by sending AddIP messages.
3802.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.chunk_proc_limit : No 5
3803Defines the maximum number of chunks in an SCTP packet that will be
3804parsed for a
3805packet that matches an existing association.
3806This value is enforced to be greater or equal than
3807.Cm net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.initialising_chunk_proc_limit .
3808A high value is
3809a DoS risk yet setting too low a value may result in
3810important control chunks in
3811the packet not being located and parsed.
3812.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.error_on_ootb : No 1
3813Defines when the
3814.Nm nat
3815responds to any Out-of-the-Blue (OOTB) packets with ErrorM packets.
3816An OOTB packet is a packet that arrives with no existing association
3817registered in the
3818.Nm nat
3819and is not an INIT or ASCONF-AddIP packet:
3820.Bl -tag -width indent
3821.It Cm 0
3822ErrorM is never sent in response to OOTB packets.
3823.It Cm 1
3824ErrorM is only sent to OOTB packets received on the local side.
3825.It Cm 2
3826ErrorM is sent to the local side and on the global side ONLY if there is a
3827partial match (ports and vtags match but the source global IP does not).
3828This value is only useful if the
3829.Nm nat
3830is tracking global IP addresses.
3831.It Cm 3
3832ErrorM is sent in response to all OOTB packets on both
3833the local and global side
3834(DoS risk).
3835.El
3836.Pp
3837At the moment the default is 0, since the ErrorM packet is not yet
3838supported by most SCTP stacks.
3839When it is supported, and if not tracking
3840global addresses, we recommend setting this value to 1 to allow
3841multi-homed local hosts to function with the
3842.Nm nat .
3843To track global addresses, we recommend setting this value to 2 to
3844allow global hosts to be informed when they need to (re)send an
3845ASCONF-AddIP.
3846Value 3 should never be chosen (except for debugging) as the
3847.Nm nat
3848will respond to all OOTB global packets (a DoS risk).
3849.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.hashtable_size : No 2003
3850Size of hash tables used for
3851.Nm nat
3852lookups (100 < prime_number > 1000001).
3853This value sets the
3854.Nm hash table
3855size for any future created
3856.Nm nat
3857instance and therefore must be set prior to creating a
3858.Nm nat
3859instance.
3860The table sizes may be changed to suit specific needs.
3861If there will be few
3862concurrent associations, and memory is scarce, you may make these smaller.
3863If there will be many thousands (or millions) of concurrent associations, you
3864should make these larger.
3865A prime number is best for the table size.
3866The sysctl
3867update function will adjust your input value to the next highest prime number.
3868.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.holddown_time : No 0
3869Hold association in table for this many seconds after receiving a
3870SHUTDOWN-COMPLETE.
3871This allows endpoints to correct shutdown gracefully if a
3872shutdown_complete is lost and retransmissions are required.
3873.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.init_timer : No 15
3874Timeout value while waiting for (INIT-ACK|AddIP-ACK).
3875This value cannot be 0.
3876.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.initialising_chunk_proc_limit : No 2
3877Defines the maximum number of chunks in an SCTP packet that will be parsed when
3878no existing association exists that matches that packet.
3879Ideally this packet
3880will only be an INIT or ASCONF-AddIP packet.
3881A higher value may become a DoS
3882risk as malformed packets can consume processing resources.
3883.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.param_proc_limit : No 25
3884Defines the maximum number of parameters within a chunk that will be
3885parsed in a
3886packet.
3887As for other similar sysctl variables, larger values pose a DoS risk.
3888.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.log_level : No 0
3889Level of detail in the system log messages (0 \- minimal, 1 \- event,
38902 \- info, 3 \- detail, 4 \- debug, 5 \- max debug).
3891May be a good
3892option in high loss environments.
3893.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.shutdown_time : No 15
3894Timeout value while waiting for SHUTDOWN-COMPLETE.
3895This value cannot be 0.
3896.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.track_global_addresses : No 0
3897Enables/disables global IP address tracking within the
3898.Nm nat
3899and places an
3900upper limit on the number of addresses tracked for each association:
3901.Bl -tag -width indent
3902.It Cm 0
3903Global tracking is disabled
3904.It Cm >1
3905Enables tracking, the maximum number of addresses tracked for each
3906association is limited to this value
3907.El
3908.Pp
3909This variable is fully dynamic, the new value will be adopted for all newly
3910arriving associations, existing associations are treated
3911as they were previously.
3912Global tracking will decrease the number of collisions within the
3913.Nm nat
3914at a cost
3915of increased processing load, memory usage, complexity, and possible
3916.Nm nat
3917state
3918problems in complex networks with multiple
3919.Nm nats .
3920We recommend not tracking
3921global IP addresses, this will still result in a fully functional
3922.Nm nat .
3923.It Va net.inet.ip.alias.sctp.up_timer : No 300
3924Timeout value to keep an association up with no traffic.
3925This value cannot be 0.
3926.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.codel.interval : No 100000
3927Default
3928.Cm codel
3929AQM interval in microseconds.
3930The value must be in the range 1..5000000.
3931.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.codel.target : No 5000
3932Default
3933.Cm codel
3934AQM target delay time in microseconds (the minimum acceptable persistent queue
3935delay).
3936The value must be in the range 1..5000000.
3937.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.expire : No 1
3938Lazily delete dynamic pipes/queue once they have no pending traffic.
3939You can disable this by setting the variable to 0, in which case
3940the pipes/queues will only be deleted when the threshold is reached.
3941.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqcodel.flows : No 1024
3942Defines the default total number of flow queues (sub-queues) that
3943.Cm fq_codel
3944creates and manages.
