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ipf(4)

NAME

       ipf - packet filtering kernel interface

SYNOPSIS

       #include <netinet/ip_compat.h>
       #include <netinet/ip_fil.h>

IOCTLS

       To  add	and  delete rules to the filter list, three 'basic' ioctls are
       provided for use.  The ioctl's are called as:

	    ioctl(fd, SIOCADDFR, struct frentry **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCDELFR, struct frentry **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCIPFFL, int *)

       However, the full complement is as follows:

	    ioctl(fd, SIOCADAFR, struct frentry **) (same as SIOCADDFR)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCRMAFR, struct frentry **) (same as SIOCDELFR)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCADIFR, struct frentry **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCRMIFR, struct frentry **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCINAFR, struct frentry **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCINIFR, struct frentry **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCSETFF, u_int *)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOGGETFF, u_int *)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCGETFS, struct friostat **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCIPFFL, int *)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCIPFFB, int *)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCSWAPA, u_int *)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCFRENB, u_int *)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCFRSYN, u_int *)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCFRZST, struct friostat **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCZRLST, struct frentry **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCAUTHW, struct frauth_t **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCAUTHR, struct frauth_t **)
	    ioctl(fd, SIOCATHST, struct fr_authstat **)

       The variations, SIOCADAFR vs. SIOCADIFR, allow  operation  on  the  two
       lists,  active  and  inactive,  respectively.  All of these ioctl's are
       implemented as being routing ioctls and thus the  same  rules  for  the
       various	routing  ioctls  and  the file descriptor are employed, mainly
       being that the fd must be that of the device associated with the module
       (i.e., /dev/ipl).

       The three groups of ioctls above perform adding rules to the end of the
       list (SIOCAD*), deletion of rules from any place in the list  (SIOCRM*)
       and  insertion  of a rule into the list (SIOCIN*).  The rule place into
       which it is inserted is stored in the "fr_hits" field, below.

       typedef struct  frentry {
	       struct  frentry *fr_next;
	       u_short fr_group;       /* group to which this rule belongs */
	       u_short fr_grhead;      /* group # which this rule starts */
	       struct  frentry *fr_grp;

		*/
	       U_QUAD_T        fr_hits;
	       U_QUAD_T        fr_bytes;
	       /*
		* Fields after this may not change whilst in the kernel.
		*/
	       struct  fr_ip   fr_ip;
	       struct  fr_ip   fr_mip; /* mask structure */

	       u_char  fr_tcpfm;       /* tcp flags mask */
	       u_char  fr_tcpf;        /* tcp flags */

	       u_short fr_icmpm;       /* data for ICMP packets (mask) */
	       u_short fr_icmp;

	       u_char  fr_scmp;        /* data for port comparisons */
	       u_char  fr_dcmp;
	       u_short fr_dport;
	       u_short fr_sport;
	       u_short fr_stop;        /* top port for <> and >< */
	       u_short fr_dtop;        /* top port for <> and >< */
	       u_32_t  fr_flags;       /* per-rule flags && options (see below) */
	       u_short fr_skip;        /* # of rules to skip */
	       u_short fr_loglevel;    /* syslog log facility + priority */
	       int     (*fr_func) __P((int, ip_t *, fr_info_t *));
	       char    fr_icode;       /* return ICMP code */
	       char    fr_ifname[IFNAMSIZ];
       #if BSD > 199306
	       char    fr_oifname[IFNAMSIZ];
       #endif
	       struct  frdest  fr_tif; /* "to" interface */
	       struct  frdest  fr_dif; /* duplicate packet interfaces */
       } frentry_t;

       When adding a new rule, all unused fields (in the filter  rule)	should
       be  initialised to be zero.  To insert a rule, at a particular position
       in the filter list, the number of the rule which it is to  be  inserted
       before must be put in the "fr_hits" field (the first rule is number 0).

       Flags which are recognised in fr_flags:

	    FR_BLOCK	    0x000001   /* do not allow packet to pass */
	    FR_PASS	    0x000002   /* allow packet to pass */
	    FR_OUTQUE	    0x000004   /* outgoing packets */
	    FR_INQUE	    0x000008   /* ingoing packets */
	    FR_LOG	    0x000010   /* Log */
	    FR_LOGB	    0x000011   /* Log-fail */
	    FR_LOGP	    0x000012   /* Log-pass */
	    FR_LOGBODY	    0x000020   /* log the body of packets too */
	    FR_LOGFIRST     0x000040   /* log only the first packet to match */
	    FR_RETRST	    0x000080   /* return a TCP RST packet if blocked */
	    FR_RETICMP	    0x000100   /* return an ICMP packet if blocked */
	    FR_FAKEICMP     0x00180    /* Return ICMP unreachable with fake source */
	    FR_NOMATCH	    0x000200   /* No match occurred */
	    FR_ACCOUNT	    0x000400   /* count packet bytes */
	    FR_KEEPFRAG     0x000800   /* keep fragment information */
	    FR_KEEPSTATE    0x001000   /* keep `connection' state information */
	    FR_AUTH	    0x200000   /* use authentication */
	    FR_PREAUTH	    0x400000   /* require preauthentication */

