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1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
2menu "Core Netfilter Configuration"
3 depends on INET && NETFILTER
4
5config NETFILTER_INGRESS
6 bool "Netfilter ingress support"
7 default y
8 select NET_INGRESS
9 help
10 This allows you to classify packets from ingress using the Netfilter
11 infrastructure.
12
13config NETFILTER_EGRESS
14 bool "Netfilter egress support"
15 default y
16 select NET_EGRESS
17 help
18 This allows you to classify packets before transmission using the
19 Netfilter infrastructure.
20
21config NETFILTER_SKIP_EGRESS
22 def_bool NETFILTER_EGRESS && (NET_CLS_ACT || IFB)
23
24config NETFILTER_NETLINK
25 tristate
26
27config NETFILTER_FAMILY_BRIDGE
28 bool
29
30config NETFILTER_FAMILY_ARP
31 bool
32
33config NETFILTER_NETLINK_HOOK
34 tristate "Netfilter base hook dump support"
35 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
36 depends on NF_TABLES
37 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
38 help
39 If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
40 to list the base netfilter hooks via NFNETLINK.
41 This is helpful for debugging.
42
43config NETFILTER_NETLINK_ACCT
44 tristate "Netfilter NFACCT over NFNETLINK interface"
45 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
46 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
47 help
48 If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
49 for extended accounting via NFNETLINK.
50
51config NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE
52 tristate "Netfilter NFQUEUE over NFNETLINK interface"
53 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
54 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
55 help
56 If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
57 for queueing packets via NFNETLINK.
58
59config NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG
60 tristate "Netfilter LOG over NFNETLINK interface"
61 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
62 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
63 help
64 If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
65 for logging packets via NFNETLINK.
66
67 This obsoletes the existing ipt_ULOG and ebg_ulog mechanisms,
68 and is also scheduled to replace the old syslog-based ipt_LOG
69 and ip6t_LOG modules.
70
71config NETFILTER_NETLINK_OSF
72 tristate "Netfilter OSF over NFNETLINK interface"
73 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
74 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
75 help
76 If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
77 for passive OS fingerprint via NFNETLINK.
78
79config NF_CONNTRACK
80 tristate "Netfilter connection tracking support"
81 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
82 select NF_DEFRAG_IPV4
83 select NF_DEFRAG_IPV6 if IPV6 != n
84 help
85 Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed
86 through your machine, in order to figure out how they are related
87 into connections.
88
89 This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network
90 Address Translation. It can also be used to enhance packet
91 filtering (see `Connection state match support' below).
92
93 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
94
95config NF_LOG_SYSLOG
96 tristate "Syslog packet logging"
97 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
98 help
99 This option enable support for packet logging via syslog.
100 It supports IPv4, IPV6, ARP and common transport protocols such
101 as TCP and UDP.
102 This is a simpler but less flexible logging method compared to
103 CONFIG_NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG.
104 If both are enabled the backend to use can be configured at run-time
105 by means of per-address-family sysctl tunables.
106
107if NF_CONNTRACK
108config NETFILTER_CONNCOUNT
109 tristate
110
111config NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
112 bool 'Connection mark tracking support'
113 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
114 help
115 This option enables support for connection marks, used by the
116 `CONNMARK' target and `connmark' match. Similar to the mark value
117 of packets, but this mark value is kept in the conntrack session
118 instead of the individual packets.
119
120config NF_CONNTRACK_SECMARK
121 bool 'Connection tracking security mark support'
122 depends on NETWORK_SECMARK
123 default y if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
124 help
125 This option enables security markings to be applied to
126 connections. Typically they are copied to connections from
127 packets using the CONNSECMARK target and copied back from
128 connections to packets with the same target, with the packets
129 being originally labeled via SECMARK.
130
131 If unsure, say 'N'.
132
133config NF_CONNTRACK_ZONES
134 bool 'Connection tracking zones'
135 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
136 help
137 This option enables support for connection tracking zones.
138 Normally, each connection needs to have a unique system wide
139 identity. Connection tracking zones allow to have multiple
140 connections using the same identity, as long as they are
141 contained in different zones.
142
143 If unsure, say `N'.
144
145config NF_CONNTRACK_PROCFS
146 bool "Supply CT list in procfs (OBSOLETE)"
147 default y
148 depends on PROC_FS
149 help
150 This option enables for the list of known conntrack entries
151 to be shown in procfs under net/netfilter/nf_conntrack. This
152 is considered obsolete in favor of using the conntrack(8)
153 tool which uses Netlink.
154
155config NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS
156 bool "Connection tracking events"
157 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
158 help
159 If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will
160 provide a notifier chain that can be used by other kernel code
161 to get notified about changes in the connection tracking state.
162
163 If unsure, say `N'.
164
165config NF_CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT
166 bool 'Connection tracking timeout'
167 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
168 help
169 This option enables support for connection tracking timeout
170 extension. This allows you to attach timeout policies to flow
171 via the CT target.