3945The value must be in the range 1..65536.
3946.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqcodel.interval : No 100000
3947Default
3948.Cm fq_codel
3949scheduler/AQM interval in microseconds.
3950The value must be in the range 1..5000000.
3951.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqcodel.limit : No 10240
3952The default hard size limit (in unit of packet) of all queues managed by an
3953instance of the
3954.Cm fq_codel
3955scheduler.
3956The value must be in the range 1..20480.
3957.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqcodel.quantum : No 1514
3958The default quantum (credit) of the
3959.Cm fq_codel
3960in unit of byte.
3961The value must be in the range 1..9000.
3962.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqcodel.target : No 5000
3963Default
3964.Cm fq_codel
3965scheduler/AQM target delay time in microseconds (the minimum acceptable
3966persistent queue delay).
3967The value must be in the range 1..5000000.
3968.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.alpha : No 125
3969The default
3970.Ar alpha
3971parameter (scaled by 1000) for
3972.Cm fq_pie
3973scheduler/AQM.
3974The value must be in the range 1..7000.
3975.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.beta : No 1250
3976The default
3977.Ar beta
3978parameter (scaled by 1000) for
3979.Cm fq_pie
3980scheduler/AQM.
3981The value must be in the range 1..7000.
3982.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.flows : No 1024
3983Defines the default total number of flow queues (sub-queues) that
3984.Cm fq_pie
3985creates and manages.
3986The value must be in the range 1..65536.
3987.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.limit : No 10240
3988The default hard size limit (in unit of packet) of all queues managed by an
3989instance of the
3990.Cm fq_pie
3991scheduler.
3992The value must be in the range 1..20480.
3993.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.max_burst : No 150000
3994The default maximum period of microseconds that
3995.Cm fq_pie
3996scheduler/AQM does not drop/mark packets.
3997The value must be in the range 1..10000000.
3998.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.max_ecnth : No 99
3999The default maximum ECN probability threshold (scaled by 1000) for
4000.Cm fq_pie
4001scheduler/AQM.
4002The value must be in the range 1..7000.
4003.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.quantum : No 1514
4004The default quantum (credit) of the
4005.Cm fq_pie
4006in unit of byte.
4007The value must be in the range 1..9000.
4008.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.target : No 15000
4009The default
4010.Cm target
4011delay of the
4012.Cm fq_pie
4013in unit of microsecond.
4014The value must be in the range 1..5000000.
4015.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.fqpie.tupdate : No 15000
4016The default
4017.Cm tupdate
4018of the
4019.Cm fq_pie
4020in unit of microsecond.
4021The value must be in the range 1..5000000.
4022.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.hash_size : No 64
4023Default size of the hash table used for dynamic pipes/queues.
4024This value is used when no
4025.Cm buckets
4026option is specified when configuring a pipe/queue.
4027.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_fast : No 0
4028If set to a non-zero value,
4029the
4030.Dq fast
4031mode of
4032.Nm dummynet
4033operation (see above) is enabled.
4034.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_pkt
4035Number of packets passed to
4036.Nm dummynet .
4037.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_pkt_drop
4038Number of packets dropped by
4039.Nm dummynet .
4040.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.io_pkt_fast
4041Number of packets bypassed by the
4042.Nm dummynet
4043scheduler.
4044.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.max_chain_len : No 16
4045Target value for the maximum number of pipes/queues in a hash bucket.
4046The product
4047.Cm max_chain_len*hash_size
4048is used to determine the threshold over which empty pipes/queues
4049will be expired even when
4050.Cm net.inet.ip.dummynet.expire=0 .
4051.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_lookup_depth : No 256
4052.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_avg_pkt_size : No 512
4053.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.red_max_pkt_size : No 1500
4054Parameters used in the computations of the drop probability
4055for the RED algorithm.
4056.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.pie.alpha : No 125
4057The default
4058.Ar alpha
4059parameter (scaled by 1000) for
4060.Cm pie
4061AQM.
4062The value must be in the range 1..7000.
4063.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.pie.beta : No 1250
4064The default
4065.Ar beta
4066parameter (scaled by 1000) for
4067.Cm pie
4068AQM.
4069The value must be in the range 1..7000.
4070.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.pie.max_burst : No 150000
4071The default maximum period of microseconds that
4072.Cm pie
4073AQM does not drop/mark packets.
4074The value must be in the range 1..10000000.
4075.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.pie.max_ecnth : No 99
4076The default maximum ECN probability threshold (scaled by 1000) for
4077.Cm pie
4078AQM.
4079The value must be in the range 1..7000.
4080.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.pie.target : No 15000
4081The default
4082.Cm target
4083delay of
4084.Cm pie
4085AQM in unit of microsecond.
4086The value must be in the range 1..5000000.
4087.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.pie.tupdate : No 15000
4088The default
4089.Cm tupdate
4090of
4091.Cm pie
4092AQM in unit of microsecond.
4093The value must be in the range 1..5000000.
4094.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.pipe_byte_limit : No 1048576
4095.It Va net.inet.ip.dummynet.pipe_slot_limit : No 100
4096The maximum queue size that can be specified in bytes or packets.
4097These limits prevent accidental exhaustion of resources such as mbufs.
4098If you raise these limits,
4099you should make sure the system is configured so that sufficient resources
4100are available.
4101.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step : No 100
4102Delta between rule numbers when auto-generating them.
4103The value must be in the range 1..1000.
4104.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.curr_dyn_buckets : Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_buckets
4105The current number of buckets in the hash table for dynamic rules
4106(readonly).
4107.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.debug : No 1
4108Controls debugging messages produced by
4109.Nm .
