Free tcp connections for ibgp software for linux

conn-close gives us possibility to get rid of entries in ip_conntrack about ESTABLISHED TCP connections that goes through our server.

conn-close script uses hping2 to send spoofed RST packets which will fool conntrack and cause specified connections to be considered by conntrack as closed (now these connections will be in ip_conntrack in CLOSE state), even though RST packets will be more likely discarded by destination host.

Information about connections is read of course from /proc/net/ip_conntrack.

Idea was taken from script seen somewhere on the internet.

TCPreen is a simple tool to monitor and analyze data transmitted between clients and servers through connection-oriented streams data such as a TCP sessions; it supports TCP over either IPv4 or IPv6. This tool focuses on the data stream (software/socket layer), not on the lower level transmission protocol as packet sniffers do.
TCPreen listens on a TCP port and wait for incoming connections to come in. Then, it forwards data sent by the connecting client to another server port (possibly on another computer) and forwards server responses back to the client.
TCPreen can display data on your console in real-time and/or save it to log files for later reference.There are various display formats.
While it was originally meant to help developers reverse-engineer TCP-based protocols, it can also be very useful to debug network server or client software or for a system administrator to monitor a TCP service.
Enhancements:
- libsolve/getaddrinfo.{c,h}, src/winstub.{c,h}:
- dirty kludge to resolve getaddrinfo & co at run-time
- so that tcpreen can still run on Windows 2000 and older.

Configuration with no services supported script is for a single host firewall configuration with no services supported by the firewall machine itself.

Sample:

# USER CONFIGURABLE SECTION

# The name and location of the ipchains utility.
IPTABLES=iptables

# The path to the ipchains executable.
PATH="/usr/local/sbin"

# Our internal network address space and its supporting network device.
OURNET="10.5.0.0/24"
OURBCAST="10.5.0.255"
OURDEV="eth0"

# The outside address and the network device that supports it.
ANYADDR="0/0"
ANYDEV="ppp0"

# The TCP services we wish to allow to pass - "" empty means all ports
# note: comma separated
TCPIN="ssh,ftp,ftp-data"
TCPOUT="smtp,www,ssh,telnet,ftp,ftp-data,irc,http"

# The UDP services we wish to allow to pass - "" empty means all ports
# note: comma separated
UDPIN="domain"
UDPOUT="domain"

# The ICMP services we wish to allow to pass - "" empty means all types
# ref: /usr/include/netinet/ip_icmp.h for type numbers
# note: comma separated
ICMPIN="0,3,11"
ICMPOUT="8,3,11"

# Logging; uncomment the following line to enable logging of datagrams
# that are blocked by the firewall.
# LOGGING=1

# END USER CONFIGURABLE SECTION
####################################
# Flush the Input table rules
echo -n Flushing forward... && {
$IPTABLES -F FORWARD
} && echo done

# We want to deny incoming access by default.
# echo -n Denying incoming access... && {
# $IPTABLES -P FORWARD drop
# } && echo done

# Drop all datagrams destined for this host received from outside.
echo -n Dropping incoming datagrams... && {
$IPTABLES -A INPUT -i $ANYDEV -j DROP
} && echo done

# SPOOFING
# We should not accept any datagrams with a source address matching ours
# from the outside, so we deny them.
echo -n Preventing spoofing... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -s $OURNET -i $ANYDEV -j DROP
} && echo done

# SMURF
# Disallow ICMP to our broadcast address to prevent "Smurf" style attack.
echo -n Preventing SMURFs... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p icmp -i $ANYDEV -d $OURNET -j DROP
} && echo done

# We should accept fragments, in iptables we must do this explicitly.
echo -n Accepting fragments... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -f -j ACCEPT
} && echo done

# TCP
# We will accept all TCP datagrams belonging to an existing connection
# (i.e. having the ACK bit set) for the TCP ports were allowing through.
# This should catch more than 95 % of all valid TCP packets.
echo -n Accepting valid incoming tcp datagrams on existing connections... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m multiport -p tcp -d $OURNET --dports $TCPIN ! --tcp-flags SYN,ACK ACK -j ACCEPT
} && echo done
echo -n Accepting valid outgoing tcp datagrams on existing connections... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m multiport -p tcp -s $OURNET --sports $TCPIN ! --tcp-flags SYN,ACK ACK -j ACCEPT
} && echo done