       Values for fr_scomp and fr_dcomp (source  and  destination  port  value
       comparisons) :

	    FR_NONE	    0
	    FR_EQUAL	    1
	    FR_NEQUAL	    2
	    FR_LESST	    3
	    FR_GREATERT     4
	    FR_LESSTE	    5
	    FR_GREATERTE    6
	    FR_OUTRANGE     7
	    FR_INRANGE	    8

       The  third  ioctl, SIOCIPFFL, flushes either the input filter list, the
       output filter list or both and it returns the number of filters removed
       from  the  list(s).   The  values  which it will take and recognise are
       FR_INQUE and FR_OUTQUE (see above).  This ioctl is also implemented for
       /dev/ipstate  and  will	flush  all state tables entries if passed 0 or
       just all those which are not established if passed 1.

       General Logging Flags
       There are two flags which can be set to log  packets  independently  of
       the  rules  used.   These  allow for packets which are either passed or
       blocked to be logged.  To set (and clear)/get these flags,  two	ioctls
       are provided:

       SIOCSETFF       Takes  an unsigned integer as the parameter.  The flags
		       are then set to those provided (clearing/setting all in
		       one).

			    FF_LOGPASS	   0x10000000
			    FF_LOGBLOCK    0x20000000
			    FF_LOGNOMATCH  0x40000000
			    FF_BLOCKNONIP  0x80000000	 /* Solaris 2.x only */

       SIOCGETFF       Takes  a  pointer to an unsigned integer as the parame-
		       ter.  A copy of the flags currently in used  is	copied
		       to user space.

       Filter statistics
       Statistics on the various operations performed by this package on pack-
       ets is kept inside the  kernel.	 These	statistics  apply  to  packets
       traversing  through  the  kernel.  To retrieve this structure, use this
       ioctl:

	    ioctl(fd, SIOCGETFS, struct friostat *)

       struct  friostat        {
	       struct  filterstats     f_st[2];
	       struct  frentry	       *f_fin[2];
	       struct  frentry	       *f_fout[2];
	       struct  frentry	       *f_acctin[2];
	       struct  frentry	       *f_acctout[2];

       struct	 filterstats {
	       u_long  fr_pass;        /* packets allowed */
	       u_long  fr_block;       /* packets denied */
	       u_long  fr_nom;	       /* packets which don't match any rule */
	       u_long  fr_ppkl;        /* packets allowed and logged */
	       u_long  fr_bpkl;        /* packets denied and logged */
	       u_long  fr_npkl;        /* packets unmatched and logged */
	       u_long  fr_pkl;	       /* packets logged */
	       u_long  fr_skip;        /* packets to be logged but buffer full */
	       u_long  fr_ret;	       /* packets for which a return is sent */
	       u_long  fr_acct;        /* packets for which counting was performed */
	       u_long  fr_bnfr;        /* bad attempts to allocate fragment state */
	       u_long  fr_nfr;	       /* new fragment state kept */
	       u_long  fr_cfr;	       /* add new fragment state but complete pkt */
	       u_long  fr_bads;        /* bad attempts to allocate packet state */
	       u_long  fr_ads;	       /* new packet state kept */
	       u_long  fr_chit;        /* cached hit */
	       u_long  fr_pull[2];     /* good and bad pullup attempts */
       #if SOLARIS
	       u_long  fr_notdata;     /* PROTO/PCPROTO that have no data */
	       u_long  fr_nodata;      /* mblks that have no data */
	       u_long  fr_bad;	       /* bad IP packets to the filter */
	       u_long  fr_notip;       /* packets passed through no on ip queue */
	       u_long  fr_drop;        /* packets dropped - no info for them! */
       #endif
       };
       If we wanted to retrieve all the statistics and reset the counters back
       to  0,  then  the  ioctl()  call would be made to SIOCFRZST rather than
       SIOCGETFS.  In addition to the statistics above, each rule keeps a  hit
       count, counting both number of packets and bytes.  To reset these coun-
       ters for a rule, load the  various  rule  information  into  a  frentry
       structure and call SIOCZRLST.

       Swapping Active lists
       IP  Filter supports two lists of rules for filtering and accounting: an
       active list and an inactive list.  This allows  for  large  scale  rule
       base  changes  to  be  put  in  place atomically with otherwise minimal
       interruption.  Which of the two is active  can  be  changed  using  the
       SIOCSWAPA  ioctl.   It  is important to note that no passed argument is
       recognised and that the value returned is that of the list which is now
       inactive.

FILES

       /dev/ipauth
       /dev/ipl
       /dev/ipnat
       /dev/ipstate

SEE ALSO

       ipl(4), ipnat(4), ipf(5), ipf(8), ipfstat(8)

									IPF(4)

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