172
173 If unsure, say `N'.
174
175config NF_CONNTRACK_TIMESTAMP
176 bool 'Connection tracking timestamping'
177 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
178 help
179 This option enables support for connection tracking timestamping.
180 This allows you to store the flow start-time and to obtain
181 the flow-stop time (once it has been destroyed) via Connection
182 tracking events.
183
184 If unsure, say `N'.
185
186config NF_CONNTRACK_LABELS
187 bool "Connection tracking labels"
188 help
189 This option enables support for assigning user-defined flag bits
190 to connection tracking entries. It can be used with xtables connlabel
191 match and the nftables ct expression.
192
193config NF_CT_PROTO_DCCP
194 bool 'DCCP protocol connection tracking support'
195 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
196 default y
197 help
198 With this option enabled, the layer 3 independent connection
199 tracking code will be able to do state tracking on DCCP connections.
200
201 If unsure, say Y.
202
203config NF_CT_PROTO_GRE
204 bool
205
206config NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP
207 bool 'SCTP protocol connection tracking support'
208 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
209 default y
210 select LIBCRC32C
211 help
212 With this option enabled, the layer 3 independent connection
213 tracking code will be able to do state tracking on SCTP connections.
214
215 If unsure, say Y.
216
217config NF_CT_PROTO_UDPLITE
218 bool 'UDP-Lite protocol connection tracking support'
219 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
220 default y
221 help
222 With this option enabled, the layer 3 independent connection
223 tracking code will be able to do state tracking on UDP-Lite
224 connections.
225
226 If unsure, say Y.
227
228config NF_CONNTRACK_AMANDA
229 tristate "Amanda backup protocol support"
230 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
231 select TEXTSEARCH
232 select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
233 help
234 If you are running the Amanda backup package <http://www.amanda.org/>
235 on this machine or machines that will be MASQUERADED through this
236 machine, then you may want to enable this feature. This allows the
237 connection tracking and natting code to allow the sub-channels that
238 Amanda requires for communication of the backup data, messages and
239 index.
240
241 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
242
243config NF_CONNTRACK_FTP
244 tristate "FTP protocol support"
245 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
246 help
247 Tracking FTP connections is problematic: special helpers are
248 required for tracking them, and doing masquerading and other forms
249 of Network Address Translation on them.
250
251 This is FTP support on Layer 3 independent connection tracking.
252
253 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
254
255config NF_CONNTRACK_H323
256 tristate "H.323 protocol support"
257 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
258 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
259 help
260 H.323 is a VoIP signalling protocol from ITU-T. As one of the most
261 important VoIP protocols, it is widely used by voice hardware and
262 software including voice gateways, IP phones, Netmeeting, OpenPhone,
263 Gnomemeeting, etc.
264
265 With this module you can support H.323 on a connection tracking/NAT
266 firewall.
267
268 This module supports RAS, Fast Start, H.245 Tunnelling, Call
269 Forwarding, RTP/RTCP and T.120 based audio, video, fax, chat,
270 whiteboard, file transfer, etc. For more information, please
271 visit http://nath323.sourceforge.net/.
272
273 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
274
275config NF_CONNTRACK_IRC
276 tristate "IRC protocol support"
277 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
278 help
279 There is a commonly-used extension to IRC called
280 Direct Client-to-Client Protocol (DCC). This enables users to send
281 files to each other, and also chat to each other without the need
282 of a server. DCC Sending is used anywhere you send files over IRC,
283 and DCC Chat is most commonly used by Eggdrop bots. If you are
284 using NAT, this extension will enable you to send files and initiate
285 chats. Note that you do NOT need this extension to get files or
286 have others initiate chats, or everything else in IRC.
287
288 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
289
290config NF_CONNTRACK_BROADCAST
291 tristate
292
293config NF_CONNTRACK_NETBIOS_NS
294 tristate "NetBIOS name service protocol support"
295 select NF_CONNTRACK_BROADCAST
296 help
297 NetBIOS name service requests are sent as broadcast messages from an
298 unprivileged port and responded to with unicast messages to the
299 same port. This make them hard to firewall properly because connection
300 tracking doesn't deal with broadcasts. This helper tracks locally
301 originating NetBIOS name service requests and the corresponding
302 responses. It relies on correct IP address configuration, specifically
303 netmask and broadcast address. When properly configured, the output
304 of "ip address show" should look similar to this:
305
306 $ ip -4 address show eth0
307 4: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
308 inet 172.16.2.252/24 brd 172.16.2.255 scope global eth0
309
310 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
311
312config NF_CONNTRACK_SNMP
313 tristate "SNMP service protocol support"
314 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
315 select NF_CONNTRACK_BROADCAST
316 help
317 SNMP service requests are sent as broadcast messages from an
318 unprivileged port and responded to with unicast messages to the
319 same port. This make them hard to firewall properly because connection
320 tracking doesn't deal with broadcasts. This helper tracks locally
321 originating SNMP service requests and the corresponding
322 responses. It relies on correct IP address configuration, specifically
323 netmask and broadcast address.
324
325 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
326
327config NF_CONNTRACK_PPTP
328 tristate "PPtP protocol support"
329 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
330 select NF_CT_PROTO_GRE
331 help
332 This module adds support for PPTP (Point to Point Tunnelling
333 Protocol, RFC2637) connection tracking and NAT.
334
335 If you are running PPTP sessions over a stateful firewall or NAT
336 box, you may want to enable this feature.
