[cod] Some new cool iptables!
mdbarber
mdbuk at aol.com
Fri Mar 9 16:45:35 EST 2012
Sorry guys total newbie here, are these dependant on the previously
published rules being in place?
Boyd G. Gafford Ph.D. wrote:
> Just wanted to share these with the COD group here. I've been running
> these rules for about a week now, and they have been working
> wonderfully. Let me know if you end up using them and how they work
> for you.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> # The main logic of ServerArk, all done with iptables!
> # Version 1.01
> # (C) 2012 Boyd G. Gafford Ph.D. (Usage is under the LGPL)
> # To contact me, simply post on the forum at elitewarriors.net.
> #
> # Please note these rules ONLY affect UDP packets to the game servers,
> nothing else!
> # This script will protect all Q3-protocol servers on the port 28960.
> It protects
> # against both 'getstatus' and 'getinfo' attacks, as well as
> 'getchallenge' atttacks,
> # even from a UDP flood with random source IPs.
>
> # Add a limit/drop chain for "getstatus" packets that limits it to 10
> a second for all servers.
> # If you are only protecting one server, you can set the number from
> 10 down to 4 (or 2 even).
> iptables -N LIMITSTAT
> iptables -A LIMITSTAT -p udp -m limit --limit 10/sec --limit-burst 10
> -j ACCEPT
> iptables -A LIMITSTAT -p udp -j DROP
>
> # Add a limit/drop chain for "getinfo" packets that limits it to 10 a
> second for all servers.
> # If you are only protecting one server, you can set the number from
> 10 down to 4 (or 2 even).
> iptables -N LIMITINFO
> iptables -A LIMITINFO -p udp -m limit --limit 10/sec --limit-burst 10
> -j ACCEPT
> iptables -A LIMITINFO -p udp -j DROP
>
> # Add a limit/drop chain for "getchallenge" packets that limits it to
> 5 a second for all servers.
> # If you are only protecting one server, you can set the number from 5
> down to 2. Setting it
> # at 2 means only 2 players could connect to the server per second.
> Set LIMITCONN to the
> # same, as there is one getchallenge/connect packet sequence per valid
> player connection.
> iptables -N LIMITCHLG
> iptables -A LIMITCHLG -p udp -m limit --limit 5/sec --limit-burst 5 -j
> ACCEPT
> iptables -A LIMITCHLG -p udp -j DROP
>
> # Add a limit/drop chain for "connect" packets that limits it to 5 a
> second for all servers.
> # If you are only protecting one server, you can set the number from 5
> down to 2. Setting it
> # at 2 means only 2 players could connect to the server per second.
> Set LIMITCHLG to the
> # same, as there is one getchallenge/connect packet sequence per valid
> player connection.
> iptables -N LIMITCONN
> iptables -A LIMITCONN -p udp -m limit --limit 5/sec --limit-burst 5 -j
> ACCEPT
> iptables -A LIMITCONN -p udp -j DROP
>
> # Add a limit chain that prevents more than 70 packets a second per
> player.
> # This is the main logic of ServerArk, but just performed by an
> iptable rule.
> # We allow up to 128 players which is enough for 4 servers full (at 32
> players each).
> # If you only have one server, you could the size and max to 32.
> # If you have players who have manually set their packet rate up to
> 100, just change the 70 to 100.
> iptables -N LIMITPLRS
> iptables -A LIMITPLRS -p udp -m hashlimit --hashlimit-name PLAYERS
> --hashlimit-above 70/sec --hashlimit-burst 70 --hashlimit-mode
> srcip,srcport --hashlimit-htable-size 128 --hashlimit-htable-max 128
> --hashlimit-htable-gcinterval 1000 --hashlimit-htable-expire 10000 -j DROP
> iptables -A LIMITPLRS -p udp -j ACCEPT
>
> # Add the rules to pick out the various special packets and send them
> to appropriate limit chains.
> # To protect 5 ports, just specify a range like "--dport 28960:28964"
> below.
> iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 28960-m string --string "getstatus"
> --algo bm --from 32 --to 33 -j LIMITSTAT
> iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 28960-m string --string "getinfo"
> --algo bm --from 32 --to 33 -j LIMITINFO
> iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 28960-m string --string
> "getchallenge" --algo bm --from 32 --to 33 -j LIMITCHLG
> iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 28960-m string --string "connect"
> --algo bm --from 32 --to 33 -j LIMITCONN
>
> # Send all other packets (normal player packets) to the limit players
> chain.
> # A port range like "--dport 28960:28964" could also be used here as well.
> iptables -A INPUT -p udp --dport 28960-j LIMITPLRS
> /
> /Also, you can do an "iptables -L -v -n" to see what kind of attacks
> these rules have blocked. Here's an example of this command after a
> "getchallenge" flood attack from random IPs, on our Dallas server
> running on port 29070.
>
> ew at server1:~$ sudo iptables -L -v -n
> Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 11368 packets, 1538K bytes)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
> 3880 177K LIMITSTAT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:29070 STRING match "getstatus" ALGO name
> bm FROM 32 TO 33
> 14036 617K LIMITINFO udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:29070 STRING match "getinfo" ALGO name bm
> FROM 32 TO 33
> 37M 1620M LIMITCHLG udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:29070 STRING match "getchallenge" ALGO
> name bm FROM 32 TO 33
> 17 4989 LIMITCONN udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:29070 STRING match "connect" ALGO name bm
> FROM 32 TO 33
> 237K 17M LIMITPLRS udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 udp dpt:29070
>
> Chain FORWARD (policy ACCEPT 0 packets, 0 bytes)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
>
> Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 343K packets, 54M bytes)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
>
> Chain LIMITCHLG (1 references)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
> 40025 1761K ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 limit: avg 5/sec burst 5
> *37M 1618M DROP* udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0
>
> Chain LIMITCONN (1 references)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
> 17 4989 ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 limit: avg 5/sec burst 5
> 0 0 DROP udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0
>
> Chain LIMITINFO (1 references)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
> 14036 617K ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 limit: avg 10/sec burst 10
> 0 0 DROP udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0
>
> Chain LIMITPLRS (1 references)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
> 1642 104K DROP udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 limit: above 70/sec burst 70 mode srcip-srcport
> htable-size 128 htable-max 128
> 236K 17M ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0
>
> Chain LIMITSTAT (1 references)
> pkts bytes target prot opt in out source
> destination
> 3868 177K ACCEPT udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0 limit: avg 10/sec burst 10
> 12 516 DROP udp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0
> 0.0.0.0/0
>
> Notice the bolded packet/byte statistics for the "getchallenge" drop
> chain named LIMITCHLG. A total of 37 million packets dropped. I was
> on the game during this attack, and although the server did lag a bit
> from the sheer size of the flood (almost saturating the bandwidth),
> nobody lagged out. Without this rule, the game server deadlocked.
>
> Also notice you can tell how many players have connected to the
> server, as the LIMITCONN status shows 17 packets accepted. So during
> this time we had 17 players join the game.
>
> You can also see how many people requested the servers in game (as
> well as other services like GameTracker getting info on you), as that
> corresponds to the LIMITSTAT and LIMITINFO chains.
>
> Another cool thing you can do is "cat /proc/srv/ipt_hashlimit/PLAYERS
> to see the IP addresses of all the players currently connected to the
> server(s). Once a player quits playing, he goes out of this file
> automatically after 10 seconds.
>
> I may refine these a bit further, but for now, these seem to be
> working well on our VPS.
>
> Thanks,
>
> /Boyd/
> --
> /__________________________________
> Boyd G. Gafford Ph.D.
> Manager of Software Development
> Westport Research Associates Inc.
> 7001 Blue Ridge Blvd
> Raytown, MO 64133
> (816) 358-8990
> drboyd at westportresearch.com
> /
>
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