On 10/17/2014 3:18 AM, Filippo Carletti wrote:
> Hi,
> I'd like to use the --queue-bypass option of NFQUEUE. From iptables man page:
> 
>       --queue-bypass
>               By  default,  if no userspace program is listening on an
> NFQUEUE, then all packets that are to be queued are dropped.  When
> this option is used, the NFQUEUE rule is silently bypassed instead.
> The packet will move on to the next rule.
> 
> I tried to create a new action in embedded perl, but I can't figure
> out the syntax to add an option to a target.
> Moreover, I think I can't use a custom action in a policy (now, I have
> "loc net NFQUEUE").
> 
> What's the best way to add the --queue-bypass option to nfqueue?
> 
> I quickly patched Rules.pm and it works as expected, but
> --queue-bypass should be optional based on capabilities.
> 
> 
> P.S. The final target of this work is to have snort/suricata setup
> like described here:
> http://www.spinics.net/lists/netfilter/msg55072.html
> 

Hi Filippo,

Assuming that you are using a recent version of Shorewall, you can
simply use:

        IPTABLES(NFQUEUE --queue-bypass)        ...

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