337
338 Please note that not all PPTP modes of operation are supported yet.
339 Specifically these limitations exist:
340 - Blindly assumes that control connections are always established
341 in PNS->PAC direction. This is a violation of RFC2637.
342 - Only supports a single call within each session
343
344 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
345
346config NF_CONNTRACK_SANE
347 tristate "SANE protocol support"
348 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
349 help
350 SANE is a protocol for remote access to scanners as implemented
351 by the 'saned' daemon. Like FTP, it uses separate control and
352 data connections.
353
354 With this module you can support SANE on a connection tracking
355 firewall.
356
357 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
358
359config NF_CONNTRACK_SIP
360 tristate "SIP protocol support"
361 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
362 help
363 SIP is an application-layer control protocol that can establish,
364 modify, and terminate multimedia sessions (conferences) such as
365 Internet telephony calls. With the nf_conntrack_sip and
366 the nf_nat_sip modules you can support the protocol on a connection
367 tracking/NATing firewall.
368
369 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
370
371config NF_CONNTRACK_TFTP
372 tristate "TFTP protocol support"
373 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
374 help
375 TFTP connection tracking helper, this is required depending
376 on how restrictive your ruleset is.
377 If you are using a tftp client behind -j SNAT or -j MASQUERADING
378 you will need this.
379
380 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
381
382config NF_CT_NETLINK
383 tristate 'Connection tracking netlink interface'
384 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
385 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
386 help
387 This option enables support for a netlink-based userspace interface
388
389config NF_CT_NETLINK_TIMEOUT
390 tristate 'Connection tracking timeout tuning via Netlink'
391 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
392 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
393 depends on NF_CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT
394 help
395 This option enables support for connection tracking timeout
396 fine-grain tuning. This allows you to attach specific timeout
397 policies to flows, instead of using the global timeout policy.
398
399 If unsure, say `N'.
400
401config NF_CT_NETLINK_HELPER
402 tristate 'Connection tracking helpers in user-space via Netlink'
403 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
404 depends on NF_CT_NETLINK
405 depends on NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE
406 depends on NETFILTER_NETLINK_GLUE_CT
407 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
408 help
409 This option enables the user-space connection tracking helpers
410 infrastructure.
411
412 If unsure, say `N'.
413
414config NETFILTER_NETLINK_GLUE_CT
415 bool "NFQUEUE and NFLOG integration with Connection Tracking"
416 default n
417 depends on (NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE || NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG) && NF_CT_NETLINK
418 help
419 If this option is enabled, NFQUEUE and NFLOG can include
420 Connection Tracking information together with the packet is
421 the enqueued via NFNETLINK.
422
423config NF_NAT
424 tristate "Network Address Translation support"
425 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
426 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
427 help
428 The NAT option allows masquerading, port forwarding and other
429 forms of full Network Address Port Translation. This can be
430 controlled by iptables, ip6tables or nft.
431
432config NF_NAT_AMANDA
433 tristate
434 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
435 default NF_NAT && NF_CONNTRACK_AMANDA
436
437config NF_NAT_FTP
438 tristate
439 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
440 default NF_NAT && NF_CONNTRACK_FTP
441
442config NF_NAT_IRC
443 tristate
444 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
445 default NF_NAT && NF_CONNTRACK_IRC
446
447config NF_NAT_SIP
448 tristate
449 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
450 default NF_NAT && NF_CONNTRACK_SIP
451
452config NF_NAT_TFTP
453 tristate
454 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_NAT
455 default NF_NAT && NF_CONNTRACK_TFTP
456
457config NF_NAT_REDIRECT
458 bool
459
460config NF_NAT_MASQUERADE
461 bool
462
463config NETFILTER_SYNPROXY
464 tristate
465
466endif # NF_CONNTRACK
467
468config NF_TABLES
469 select NETFILTER_NETLINK
470 select LIBCRC32C
471 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables support"
472 help
473 nftables is the new packet classification framework that intends to
474 replace the existing {ip,ip6,arp,eb}_tables infrastructure. It
475 provides a pseudo-state machine with an extensible instruction-set
476 (also known as expressions) that the userspace 'nft' utility
477 (https://www.netfilter.org/projects/nftables) uses to build the
478 rule-set. It also comes with the generic set infrastructure that
479 allows you to construct mappings between matchings and actions
480 for performance lookups.
481
482 To compile it as a module, choose M here.
483
484if NF_TABLES
485config NF_TABLES_INET
486 depends on IPV6
487 select NF_TABLES_IPV4
488 select NF_TABLES_IPV6
489 bool "Netfilter nf_tables mixed IPv4/IPv6 tables support"
490 help
491 This option enables support for a mixed IPv4/IPv6 "inet" table.
492
493config NF_TABLES_NETDEV
494 bool "Netfilter nf_tables netdev tables support"
495 help
496 This option enables support for the "netdev" table.
497
498config NFT_NUMGEN
499 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables number generator module"
500 help
501 This option adds the number generator expression used to perform
502 incremental counting and random numbers bound to a upper limit.
