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Firewall (system-config-firewall/lokkit) </span> </a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href=#Using_static_firewall_rules_with_the_iptables_and_ip6tables_services> <span class=tocnumber> 1.3 </span> <span class=toctext> Using static firewall rules with the iptables and ip6tables services </span> </a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href=#What_is_a_zone.3F> <span class=tocnumber> 1.4 </span> <span class=toctext> What is a zone? </span> </a> <ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-6"><a href=#Predefined_services> <span class=tocnumber> 1.4.1 </span> <span class=toctext> Predefined services </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href=#Ports_and_protocols> <span class=tocnumber> 1.4.2 </span> <span class=toctext> Ports and protocols </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href=#ICMP_blocks> <span class=tocnumber> 1.4.3 </span> <span class=toctext> ICMP blocks </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href=#Masquerading> <span class=tocnumber> 1.4.4 </span> <span class=toctext> Masquerading </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href=#Forward_ports> <span class=tocnumber> 1.4.5 </span> <span class=toctext> Forward ports </span> </a></ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-11"><a href=#Which_zones_are_available.3F> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5 </span> <span class=toctext> Which zones are available? </span> </a> <ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href=#drop> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.1 </span> <span class=toctext> drop </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href=#block> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.2 </span> <span class=toctext> block </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href=#public> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.3 </span> <span class=toctext> public </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href=#external> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.4 </span> <span class=toctext> external </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-16"><a href=#dmz> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.5 </span> <span class=toctext> dmz </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-17"><a href=#work> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.6 </span> <span class=toctext> work </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-18"><a href=#home> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.7 </span> <span class=toctext> home </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-19"><a href=#internal> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.8 </span> <span class=toctext> internal </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-20"><a href=#trusted> <span class=tocnumber> 1.5.9 </span> <span class=toctext> trusted </span> </a></ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-21"><a href=#Which_zone_should_be_used.3F> <span class=tocnumber> 1.6 </span> <span class=toctext> Which zone should be used? </span> </a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-22"><a href=#How_to_configure_or_add_zones.3F> <span class=tocnumber> 1.7 </span> <span class=toctext> How to configure or add zones? </span> </a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-23"><a href=#How_to_set_or_change_a_zone_for_a_connection> <span class=tocnumber> 1.8 </span> <span class=toctext> How to set or change a zone for a connection </span> </a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-24"><a href=#Network_connections_handled_by_NetworkManager> <span class=tocnumber> 1.9 </span> <span class=toctext> Network connections handled by NetworkManager </span> </a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-25"><a href=#Network_connections_handled_by_network_scripts> <span class=tocnumber> 1.10 </span> <span class=toctext> Network connections handled by network scripts </span> </a><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-26"><a href=#Working_with_firewalld> <span class=tocnumber> 1.11 </span> <span class=toctext> Working with firewalld </span> </a> <ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-27"><a href=#Using_firewall-cmd> <span class=tocnumber> 1.11.1 </span> <span class=toctext> Using firewall-cmd </span> </a> <ul><li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-28"><a href=#Generic_use> <span class=tocnumber> 1.11.1.1 </span> <span class=toctext> Generic use </span> </a><li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-29"><a href=#Runtime_zone_handling> <span class=tocnumber> 1.11.1.2 </span> <span class=toctext> Runtime zone handling </span> </a><li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-30"><a href=#Permanent_zone_handling> <span class=tocnumber> 1.11.1.3 </span> <span class=toctext> Permanent zone handling </span> </a><li class="toclevel-4 tocsection-31"><a href=#Direct_options> <span class=tocnumber> 1.11.1.4 </span> <span class=toctext> Direct options </span> </a></ul></ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-32"><a href=#The_current_firewalld_features> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12 </span> <span class=toctext> The current firewalld features </span> </a> <ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-33"><a href=#D-BUS_Interface> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.1 </span> <span class=toctext> D-BUS Interface </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-34"><a href=#Zones> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.2 </span> <span class=toctext> Zones </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-35"><a href=#Services> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.3 </span> <span class=toctext> Services </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-36"><a href=#ICMP_types> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.4 </span> <span class=toctext> ICMP types </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-37"><a href=#Direct_interface> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.5 </span> <span class=toctext> Direct interface </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-38"><a href=#Runtime_configuration> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.6 </span> <span class=toctext> Runtime configuration </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-39"><a href=#Permanent_configuration> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.7 </span> <span class=toctext> Permanent configuration </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-40"><a href=#Tray_Applet> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.8 </span> <span class=toctext> Tray Applet </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-41"><a href=#Graphical_Configuration_Tool> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.9 </span> <span class=toctext> Graphical