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    From Jeff Peng@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jul 2 13:50:01 2024
    Hello gurus,

    Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules?

    for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and
    another IP should be blocked for one week.

    Thanks.

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  • From Dan Ritter@21:1/5 to Jeff Peng on Tue Jul 2 14:50:01 2024
    Jeff Peng wrote:
    Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules?

    for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and
    another IP should be blocked for one week.

    iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native timeout; you need to use an external tool to insert and remove them.

    The best way of doing that is to have a separate table that you
    call (for blocking purposes, called from INPUT; if you're
    maintaining a firewall, from FORWARD) and use your tool to only
    insert and remove lines from that table.

    There's a package called fail2ban which is normally used to
    inspect logs and issue ban rules based on the logs; it has a
    timeout feature. It would be relatively easy to write a new
    config for fail2ban rather than implement all the rest of this
    yourself. Set up a couple of fake logs files, one for 24 hour
    bans and one for 7 day bans, and write IPs to those files,
    letting fail2ban take care of the rest.

    -dsr-

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  • From Dan Ritter@21:1/5 to Max Nikulin on Tue Jul 2 16:30:01 2024
    Max Nikulin wrote:
    On 02/07/2024 19:28, Dan Ritter wrote:
    iptables (which are currently implemented in nftables) don't have a native timeout;

    nft sets have the timeout option. Isn't it to specify interval of time to remove elements?

    It works with ipset, which I always think of as an nft feature
    rather than an iptables feature. You are correct; that would
    work here.

    -dsr-

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  • From Tim Woodall@21:1/5 to Jeff Peng on Tue Jul 2 22:30:02 2024
    On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, Jeff Peng wrote:

    Hello gurus,

    Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules?

    for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and another IP should be blocked for one week.


    Off the top of my head I can't think exactly how to do it but I think
    you can use -m hashlimit and use the --hastlimit-htable-expire to time
    things out.

    But this will depend on exactly what you're doing. If you're adding
    something to the hashtable that keeps happening then it might not
    expire the way you want.

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  • From Jeff Peng@21:1/5 to Tim Woodall on Wed Jul 3 05:40:01 2024
    Got the idea (nft) and thanks for all help.

    On 2024-07-03 04:22, Tim Woodall wrote:
    On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, Jeff Peng wrote:

    Hello gurus,

    Is there a tool for maintaining the timeout for iptables rules?

    for example, one IP would be blocked by my iptables for 24 hours, and
    another IP should be blocked for one week.


    Off the top of my head I can't think exactly how to do it but I think
    you can use -m hashlimit and use the --hastlimit-htable-expire to time
    things out.

    But this will depend on exactly what you're doing. If you're adding
    something to the hashtable that keeps happening then it might not
    expire the way you want.

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