DDoS and other attacks vs iptables (Anti-DDoS security in iptables)

Koratsuki

4 minutes

Avoid an attack DDoS with iptables It has many ways to do it, by packet size, by connection limit, etc. Here we will see how, in an easy, intuitive and well explained way we will achieve the objective, as well as stop other annoying attacks on our servers.

# Iptables

IPT="/sbin/iptables"
ETH="eth0"

#Todo el tráfico syn
$IPT -P INPUT DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
$IPT -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
$IPT -P OUTPUT DROP
$IPT -A OUTPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp ! --syn -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
$IPT -A OUTPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
$IPT -P FORWARD DROP
$IPT -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A FORWARD -p tcp ! --syn -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset
$IPT -A FORWARD -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A FORWARD -i lo -o lo -j ACCEPT

#Cuando sube la carga
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --syn -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

#La que mejor va
$IPT -N syn-flood
$IPT -A syn-flood -m limit --limit 100/second --limit-burst 150 -j RETURN
$IPT -A syn-flood -j LOG --log-prefix "SYN flood: "
$IPT -A syn-flood -j DROP

#Igual que el de arriba pero muy raw
$IPT -N syn-flood
$IPT -A INPUT -i eth0:2 -p tcp --syn -j syn-flood
$IPT -A syn-flood -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 4 -j RETURN
$IPT -A syn-flood -j DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST,ACK SYN -m limit --limit 1/sec -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,ACK RST -m limit --limit 1/sec -j ACCEPT

#Descartar paquetes mal formados
$IPT -N PKT_FAKE
$IPT -A PKT_FAKE -m state --state INVALID -j DROP
$IPT -A PKT_FAKE -p tcp --dport 80 --tcp-flags ALL ACK,RST,SYN,FIN -j DROP
$IPT -A PKT_FAKE -p tcp --dport 80 --tcp-flags SYN,FIN SYN,FIN -j DROP
$IPT -A PKT_FAKE -p tcp --dport 80 --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN,RST -j DROP
$IPT -A PKT_FAKE -p tcp --dport 80 ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j DROP
$IPT -A PKT_FAKE -f -j DROP
$IPT -A PKT_FAKE -j RETURN

#Syn-flood
$IPT -N syn-flood
$IPT -A INPUT -i eth+ -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,ACK,FIN,RST RST -j syn-flood
$IPT -A FORWARD -i eth+ -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,ACK,FIN,RST RST -j syn-flood
$IPT -A syn-flood -m limit --limit 4/s --limit-burst 16 -j RETURN
$IPT -A syn-flood -m limit --limit 75/s --limit-burst 100 -j RETURN -A syn-flood -j LOG --log-prefix "SYN FLOOD " --log-tcp-sequence --log-tcp-options --log-ip-options -m limit --limit 1/second
$IPT -A syn-flood -j DROP

#Requiere módulo "recent"
modprobe ipt_recent
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW -m recent --set
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m state --state NEW -m recent --update --seconds 10 --hitcount 10 -j DROP

# explicación:
# Se añade cada ip que se conecte a la tabla de recent
# Por por cada ip en la tabla de recent si hace mas de x hits en x segundos, se dropea.
$IPT -I INPUT -p tcp --syn -m recent --set
$IPT -I INPUT -p tcp --syn -m recent --update --seconds 10 --hitcount 30 -j DROP

#UDP Flood
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p udp -m limit --limit 100/s -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p udp -j DROP

What it does is count the number of SYN packets (TCP connection start) for each IP address in the last 10 seconds. If it reaches 30, it discards that packet so the connection will not be established (TCP will retry several times, when it drops below the limit it can be set).

#Evitando Layer7 DoS limitando a 80 la máxima cantidad de conexiones
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m hashlimit --hashlimit-upto 50/min --hashlimit-burst 80 --hashlimit-mode srcip --hashlimit-name http -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP

#Permitir el ping, pero a 1 paquete por segundo, para evitar un ataque ICMP Flood
$IPT -A INPUT -p icmp -m state --state NEW --icmp-type echo-request -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 1 -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p icmp -j DROP

#Evitando que escaneen la máquina
$IPT -A INPUT -i $ETH -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,PSH,ACK,URG NONE –j DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -i $ETH -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,FIN SYN,FIN –j DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -i $ETH -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN,RST –j DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -i $ETH -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,RST FIN,RST –j DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -i $ETH -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags ACK,FIN FIN –j DROP
$IPT -A INPUT -i $ETH -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags ACK,URG URG –j DROP

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