Configuration Tool </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-42"><a href=#Command_Line_client> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.10 </span> <span class=toctext> Command Line client </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-43"><a href=#Support_for_ebtables> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.11 </span> <span class=toctext> Support for ebtables </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-44"><a href=#Default.2FFallback_configuration_in_.2Fusr.2Flib.2Ffirewalld> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.12 </span> <span class=toctext> Default/Fallback configuration in /usr/lib/firewalld </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-45"><a href=#System_configuration_settings_in_.2Fetc.2Ffirewalld> <span class=tocnumber> 1.12.13 </span> <span class=toctext> System configuration settings in /etc/firewalld </span> </a></ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-46"><a href=#Work_in_Progress_Features> <span class=tocnumber> 1.13 </span> <span class=toctext> Work in Progress Features </span> </a> <ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-47"><a href=#Rich_Language> <span class=tocnumber> 1.13.1 </span> <span class=toctext> Rich Language </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-48"><a href=#Lockdown> <span class=tocnumber> 1.13.2 </span> <span class=toctext> Lockdown </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-49"><a href=#Permanent_Direct_Rules> <span class=tocnumber> 1.13.3 </span> <span class=toctext> Permanent Direct Rules </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-50"><a href=#Migration_from_ip.2Atables_and_ebtables_services> <span class=tocnumber> 1.13.4 </span> <span class=toctext> Migration from ip*tables and ebtables services </span> </a></ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-51"><a href=#Planned_and_Proposed_Features> <span class=tocnumber> 1.14 </span> <span class=toctext> Planned and Proposed Features </span> </a> <ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-52"><a href=#Firewall_Abstraction_Model> <span class=tocnumber> 1.14.1 </span> <span class=toctext> Firewall Abstraction Model </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-53"><a href=#Support_for_conntrack> <span class=tocnumber> 1.14.2 </span> <span class=toctext> Support for conntrack </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-54"><a href=#User_interaction_mode> <span class=tocnumber> 1.14.3 </span> <span class=toctext> User interaction mode </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-55"><a href=#User_policy_support> <span class=tocnumber> 1.14.4 </span> <span class=toctext> User policy support </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-56"><a href=#Port_metadata_information_.28proposed_by_Lennart_Poettering.29> <span class=tocnumber> 1.14.5 </span> <span class=toctext> Port metadata information (proposed by Lennart Poettering) </span> </a><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-57"><a href=#sysctld> <span class=tocnumber> 1.14.6 </span> <span class=toctext> sysctld </span> </a></ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-58"><a href=#Firewall_Rules> <span class=tocnumber> 1.15 </span> <span class=toctext> Firewall Rules </span> </a></ul></ul></div><h1><span class=mw-headline id=Dynamic_firewall_with_firewalld> Dynamic firewall with firewalld </span></h1><p>firewalld provides a dynamically managed firewall with support for network/firewall zones to define the trust level of network connections or interfaces. It has support for IPv4, IPv6 firewall settings and for ethernet bridges and has a separation of runtime and permanent configuration options. It also supports an interface for services or applications to add firewall rules directly.<p>The former firewall model with system-config-firewall/lokkit was static and every change required a complete firewall restart. This included also to unload the firewall netfilter kernel modules and to load the modules that are needed for the new configuration. The unload of the modules was breaking stateful firewalling and established connections.<p>The firewall daemon on the other hand manages the firewall dynamically and applies changes without restarting the whole firewall. Therefore there is no need to reload all firewall kernel modules. But using a firewall daemon requires that all firewall modifications are done with that daemon to make sure that the state in the daemon and the firewall in kernel are in sync. The firewall daemon can not parse firewall rules added by the ip*tables and ebtables command line tools.<p>The daemon provides information about the current active firewall settings via D-BUS and also accepts changes via D-BUS using PolicyKit authentication methods.<p>The official firewalld homepage is at <a class="external text"href=http://firewalld.org/> firewalld.org </a><h2><span class=mw-headline id=The_Daemon> The Daemon </span></h2><p>Applications, daemons and the user can request to enable a firewall feature over D-BUS. A feature could either be one of the predefined firewall features like services, port and protocol combinations, port/packet forwarding, masquerading or icmp blocking. The feature can be enabled for a certain amount of time or can be disabled by again.<p>With the so called direct interface other services (like for example libvirt) are able to add own rules using iptables arguments and parameters.<p>The netfilter firewall helpers, that are for example used for amanda, ftp, samba and tftp services, are also handled by the daemon as long as they are part of a predefined service. Loading of additional helpers is not part of the current interface. For some of the helpers unloading is only possible after all connections that are handled by the module are closed. Therefore connection tracking information is important here and needs to be taken into account.<h2><span id=Static_Firewall_(system-config-firewall/lokkit)> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=Static_Firewall_.28system-config-firewall.2Flokkit.29> Static Firewall (system-config-firewall/lokkit) </span></h2><p>The actual static firewall model with system-config-firewall and lokkit will still be available and usable, but not at the same time as the daemon is running. The user or admin can decide which firewall solution should be used by enabling the corresponding services.<p>It is planned to add a selector for the firewall solution to be used at install time or in first boot. The configuration of the other solution will stay intact and can be enabled simply by switching to the other model.<p>The firewall daemon is independent to system-config-firewall, but should not be used at the same time.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=Using_static_firewall_rules_with_the_iptables_and_ip6tables_services> Using static firewall rules with the iptables and ip6tables services </span></h2><p>If you want to use your own static firewall rules with the iptables and ip6tables services, install iptables-services and disable firewalld and enable iptables and ip6tables:<pre>dnf install iptables-services