503
504config NFT_CT
505 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
506 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables conntrack module"
507 help
508 This option adds the "ct" expression that you can use to match
509 connection tracking information such as the flow state.
510
511config NFT_FLOW_OFFLOAD
512 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_FLOW_TABLE
513 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables hardware flow offload module"
514 help
515 This option adds the "flow_offload" expression that you can use to
516 choose what flows are placed into the hardware.
517
518config NFT_CONNLIMIT
519 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables connlimit module"
520 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
521 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
522 select NETFILTER_CONNCOUNT
523 help
524 This option adds the "connlimit" expression that you can use to
525 ratelimit rule matchings per connections.
526
527config NFT_LOG
528 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables log module"
529 help
530 This option adds the "log" expression that you can use to log
531 packets matching some criteria.
532
533config NFT_LIMIT
534 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables limit module"
535 help
536 This option adds the "limit" expression that you can use to
537 ratelimit rule matchings.
538
539config NFT_MASQ
540 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
541 depends on NF_NAT
542 select NF_NAT_MASQUERADE
543 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables masquerade support"
544 help
545 This option adds the "masquerade" expression that you can use
546 to perform NAT in the masquerade flavour.
547
548config NFT_REDIR
549 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
550 depends on NF_NAT
551 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables redirect support"
552 select NF_NAT_REDIRECT
553 help
554 This options adds the "redirect" expression that you can use
555 to perform NAT in the redirect flavour.
556
557config NFT_NAT
558 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
559 select NF_NAT
560 depends on NF_TABLES_IPV4 || NF_TABLES_IPV6
561 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables nat module"
562 help
563 This option adds the "nat" expression that you can use to perform
564 typical Network Address Translation (NAT) packet transformations.
565
566config NFT_TUNNEL
567 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables tunnel module"
568 help
569 This option adds the "tunnel" expression that you can use to set
570 tunneling policies.
571
572config NFT_OBJREF
573 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables stateful object reference module"
574 help
575 This option adds the "objref" expression that allows you to refer to
576 stateful objects, such as counters and quotas.
577
578config NFT_QUEUE
579 depends on NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE
580 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables queue module"
581 help
582 This is required if you intend to use the userspace queueing
583 infrastructure (also known as NFQUEUE) from nftables.
584
585config NFT_QUOTA
586 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables quota module"
587 help
588 This option adds the "quota" expression that you can use to match
589 enforce bytes quotas.
590
591config NFT_REJECT
592 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
593 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables reject support"
594 depends on !NF_TABLES_INET || (IPV6!=m || m)
595 help
596 This option adds the "reject" expression that you can use to
597 explicitly deny and notify via TCP reset/ICMP informational errors
598 unallowed traffic.
599
600config NFT_REJECT_INET
601 depends on NF_TABLES_INET
602 default NFT_REJECT
603 tristate
604
605config NFT_COMPAT
606 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
607 tristate "Netfilter x_tables over nf_tables module"
608 help
609 This is required if you intend to use any of existing
610 x_tables match/target extensions over the nf_tables
611 framework.
612
613config NFT_HASH
614 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables hash module"
615 help
616 This option adds the "hash" expression that you can use to perform
617 a hash operation on registers.
618
619config NFT_FIB
620 tristate
621
622config NFT_FIB_INET
623 depends on NF_TABLES_INET
624 depends on NFT_FIB_IPV4
625 depends on NFT_FIB_IPV6
626 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables fib inet support"
627 help
628 This option allows using the FIB expression from the inet table.
629 The lookup will be delegated to the IPv4 or IPv6 FIB depending
630 on the protocol of the packet.
631
632config NFT_XFRM
633 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables xfrm/IPSec security association matching"
634 depends on XFRM
635 help
636 This option adds an expression that you can use to extract properties
637 of a packets security association.
638
639config NFT_SOCKET
640 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables socket match support"
641 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
642 select NF_SOCKET_IPV4
643 select NF_SOCKET_IPV6 if NF_TABLES_IPV6
644 help
645 This option allows matching for the presence or absence of a
646 corresponding socket and its attributes.
647
648config NFT_OSF
649 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables passive OS fingerprint support"
650 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
651 select NETFILTER_NETLINK_OSF
652 help
653 This option allows matching packets from an specific OS.
654
655config NFT_TPROXY
656 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables tproxy support"
657 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
658 select NF_DEFRAG_IPV4
659 select NF_DEFRAG_IPV6 if NF_TABLES_IPV6
660 select NF_TPROXY_IPV4
661 select NF_TPROXY_IPV6 if NF_TABLES_IPV6
662 help
663 This makes transparent proxy support available in nftables.
664
665config NFT_SYNPROXY
666 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables SYNPROXY expression support"
667 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NETFILTER_ADVANCED
668 select NETFILTER_SYNPROXY
669 select SYN_COOKIES
670 help
671 The SYNPROXY expression allows you to intercept TCP connections and
672 establish them using syncookies before they are passed on to the
673 server. This allows to avoid conntrack and server resource usage
674 during SYN-flood attacks.