4110.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.default_rule : No 65535
4111The default rule number (read-only).
4112By the design of
4113.Nm , the default rule is the last one, so its number
4114can also serve as the highest number allowed for a rule.
4115.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_buckets : No 256
4116The number of buckets in the hash table for dynamic rules.
4117Must be a power of 2, up to 65536.
4118It only takes effect when all dynamic rules have expired, so you
4119are advised to use a
4120.Cm flush
4121command to make sure that the hash table is resized.
4122.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_count : No 3
4123Current number of dynamic rules
4124(read-only).
4125.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_keepalive : No 1
4126Enables generation of keepalive packets for
4127.Cm keep-state
4128rules on TCP sessions.
4129A keepalive is generated to both
4130sides of the connection every 5 seconds for the last 20
4131seconds of the lifetime of the rule.
4132.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_max : No 8192
4133Maximum number of dynamic rules.
4134When you hit this limit, no more dynamic rules can be
4135installed until old ones expire.
4136.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_ack_lifetime : No 300
4137.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_syn_lifetime : No 20
4138.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_fin_lifetime : No 1
4139.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_rst_lifetime : No 1
4140.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_udp_lifetime : No 5
4141.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_short_lifetime : No 30
4142These variables control the lifetime, in seconds, of dynamic
4143rules.
4144Upon the initial SYN exchange the lifetime is kept short,
4145then increased after both SYN have been seen, then decreased
4146again during the final FIN exchange or when a RST is received.
4147Both
4148.Em dyn_fin_lifetime
4149and
4150.Em dyn_rst_lifetime
4151must be strictly lower than 5 seconds, the period of
4152repetition of keepalives.
4153The firewall enforces that.
4154.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_keep_states : No 0
4155Keep dynamic states on rule/set deletion.
4156States are relinked to default rule (65535).
4157This can be handly for ruleset reload.
4158Turned off by default.
4159.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.enable : No 1
4160Enables the firewall.
4161Setting this variable to 0 lets you run your machine without
4162firewall even if compiled in.
4163.It Va net.inet6.ip6.fw.enable : No 1
4164provides the same functionality as above for the IPv6 case.
4165.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.one_pass : No 1
4166When set, the packet exiting from the
4167.Nm dummynet
4168pipe or from
4169.Xr ng_ipfw 4
4170node is not passed though the firewall again.
4171Otherwise, after an action, the packet is
4172reinjected into the firewall at the next rule.
4173.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.tables_max : No 128
4174Maximum number of tables.
4175.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.verbose : No 1
4176Enables verbose messages.
4177.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.verbose_limit : No 0
4178Limits the number of messages produced by a verbose firewall.
4179.It Va net.inet6.ip6.fw.deny_unknown_exthdrs : No 1
4180If enabled packets with unknown IPv6 Extension Headers will be denied.
4181.It Va net.link.ether.ipfw : No 0
4182Controls whether layer2 packets are passed to
4183.Nm .
4184Default is no.
4185.It Va net.link.bridge.ipfw : No 0
4186Controls whether bridged packets are passed to
4187.Nm .
4188Default is no.
4189.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.nat64_debug : No 0
4190Controls debugging messages produced by
4191.Nm ipfw_nat64
4192module.
4193.It Va net.inet.ip.fw.nat64_direct_output : No 0
4194Controls the output method used by
4195.Nm ipfw_nat64
4196module:
4197.Bl -tag -width indent
4198.It Cm 0
4199A packet is handled by
4200.Nm ipfw
4201twice.
4202First time an original packet is handled by
4203.Nm ipfw
4204and consumed by
4205.Nm ipfw_nat64
4206translator.
4207Then translated packet is queued via netisr to input processing again.
4208.It Cm 1
4209A packet is handled by
4210.Nm ipfw
4211only once, and after translation it will be pushed directly to outgoing
4212interface.
4213.El
4214.El
4215.Sh INTERNAL DIAGNOSTICS
4216There are some commands that may be useful to understand current state
4217of certain subsystems inside kernel module.
4218These commands provide debugging output which may change without notice.
4219.Pp
4220Currently the following commands are available as
4221.Cm internal
4222sub-options:
4223.Bl -tag -width indent
4224.It Cm iflist
4225Lists all interface which are currently tracked by
4226.Nm
4227with their in-kernel status.
4228.It Cm talist
4229List all table lookup algorithms currently available.
4230.El
4231.Sh EXAMPLES
4232There are far too many possible uses of
4233.Nm
4234so this Section will only give a small set of examples.
4235.Ss BASIC PACKET FILTERING
4236This command adds an entry which denies all tcp packets from
4237.Em cracker.evil.org
4238to the telnet port of
4239.Em wolf.tambov.su
4240from being forwarded by the host:
4241.Pp
4242.Dl "ipfw add deny tcp from cracker.evil.org to wolf.tambov.su telnet"
4243.Pp
4244This one disallows any connection from the entire cracker's
4245network to my host:
4246.Pp
4247.Dl "ipfw add deny ip from 123.45.67.0/24 to my.host.org"
4248.Pp
4249A first and efficient way to limit access (not using dynamic rules)
4250is the use of the following rules:
4251.Pp
4252.Dl "ipfw add allow tcp from any to any established"
4253.Dl "ipfw add allow tcp from net1 portlist1 to net2 portlist2 setup"
4254.Dl "ipfw add allow tcp from net3 portlist3 to net3 portlist3 setup"
4255.Dl "..."
4256.Dl "ipfw add deny tcp from any to any"
4257.Pp
4258The first rule will be a quick match for normal TCP packets,
4259but it will not match the initial SYN packet, which will be
4260matched by the
4261.Cm setup
4262rules only for selected source/destination pairs.
