tcprules − compiles rules for tcpserver(1).
tcprules cdb tmp
tcpserver(1) optionally follows rules to decide whether a TCP connection is acceptable.
For example, the rule
18.23.0.32:deny
prohibits connections from IP address 18.23.0.32. Ranges of IPv4 addresses can defined in a class-dependend manner
18.:deny
or by means of a range of contiguous addresses
18.23.0.1-22:ins
Rather a CIDR notation can be used instead. The rule
127.0/8:allow
accepts any connections from the loopback net.
The bit-lenth of the given IP address has at least to match number of net-prefix bits. Otherwise, a syntax error is displayed.
Note: Always IP addresses with the longest matching prefix are considered.
tcprules understands compactified IPv6 addresses in standard CIDR notation. The rule
2001:de01:2:3:4:a:b:c:deny
rejects any IPv6 packet from a single host while
2002::/48:deny
can be used to block an entire IPv6 (sub-)net in case the net-prefix (here: /48) is provided.
Note: Since the IPv6 address on input is evaluated in it’s compactified format, simply include the final ’::’ for convenience. The resulting address is truncated to the number of provided prefix bits.
tcprules does currently not understand IPv6 mapped IPv4 addresses
::ffff:a.b.c.d
where
a.b.c.d
is the mapped IPv4 addresses.
tcprules reads rules from it’s standard input and writes them into cdb in a binary format suited for quick access by tcpserver(1). Typically
tcprules rules.cdb rules.tmp < rules.txt
tcprules can be used while tcpserver(1) is running. It ensures that cdb is updated atomically. It does this by first writing the rules to tmp and then moving tmp on top of cdb. If tmp already exists, it is destroyed. The directories containing cdb and tmp must be writable to tcprules; they must also be on the same filesystem.
If there is a problem with the input or with tmp, tcprules complains and leaves cdb alone.
The binary cdb format is portable across machines.
A rule is one line. A file containing rules may also contain comments: lines beginning with # are ignored.
Each rule contains an address, a colon, and a list of instructions, with no extra spaces. When tcpserver(1) receives a connection from that address, it follows the instructions.
tcpserver(1) looks for rules with various addresses:
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$TCPREMOTEINFO@$TCPREMOTEIP, if $TCPREMOTEINFO is set; | ||
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2. |
$TCPREMOTEINFO@=$TCPREMOTEHOST, if $TCPREMOTEINFO is set and $TCPREMOTEHOST is set; | ||
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3. |
$TCPREMOTEIP; | ||
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4. |
=$TCPREMOTEHOST, if $TCPREMOTEHOST is set; | ||
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5. |
shorter and shorter prefixes of $TCPREMOTEIP ending with a dot; | ||
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6. |
$TCPREMOTEIP/PREFIX considering in order the longest matching provided PREFIX; | ||
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7. |
shorter and shorter suffixes of $TCPREMOTEHOST starting with a dot, preceded by =, if $TCPREMOTEHOST is set; | ||
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8. |
=, if $TCPREMOTEHOST is set; and finally | ||
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9. |
the empty string. |
tcpserver(1) uses the first rule it finds. You should use the -p option to tcpserver(1) if you rely on $TCPREMOTEHOST here.
For example, here are some rules:
[email protected]:first
18.23.0.32:second
:third
127.:fourth
If $TCPREMOTEIP is 10.119.75.38, tcpserver(1) will follow the third instructions.
If $TCPREMOTEIP is 18.23.0.32, tcpserver(1) will follow the second instructions.
If $TCPREMOTEIP is 127.0.0.1 and $TCPREMOTEINFO is bill, tcpserver(1) will follow the fourth instructions.
If $TCPREMOTEIP is 127.0.0.1 and $TCPREMOTEINFO is joe, tcpserver(1) will follow the first instructions.
You can use tcprulescheck(1) to see how tcpserver will interpret rules in cdb.
The instructions in a rule must begin with either allow or deny. deny tells tcpserver(1) to drop the connection without running anything. For example, the rule
:deny
tells tcpserver(1) to drop all connections that aren’t handled by more specific rules.
The instructions may continue with some environment variables, in the form var="x". tcpserver(1) adds an environment variable $var with value x. For example,
10.0.:allow,RELAYCLIENT="@fix.me"
adds an environment variable $RELAYCLIENT with value @fix.me. The quotes may be replaced by any repeated character:
10.0.:allow,RELAYCLIENT=/@fix.me/
Any number of variables may be listed:
127.0.0.1:allow,RELAYCLIENT="",TCPLOCALHOST="movie.edu"
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