675
676if NF_TABLES_NETDEV
677
678config NF_DUP_NETDEV
679 tristate "Netfilter packet duplication support"
680 help
681 This option enables the generic packet duplication infrastructure
682 for Netfilter.
683
684config NFT_DUP_NETDEV
685 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables netdev packet duplication support"
686 select NF_DUP_NETDEV
687 help
688 This option enables packet duplication for the "netdev" family.
689
690config NFT_FWD_NETDEV
691 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables netdev packet forwarding support"
692 select NF_DUP_NETDEV
693 help
694 This option enables packet forwarding for the "netdev" family.
695
696config NFT_FIB_NETDEV
697 depends on NFT_FIB_IPV4
698 depends on NFT_FIB_IPV6
699 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables netdev fib lookups support"
700 help
701 This option allows using the FIB expression from the netdev table.
702 The lookup will be delegated to the IPv4 or IPv6 FIB depending
703 on the protocol of the packet.
704
705config NFT_REJECT_NETDEV
706 depends on NFT_REJECT_IPV4
707 depends on NFT_REJECT_IPV6
708 tristate "Netfilter nf_tables netdev REJECT support"
709 help
710 This option enables the REJECT support from the netdev table.
711 The return packet generation will be delegated to the IPv4
712 or IPv6 ICMP or TCP RST implementation depending on the
713 protocol of the packet.
714
715endif # NF_TABLES_NETDEV
716
717endif # NF_TABLES
718
719config NF_FLOW_TABLE_INET
720 tristate "Netfilter flow table mixed IPv4/IPv6 module"
721 depends on NF_FLOW_TABLE
722 help
723 This option adds the flow table mixed IPv4/IPv6 support.
724
725 To compile it as a module, choose M here.
726
727config NF_FLOW_TABLE
728 tristate "Netfilter flow table module"
729 depends on NETFILTER_INGRESS
730 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
731 depends on NF_TABLES
732 help
733 This option adds the flow table core infrastructure.
734
735 To compile it as a module, choose M here.
736
737config NETFILTER_XTABLES
738 tristate "Netfilter Xtables support (required for ip_tables)"
739 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
740 help
741 This is required if you intend to use any of ip_tables,
742 ip6_tables or arp_tables.
743
744if NETFILTER_XTABLES
745
746config NETFILTER_XTABLES_COMPAT
747 bool "Netfilter Xtables 32bit support"
748 depends on COMPAT
749 default y
750 help
751 This option provides a translation layer to run 32bit arp,ip(6),ebtables
752 binaries on 64bit kernels.
753
754 If unsure, say N.
755
756comment "Xtables combined modules"
757
758config NETFILTER_XT_MARK
759 tristate 'nfmark target and match support'
760 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
761 help
762 This option adds the "MARK" target and "mark" match.
763
764 Netfilter mark matching allows you to match packets based on the
765 "nfmark" value in the packet.
766 The target allows you to create rules in the "mangle" table which alter
767 the netfilter mark (nfmark) field associated with the packet.
768
769 Prior to routing, the nfmark can influence the routing method and can
770 also be used by other subsystems to change their behavior.
771
772config NETFILTER_XT_CONNMARK
773 tristate 'ctmark target and match support'
774 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
775 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
776 select NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
777 help
778 This option adds the "CONNMARK" target and "connmark" match.
779
780 Netfilter allows you to store a mark value per connection (a.k.a.
781 ctmark), similarly to the packet mark (nfmark). Using this
782 target and match, you can set and match on this mark.
783
784config NETFILTER_XT_SET
785 tristate 'set target and match support'
786 depends on IP_SET
787 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
788 help
789 This option adds the "SET" target and "set" match.
790
791 Using this target and match, you can add/delete and match
792 elements in the sets created by ipset(8).
793
794 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
795
796# alphabetically ordered list of targets
797
798comment "Xtables targets"
799
800config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_AUDIT
801 tristate "AUDIT target support"
802 depends on AUDIT
803 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
804 help
805 This option adds a 'AUDIT' target, which can be used to create
806 audit records for packets dropped/accepted.
807
808 To compileit as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
809
810config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CHECKSUM
811 tristate "CHECKSUM target support"
812 depends on IP_NF_MANGLE || IP6_NF_MANGLE
813 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
814 help
815 This option adds a `CHECKSUM' target, which can be used in the iptables mangle
816 table to work around buggy DHCP clients in virtualized environments.
817
818 Some old DHCP clients drop packets because they are not aware
819 that the checksum would normally be offloaded to hardware and
820 thus should be considered valid.
821 This target can be used to fill in the checksum using iptables
822 when such packets are sent via a virtual network device.
