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[NETFILTER]: Add nf_conntrack subsystem. The existing connection tracking subsystem in netfilter can only handle ipv4. There were basically two choices present to add connection tracking support for ipv6. We could either duplicate all of the ipv4 connection tracking code into an ipv6 counterpart, or (the choice taken by these patches) we could design a generic layer that could handle both ipv4 and ipv6 and thus requiring only one sub-protocol (TCP, UDP, etc.) connection tracking helper module to be written. In fact nf_conntrack is capable of working with any layer 3 protocol. The existing ipv4 specific conntrack code could also not deal with the pecularities of doing connection tracking on ipv6, which is also cured here. For example, these issues include: 1) ICMPv6 handling, which is used for neighbour discovery in ipv6 thus some messages such as these should not participate in connection tracking since effectively they are like ARP messages 2) fragmentation must be handled differently in ipv6, because the simplistic "defrag, connection track and NAT, refrag" (which the existing ipv4 connection tracking does) approach simply isn't feasible in ipv6 3) ipv6 extension header parsing must occur at the correct spots before and after connection tracking decisions, and there were no provisions for this in the existing connection tracking design 4) ipv6 has no need for stateful NAT The ipv4 specific conntrack layer is kept around, until all of the ipv4 specific conntrack helpers are ported over to nf_conntrack and it is feature complete. Once that occurs, the old conntrack stuff will get placed into the feature-removal-schedule and we will fully kill it off 6 months later. Signed-off-by: Yasuyuki Kozakai <yasuyuki.kozakai@toshiba.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
2005-11-10 00:38:16 +00:00
menu "Core Netfilter Configuration"
depends on NET && NETFILTER
config NETFILTER_NETLINK
tristate "Netfilter netlink interface"
help
If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
for the new netfilter netlink interface.
config NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE
tristate "Netfilter NFQUEUE over NFNETLINK interface"
depends on NETFILTER_NETLINK
help
If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
for queueing packets via NFNETLINK.
config NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG
tristate "Netfilter LOG over NFNETLINK interface"
depends on NETFILTER_NETLINK
help
If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
for logging packets via NFNETLINK.
This obsoletes the existing ipt_ULOG and ebg_ulog mechanisms,
and is also scheduled to replace the old syslog-based ipt_LOG
and ip6t_LOG modules.
[NETFILTER]: Add nf_conntrack subsystem. The existing connection tracking subsystem in netfilter can only handle ipv4. There were basically two choices present to add connection tracking support for ipv6. We could either duplicate all of the ipv4 connection tracking code into an ipv6 counterpart, or (the choice taken by these patches) we could design a generic layer that could handle both ipv4 and ipv6 and thus requiring only one sub-protocol (TCP, UDP, etc.) connection tracking helper module to be written. In fact nf_conntrack is capable of working with any layer 3 protocol. The existing ipv4 specific conntrack code could also not deal with the pecularities of doing connection tracking on ipv6, which is also cured here. For example, these issues include: 1) ICMPv6 handling, which is used for neighbour discovery in ipv6 thus some messages such as these should not participate in connection tracking since effectively they are like ARP messages 2) fragmentation must be handled differently in ipv6, because the simplistic "defrag, connection track and NAT, refrag" (which the existing ipv4 connection tracking does) approach simply isn't feasible in ipv6 3) ipv6 extension header parsing must occur at the correct spots before and after connection tracking decisions, and there were no provisions for this in the existing connection tracking design 4) ipv6 has no need for stateful NAT The ipv4 specific conntrack layer is kept around, until all of the ipv4 specific conntrack helpers are ported over to nf_conntrack and it is feature complete. Once that occurs, the old conntrack stuff will get placed into the feature-removal-schedule and we will fully kill it off 6 months later. Signed-off-by: Yasuyuki Kozakai <yasuyuki.kozakai@toshiba.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
2005-11-10 00:38:16 +00:00
config NF_CONNTRACK
tristate "Layer 3 Independent Connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && IP_NF_CONNTRACK=n
default n
---help---
Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed
through your machine, in order to figure out how they are related
into connections.
Layer 3 independent connection tracking is experimental scheme
which generalize ip_conntrack to support other layer 3 protocols.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NF_CT_ACCT
bool "Connection tracking flow accounting"
depends on NF_CONNTRACK
help
If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will
keep per-flow packet and byte counters.
Those counters can be used for flow-based accounting or the
`connbytes' match.
