Common iptables rules for a front-end web server.
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Common iptables rules for a front-end web server
#
# iptable rules to allow outgoing DNS lookups, outgoing icmp (ping) requests,
# outgoing connections to configured package servers, outgoing connections to
# all ips on port 22, all incoming connections to port 22, 80 and 443 and
# everything on localhost.
#
# Source: https://gist.github.com/thomasfr/9712418
#
IPT="/sbin/iptables"
# Server IP
# SERVER_IP="$(ip addr show eth0 | grep 'inet ' | cut -f2 | awk '{ print $2}')"
# Your DNS servers you use: cat /etc/resolv.conf
DNS_SERVER="8.8.4.4 8.8.8.8"
# Allow connections to this package servers
PACKAGE_SERVER="ftp.us.debian.org security.debian.org"
echo "flush iptable rules"
$IPT -F
$IPT -X
$IPT -t nat -F
$IPT -t nat -X
$IPT -t mangle -F
$IPT -t mangle -X
echo "Set default policy to 'DROP'"
$IPT -P INPUT DROP
$IPT -P FORWARD DROP
$IPT -P OUTPUT DROP
## This should be one of the first rules.
## so dns lookups are already allowed for your other rules
for ip in $DNS_SERVER
do
echo "Allowing DNS lookups (tcp, udp port 53) to server '$ip'"
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p udp -d "$ip" --dport 53 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p udp -s "$ip" --sport 53 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d "$ip" --dport 53 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s "$ip" --sport 53 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
done
echo "allow all and everything on localhost"
$IPT -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT
for ip in $PACKAGE_SERVER
do
echo "Allow connection to '$ip' on port 21"
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d "$ip" --dport 21 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s "$ip" --sport 21 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
echo "Allow connection to '$ip' on port 80"
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d "$ip" --dport 80 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s "$ip" --sport 80 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
echo "Allow connection to '$ip' on port 443"
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -d "$ip" --dport 443 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s "$ip" --sport 443 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
done
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## Global iptable rules. Not IP specific
echo "Allowing new and established incoming connections to port 21, 80, 443"
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports 21,80,443 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m multiport --sports 21,80,443 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
echo "Allow all outgoing connections to port 22"
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p tcp --sport 22 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
echo "Allow outgoing icmp connections (pings,...)"
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p icmp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p icmp -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
echo "Allow outgoing connections to port 123 (ntp syncs)"
$IPT -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 123 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
$IPT -A INPUT -p udp --sport 123 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
# Log before dropping
$IPT -A INPUT -j LOG -m limit --limit 12/min --log-level 4 --log-prefix 'IP INPUT drop: '
$IPT -A INPUT -j DROP
$IPT -A OUTPUT -j LOG -m limit --limit 12/min --log-level 4 --log-prefix 'IP OUTPUT drop: '
$IPT -A OUTPUT -j DROP
exit 0