823
824 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
825
826config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CLASSIFY
827 tristate '"CLASSIFY" target support'
828 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
829 help
830 This option adds a `CLASSIFY' target, which enables the user to set
831 the priority of a packet. Some qdiscs can use this value for
832 classification, among these are:
833
834 atm, cbq, dsmark, pfifo_fast, htb, prio
835
836 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
837
838config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CONNMARK
839 tristate '"CONNMARK" target support'
840 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
841 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
842 select NETFILTER_XT_CONNMARK
843 help
844 This is a backwards-compat option for the user's convenience
845 (e.g. when running oldconfig). It selects
846 CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_CONNMARK (combined connmark/CONNMARK module).
847
848config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CONNSECMARK
849 tristate '"CONNSECMARK" target support'
850 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NF_CONNTRACK_SECMARK
851 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
852 help
853 The CONNSECMARK target copies security markings from packets
854 to connections, and restores security markings from connections
855 to packets (if the packets are not already marked). This would
856 normally be used in conjunction with the SECMARK target.
857
858 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
859
860config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CT
861 tristate '"CT" target support'
862 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
863 depends on IP_NF_RAW || IP6_NF_RAW
864 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
865 help
866 This options adds a `CT' target, which allows to specify initial
867 connection tracking parameters like events to be delivered and
868 the helper to be used.
869
870 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
871
872config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_DSCP
873 tristate '"DSCP" and "TOS" target support'
874 depends on IP_NF_MANGLE || IP6_NF_MANGLE
875 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
876 help
877 This option adds a `DSCP' target, which allows you to manipulate
878 the IPv4/IPv6 header DSCP field (differentiated services codepoint).
879
880 The DSCP field can have any value between 0x0 and 0x3f inclusive.
881
882 It also adds the "TOS" target, which allows you to create rules in
883 the "mangle" table which alter the Type Of Service field of an IPv4
884 or the Priority field of an IPv6 packet, prior to routing.
885
886 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
887
888config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_HL
889 tristate '"HL" hoplimit target support'
890 depends on IP_NF_MANGLE || IP6_NF_MANGLE
891 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
892 help
893 This option adds the "HL" (for IPv6) and "TTL" (for IPv4)
894 targets, which enable the user to change the
895 hoplimit/time-to-live value of the IP header.
896
897 While it is safe to decrement the hoplimit/TTL value, the
898 modules also allow to increment and set the hoplimit value of
899 the header to arbitrary values. This is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS
900 since you can easily create immortal packets that loop
901 forever on the network.
902
903config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_HMARK
904 tristate '"HMARK" target support'
905 depends on IP6_NF_IPTABLES || IP6_NF_IPTABLES=n
906 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
907 help
908 This option adds the "HMARK" target.
909
910 The target allows you to create rules in the "raw" and "mangle" tables
911 which set the skbuff mark by means of hash calculation within a given
912 range. The nfmark can influence the routing method and can also be used
913 by other subsystems to change their behaviour.
914
915 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
916
917config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_IDLETIMER
918 tristate "IDLETIMER target support"
919 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
920 help
921
922 This option adds the `IDLETIMER' target. Each matching packet
923 resets the timer associated with label specified when the rule is
924 added. When the timer expires, it triggers a sysfs notification.
925 The remaining time for expiration can be read via sysfs.
926
927 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
928
929config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_LED
930 tristate '"LED" target support'
931 depends on LEDS_CLASS && LEDS_TRIGGERS
932 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
933 help
934 This option adds a `LED' target, which allows you to blink LEDs in
935 response to particular packets passing through your machine.
936
937 This can be used to turn a spare LED into a network activity LED,
938 which only flashes in response to FTP transfers, for example. Or
939 you could have an LED which lights up for a minute or two every time
940 somebody connects to your machine via SSH.
941
942 You will need support for the "led" class to make this work.
943
944 To create an LED trigger for incoming SSH traffic:
945 iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j LED --led-trigger-id ssh --led-delay 1000
946
947 Then attach the new trigger to an LED on your system:
948 echo netfilter-ssh > /sys/class/leds/<ledname>/trigger
949
950 For more information on the LEDs available on your system, see
951 Documentation/leds/leds-class.rst
952
953config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_LOG
954 tristate "LOG target support"
955 select NF_LOG_SYSLOG
956 select NF_LOG_IPV6 if IP6_NF_IPTABLES
957 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
958 help
959 This option adds a `LOG' target, which allows you to create rules in
960 any iptables table which records the packet header to the syslog.
961
962 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
963
964config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_MARK
965 tristate '"MARK" target support'
966 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
967 select NETFILTER_XT_MARK
968 help
969 This is a backwards-compat option for the user's convenience
970 (e.g. when running oldconfig). It selects
971 CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MARK (combined mark/MARK module).
972
973config NETFILTER_XT_NAT
974 tristate '"SNAT and DNAT" targets support'
975 depends on NF_NAT
976 help
977 This option enables the SNAT and DNAT targets.
978
979 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
980
981config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NETMAP
982 tristate '"NETMAP" target support'
983 depends on NF_NAT
984 help
985 NETMAP is an implementation of static 1:1 NAT mapping of network
986 addresses. It maps the network address part, while keeping the host
987 address part intact.
988
989 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
990
991config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFLOG
992 tristate '"NFLOG" target support'
993 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
994 select NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG
995 help
996 This option enables the NFLOG target, which allows to LOG
997 messages through nfnetlink_log.