4263All other SYN packets will be rejected by the final
4264.Cm deny
4265rule.
4266.Pp
4267If you administer one or more subnets, you can take advantage
4268of the address sets and or-blocks and write extremely
4269compact rulesets which selectively enable services to blocks
4270of clients, as below:
4271.Pp
4272.Dl "goodguys=\*q{ 10.1.2.0/24{20,35,66,18} or 10.2.3.0/28{6,3,11} }\*q"
4273.Dl "badguys=\*q10.1.2.0/24{8,38,60}\*q"
4274.Dl ""
4275.Dl "ipfw add allow ip from ${goodguys} to any"
4276.Dl "ipfw add deny ip from ${badguys} to any"
4277.Dl "... normal policies ..."
4278.Pp
4279Allow any transit packets coming from single vlan 10 and
4280going out to vlans 100-1000:
4281.Pp
4282.Dl "ipfw add 10 allow out recv vlan10 \e"
4283.Dl "{ xmit vlan1000 or xmit \*qvlan[1-9]??\*q }"
4284.Pp
4285The
4286.Cm verrevpath
4287option could be used to do automated anti-spoofing by adding the
4288following to the top of a ruleset:
4289.Pp
4290.Dl "ipfw add deny ip from any to any not verrevpath in"
4291.Pp
4292This rule drops all incoming packets that appear to be coming to the
4293system on the wrong interface.
4294For example, a packet with a source
4295address belonging to a host on a protected internal network would be
4296dropped if it tried to enter the system from an external interface.
4297.Pp
4298The
4299.Cm antispoof
4300option could be used to do similar but more restricted anti-spoofing
4301by adding the following to the top of a ruleset:
4302.Pp
4303.Dl "ipfw add deny ip from any to any not antispoof in"
4304.Pp
4305This rule drops all incoming packets that appear to be coming from another
4306directly connected system but on the wrong interface.
4307For example, a packet with a source address of
4308.Li 192.168.0.0/24 ,
4309configured on
4310.Li fxp0 ,
4311but coming in on
4312.Li fxp1
4313would be dropped.
4314.Pp
4315The
4316.Cm setdscp
4317option could be used to (re)mark user traffic,
4318by adding the following to the appropriate place in ruleset:
4319.Pp
4320.Dl "ipfw add setdscp be ip from any to any dscp af11,af21"
4321.Ss SELECTIVE MIRRORING
4322If your network has network traffic analyzer
4323connected to your host directly via dedicated interface
4324or remotely via RSPAN vlan, you can selectively mirror
4325some Ethernet layer2 frames to the analyzer.
4326.Pp
4327First, make sure your firewall is already configured and runs.
4328Then, enable layer2 processing if not already enabled:
4329.Pp
4330.Dl "sysctl net.link.ether.ipfw=1"
4331.Pp
4332Next, load needed additional kernel modules:
4333.Pp
4334.Dl "kldload ng_ether ng_ipfw"
4335.Pp
4336Optionally, make system load these modules automatically
4337at startup:
4338.Pp
4339.Dl sysrc kld_list+="ng_ether ng_ipfw"
4340.Pp
4341Next, configure
4342.Xr ng_ipfw 4
4343kernel module to transmit mirrored copies of layer2 frames
4344out via vlan900 interface:
4345.Pp
4346.Dl "ngctl connect ipfw: vlan900: 1 lower"
4347.Pp
4348Think of "1" here as of "mirroring instance index" and vlan900 is its
4349destination.
4350You can have arbitrary number of instances.
4351Refer to
4352.Xr ng_ipfw 4
4353for details.
4354.Pp
4355At last, actually start mirroring of selected frames using "instance 1".
4356For frames incoming from em0 interface:
4357.Pp
4358.Dl "ipfw add ngtee 1 ip from any to 192.168.0.1 layer2 in recv em0"
4359.Pp
4360For frames outgoing to em0 interface:
4361.Pp
4362.Dl "ipfw add ngtee 1 ip from any to 192.168.0.1 layer2 out xmit em0"
4363.Pp
4364For both incoming and outgoing frames while flowing through em0:
4365.Pp
4366.Dl "ipfw add ngtee 1 ip from any to 192.168.0.1 layer2 via em0"
4367.Pp
4368Make sure you do not perform mirroring for already duplicated frames
4369or kernel may hang as there is no safety net.
4370.Ss DYNAMIC RULES
4371In order to protect a site from flood attacks involving fake
4372TCP packets, it is safer to use dynamic rules:
4373.Pp
4374.Dl "ipfw add check-state"
4375.Dl "ipfw add deny tcp from any to any established"
4376.Dl "ipfw add allow tcp from my-net to any setup keep-state"
4377.Pp
4378This will let the firewall install dynamic rules only for
4379those connection which start with a regular SYN packet coming
4380from the inside of our network.
4381Dynamic rules are checked when encountering the first
4382occurrence of a
4383.Cm check-state ,
4384.Cm keep-state
4385or
4386.Cm limit
4387rule.
4388A
4389.Cm check-state
4390rule should usually be placed near the beginning of the
4391ruleset to minimize the amount of work scanning the ruleset.
4392Your mileage may vary.
4393.Pp
4394For more complex scenarios with dynamic rules
4395.Cm record-state
4396and
4397.Cm defer-action
4398can be used to precisely control creation and checking of dynamic rules.
4399Example of usage of these options are provided in
4400.Sx NETWORK ADDRESS TRANSLATION (NAT)
4401Section.