If unsure, say `N'.
config NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
bool 'Connection mark tracking support'
depends on NF_CONNTRACK
help
This option enables support for connection marks, used by the
`CONNMARK' target and `connmark' match. Similar to the mark value
of packets, but this mark value is kept in the conntrack session
instead of the individual packets.
config NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS
bool "Connection tracking events (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
[NETFILTER]: Add nf_conntrack subsystem. The existing connection tracking subsystem in netfilter can only handle ipv4. There were basically two choices present to add connection tracking support for ipv6. We could either duplicate all of the ipv4 connection tracking code into an ipv6 counterpart, or (the choice taken by these patches) we could design a generic layer that could handle both ipv4 and ipv6 and thus requiring only one sub-protocol (TCP, UDP, etc.) connection tracking helper module to be written. In fact nf_conntrack is capable of working with any layer 3 protocol. The existing ipv4 specific conntrack code could also not deal with the pecularities of doing connection tracking on ipv6, which is also cured here. For example, these issues include: 1) ICMPv6 handling, which is used for neighbour discovery in ipv6 thus some messages such as these should not participate in connection tracking since effectively they are like ARP messages 2) fragmentation must be handled differently in ipv6, because the simplistic "defrag, connection track and NAT, refrag" (which the existing ipv4 connection tracking does) approach simply isn't feasible in ipv6 3) ipv6 extension header parsing must occur at the correct spots before and after connection tracking decisions, and there were no provisions for this in the existing connection tracking design 4) ipv6 has no need for stateful NAT The ipv4 specific conntrack layer is kept around, until all of the ipv4 specific conntrack helpers are ported over to nf_conntrack and it is feature complete. Once that occurs, the old conntrack stuff will get placed into the feature-removal-schedule and we will fully kill it off 6 months later. Signed-off-by: Yasuyuki Kozakai <yasuyuki.kozakai@toshiba.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
2005-11-10 00:38:16 +00:00
help
If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will
provide a notifier chain that can be used by other kernel code
to get notified about changes in the connection tracking state.
[NETFILTER]: Add nf_conntrack subsystem. The existing connection tracking subsystem in netfilter can only handle ipv4. There were basically two choices present to add connection tracking support for ipv6. We could either duplicate all of the ipv4 connection tracking code into an ipv6 counterpart, or (the choice taken by these patches) we could design a generic layer that could handle both ipv4 and ipv6 and thus requiring only one sub-protocol (TCP, UDP, etc.) connection tracking helper module to be written. In fact nf_conntrack is capable of working with any layer 3 protocol. The existing ipv4 specific conntrack code could also not deal with the pecularities of doing connection tracking on ipv6, which is also cured here. For example, these issues include: 1) ICMPv6 handling, which is used for neighbour discovery in ipv6 thus some messages such as these should not participate in connection tracking since effectively they are like ARP messages 2) fragmentation must be handled differently in ipv6, because the simplistic "defrag, connection track and NAT, refrag" (which the existing ipv4 connection tracking does) approach simply isn't feasible in ipv6 3) ipv6 extension header parsing must occur at the correct spots before and after connection tracking decisions, and there were no provisions for this in the existing connection tracking design 4) ipv6 has no need for stateful NAT The ipv4 specific conntrack layer is kept around, until all of the ipv4 specific conntrack helpers are ported over to nf_conntrack and it is feature complete. Once that occurs, the old conntrack stuff will get placed into the feature-removal-schedule and we will fully kill it off 6 months later. Signed-off-by: Yasuyuki Kozakai <yasuyuki.kozakai@toshiba.co.jp> Signed-off-by: Harald Welte <laforge@netfilter.org> Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@mandriva.com>
2005-11-10 00:38:16 +00:00
If unsure, say `N'.
config NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP
tristate 'SCTP protocol on new connection tracking support (EXPERIMENTAL)'
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
default n
help
With this option enabled, the layer 3 independent connection
tracking code will be able to do state tracking on SCTP connections.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Documentation/modules.txt. If unsure, say `N'.
config NF_CONNTRACK_FTP
tristate "FTP support on new connection tracking (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
help
Tracking FTP connections is problematic: special helpers are
required for tracking them, and doing masquerading and other forms
of Network Address Translation on them.
This is FTP support on Layer 3 independent connection tracking.
Layer 3 independent connection tracking is experimental scheme
which generalize ip_conntrack to support other layer 3 protocols.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NF_CT_NETLINK
tristate 'Connection tracking netlink interface (EXPERIMENTAL)'
depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK && NETFILTER_NETLINK
depends on NF_CONNTRACK!=y || NETFILTER_NETLINK!=m
help
This option enables support for a netlink-based userspace interface
config NETFILTER_XTABLES
tristate "Netfilter Xtables support (required for ip_tables)"
help
This is required if you intend to use any of ip_tables,
ip6_tables or arp_tables.
# alphabetically ordered list of targets
config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CLASSIFY
tristate '"CLASSIFY" target support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
This option adds a `CLASSIFY' target, which enables the user to set
the priority of a packet. Some qdiscs can use this value for
classification, among these are:
atm, cbq, dsmark, pfifo_fast, htb, prio
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CONNMARK
tristate '"CONNMARK" target support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
depends on IP_NF_MANGLE || IP6_NF_MANGLE
depends on (IP_NF_CONNTRACK && IP_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK) || (NF_CONNTRACK_MARK && NF_CONNTRACK)
help
This option adds a `CONNMARK' target, which allows one to manipulate
the connection mark value. Similar to the MARK target, but
affects the connection mark value rather than the packet mark value.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module will be called
ipt_CONNMARK.o. If unsure, say `N'.
config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_MARK
tristate '"MARK" target support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
This option adds a `MARK' target, which allows you to create rules
in the `mangle' table which alter the netfilter mark (nfmark) field
associated with the packet prior to routing. This can change
the routing method (see `Use netfilter MARK value as routing
key') and can also be used by other subsystems to change their
behavior.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFQUEUE
tristate '"NFQUEUE" target Support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
This target replaced the old obsolete QUEUE target.