# TCP - INCOMING CONNECTIONS
# We will accept connection requests from the outside only on the
# allowed TCP ports.
echo -n Accepting incoming tcp connections on allowed ports... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m multiport -p tcp -i $ANYDEV -d $OURNET --dports $TCPIN --syn -j ACCEPT
} && echo done

# TCP - OUTGOING CONNECTIONS
# We will accept all outgoing tcp connection requests on the allowed TCP ports.
echo -n Accepting outgoing traffic on allowed tcp ports... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m multiport -p tcp -i $OURDEV -d $ANYADDR --dports $TCPOUT --syn -j ACCEPT
} && echo done

# UDP - INCOMING
# allow UDP datagrams in on the allowed ports and back.
echo -n Allowing UDP datagrams in on the allowed ports and back... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m multiport -p udp -i $ANYDEV -d $OURNET --dports $UDPIN -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m multiport -p udp -i $ANYDEV -s $OURNET --sports $UDPIN -j ACCEPT
} && echo done

# UDP - OUTGOING
# We will allow UDP datagrams out to the allowed ports and back.
echo -n Allowing UDP datagrams out on the allowed ports and back... && {
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m multiport -p udp -i $OURDEV -d $ANYADDR --dports $UDPOUT -j ACCEPT
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m multiport -p udp -i $OURDEV -s $ANYADDR --sports $UDPOUT -j ACCEPT
} && echo done

# ICMP - INCOMING
# We will allow ICMP datagrams in of the allowed types.
# echo -n Allowing ICMP datagrams in of the allowed types... && {
# $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p icmp -i $ANYDEV -d $OURNET --icmp-type $ICMPIN -j ACCEPT
# } && echo done

# ICMP - OUTGOING
# We will allow ICMP datagrams out of the allowed types.
# echo -n Allowing ICMP datagrams out of the allowed types... && {
# $IPTABLES -A FORWARD -p icmp -i $OURDEV -d $ANYADDR --icmp-type $ICMPOUT -j ACCEPT
# } && echo done

# DEFAULT and LOGGING
# All remaining datagrams fall through to the default
# rule and are dropped. They will be logged if youve
# configured the LOGGING variable above.
#

# DoS
# enabling Syn-flood protection
echo -n Enabling Syn-flood protection... && {
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --syn -m limit --limit 1/s -j ACCEPT
} && echo done
# Enabling Furtive port scanner protection
echo -n Enabling Furtive port scanner protection... && {
iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,ACK,FIN,RST RST -m limit --limit 1/s -j ACCEPT
} && echo done
# Enabling ping of death protection
echo -n Enabling ping of death protection... && {
iptables -A FORWARD -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -m limit --limit 1/s -j ACCEPT
} && echo done


if [ "$LOGGING" ]
then
# Log barred TCP
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m tcp -p tcp -j LOG
# Log barred UDP
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m udp -p udp -j LOG
# Log barred ICMP
$IPTABLES -A FORWARD -m udp -p icmp -j LOG
fi
#
# end.

Packet filtering setup script by Anthony C. Zboralski. Adapted by Didi Damian for iptables version 1.0.0

Sample:

PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin

# Set up variables
EXT_IF="eth0"
INT_IF="eth1"
EXT_IP=24.x.x.x/32
INT_IP=192.168.0.1/32
EXT_NET=24.x.x.0/24
INT_NET=192.168.0.0/24
MASQ_NETS="192.168.0.0/24"
LOCAL_ADDRS="127.0.0.0/8 192.168.0.1/32 24.x.x.x/32"
MAIL_RELAY=24.x.x.x/32
SMB_ACCESS="192.168.0.2/32"
SMB_BCAST="192.168.0.255/32"

# Turn on IP forwarding
echo Turning on IP forwarding.
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward

# Load the ip_tables module
echo Loading ip_tables module.
/sbin/modprobe ip_tables || exit 1
# I let the kernel dynamically load the other modules

echo Flush standard tables.
iptables --flush INPUT
iptables --flush OUTPUT
iptables --flush FORWARD
echo Deny everything until firewall setup is completed.
iptables --policy INPUT DROP
iptables --policy OUTPUT DROP
iptables --policy FORWARD DROP