systemctl mask firewalld.service
systemctl enable iptables.service
systemctl enable ip6tables.service
</pre><p>Use /etc/sysconfig/iptables and /etc/sysconfig/ip6tables for your static firewall rules.<p>Note: The package iptables and iptables-services do not provide firewall rules for use with the services. The services are available for compatibility and people that want to use their own firewall rules. You can install and use system-config-firewall to create rules with the services though. To be able to use system-config-firewall, you have to stop firewalld.<p>After creating rules for use with the services stop firewalld and start the iptables and ip6tables services:<pre>systemctl stop firewalld.service
systemctl start iptables.service
systemctl start ip6tables.service
</pre><h2><span id=What_is_a_zone?> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=What_is_a_zone.3F> What is a zone? </span></h2><p>A network zone defines the level of trust for network connections. This is a one to many relation, which means that a connection can only be part of one zone, but a zone can be used for many network connections.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Predefined_services> Predefined services </span></h3><p>A service is a combination of port and/or protocol entries. Optionally netfilter helper modules can be added and also a IPv4 and IPv6 destination address.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Ports_and_protocols> Ports and protocols </span></h3><p>Definition of tcp or udp ports, where ports can be a single port or a port range.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=ICMP_blocks> ICMP blocks </span></h3><p>Selected Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) messages. These messages are either information requests or created as a reply to information requests or in error conditions.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Masquerading> Masquerading </span></h3><p>The addresses of a private network are mapped to and hidden behind a public IP address. This is a form of address translation.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Forward_ports> Forward ports </span></h3><p>A port is either mapped to another port and/or to another host.<h2><span id=Which_zones_are_available?> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=Which_zones_are_available.3F> Which zones are available? </span></h2><p>These are the zones provided by firewalld sorted according to the default trust level of the zones from untrusted to trusted:<h3><span class=mw-headline id=drop> drop </span></h3><p>Any incoming network packets are dropped, there is no reply. Only outgoing network connections are possible.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=block> block </span></h3><p>Any incoming network connections are rejected with an icmp-host-prohibited message for IPv4 and icmp6-adm-prohibited for IPv6. Only network connections initiated within this system are possible.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=public> public </span></h3><p>For use in public areas. You do not trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=external> external </span></h3><p>For use on external networks with masquerading enabled especially for routers. You do not trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=dmz> dmz </span></h3><p>For computers in your demilitarized zone that are publicly-accessible with limited access to your internal network. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=work> work </span></h3><p>For use in work areas. You mostly trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=home> home </span></h3><p>For use in home areas. You mostly trust the other computers on networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=internal> internal </span></h3><p>For use on internal networks. You mostly trust the other computers on the networks to not harm your computer. Only selected incoming connections are accepted.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=trusted> trusted </span></h3><p>All network connections are accepted.<h2><span id=Which_zone_should_be_used?> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=Which_zone_should_be_used.3F> Which zone should be used? </span></h2><p>A public WIFI network connection for example should be mainly untrusted, a wired home network connection should be fairly trusted. Select the zone that best matches the network you are using.<h2><span id=How_to_configure_or_add_zones?> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=How_to_configure_or_add_zones.3F> How to configure or add zones? </span></h2><p>To configure or add zones you can either use one of the firewalld interfaces to handle and change the configuration. These are the graphical configuration tool firewall-config, the command line tool firewall-cmd or the D-BUS interface. Or you can create or copy a zone file in one of the configuration directories. @PREFIX@/lib/firewalld/zones is used for default and fallback configurations and /etc/firewalld/zones is used for user created and customized configuration files.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=How_to_set_or_change_a_zone_for_a_connection> How to set or change a zone for a connection </span></h2><p>The zone is stored into the ifcfg of the connection with the ZONE= option. If the option is missing or empty, the default zone set in firewalld is used.<p>If the connection is controlled by NetworkManager, you can also use nm-connection-editor to change the zone.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=Network_connections_handled_by_NetworkManager> Network connections handled by NetworkManager </span></h2><p>The firewall is not able to handle network connections with the name shown by NetworkManager, it can only handle network interfaces. Therefore NetworkManager tells firewalld to put the network interfaces related to the connections in the zones defined by the config file (ifcfg) of the connection before the connection comes up. If the zone is not set in the config file, the interfaces will be put in the default zone set by firewalld. If a connection has more than one interfaces, both will be supplied to firewalld. Also changes in the names of interfaces will be handled by NetworkManager and supplied to firewalld.<p>To simplify this connections will be used as related to zones from now on.<p>NetworkManager also tells firewalld to remove connections from zones again if the connection went down.<p>If firewalld gets started or restarted by systemd or init scripts, firewalld notifies NetworkManager and the connections will be added to the zones.