4402.Pp
4403To limit the number of connections a user can open
4404you can use the following type of rules:
4405.Pp
4406.Dl "ipfw add allow tcp from my-net/24 to any setup limit src-addr 10"
4407.Dl "ipfw add allow tcp from any to me setup limit src-addr 4"
4408.Pp
4409The former (assuming it runs on a gateway) will allow each host
4410on a /24 network to open at most 10 TCP connections.
4411The latter can be placed on a server to make sure that a single
4412client does not use more than 4 simultaneous connections.
4413.Pp
4414.Em BEWARE :
4415stateful rules can be subject to denial-of-service attacks
4416by a SYN-flood which opens a huge number of dynamic rules.
4417The effects of such attacks can be partially limited by
4418acting on a set of
4419.Xr sysctl 8
4420variables which control the operation of the firewall.
4421.Pp
4422Here is a good usage of the
4423.Cm list
4424command to see accounting records and timestamp information:
4425.Pp
4426.Dl ipfw -at list
4427.Pp
4428or in short form without timestamps:
4429.Pp
4430.Dl ipfw -a list
4431.Pp
4432which is equivalent to:
4433.Pp
4434.Dl ipfw show
4435.Pp
4436Next rule diverts all incoming packets from 192.168.2.0/24
4437to divert port 5000:
4438.Pp
4439.Dl ipfw divert 5000 ip from 192.168.2.0/24 to any in
4440.Ss TRAFFIC SHAPING
4441The following rules show some of the applications of
4442.Nm
4443and
4444.Nm dummynet
4445for simulations and the like.
4446.Pp
4447This rule drops random incoming packets with a probability
4448of 5%:
4449.Pp
4450.Dl "ipfw add prob 0.05 deny ip from any to any in"
4451.Pp
4452A similar effect can be achieved making use of
4453.Nm dummynet
4454pipes:
4455.Pp
4456.Dl "dnctl add pipe 10 ip from any to any"
4457.Dl "dnctl pipe 10 config plr 0.05"
4458.Pp
4459We can use pipes to artificially limit bandwidth, e.g.\& on a
4460machine acting as a router, if we want to limit traffic from
4461local clients on 192.168.2.0/24 we do:
4462.Pp
4463.Dl "ipfw add pipe 1 ip from 192.168.2.0/24 to any out"
4464.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 300Kbit/s queue 50KBytes"
4465.Pp
4466note that we use the
4467.Cm out
4468modifier so that the rule is not used twice.
4469Remember in fact that
4470.Nm
4471rules are checked both on incoming and outgoing packets.
4472.Pp
4473Should we want to simulate a bidirectional link with bandwidth
4474limitations, the correct way is the following:
4475.Pp
4476.Dl "ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any out"
4477.Dl "ipfw add pipe 2 ip from any to any in"
4478.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 64Kbit/s queue 10Kbytes"
4479.Dl "dnctl pipe 2 config bw 64Kbit/s queue 10Kbytes"
4480.Pp
4481The above can be very useful, e.g.\& if you want to see how
4482your fancy Web page will look for a residential user who
4483is connected only through a slow link.
4484You should not use only one pipe for both directions, unless
4485you want to simulate a half-duplex medium (e.g.\& AppleTalk,
4486Ethernet, IRDA).
4487It is not necessary that both pipes have the same configuration,
4488so we can also simulate asymmetric links.
4489.Pp
4490Should we want to verify network performance with the RED queue
4491management algorithm:
4492.Pp
4493.Dl "ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any"
4494.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 500Kbit/s queue 100 red 0.002/30/80/0.1"
4495.Pp
4496Another typical application of the traffic shaper is to
4497introduce some delay in the communication.
4498This can significantly affect applications which do a lot of Remote
4499Procedure Calls, and where the round-trip-time of the
4500connection often becomes a limiting factor much more than
4501bandwidth:
4502.Pp
4503.Dl "ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any out"
4504.Dl "ipfw add pipe 2 ip from any to any in"
4505.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config delay 250ms bw 1Mbit/s"
4506.Dl "dnctl pipe 2 config delay 250ms bw 1Mbit/s"
4507.Pp
4508Per-flow queueing can be useful for a variety of purposes.
4509A very simple one is counting traffic:
4510.Pp
4511.Dl "ipfw add pipe 1 tcp from any to any"
4512.Dl "ipfw add pipe 1 udp from any to any"
4513.Dl "ipfw add pipe 1 ip from any to any"
4514.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config mask all"
4515.Pp
4516The above set of rules will create queues (and collect
4517statistics) for all traffic.
4518Because the pipes have no limitations, the only effect is
4519collecting statistics.
4520Note that we need 3 rules, not just the last one, because
4521when
4522.Nm
4523tries to match IP packets it will not consider ports, so we
4524would not see connections on separate ports as different
4525ones.
4526.Pp
4527A more sophisticated example is limiting the outbound traffic
4528on a net with per-host limits, rather than per-network limits:
4529.Pp
4530.Dl "ipfw add pipe 1 ip from 192.168.2.0/24 to any out"
4531.Dl "ipfw add pipe 2 ip from any to 192.168.2.0/24 in"
4532.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config mask src-ip 0x000000ff bw 200Kbit/s queue 20Kbytes"
4533.Dl "dnctl pipe 2 config mask dst-ip 0x000000ff bw 200Kbit/s queue 20Kbytes"
4534.Ss LOOKUP TABLES
4535In the following example, we need to create several traffic bandwidth
4536classes and we need different hosts/networks to fall into different classes.
4537We create one pipe for each class and configure them accordingly.
4538Then we create a single table and fill it with IP subnets and addresses.