CHAINS=`iptables -n -L |perl -n -e /Chains+(S+)/ && !($1 =~ /^(INPUT|FORWARD|OUTPUT)$/) && print "$1 "`
echo Remove remaining chains:
echo $CHAINS
for chain in $CHAINS; do
iptables --flush $chain
done
# 2nd step cause of dependencies
for chain in $CHAINS; do
iptables --delete-chain $chain
done

for net in $MASQ_NETS; do
# I delete all the rules so you can rerun the scripts without bloating
# your nat entries.
iptables -D POSTROUTING -t nat -s $MASQ_NETS -j MASQUERADE 2>/dev/null
iptables -A POSTROUTING -t nat -s $MASQ_NETS -j MASQUERADE || exit 1
done
iptables --policy FORWARD ACCEPT

# Create a target for logging and dropping packets
iptables --new LDROP 2>/dev/null
iptables -A LDROP --proto tcp -j LOG --log-level info
--log-prefix "TCP Drop "
iptables -A LDROP --proto udp -j LOG --log-level info
--log-prefix "UDP Drop "
iptables -A LDROP --proto icmp -j LOG --log-level info
--log-prefix "ICMP Drop "
iptables -A LDROP --proto gre -j LOG --log-level info
--log-prefix "GRE Drop "

iptables -A LDROP -f -j LOG --log-level emerg
--log-prefix "FRAG Drop "
iptables -A LDROP -j DROP

# Create a table for watching some accepting rules
iptables --new WATCH 2>/dev/null
iptables -A WATCH -m limit -j LOG --log-level warn --log-prefix "ACCEPT "
iptables -A WATCH -j ACCEPT


echo Special target for local addresses:
iptables --new LOCAL 2>/dev/null
echo $LOCAL_ADDRS
for ip in $LOCAL_ADDRS; do
iptables -A INPUT --dst $ip -j LOCAL
# iptables -A INPUT --src $ip -i ! lo -j LDROP # lame spoof protect
done
echo Authorize mail from mail relay.
iptables -A LOCAL --proto tcp --syn --src $MAIL_RELAY --dst $EXT_IP --dport 25 -j ACCEPT


echo Authorizing samba access to:
echo $SMB_ACCESS
iptables --new SMB 2>/dev/null
for ip in $SMB_ACCESS; do
iptables -A SMB -s $ip -j ACCEPT
done
iptables -A LOCAL --proto udp -i ! $EXT_IF --dport 135:139 -j SMB
iptables -A LOCAL --proto tcp -i ! $EXT_IF --dport 135:139 -j SMB
iptables -A LOCAL --proto tcp -i ! $EXT_IF --dport 445 -j SMB
iptables -A INPUT -i ! $EXT_IF --dst $SMB_BCAST -j ACCEPT #lame samba broadcast

echo Drop and log every other incoming tcp connection attempts.
iptables -A LOCAL -i ! lo --proto tcp --syn --j LDROP

echo Authorize dns access for local nets.
for net in $MASQ_NETS 127.0.0.0/8; do
iptables -A INPUT --proto udp --src $net --dport 53 -j ACCEPT
done


echo Enforcing up ICMP policies, use iptables -L ICMP to check.
# If you deny all ICMP messages you head for trouble since it would
# break lots of tcp/ip algorythm (acz)
iptables --new ICMP 2>/dev/null
iptables -A INPUT --proto icmp -j ICMP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type echo-reply -j ACCEPT
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type destination-unreachable -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type network-unreachable -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type host-unreachable -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type protocol-unreachable -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type port-unreachable -j ACCEPT
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type fragmentation-needed -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type source-route-failed -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type network-unknown -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type host-unknown -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type network-prohibited -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type host-prohibited -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type TOS-network-unreachable -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type TOS-host-unreachable -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type communication-prohibited -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type host-precedence-violation -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type precedence-cutoff -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type source-quench -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type redirect -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type network-redirect -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type host-redirect -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type TOS-network-redirect -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type TOS-host-redirect -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type echo-request -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type router-advertisement -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type router-solicitation -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type time-exceeded -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type ttl-zero-during-transit -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type ttl-zero-during-reassembly -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type parameter-problem -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type ip-header-bad -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type required-option-missing -j WATCH
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type timestamp-request -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type timestamp-reply -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type address-mask-request -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp --icmp-type address-mask-reply -j LDROP
iptables -A ICMP -p icmp -j LDROP