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=Network_connections_handled_by_network_scripts> Network connections handled by network scripts </span></h2><p>For connections handled by network scripts there a limitations: There is no daemon that can tell firewalld to add connections to zones. This is done in the ifcfg-post script only. Therefore changes in names after this can not be supplied to firewalld. Also starting or restarting firewalld if the connections are active already results in the loss of the relation. There are ideas to fix this also. The simplest is to push all connections to the default zone that are not set otherwise.<p>The zone defines the firewall features that are enabled in this zone.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=Working_with_firewalld> Working with firewalld </span></h2><p>To enable or disable firewall features for example in zones, you can either use the graphical configuration tool <b> firewall-config </b> or the command line client <b> firewall-cmd </b><h3><span class=mw-headline id=Using_firewall-cmd> Using firewall-cmd </span></h3><p>The command line client <b> firewall-cmd </b> supports all firewall features. For status and query modes, there is no output, but the command returns the state.<h4><span class=mw-headline id=Generic_use> Generic use </span></h4><ul><li>Get the status of firewalld</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --state
</pre><p>This returns the status of firewalld, there is no output. To get a visual state use:<pre> firewall-cmd --state && echo "Running" || echo "Not running"
</pre><p>As of Fedora 19, the status seems printed just fine:<pre> # rpm -qf $( which firewall-cmd )
 firewalld-0.3.3-2.fc19.noarch
 # firewall-cmd --state
 not running
</pre><ul><li>Reload the firewall without losing state information:</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --reload
</pre><p>If you are using <b> --complete-reload </b> instead, the state information will be lost. This option should only be used in case of severe firewall problems for example if there are state information problems that no connection can be established but the firewall rules are correct.<ul><li>Get a list of all supported zones</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --get-zones
</pre><p>This command prints a space separated list.<ul><li>Get a list of all supported services</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --get-services
</pre><p>This command prints a space separated list.<ul><li>Get a list of all supported icmptypes</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --get-icmptypes
</pre><p>This command prints a space separated list.<ul><li>List all zones with the enabled features.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --list-all-zones
</pre><p>The output format is:<pre> &LTzone>
   interfaces: &LTinterface1> ..
   services: &LTservice1> ..
   ports: &LTport1> ..
   forward-ports: &LTforward port1> ..
   icmp-blocks: &LTicmp type1> ..
   
   ..
</pre><ul><li>Print zone &LTzone> with the enabled features. If zone is omitted, the default zone will be used.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --list-all
</pre><ul><li>Get the default zone set for network connections</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --get-default-zone
</pre><ul><li>Set the default zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --set-default-zone=&LTzone>
</pre><p>All interfaces that are located in the default zone will be pushed in the new default zone, that defines the limitations for new external initiated connection attempts. Active connections are not affected.<ul><li>Get active zones</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --get-active-zones
</pre><p>The command prints the interfaces that are set to be part of a zone in this form:<pre> &LTzone1>: &LTinterface1> &LTinterface2> ..
 &LTzone2>: &LTinterface3> ..
</pre><ul><li>Get zone related to an interface</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --get-zone-of-interface=&LTinterface>
</pre><p>This prints the zone name, if the interface is part of a zone<ul><li>Add an interface to a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-interface=&LTinterface>
</pre><p>Add an interface to a zone, if it was not in a zone before. If the zone options is omitted, the default zone will be used. The interfaces are reapplied after reloads.<ul><li>Change the zone an interface belongs to</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --change-interface=&LTinterface>
</pre><p>This is similar to the --add-interface options, but pushes the interface in the new zone even if it was in another zone before.<ul><li>Remove an interface from a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-interface=&LTinterface>
</pre><ul><li>Query if an interface is in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-interface=&LTinterface>
</pre><p>Returns if the interface is in the zone. There is no output.<ul><li>List the enabled services in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [ --zone=&LTzone> ] --list-services
</pre><ul><li>Enable panic mode to block all network traffic in case of emergency</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --panic-on
</pre><ul><li>Disable panic mode</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --panic-off
</pre><div style="background-color: #def3fe; border: 1px solid #c5d7e0; color: black; padding: 5px; margin: 1ex 0; min-height: 35px; padding-left: 45px;"class=messagebox><div style="float: left; margin-left: -40px;"><a class=image href=/wiki/File:Note.png> <img srcset="/w/uploads/c/cc/Note.png 1.5x"alt=Note.png decoding=async height=35 src=/w/uploads/thumb/c/cc/Note.png/35px-Note.png width=35> </a></div><div><b> Panic options changed in 0.3.0 </b><br> In firewalld versions prior to 0.3.0, the panic options are <code>
          --enable-panic
         </code> and <code>
          --disable-panic
         </code> .</div></div><ul><li>Query panic mode</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --query-panic
</pre><p>This returns the state of the panic mode, there is no output. To get a visual state use<pre> firewall-cmd --query-panic && echo "On" || echo "Off"
</pre><h4><span class=mw-headline id=Runtime_zone_handling> Runtime zone handling </span></h4><p>In the runtime mode the changes to zones are not permanent. The changes will be gone after reload or restart.<ul><li>Enable a service in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-service=&LTservice> [--timeout=&LTseconds>]
</pre><p>This enables a service in a zone. If zone is not set, the default zone will be used. If timeout is set, the service will only be enabled for the amount of seconds in the zone. If the service is already active, there will be no warning message.<ul><li><b> Example: </b> Enable ipp-client service for 60 seconds in the home zone:</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --zone=home --add-service=ipp-client --timeout=60
</pre><ul><li><b> Example: </b> Enable the http service in the default zone:</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --add-service=http
</pre><ul><li>Disable a service in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-service=&LTservice>
