uh, thanks for pointing out the obvious, Tom! Now I have to figure out how
THAT got there...



On 13 August 2013 22:05, Tom Eastep <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 08/13/2013 06:59 AM, Steve Wray wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have created a very basic shorewall configuration with only one rule
> > for rate limiting outgoing ICMP port unreachable packets.
> >
> > However when I look at the rules created I can see an extra rate
> > limiting rule like this:
> >
> > Chain @net2fw (1 references)
> >  pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source
> > destination
> > 28114 1646K RETURN     all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0
> > <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>
> > limit: avg 10/sec burst 50
> >  3168  190K DROP       all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0
> > <http://0.0.0.0/0>            0.0.0.0/0 <http://0.0.0.0/0>
> >
> > I trust that Shorewall does the right thing, and although I didn't ask
> > for this particular rate limiting I am guessing that this shouldn't be
> > causing any problems.
> >
> > But my colleagues are requiring an explanation and claim that this is
> > affecting normal traffic.
> >
> > My suspicion is that this comes from the 'tcpflags' setting in
> > interfaces and that its rate limiting incoming invalid packets?
> >
> > interfaces:
> > net eth0 detect tcpflags,nosmurfs,arp_filter,arp_ignore=1,routefilter
> >
> > zones:
> > fw      firewall
> > net ipv4 - - -
> >
> > poilicy:
> > $FW $FW ACCEPT - -
> > $FW net ACCEPT - -
> > net $FW ACCEPT - 10/sec:50 <========================================
>
> -Tom
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