echo Authorize tcp traffic.
iptables -A INPUT --proto tcp -j ACCEPT

echo Authorize packet output.
iptables --policy OUTPUT ACCEPT

#echo reject ident if you drop em you gotta wait for timeout
#iptables -I LOCAL --proto tcp --syn --dst $EXT_IP --dport 113 -j REJECT

echo Drop and log all udp below 1024.
iptables -A INPUT -i ! lo --proto udp --dport :1023 -j LDROP

echo Drop rpc dynamic udp port:
RPC_UDP=`rpcinfo -p localhost|perl -n -e /.*udps+(d+)s+/ && print $1,"n"|sort -u`
echo $RPC_UDP
for port in $RPC_UDP; do
iptables -A LOCAL -i ! lo --proto udp --dport $port -j LDROP
done

echo Authorize udp above 1024.
iptables -A INPUT --proto udp --dport 1024: -j ACCEPT

TCPCam is a video and audio point to point conference program for Linux that is very easy to use and modify. The connection uses a single TCP port that needs to be open on only one of the two ends.
TCPCam is possible to change the video compression and resolution at run-time to match the available bandwidth.
It uses the Speex encoder for audio compression (in both narrowband and wideband), JPEG compression for video, and works with most video4linux devices and audio boards supporting the OSS API.
Main features:
- It works using a single TCP port (port 7766). In order for TCPCam to work between two users, one of the users can be completly firewalled, while the other one must have port TCP 7766 open to the outside.
- Audio frames are encoded using the Speex encoder/algorithm.
- Video frames are encoded using JPEG at high compression level.
- The user can switch between ten different video quality levels at runtime using keys from 1 to 0.
- Support for multiple video resolution (up to 640x480), the user can switch at runtime using the right keys (see usage)
- Full screen mode (just press f to toggle).
- Capture screenshots in JPEG format (just press enter).
- Audio works in narrowband (8Khz) and wideband (16Khz).
- The protocol is very simple to implement in most operating systems and programming languages. It is based on frames with a simple header containing audio or video and transimtted over a TCP channel.

tcptrack provides a packet sniffer that displays TCP connections similarly to top.

tcptrack is a packet sniffer, which passively watches for connections on a specified network interface, tracks their states, and lists them in a manner similar to the Unix top command.

It displays source and destination addresses and ports, connection state, idle time, and bandwidth usage.

Nanoserv is a sockets daemon toolkit for PHP 5.1+. Nanoserv is object oriented and features native support for TCP with SSL/TLS and UDP connections, multiplexing and forking listeners, handlers for raw connections, line input, HTTP, SMTP, XML-RPC, Syslog, transparent inter-process communications with forked handlers, and more.
Main features:
- 100% object oriented
- native support for TCP with SSL/TLS and UDP connections
- multiplexing and forking listeners
- handlers for raw connections, line input, HTTP, SMTP, XML-RPC, Syslog, ...
- transparent inter process communications with forked handlers
- and probably more ...

StdioTunnel project allows you to tunnel arbitrary TCP connections through any shell access connection.

If the connection provides a clear 8-bit data path and allows you to start programs, you can use it with StdioTunnel.

It tunnels TCP connections in much the same way SSH does, but is useful in particular cases where SSH port forwarding is disabled, and it does not require running or changing the configuration of any server processes on either side of the connection.

Once StdioTunnel handshakes, the connection you used to initiate it is no longer available. The local StdioTunnel process will ignore further input. The connection is shut down when you kill the StdioTunnel process at either end.

All that is required for StdioTunnel to make a connection is that the standard input and output of the remote side appear to be connected through an 8-bit clear channel to the standard input and output of the process started by the local side. ssh with the -e none option to turn off the escape character works quite nicely as the connecting process.

Please note that using ANY software, StdioTunnel included, to work-around firewall restrictions may make systems on either side of the firewall more vulnerable to any number of attacks. StdioTunnel may have bugs that make such vulnerabilities even worse. The user takes sole responsibility for any adverse consequences of using this software.