</pre><p>This disables a service in a zone. If zone is not set, the default zone will be used.<ul><li><b> Example: </b> Disable http service in the home zone:</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --zone=home --remove-service=http
</pre><p>The service will be disabled in the zone. If the service is not enabled in the zone, there will be an warning message.<ul><li>Query if a service is enabled in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-service=&LTservice>
</pre><p>This returns 1 if the service is enabled in the zone, otherwise 0. There is no output.<ul><li>Enable a port and protocol combination in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]/&LTprotocol> [--timeout=&LTseconds>]
</pre><p>This enables a port and protocol combination. The port can be a single port &LTport> or a port range &LTport>-&LTport>. The protocol can be either <b> tcp </b> or <b> udp </b> .<ul><li>Disable a port and protocol combination in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]/&LTprotocol>
</pre><ul><li>Query if a port and protocol combination in enabled in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]/&LTprotocol>
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li>Enable masquerading in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-masquerade
</pre><p>This enables masquerading for the zone. The addresses of a private network are mapped to and hidden behind a public IP address. This is a form of address translation and mostly used in routers. Masquerading is IPv4 only because of kernel limitations.<ul><li>Disable masquerading in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-masquerade
</pre><ul><li>Query masquerading in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-masquerade
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li>Enable ICMP blocks in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-icmp-block=&LTicmptype>
</pre><p>This enabled the block of a selected Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) message. ICMP messages are either information requests or created as a reply to information requests or in error conditions.<ul><li>Disable ICMP blocks in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-icmp-block=&LTicmptype>
</pre><ul><li>Query ICMP blocks in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-icmp-block=&LTicmptype>
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li><b> Example: </b> Block echo-reply messages in the public zone:</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --zone=public --add-icmp-block=echo-reply
</pre><ul><li>Enable port forwarding or port mapping in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-forward-port=port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:proto=&LTprotocol> { :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>] | :toaddr=&LTaddress> | :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:toaddr=&LTaddress> }
</pre><p>The port is either mapped to the same port on another host or to another port on the same host or to another port on another host. The port can be a singe port &LTport> or a port range &LTport>-&LTport>. The protocol is either <b> tcp </b> or <b> udp </b> . toport is either port &LTport> or a port range &LTport>-&LTport>. toaddr is an IPv4 address. Port forwarding is IPv4 only because of kernel limitations.<ul><li>Disable port forwarding or port mapping in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-forward-port=port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:proto=&LTprotocol> { :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>] | :toaddr=&LTaddress> | :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:toaddr=&LTaddress> }
</pre><ul><li>Query port forwarding or port mapping in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-forward-port=port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:proto=&LTprotocol> { :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>] | :toaddr=&LTaddress> | :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:toaddr=&LTaddress> }
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li><b> Example: </b> Forward ssh to host 127.0.0.2 in the home zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --zone=home --add-forward-port=port=22:proto=tcp:toaddr=127.0.0.2
</pre><h4><span class=mw-headline id=Permanent_zone_handling> Permanent zone handling </span></h4><p>The permanent options are not affecting runtime directly. These options are only available after a reload or restart. To have runtime and permanent setting, you need to supply both. The <b> --permanent </b> option needs to be the first option for all permanent calls.<ul><li>Get a list of supported permanent services</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent --get-services
</pre><ul><li>Get a list of supported permanent icmptypes</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent --get-icmptypes
</pre><ul><li>Get a list of supported permanent zones</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent --get-zones
</pre><ul><li>Enable a service in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-service=&LTservice>
</pre><p>This enables the service in the zone permanently. If the zone option is omitted, the default zone is used.<ul><li>Disable a service in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-service=&LTservice>
</pre><ul><li>Query if a service is enabled in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-service=&LTservice>
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li><b> Example: </b> Enable service ipp-client permanently in the home zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=home --add-service=ipp-client
</pre><ul><li>Enable a port and protocol combination permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]/&LTprotocol>
</pre><ul><li>Disable a port and protocol combination permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]/&LTprotocol>
</pre><ul><li>Query if a port and protocol combination is enabled permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]/&LTprotocol>
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li><b> Example: </b> Enable port 443/tcp for https permanently in the home zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=home --add-port=443/tcp
</pre><ul><li>Enable masquerading permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-masquerade
</pre><p>This enables masquerading for the zone. The addresses of a private network are mapped to and hidden behind a public IP address. This is a form of address translation and mostly used in routers. Masquerading is IPv4 only because of kernel limitations.<ul><li>Disable masquerading permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-masquerade
</pre><ul><li>Query masquerading permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-masquerade
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li>Enable ICMP blocks permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-icmp-block=&LTicmptype>