4539For each subnet/host we set the argument equal to the number of the pipe
4540that it should use.
4541Then we classify traffic using a single rule:
4542.Pp
4543.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 1000Kbyte/s"
4544.Dl "dnctl pipe 4 config bw 4000Kbyte/s"
4545.Dl "..."
4546.Dl "ipfw table T1 create type addr"
4547.Dl "ipfw table T1 add 192.168.2.0/24 1"
4548.Dl "ipfw table T1 add 192.168.0.0/27 4"
4549.Dl "ipfw table T1 add 192.168.0.2 1"
4550.Dl "..."
4551.Dl "ipfw add pipe tablearg ip from 'table(T1)' to any"
4552.Pp
4553Using the
4554.Cm fwd
4555action, the table entries may include hostnames and IP addresses.
4556.Pp
4557.Dl "ipfw table T2 create type addr valtype ipv4"
4558.Dl "ipfw table T2 add 192.168.2.0/24 10.23.2.1"
4559.Dl "ipfw table T2 add 192.168.0.0/27 router1.dmz"
4560.Dl "..."
4561.Dl "ipfw add 100 fwd tablearg ip from any to 'table(T2)'"
4562.Pp
4563In the following example per-interface firewall is created:
4564.Pp
4565.Dl "ipfw table IN create type iface valtype skipto,fib"
4566.Dl "ipfw table IN add vlan20 12000,12"
4567.Dl "ipfw table IN add vlan30 13000,13"
4568.Dl "ipfw table OUT create type iface valtype skipto"
4569.Dl "ipfw table OUT add vlan20 22000"
4570.Dl "ipfw table OUT add vlan30 23000"
4571.Dl ".."
4572.Dl "ipfw add 100 setfib tablearg ip from any to any recv 'table(IN)' in"
4573.Dl "ipfw add 200 skipto tablearg ip from any to any recv 'table(IN)' in"
4574.Dl "ipfw add 300 skipto tablearg ip from any to any xmit 'table(OUT)' out"
4575.Pp
4576The following example illustrate usage of flow tables:
4577.Pp
4578.Dl "ipfw table fl create type flow:src-ip,proto,dst-ip,dst-port"
4579.Dl "ipfw table fl add 2a02:6b8:77::88,tcp,2a02:6b8:77::99,80 11"
4580.Dl "ipfw table fl add 10.0.0.1,udp,10.0.0.2,53 12"
4581.Dl ".."
4582.Dl "ipfw add 100 allow ip from any to any flow 'table(fl,11)' recv ix0"
4583.Ss SETS OF RULES
4584To add a set of rules atomically, e.g.\& set 18:
4585.Pp
4586.Dl "ipfw set disable 18"
4587.Dl "ipfw add NN set 18 ...         # repeat as needed"
4588.Dl "ipfw set enable 18"
4589.Pp
4590To delete a set of rules atomically the command is simply:
4591.Pp
4592.Dl "ipfw delete set 18"
4593.Pp
4594To test a ruleset and disable it and regain control if something goes wrong:
4595.Pp
4596.Dl "ipfw set disable 18"
4597.Dl "ipfw add NN set 18 ...         # repeat as needed"
4598.Dl "ipfw set enable 18; echo done; sleep 30 && ipfw set disable 18"
4599.Pp
4600Here if everything goes well, you press control-C before the "sleep"
4601terminates, and your ruleset will be left active.
4602Otherwise, e.g.\& if
4603you cannot access your box, the ruleset will be disabled after
4604the sleep terminates thus restoring the previous situation.
4605.Pp
4606To show rules of the specific set:
4607.Pp
4608.Dl "ipfw set 18 show"
4609.Pp
4610To show rules of the disabled set:
4611.Pp
4612.Dl "ipfw -S set 18 show"
4613.Pp
4614To clear a specific rule counters of the specific set:
4615.Pp
4616.Dl "ipfw set 18 zero NN"
4617.Pp
4618To delete a specific rule of the specific set:
4619.Pp
4620.Dl "ipfw set 18 delete NN"
4621.Ss NAT, REDIRECT AND LSNAT
4622First redirect all the traffic to nat instance 123:
4623.Pp
4624.Dl "ipfw add nat 123 all from any to any"
4625.Pp
4626Then to configure nat instance 123 to alias all the outgoing traffic with ip
4627192.168.0.123, blocking all incoming connections, trying to keep
4628same ports on both sides, clearing aliasing table on address change
4629and keeping a log of traffic/link statistics:
4630.Pp
4631.Dl "ipfw nat 123 config ip 192.168.0.123 log deny_in reset same_ports"
4632.Pp
4633Or to change address of instance 123, aliasing table will be cleared (see
4634reset option):
4635.Pp
4636.Dl "ipfw nat 123 config ip 10.0.0.1"
4637.Pp
4638To see configuration of nat instance 123:
4639.Pp
4640.Dl "ipfw nat 123 show config"
4641.Pp
4642To show logs of all instances:
4643.Pp
4644.Dl "ipfw nat show log"
4645.Pp
4646To see configurations of all instances:
4647.Pp
4648.Dl "ipfw nat show config"
4649.Pp
4650Or a redirect rule with mixed modes could looks like:
4651.Bd -literal -offset 2n
4652ipfw nat 123 config redirect_addr 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.66
4653			 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.1:80 500
4654			 redirect_proto udp 192.168.1.43 192.168.1.1
4655			 redirect_addr 192.168.0.10,192.168.0.11
4656			 	    10.0.0.100	# LSNAT
4657			 redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.1:80,192.168.0.10:22
4658			 	    500		# LSNAT
4659.Ed
4660.Pp
4661or it could be split in:
4662.Bd -literal -offset 2n
4663ipfw nat 1 config redirect_addr 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.66
4664ipfw nat 2 config redirect_port tcp 192.168.0.1:80 500
4665ipfw nat 3 config redirect_proto udp 192.168.1.43 192.168.1.1
4666ipfw nat 4 config redirect_addr 192.168.0.10,192.168.0.11,192.168.0.12
4667				         10.0.0.100
4668ipfw nat 5 config redirect_port tcp
4669			192.168.0.1:80,192.168.0.10:22,192.168.0.20:25 500
4670.Ed
4671.Pp
4672Sometimes you may want to mix NAT and dynamic rules.
