On 04/07/2016 06:42 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> 
> 
> I figure I'm most likely to bump into a fail2ban-using-shorewall user than a 
> shorewall-using fail2ban user, so thought I'd ask about this here .
> 
> I'm getting started running
> 
>       shorewall-lite version
>               4.6.13.4
>       iptables -V
>               iptables v1.6.0
>       ipset -V
>               ipset v6.29, protocol version: 6
> 
> on linux.  I'd use version 5, but 4.6.13.4 looks like the last version my 
> distro provides. (Not sure what to do about that yet.)
> 
> Anyway, I'm working on getting fail2ban dynamic firewalling setup for use 
> with my Postfix server.
> 
> The latest version of fail2ban
> 
>       fail2ban-server -V
>               Fail2Ban v0.9.4.dev0
> 
> includes a "shorewall-ipset-proto6" action that monitors shorewall logs and 
> writes entries to an ipset (IIUC).
> 
> The 'action' is a bit old.  It still references BLACKLISTNEWONLY= instead of 
> the newer BLACKLIST= config in SW.
> 
> The actions' commands are
> 
>       actionstart = if ! ipset -quiet -name list f2b-<name> >/dev/null;
>                     then ipset -quiet -exist create f2b-<name> hash:ip 
> timeout <bantime>;
>                     fi
>       actionstop = ipset flush f2b-<name>
>       actionban = ipset add f2b-<name> <ip> timeout <bantime> -exist
>       actionunban = ipset del f2b-<name> <ip> -exist
> 
> 
> While reading the SW docs to figure out how to update the action
> 
>       http://shorewall.net/blacklisting_support.htm
> 
> I discovered SW's "Dynamic Blacklisting".  Which seems afwully convenient.
> 
> Is there any reason NOT to replace those 'raw' ipset commands with 
> equivalents that use SW's DYNAMIC BLACKLISTING?
> 
> Better yet, is anyone here aware of an existing modern/current Fail2Ban 
> 'action' for using SW's Dynamic BL'ing?

Shorewall's dynamic blacklisting doesn't use ipsets -- it simply appends
iptables rules to the 'dynamic' chain. So, using an ipset is a more
efficient mechanism if you plan on banning a large number of addresses.

-Tom
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