</pre><p>This enabled the block of a selected Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) message. ICMP messages are either information requests or created as a reply to information requests or in error conditions.<ul><li>Disable ICMP blocks permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-icmp-block=&LTicmptype>
</pre><ul><li>Query ICMP blocks permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-icmp-block=&LTicmptype>
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li><b> Example: </b> Block echo-reply messages in the public zone:</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-icmp-block=echo-reply
</pre><ul><li>Enable port forwarding or port mapping permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --add-forward-port=port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:proto=&LTprotocol> { :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>] | :toaddr=&LTaddress> | :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:toaddr=&LTaddress> }
</pre><p>The port is either mapped to the same port on another host or to another port on the same host or to another port on another host. The port can be a singe port &LTport> or a port range &LTport>-&LTport>. The protocol is either <b> tcp </b> or <b> udp </b> . toport is either port &LTport> or a port range &LTport>-&LTport>. toaddr is an IPv4 address. Port forwarding is IPv4 only because of kernel limitations.<ul><li>Disable port forwarding or port mapping permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --remove-forward-port=port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:proto=&LTprotocol> { :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>] | :toaddr=&LTaddress> | :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:toaddr=&LTaddress> }
</pre><ul><li>Query port forwarding or port mapping permanently in a zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent [--zone=&LTzone>] --query-forward-port=port=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:proto=&LTprotocol> { :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>] | :toaddr=&LTaddress> | :toport=&LTport>[-&LTport>]:toaddr=&LTaddress> }
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li><b> Example: </b> Forward ssh to host 127.0.0.2 in the home zone</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=home --add-forward-port=port=22:proto=tcp:toaddr=127.0.0.2
</pre><h4><span class=mw-headline id=Direct_options> Direct options </span></h4><p>The direct options give a more direct access to the firewall. These options require user to know basic iptables concepts, i.e. table (filter/mangle/nat/...), chain (INPUT/OUTPUT/FORWARD/...), commands (-A/-D/-I/...), parameters (-p/-s/-d/-j/...) and targets (ACCEPT/DROP/REJECT/...). Direct options should be used only as a last resort when it's not possible to use for example --add-service=service or --add-rich-rule='rule'. The first argument of each option has to be <b> ipv4 </b> or <b> ipv6 </b> or <b> eb </b> . With <b> ipv4 </b> it will be for IPv4 (iptables(8)), with <b> ipv6 </b> for IPv6 (ip6tables(8)) and with <b> eb </b> for ethernet bridges (ebtables(8)).<ul><li>Pass a command through to the firewall. &LTargs> can be all iptables, ip6tables and ebtables command line arguments</ul><pre> firewall-cmd --direct --passthrough { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTargs>
</pre><ul><li>Add a new chain &LTchain> to a table &LTtable>.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--permanent] --direct --add-chain { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTtable> &LTchain>
</pre><ul><li>Remove a chain with name &LTchain> from table &LTtable>.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--permanent] --direct --remove-chain { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTtable> &LTchain>
</pre><ul><li>Query if a chain with name &LTchain> exists in table &LTtable>. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--permanent] --direct --query-chain { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTtable> &LTchain>
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li>Get all chains added to table &LTtable> as a space separated list.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--permanent] --direct --get-chains { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTtable>
</pre><ul><li>Add a rule with the arguments &LTargs> to chain &LTchain> in table &LTtable> with priority &LTpriority>.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--permanent] --direct --add-rule { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTtable> &LTchain> &LTpriority> &LTargs>
</pre><ul><li>Remove a rule with the arguments &LTargs> from chain &LTchain> in table &LTtable>.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--permanent] --direct --remove-rule { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTtable> &LTchain> &LTargs>
</pre><ul><li>Query if a rule with the arguments &LTargs> exists in chain &LTchain> in table &LTtable>. Returns 0 if true, 1 otherwise.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--permanent] --direct --query-rule { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTtable> &LTchain> &LTargs>
</pre><p>This command returns if it is enabled, there is no output.<ul><li>Get all rules added to chain &LTchain> in table &LTtable> as a newline separated list of arguments.</ul><pre> firewall-cmd [--permanent] --direct --get-rules { ipv4 | ipv6 | eb } &LTtable> &LTchain>
</pre><h2><span class=mw-headline id=The_current_firewalld_features> The current firewalld features </span></h2><h3><span class=mw-headline id=D-BUS_Interface> D-BUS Interface </span></h3><p>The D-BUS interface gives information about the firewall state and makes it possible to enable, disable and query firewall settings.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Zones> Zones </span></h3><p>A network or firewall zone defines the trust level of the interface used for a connection. There are several pre-defined zones provided by firewalld. Zone configuration options and generic file information are described in the firewalld.zone(5) man page.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Services> Services </span></h3><p>A service can be a list of local ports and destinations and additionally also a list of firewall helper modules automatically loaded if a service is enabled. The use of predefined services makes it easier for the user to enable and disable access to a service. Service configuration options and generic file information are described in the firewalld.service(5) man page.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=ICMP_types> ICMP types </span></h3><p>The Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) is used to exchange information and also error messages in the Internet Protocol (IP). ICMP types can be used in firewalld to limit the exchange of these messages. ICMP type configuration options and generic file information are described in the firewalld.icmptype(5) man page.