998
999 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1000
1001config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFQUEUE
1002 tristate '"NFQUEUE" target Support'
1003 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1004 select NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE
1005 help
1006 This target replaced the old obsolete QUEUE target.
1007
1008 As opposed to QUEUE, it supports 65535 different queues,
1009 not just one.
1010
1011 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1012
1013config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK
1014 tristate '"NOTRACK" target support (DEPRECATED)'
1015 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1016 depends on IP_NF_RAW || IP6_NF_RAW
1017 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1018 select NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CT
1019
1020config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_RATEEST
1021 tristate '"RATEEST" target support'
1022 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1023 help
1024 This option adds a `RATEEST' target, which allows to measure
1025 rates similar to TC estimators. The `rateest' match can be
1026 used to match on the measured rates.
1027
1028 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1029
1030config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_REDIRECT
1031 tristate "REDIRECT target support"
1032 depends on NF_NAT
1033 select NF_NAT_REDIRECT
1034 help
1035 REDIRECT is a special case of NAT: all incoming connections are
1036 mapped onto the incoming interface's address, causing the packets to
1037 come to the local machine instead of passing through. This is
1038 useful for transparent proxies.
1039
1040 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1041
1042config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_MASQUERADE
1043 tristate "MASQUERADE target support"
1044 depends on NF_NAT
1045 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
1046 select NF_NAT_MASQUERADE
1047 help
1048 Masquerading is a special case of NAT: all outgoing connections are
1049 changed to seem to come from a particular interface's address, and
1050 if the interface goes down, those connections are lost. This is
1051 only useful for dialup accounts with dynamic IP address (ie. your IP
1052 address will be different on next dialup).
1053
1054 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1055
1056config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TEE
1057 tristate '"TEE" - packet cloning to alternate destination'
1058 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1059 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
1060 depends on !NF_CONNTRACK || NF_CONNTRACK
1061 depends on IP6_NF_IPTABLES || !IP6_NF_IPTABLES
1062 select NF_DUP_IPV4
1063 select NF_DUP_IPV6 if IP6_NF_IPTABLES
1064 help
1065 This option adds a "TEE" target with which a packet can be cloned and
1066 this clone be rerouted to another nexthop.
1067
1068config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TPROXY
1069 tristate '"TPROXY" target transparent proxying support'
1070 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
1071 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1072 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
1073 depends on IP6_NF_IPTABLES || IP6_NF_IPTABLES=n
1074 depends on IP_NF_MANGLE
1075 select NF_DEFRAG_IPV4
1076 select NF_DEFRAG_IPV6 if IP6_NF_IPTABLES != n
1077 select NF_TPROXY_IPV4
1078 select NF_TPROXY_IPV6 if IP6_NF_IPTABLES
1079 help
1080 This option adds a `TPROXY' target, which is somewhat similar to
1081 REDIRECT. It can only be used in the mangle table and is useful
1082 to redirect traffic to a transparent proxy. It does _not_ depend
1083 on Netfilter connection tracking and NAT, unlike REDIRECT.
1084 For it to work you will have to configure certain iptables rules
1085 and use policy routing. For more information on how to set it up
1086 see Documentation/networking/tproxy.rst.
1087
1088 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1089
1090config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE
1091 tristate '"TRACE" target support'
1092 depends on IP_NF_RAW || IP6_NF_RAW
1093 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1094 help
1095 The TRACE target allows you to mark packets so that the kernel
1096 will log every rule which match the packets as those traverse
1097 the tables, chains, rules.
1098
1099 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
1100 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst>. If unsure, say `N'.
1101
1102config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_SECMARK
1103 tristate '"SECMARK" target support'
1104 depends on NETWORK_SECMARK
1105 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
1106 help
1107 The SECMARK target allows security marking of network
1108 packets, for use with security subsystems.
1109
1110 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1111
1112config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TCPMSS
1113 tristate '"TCPMSS" target support'
1114 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
1115 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
1116 help
1117 This option adds a `TCPMSS' target, which allows you to alter the
1118 MSS value of TCP SYN packets, to control the maximum size for that
1119 connection (usually limiting it to your outgoing interface's MTU
1120 minus 40).
1121
1122 This is used to overcome criminally braindead ISPs or servers which
1123 block ICMP Fragmentation Needed packets. The symptoms of this
1124 problem are that everything works fine from your Linux
1125 firewall/router, but machines behind it can never exchange large
1126 packets:
1127 1) Web browsers connect, then hang with no data received.
1128 2) Small mail works fine, but large emails hang.
1129 3) ssh works fine, but scp hangs after initial handshaking.
1130
1131 Workaround: activate this option and add a rule to your firewall
1132 configuration like:
1133
1134 iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN \
1135 -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu
1136
1137 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1138
1139config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TCPOPTSTRIP
1140 tristate '"TCPOPTSTRIP" target support'
1141 depends on IP_NF_MANGLE || IP6_NF_MANGLE
1142 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1143 help
1144 This option adds a "TCPOPTSTRIP" target, which allows you to strip
1145 TCP options from TCP packets.
1146
1147# alphabetically ordered list of matches
1148
1149comment "Xtables matches"
1150
1151config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ADDRTYPE
1152 tristate '"addrtype" address type match support'
1153 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
1154 help
1155 This option allows you to match what routing thinks of an address,
1156 eg. UNICAST, LOCAL, BROADCAST, ...