As opposed to QUEUE, it supports 65535 different queues,
not just one.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK
tristate '"NOTRACK" target support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
depends on IP_NF_RAW || IP6_NF_RAW
depends on IP_NF_CONNTRACK || NF_CONNTRACK
help
The NOTRACK target allows a select rule to specify
which packets *not* to enter the conntrack/NAT
subsystem with all the consequences (no ICMP error tracking,
no protocol helpers for the selected packets).
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT
tristate '"comment" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
This option adds a `comment' dummy-match, which allows you to put
comments in your iptables ruleset.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNBYTES
tristate '"connbytes" per-connection counter match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
depends on (IP_NF_CONNTRACK && IP_NF_CT_ACCT) || (NF_CT_ACCT && NF_CONNTRACK)
help
This option adds a `connbytes' match, which allows you to match the
number of bytes and/or packets for each direction within a connection.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNMARK
tristate '"connmark" connection mark match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
depends on (IP_NF_CONNTRACK && IP_NF_CONNTRACK_MARK) || (NF_CONNTRACK_MARK && NF_CONNTRACK)
help
This option adds a `connmark' match, which allows you to match the
connection mark value previously set for the session by `CONNMARK'.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module will be called
ipt_connmark.o. If unsure, say `N'.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK
tristate '"conntrack" connection tracking match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
depends on IP_NF_CONNTRACK || NF_CONNTRACK
help
This is a general conntrack match module, a superset of the state match.
It allows matching on additional conntrack information, which is
useful in complex configurations, such as NAT gateways with multiple
internet links or tunnels.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DCCP
tristate '"DCCP" protocol match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
With this option enabled, you will be able to use the iptables
`dccp' match in order to match on DCCP source/destination ports
and DCCP flags.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ESP
tristate '"ESP" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
This match extension allows you to match a range of SPIs
inside ESP header of IPSec packets.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HELPER
tristate '"helper" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
depends on IP_NF_CONNTRACK || NF_CONNTRACK
help
Helper matching allows you to match packets in dynamic connections
tracked by a conntrack-helper, ie. ip_conntrack_ftp
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say Y.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LENGTH
tristate '"length" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
This option allows you to match the length of a packet against a
specific value or range of values.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LIMIT
tristate '"limit" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
limit matching allows you to control the rate at which a rule can be
matched: mainly useful in combination with the LOG target ("LOG
target support", below) and to avoid some Denial of Service attacks.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MAC
tristate '"mac" address match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
MAC matching allows you to match packets based on the source
Ethernet address of the packet.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MARK
tristate '"mark" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
Netfilter mark matching allows you to match packets based on the
`nfmark' value in the packet. This can be set by the MARK target
(see below).
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_POLICY
tristate 'IPsec "policy" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && XFRM
help
Policy matching allows you to match packets based on the
IPsec policy that was used during decapsulation/will
be used during encapsulation.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_PHYSDEV
tristate '"physdev" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && BRIDGE_NETFILTER
help
Physdev packet matching matches against the physical bridge ports
the IP packet arrived on or will leave by.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_PKTTYPE
tristate '"pkttype" packet type match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
Packet type matching allows you to match a packet by
its "class", eg. BROADCAST, MULTICAST, ...
Typical usage:
iptables -A INPUT -m pkttype --pkt-type broadcast -j LOG
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_REALM
tristate '"realm" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
select NET_CLS_ROUTE
help
This option adds a `realm' match, which allows you to use the realm
key from the routing subsystem inside iptables.
This match pretty much resembles the CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE4 option
in tc world.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_SCTP
tristate '"sctp" protocol match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
With this option enabled, you will be able to use the
`sctp' match in order to match on SCTP source/destination ports
and SCTP chunk types.
If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
<file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STATE
tristate '"state" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
depends on IP_NF_CONNTRACK || NF_CONNTRACK
help
Connection state matching allows you to match packets based on their
relationship to a tracked connection (ie. previous packets). This
is a powerful tool for packet classification.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STRING
tristate '"string" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
select TEXTSEARCH
select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
select TEXTSEARCH_BM
select TEXTSEARCH_FSM
help
This option adds a `string' match, which allows you to look for
pattern matchings in packets.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_TCPMSS
tristate '"tcpmss" match support'
depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
help
This option adds a `tcpmss' match, which allows you to examine the
MSS value of TCP SYN packets, which control the maximum packet size
for that connection.
To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
endmenu