After googling around a bit it looks like the `filter*` and `COMMIT` commands in iptables configurations do in fact form a transactional block that would allow us to accept additional plain-files via extensions and just concatenate them, it's that's a road we want to go down
From: antlers <antlers@luris.net>
* gnu/services/networking.scm (simple-firewall-service): Add.
(iptables-service): Allow a crude sort of service extension.
I tried out a keyword-based syntax:
```
(simple-firewall-configuration
(allow-forwarding? #t)
(allowed-ports '(#:both 51234
#:tcp 80 443
#:udp 4444))
```
But kept the more verbose tcp and udp fields because I don't want
people to have to use quasiquotes to splice in evaluated port-numbers
after the keywords.
I like the suggestion that there should be a field for redirecting
packets, whether to loopback or another box, as it took me a while to
learn about eg. masquerading last time I needed to set something like
that up. Not sure what command would be equivalent to the NAT
suggestion?
I guess nftables has superseded iptables, but I'm not as familiar with
it? Perhaps I can add it as a second back-end in the future. My
primary concern right now is a pure Scheme interface for networking
configuration; most notably via service inheritance! Simple-firewall
now lets you open ports via extensions in other services; in order for
this option to be widely available, perhaps it's the
{nf,ip}tables-services that should be extensible? It's a tricky
problem atm because we don't really want services that need ports
depending on a specific backend, there are existing API's, they use
plain-file's over structs or strings, and rule orders need to be
really specific/coordinated. Idk, maybe that isn't something we really
want in the first place, but it sure feels good from a configuration /
organizational point-of-view. Happy to tweak this again if anyone has
ideas.
---
gnu/services/networking.scm | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 77 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/gnu/services/networking.scm b/gnu/services/networking.scm
index 19aba8c266..0866c10b34 100644
--- a/gnu/services/networking.scm
+++ b/gnu/services/networking.scm
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
;;; Copyright © 2021 Christine Lemmer-Webber <cwebber@dustycloud.org>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Guillaume Le Vaillant <glv@posteo.net>
+;;; Copyright © 2021 Solene Rapenne
+;;; Copyright © 2022 antlers <autumnalantlers@gmail.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -225,7 +227,11 @@ (define-module (gnu services networking)
keepalived-configuration
keepalived-configuration?
- keepalived-service-type))
+ keepalived-service-type
+
+ simple-firewall-service-type
+ simple-firewall-configuration
+ simple-firewall-configuration?))
;;; Commentary:
;;;
@@ -1721,7 +1727,13 @@ (define iptables-service-type
"Run @command{iptables-restore}, setting up the specified rules.")
(extensions
(list (service-extension shepherd-root-service-type
- (compose list iptables-shepherd-service))))))
+ (compose list iptables-shepherd-service))))
+ ;; Some services extend iptables, but such services are mutually exclusive,
+ ;; and should be either extended directly or superseded entirely depending
+ ;; the complexity of your desired configuration.
+ (compose identity)
+ (extend (lambda (config entries)
+ (last entries)))))
;;;
;;; nftables
@@ -2186,4 +2198,67 @@ (define keepalived-service-type
"Run @uref{https://www.keepalived.org/, Keepalived}
routing software.")))
+
+;;;
+;;; Simple Firewall
+;;;
+
+(define-record-type* <simple-firewall-configuration>
+ simple-firewall-configuration make-simple-firewall-configuration
+ simple-firewall-configuration?
+ (allow-icmp? simple-firewall-configuration-allow-icmp?
+ (default #f))
+ (allow-forwarding? simple-firewall-configuration-allow-forwarding?
+ (default #f))
+
+ (open-tcp-ports simple-firewall-configuration-open-tcp-ports
+ (default '()))
+ (open-udp-ports simple-firewall-configuration-open-udp-ports
+ (default '())))
+
+(define simple-firewall-configuration->iptables-rules
+ (match-lambda
+ (($ <simple-firewall-configuration>
+ allow-icmp? allow-forwarding?
+ open-tcp-ports open-udp-ports)
+ (string-join
+ `("*filter"
+ ":INPUT DROP"
+ ,(string-append ":FORWARD " (if allow-forwarding? "ACCEPT" "DROP"))
+ ":OUTPUT ACCEPT"
+ "-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT"
+ "-A INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT"
+ ,@(unless allow-icmp? '("-A INPUT -p icmp -j DROP"
+ "-A INPUT -p icmpv6 -j DROP"))
+ ,@(map (cut string-append "-A INPUT -p tcp --dport " <> " -j ACCEPT") (map number->string open-tcp-ports))
+ ,@(map (cut string-append "-A INPUT -p udp --dport " <> " -j ACCEPT") (map number->string open-udp-ports))
+ "-A INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable"
+ "COMMIT")
+ "\n" 'suffix))))
+
+(define (simple-firewall-configuration->iptables-configuration config)
+ (let ((rules (simple-firewall-configuration->iptables-rules config)))
+ (iptables-configuration
+ (ipv4-rules (plain-file "iptables.rules" rules))
+ (ipv6-rules (plain-file "ip6tables.rules" rules)))))
+
+(define simple-firewall-service-type
+ (service-type
+ (name 'simple-firewall)
+ (description
+ "Run @command{iptables-restore}, setting up the specified rules.")
+ (extensions
+ (list (service-extension iptables-service-type
+ simple-firewall-configuration->iptables-configuration)))
+ (compose concatenate)
+ (extend (lambda (config entries)
+ (simple-firewall-configuration
+ (inherit config)
+ (open-tcp-ports
+ (concatenate (map simple-firewall-configuration-open-tcp-ports
+ (cons config entries))))
+ (open-udp-ports
+ (concatenate (map simple-firewall-configuration-open-udp-ports
+ (cons config entries)))))))))
+
;;; networking.scm ends here
--
2.38.0