4673It could be achieved with
4674.Cm record-state
4675and
4676.Cm defer-action
4677options.
4678Problem is, you need to create dynamic rule before NAT and check it
4679after NAT actions (or vice versa) to have consistent addresses and ports.
4680Rule with
4681.Cm keep-state
4682option will trigger activation of existing dynamic state, and action of such
4683rule will be performed as soon as rule is matched.
4684In case of NAT and
4685.Cm allow
4686rule packet need to be passed to NAT, not allowed as soon is possible.
4687.Pp
4688There is example of set of rules to achieve this.
4689Bear in mind that this is example only and it is not very useful by itself.
4690.Pp
4691On way out, after all checks place this rules:
4692.Pp
4693.Dl "ipfw add allow record-state defer-action"
4694.Dl "ipfw add nat 1"
4695.Pp
4696And on way in there should be something like this:
4697.Pp
4698.Dl "ipfw add nat 1"
4699.Dl "ipfw add check-state"
4700.Pp
4701Please note, that first rule on way out doesn't allow packet and doesn't
4702execute existing dynamic rules.
4703All it does, create new dynamic rule with
4704.Cm allow
4705action, if it is not created yet.
4706Later, this dynamic rule is used on way in by
4707.Cm check-state
4708rule.
4709.Ss CONFIGURING CODEL, PIE, FQ-CODEL and FQ-PIE AQM
4710.Cm codel
4711and
4712.Cm pie
4713AQM can be configured for
4714.Nm dummynet
4715.Cm pipe
4716or
4717.Cm queue .
4718.Pp
4719To configure a
4720.Cm pipe
4721with
4722.Cm codel
4723AQM using default configuration for traffic from 192.168.0.0/24 and 1Mbits/s
4724rate limit, we do:
4725.Pp
4726.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 1mbits/s codel"
4727.Dl "ipfw add 100 pipe 1 ip from 192.168.0.0/24 to any"
4728.Pp
4729To configure a
4730.Cm queue
4731with
4732.Cm codel
4733AQM using different configurations parameters for traffic from
4734192.168.0.0/24 and 1Mbits/s rate limit, we do:
4735.Pp
4736.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 1mbits/s"
4737.Dl "dnctl queue 1 config pipe 1 codel target 8ms interval 160ms ecn"
4738.Dl "ipfw add 100 queue 1 ip from 192.168.0.0/24 to any"
4739.Pp
4740To configure a
4741.Cm pipe
4742with
4743.Cm pie
4744AQM using default configuration for traffic from 192.168.0.0/24 and 1Mbits/s
4745rate limit, we do:
4746.Pp
4747.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 1mbits/s pie"
4748.Dl "ipfw add 100 pipe 1 ip from 192.168.0.0/24 to any"
4749.Pp
4750To configure a
4751.Cm queue
4752with
4753.Cm pie
4754AQM using different configuration parameters for traffic from
4755192.168.0.0/24 and 1Mbits/s rate limit, we do:
4756.Pp
4757.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 1mbits/s"
4758.Dl "dnctl queue 1 config pipe 1 pie target 20ms tupdate 30ms ecn"
4759.Dl "ipfw add 100 queue 1 ip from 192.168.0.0/24 to any"
4760.Pp
4761.Cm fq_codel
4762and
4763.Cm fq_pie
4764AQM can be configured for
4765.Nm dummynet
4766schedulers.
4767.Pp
4768To configure
4769.Cm fq_codel
4770scheduler using different configurations parameters for traffic from
4771192.168.0.0/24 and 1Mbits/s rate limit, we do:
4772.Pp
4773.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 1mbits/s"
4774.Dl "dnctl sched 1 config pipe 1 type fq_codel"
4775.Dl "dnctl queue 1 config sched 1"
4776.Dl "ipfw add 100 queue 1 ip from 192.168.0.0/24 to any"
4777.Pp
4778To change
4779.Cm fq_codel
4780default configuration for a
4781.Cm sched
4782such as disable ECN and change the
4783.Ar target
4784to 10ms, we do:
4785.Pp
4786.Dl "dnctl sched 1 config pipe 1 type fq_codel target 10ms noecn"
4787.Pp
4788Similar to
4789.Cm fq_codel ,
4790to configure
4791.Cm fq_pie
4792scheduler using different configurations parameters for traffic from
4793192.168.0.0/24 and 1Mbits/s rate limit, we do:
4794.Pp
4795.Dl "dnctl pipe 1 config bw 1mbits/s"
4796.Dl "dnctl sched 1 config pipe 1 type fq_pie"
4797.Dl "dnctl queue 1 config sched 1"
4798.Dl "ipfw add 100 queue 1 ip from 192.168.0.0/24 to any"
4799.Pp
4800The configurations of
4801.Cm fq_pie
4802.Cm sched
4803can be changed in a similar way as for
4804.Cm fq_codel
4805.Sh SEE ALSO
4806.Xr cpp 1 ,
4807.Xr m4 1 ,
4808.Xr fnmatch 3 ,
4809.Xr altq 4 ,
4810.Xr divert 4 ,
4811.Xr dummynet 4 ,
4812.Xr if_bridge 4 ,
4813.Xr ip 4 ,
4814.Xr ipfirewall 4 ,
4815.Xr ng_ether 4 ,
4816.Xr ng_ipfw 4 ,
4817.Xr protocols 5 ,
4818.Xr services 5 ,
4819.Xr init 8 ,
4820.Xr kldload 8 ,
4821.Xr reboot 8 ,
4822.Xr sysctl 8 ,
4823.Xr syslogd 8 ,
4824.Xr sysrc 8
4825.Sh HISTORY
4826The
4827.Nm
4828utility first appeared in
4829.Fx 2.0 .
