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<h1>Iptables - Traversing of tables and chains!</h1>
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<span id="author" class="author">Apostolos rootApostolos@swarmlab.io</span><br>
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<div id="toctitle">Πίνακας περιεχομένων</div>
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<li><a href="#_general">1. General</a></li>
<li><a href="#_destination_local_host_our_own_machine">2. Destination local host (our own machine)</a></li>
<li><a href="#_source_local_host_our_own_machine">3. Source local host (our own machine)</a></li>
<li><a href="#_forwarded_packets">4. Forwarded packets</a></li>
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<h2 id="_general">1. General</h2>
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<div class="paragraph">
<p>When a packet first enters the firewall, it hits the hardware and then gets passed on to the proper device driver in the kernel.</p>
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<p>Then the packet starts to go through a series of steps in the kernel, before it is either sent to the correct application (locally), or forwarded to another host - or whatever happens to it.</p>
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<h2 id="_destination_local_host_our_own_machine">2. Destination local host (our own machine)</h2>
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<caption class="title">Table 1. Destination local host</caption>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Step</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Table</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Chain</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Comment</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">1</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">On the wire (e.g., Internet)</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">2</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Comes in on the interface (e.g., eth0)</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">3</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">raw</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">PREROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This chain is used to handle packets before the connection tracking takes place. It can be used to set a specific connection not to be handled by the connection tracking code for example.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">4</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This is when the connection tracking code takes place</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">5</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">mangle</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">PREROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This chain is normally used for mangling packets, i.e., changing TOS and so on.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">6</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">nat</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">PREROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This chain is used for DNAT mainly. Avoid filtering in this chain since it will be bypassed in certain cases.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Routing decision, i.e., is the packet destined for our local host or to be forwarded and where.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">8</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">mangle</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">INPUT</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">At this point, the mangle INPUT chain is hit. We use this chain to mangle packets, after they have been routed, but before they are actually sent to the process on the machine.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">9</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">filter</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">INPUT</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This is where we do filtering for all incoming traffic destined for our local host. Note that all incoming packets destined for this host pass through this chain, no matter what interface or in which direction they came from.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">10</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Local process or application (i.e., server or client program).</p></td>
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<h2 id="_source_local_host_our_own_machine">3. Source local host (our own machine)</h2>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Chain</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">1</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Routing decision. What source address to use, what outgoing interface to use, and other necessary information that needs to be gathered.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">raw</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">OUTPUT</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This is where you do work before the connection tracking has taken place for locally generated packets. You can mark connections so that they will not be tracked for example.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">4</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This is where the connection tracking takes place for locally generated packets, for example state changes et cetera.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">mangle</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">OUTPUT</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This is where we mangle packets, it is suggested that you do not filter in this chain since it can have side effects.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">nat</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">OUTPUT</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This chain can be used to NAT outgoing packets from the firewall itself.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Routing decision, since the previous mangle and nat changes may have changed how the packet should be routed.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">filter</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">OUTPUT</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This is where we filter packets going out from the local host.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">mangle</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">POSTROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The POSTROUTING chain in the mangle table is mainly used when we want to do mangling on packets before they leave our host, but after the actual routing decisions. This chain will be hit by both packets just traversing the firewall, as well as packets created by the firewall itself.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">nat</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">POSTROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This is where we do SNAT as described earlier. It is suggested that you don&#8217;t do filtering here since it can have side effects, and certain packets might slip through even though you set a default policy of DROP.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">12</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">On the wire (e.g., Internet)</p></td>
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<p>In this example, we&#8217;re assuming that the packet is destined for another host on another network. The packet goes through the different steps in the following fashion:</p>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">1</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">On the wire (i.e., Internet)</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Comes in on the interface (i.e., eth0)</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">raw</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">PREROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Here you can set a connection to not be handled by the connection tracking system.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This is where the non-locally generated connection tracking takes place.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">mangle</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">PREROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This chain is normally used for mangling packets, i.e., changing TOS and so on.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">nat</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">PREROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This chain is used for DNAT mainly. SNAT is done further on. Avoid filtering in this chain since it will be bypassed in certain cases.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">mangle</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">FORWARD</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The packet is then sent on to the FORWARD chain of the mangle table. This can be used for very specific needs, where we want to mangle the packets after the initial routing decision, but before the last routing decision made just before the packet is sent out.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">9</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">filter</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">FORWARD</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">The packet gets routed onto the FORWARD chain. Only forwarded packets go through here, and here we do all the filtering. Note that all traffic that&#8217;s forwarded goes through here (not only in one direction), so you need to think about it when writing your rule-set.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">10</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">mangle</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">POSTROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This chain is used for specific types of packet mangling that we wish to take place after all kinds of routing decisions have been done, but still on this machine.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">nat</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">POSTROUTING</p></td>
<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">This chain should first and foremost be used for SNAT. Avoid doing filtering here, since certain packets might pass this chain without ever hitting it. This is also where Masquerading is done.</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Goes out on the outgoing interface (i.e., eth1).</p></td>
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<td class="tableblock halign-left valign-top"><p class="tableblock">Out on the wire again (i.e., LAN).</p></td>
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<p>Caminante, no hay camino,<br>
se hace camino al andar.</p>
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<p>Wanderer, there is no path,<br>
the path is made by walking.</p>
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<p><strong>Antonio Machado</strong> Campos de Castilla</p>
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