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Direct_interface> Direct interface </span></h3><p>The direct interface is mainly used by services or applications to add specific firewall rules.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Runtime_configuration> Runtime configuration </span></h3><p>The runtime configuration is not permanent and will only be restored for a reload. After restart or stop of the service or a system reboot, these options will be gone.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Permanent_configuration> Permanent configuration </span></h3><p>The permanent configuration is stored in config files and will be restored with every machine boot or service reload or restart.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Tray_Applet> Tray Applet </span></h3><p>The tray applet <b> firewall-applet </b> visualizes the firewall state and also problems with the firewall for the user. It can also be used to configure settings by calling <b> firewall-config </b> .<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Graphical_Configuration_Tool> Graphical Configuration Tool </span></h3><p>The configuration tool <b> firewall-config </b> is the main configuration tool for the firewall daemon. It supports all features of the firewall besides the direct interface, this is handled by the service/application that added the rules.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Command_Line_client> Command Line client </span></h3><p>The command line client <b> firewall-cmd </b> supports all firewall features. For status and query modes, there is no output, but the command returns the state.<p>For offline use there is also <b> firewall-offline-cmd </b> . This command line client is creating firewalld configuration files directly and is not using firewalld or the D-Bus interface. It is for example used in the system installation process to create an initial firewall configuration from the kickstart settings.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Support_for_ebtables> Support for ebtables </span></h3><p>ebtables support is needed to fulfill all needs of the libvirt daemon and to prevent access problems between ip*tables and ebtables on kernel netfilter level. All these commands are accessing the same structures and therefore they should not be used at the same time.<h3><span id=Default/Fallback_configuration_in_/usr/lib/firewalld> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=Default.2FFallback_configuration_in_.2Fusr.2Flib.2Ffirewalld> Default/Fallback configuration in /usr/lib/firewalld </span></h3><p>This directory contains the default and fallback configuration provided by firewalld for icmptypes, services and zones. The files provided with the firewalld package should not get changed and the changes are gone with an update of the firewalld package. Additional icmptypes, services and zones can be provided with packages or by creating files.<h3><span id=System_configuration_settings_in_/etc/firewalld> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=System_configuration_settings_in_.2Fetc.2Ffirewalld> System configuration settings in /etc/firewalld </span></h3><p>The system or user configuration stored here is either created by the system administrator or by customization with the configuration interface of firewalld or by hand. The files will overload the default configuration files.<p>To manually change settings of pre-defined icmptypes, zones or services, copy the file from the default configuration directory to the corresponding directory in the system configuration directory and change it accordingly.<p>If you are loading the defaults for a zone that has a default or fallback file, the file in /etc/firewalld will be renamed to &LTfile>.old and the fallback will be used again.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=Work_in_Progress_Features> Work in Progress Features </span></h2><h3><span class=mw-headline id=Rich_Language> Rich Language </span></h3><p>The rich language provides a high level language to be able to have more complex firewall rules for IPv4 and IPv6 without the knowledge of iptables syntax.<p>Fedora 19 provides milestone 2 of the rich language with D-Bus and command line client support. The milestone 3 will also provide support within firewall-config, the graphical configuration program.<p>For more information on this, please have a look at: <a class="external text"href=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FirewalldRichLanguage> firewalld Rich Language </a><h3><span class=mw-headline id=Lockdown> Lockdown </span></h3><p>Lockdown adds a simple configuration setting for firewalld to be able to lock down configuration changes from local applications or services. It is a very light version of application policies.<p>Fedora 19 provides milestone 2 of the lockdown feature with D-Bus and command line client support. The milestone 3 will also provide support within firewall-config, the graphical configuration program.<p>For more information on this, please have a look at: <a class="external text"href=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/FirewalldLockdown> firewalld Lockdown </a><h3><span class=mw-headline id=Permanent_Direct_Rules> Permanent Direct Rules </span></h3><p>This feature is in early state. It provides the ability to permanently save direct rules and chains. Passthorough rules are not part of this. See <a title="Direct options (page does not exist)"class=new href=/w/index.php?title=Direct_options&action=edit&redlink=1> Direct options </a> for more information on direct rules.<h3><span id=Migration_from_ip*tables_and_ebtables_services> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=Migration_from_ip.2Atables_and_ebtables_services> Migration from ip*tables and ebtables services </span></h3><p>This feature is in an very early state. It will provide a conversion script that creates direct permanent rules from the iptables, ip6tables and ebtables service configurations as far as possible. A limitation here might be the integration into the direct chains firewalld provides.<p>This needs lots of tests at best also from more complex firewall configurations.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=Planned_and_Proposed_Features> Planned and Proposed Features </span></h2><h3><span class=mw-headline id=Firewall_Abstraction_Model> Firewall Abstraction Model </span></h3><p>Adding an abstraction layer on top of ip*tables and ebtables firewall rules makes adding rules simple and more intuitive. The abstraction layer needs to be powerful, but also simple, which makes this not an easy task. A firewall language has to gen invented for this. Firewall rules have a fixed position and querying generic information about access state, access policies for ports and other firewall features is possible.