4830.Nm dummynet
4831was introduced in
4832.Fx 2.2.8 .
4833Stateful extensions were introduced in
4834.Fx 4.0 .
4835.Nm ipfw2
4836was introduced in Summer 2002.
4837.Sh AUTHORS
4838.An Ugen J. S. Antsilevich ,
4839.An Poul-Henning Kamp ,
4840.An Alex Nash ,
4841.An Archie Cobbs ,
4842.An Luigi Rizzo ,
4843.An Rasool Al-Saadi .
4844.Pp
4845.An -nosplit
4846API based upon code written by
4847.An Daniel Boulet
4848for BSDI.
4849.Pp
4850Dummynet has been introduced by Luigi Rizzo in 1997-1998.
4851.Pp
4852Some early work (1999-2000) on the
4853.Nm dummynet
4854traffic shaper supported by Akamba Corp.
4855.Pp
4856The ipfw core (ipfw2) has been completely redesigned and
4857reimplemented by Luigi Rizzo in summer 2002.
4858Further
4859actions and
4860options have been added by various developers over the years.
4861.Pp
4862.An -nosplit
4863In-kernel NAT support written by
4864.An Paolo Pisati Aq Mt piso@FreeBSD.org
4865as part of a Summer of Code 2005 project.
4866.Pp
4867SCTP
4868.Nm nat
4869support has been developed by
4870.An The Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures (CAIA) Aq http://www.caia.swin.edu.au .
4871The primary developers and maintainers are David Hayes and Jason But.
4872For further information visit:
4873.Aq http://www.caia.swin.edu.au/urp/SONATA
4874.Pp
4875Delay profiles have been developed by Alessandro Cerri and
4876Luigi Rizzo, supported by the
4877European Commission within Projects Onelab and Onelab2.
4878.Pp
4879CoDel, PIE, FQ-CoDel and FQ-PIE AQM for Dummynet have been implemented by
4880.An The Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures (CAIA)
4881in 2016, supported by The Comcast Innovation Fund.
4882The primary developer is
4883Rasool Al-Saadi.
4884.Sh BUGS
4885The syntax has grown over the years and sometimes it might be confusing.
4886Unfortunately, backward compatibility prevents cleaning up mistakes
4887made in the definition of the syntax.
4888.Pp
4889.Em !!! WARNING !!!
4890.Pp
4891Misconfiguring the firewall can put your computer in an unusable state,
4892possibly shutting down network services and requiring console access to
4893regain control of it.
4894.Pp
4895Incoming packet fragments diverted by
4896.Cm divert
4897are reassembled before delivery to the socket.
4898The action used on those packet is the one from the
4899rule which matches the first fragment of the packet.
4900.Pp
4901Packets diverted to userland, and then reinserted by a userland process
4902may lose various packet attributes.
4903The packet source interface name
4904will be preserved if it is shorter than 8 bytes and the userland process
4905saves and reuses the sockaddr_in
4906(as does
4907.Xr natd 8 ) ;
4908otherwise, it may be lost.
4909If a packet is reinserted in this manner, later rules may be incorrectly
4910applied, making the order of
4911.Cm divert
4912rules in the rule sequence very important.
4913.Pp
4914Dummynet drops all packets with IPv6 link-local addresses.
4915.Pp
4916Rules using
4917.Cm uid
4918or
4919.Cm gid
4920may not behave as expected.
4921In particular, incoming SYN packets may
4922have no uid or gid associated with them since they do not yet belong
4923to a TCP connection, and the uid/gid associated with a packet may not
4924be as expected if the associated process calls
4925.Xr setuid 2
4926or similar system calls.
4927.Pp
4928Rule syntax is subject to the command line environment and some patterns
4929may need to be escaped with the backslash character
4930or quoted appropriately.
4931.Pp
4932Due to the architecture of
4933.Xr libalias 3 ,
4934ipfw nat is not compatible with the TCP segmentation offloading (TSO).
4935Thus, to reliably nat your network traffic, please disable TSO
4936on your NICs using
4937.Xr ifconfig 8 .
4938.Pp
4939ICMP error messages are not implicitly matched by dynamic rules
4940for the respective conversations.
4941To avoid failures of network error detection and path MTU discovery,
4942ICMP error messages may need to be allowed explicitly through static
4943rules.
4944.Pp
4945Rules using
4946.Cm call
4947and
4948.Cm return
4949actions may lead to confusing behaviour if ruleset has mistakes,
4950and/or interaction with other subsystems (netgraph, dummynet, etc.) is used.
4951One possible case for this is packet leaving
4952.Nm
4953in subroutine on the input pass, while later on output encountering unpaired
4954.Cm return
4955first.
4956As the call stack is kept intact after input pass, packet will suddenly
4957return to the rule number used on input pass, not on output one.
4958Order of processing should be checked carefully to avoid such mistakes.
4959