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=Support_for_conntrack> Support for conntrack </span></h3><p>Conntrack is needed to be able to terminate established connections for features that get disabled. For some use cases it might not be good to terminate the connection: Enabling of a firewall service for a limited time to establish a persistent external connection.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=User_interaction_mode> User interaction mode </span></h3><p>This is a special mode of in the firewall the user or admin can enable. All requests of applications to alter the firewall are directed to the user to get notified and granted or denied. It is possible to set a time limit for the acceptance of a connection and to limit it to hosts, networks or connections. It can be saved to behave the same in the future without notification.<p>An additional feature of this mode is direct external connection attempts on preselected services or ports to the user with the same features as the application initiated requests. The limitation on services and ports will also limit the amount of requests sent to the user.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=User_policy_support> User policy support </span></h3><p>The administrator can define which users are able to use the User Interaction Mode and can also limit the firewall features, that can be used with it.<h3><span id=Port_metadata_information_(proposed_by_Lennart_Poettering)> </span> <span class=mw-headline id=Port_metadata_information_.28proposed_by_Lennart_Poettering.29> Port metadata information (proposed by Lennart Poettering) </span></h3><p>To have a port independent metadata information would be good to have. The current model with a static assignment of ports and protocols from /etc/services is not a good solution and is not reflecting current use cases. Ports in applications or services are dynamic and therefore the port itself does not describe the use case.<p>This metadata information could be used to form simple rules for the firewall. Here are some examples:<pre> allow external access to file sharing applications or services
 allow external access to music sharing applications or services
 allow external access to all sharing applications or services
 allow external access to torrent file sharing applications or services
 allow external access to http web services
</pre><p>The metadata information here could not only be application specific, but also a group of use cases. For example the "all sharing" group or the "file sharing" group could match all sharing or file sharing applications, for example torrent file sharing. These are examples, therefore it might be that they are not useful.<p>There are two possible solutions to get metadata information in the firewall:<p>The first is to add it to netfilter (kernel space). This has the advantage, that it can be used by everyone, but also limits the use. To get user or system specific information into account, all these need to be implemented in kernel space also.<p>The other one would be to add this to a firewall daemon. These abstract rules could be used together with information like the trust level of the network connections, the user decision to share with as specific person/host or the hard rule of the administrator to forbid sharing completely.<p>The second solution would have the advantage that new metadata groups or changes in incorporation of trust levels, user preferences or administrator rules would not require to push a new kernel. Adding these kind of abstract rules to a firewall daemon would make it much more flexible. Even new security levels would be easy to add without kernel updates.<h3><span class=mw-headline id=sysctld> sysctld </span></h3><p>At the moment there are sysctl settings that are not properly applied. This happens if the module providing the setting is not loaded at boot time when rc.sysinit runs or it the module gets reloaded at runtime. Another example is net.ipv4.ip_forward, which is needed for example for specific firewall settings, libvirt and also user/admin changes. If there are two apps or daemons enabling ip_forwarding only if needed, then it could happen that one of them is turning it off again without knowing that there is another one, that still needs it turned on.<p>The sysctl daemon could solve this by having an internal use count for settings, that will make it possible to turn it off or go to the previous setting again if the requester reverted the request to change it.<h2><span class=mw-headline id=Firewall_Rules> Firewall Rules </span></h2><p>Netfilter firewalls are always susceptible to rule ordering issues, because a rule does not have a fixed position in a chain. The position can change if other rules are added or removed in a position before that rule.<p>In the static firewall model a firewall change is recreating a clean and sane firewall setup limited to the features directly supported by system-config-firewall / lokkit. Firewall rules created by other applications are not integrated and s-c-fw / lokkit does not know about them if the customs rules file feature is not in use. Default chains are used and there is no safe way to add and remove rules without interfering with others.<p>The dynamic model has additional chains for the firewall features. These specific chains are called in a defined ordering and rules added to a chain could not interfere with reject or drop rules in chains that were called before. This makes it possible to have a more sane firewall configuration.<p>Here are example rules created by the daemon in the filter table with ssh, ipp-client and mdns enabled in the public zone, all other zones have been removed to simplify and shorten the output:<pre> *filter
 :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
 :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
 :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0]
 :FORWARD_ZONES - [0:0]
 :FORWARD_direct - [0:0]
 :INPUT_ZONES - [0:0]
 :INPUT_direct - [0:0]
 :IN_ZONE_public - [0:0]
 :IN_ZONE_public_allow - [0:0]
 :IN_ZONE_public_deny - [0:0]
 :OUTPUT_direct - [0:0]
 -A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
 -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT
 -A INPUT -j INPUT_direct
 -A INPUT -j INPUT_ZONES
 -A INPUT -p icmp -j ACCEPT
 -A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
 -A FORWARD -m conntrack --ctstate RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
 -A FORWARD -i lo -j ACCEPT
 -A FORWARD -j FORWARD_direct
 -A FORWARD -j FORWARD_ZONES
 -A FORWARD -p icmp -j ACCEPT
 -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited
 -A OUTPUT -j OUTPUT_direct
 -A IN_ZONE_public -j IN_ZONE_public_deny
 -A IN_ZONE_public -j IN_ZONE_public_allow
 -A IN_ZONE_public_allow -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
 -A IN_ZONE_public_allow -d 224.0.0.251/32 -p udp -m udp --dport 5353 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
 -A IN_ZONE_public_allow -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j ACCEPT
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