1157
1158 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
1159 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst>. If unsure, say `N'.
1160
1161config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_BPF
1162 tristate '"bpf" match support'
1163 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1164 help
1165 BPF matching applies a linux socket filter to each packet and
1166 accepts those for which the filter returns non-zero.
1167
1168 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1169
1170config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CGROUP
1171 tristate '"control group" match support'
1172 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1173 depends on CGROUPS
1174 select CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
1175 help
1176 Socket/process control group matching allows you to match locally
1177 generated packets based on which net_cls control group processes
1178 belong to.
1179
1180config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CLUSTER
1181 tristate '"cluster" match support'
1182 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1183 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1184 help
1185 This option allows you to build work-load-sharing clusters of
1186 network servers/stateful firewalls without having a dedicated
1187 load-balancing router/server/switch. Basically, this match returns
1188 true when the packet must be handled by this cluster node. Thus,
1189 all nodes see all packets and this match decides which node handles
1190 what packets. The work-load sharing algorithm is based on source
1191 address hashing.
1192
1193 If you say Y or M here, try `iptables -m cluster --help` for
1194 more information.
1195
1196config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT
1197 tristate '"comment" match support'
1198 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1199 help
1200 This option adds a `comment' dummy-match, which allows you to put
1201 comments in your iptables ruleset.
1202
1203 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
1204 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst>. If unsure, say `N'.
1205
1206config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNBYTES
1207 tristate '"connbytes" per-connection counter match support'
1208 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1209 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1210 help
1211 This option adds a `connbytes' match, which allows you to match the
1212 number of bytes and/or packets for each direction within a connection.
1213
1214 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
1215 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst>. If unsure, say `N'.
1216
1217config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNLABEL
1218 tristate '"connlabel" match support'
1219 select NF_CONNTRACK_LABELS
1220 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1221 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1222 help
1223 This match allows you to test and assign userspace-defined labels names
1224 to a connection. The kernel only stores bit values - mapping
1225 names to bits is done by userspace.
1226
1227 Unlike connmark, more than 32 flag bits may be assigned to a
1228 connection simultaneously.
1229
1230config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNLIMIT
1231 tristate '"connlimit" match support'
1232 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1233 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1234 select NETFILTER_CONNCOUNT
1235 help
1236 This match allows you to match against the number of parallel
1237 connections to a server per client IP address (or address block).
1238
1239config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNMARK
1240 tristate '"connmark" connection mark match support'
1241 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1242 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1243 select NETFILTER_XT_CONNMARK
1244 help
1245 This is a backwards-compat option for the user's convenience
1246 (e.g. when running oldconfig). It selects
1247 CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_CONNMARK (combined connmark/CONNMARK module).
1248
1249config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK
1250 tristate '"conntrack" connection tracking match support'
1251 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1252 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
1253 help
1254 This is a general conntrack match module, a superset of the state match.
1255
1256 It allows matching on additional conntrack information, which is
1257 useful in complex configurations, such as NAT gateways with multiple
1258 internet links or tunnels.
1259
1260 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1261
1262config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CPU
1263 tristate '"cpu" match support'
1264 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1265 help
1266 CPU matching allows you to match packets based on the CPU
1267 currently handling the packet.
1268
1269 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1270
1271config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DCCP
1272 tristate '"dccp" protocol match support'
1273 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1274 default IP_DCCP
1275 help
1276 With this option enabled, you will be able to use the iptables
1277 `dccp' match in order to match on DCCP source/destination ports
1278 and DCCP flags.
1279
1280 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
1281 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst>. If unsure, say `N'.
1282
1283config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DEVGROUP
1284 tristate '"devgroup" match support'
1285 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1286 help
1287 This options adds a `devgroup' match, which allows to match on the
1288 device group a network device is assigned to.
1289
1290 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1291
1292config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DSCP
1293 tristate '"dscp" and "tos" match support'
1294 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1295 help
1296 This option adds a `DSCP' match, which allows you to match against
1297 the IPv4/IPv6 header DSCP field (differentiated services codepoint).
1298
1299 The DSCP field can have any value between 0x0 and 0x3f inclusive.
1300
1301 It will also add a "tos" match, which allows you to match packets
1302 based on the Type Of Service fields of the IPv4 packet (which share
1303 the same bits as DSCP).
1304
1305 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1306
1307config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ECN
1308 tristate '"ecn" match support'
1309 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1310 help
1311 This option adds an "ECN" match, which allows you to match against
1312 the IPv4 and TCP header ECN fields.
1313
1314 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1315
1316config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ESP
1317 tristate '"esp" match support'
1318 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1319 help
1320 This match extension allows you to match a range of SPIs
1321 inside ESP header of IPSec packets.
1322
1323 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1324
1325config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HASHLIMIT
1326 tristate '"hashlimit" match support'
1327 depends on IP6_NF_IPTABLES || IP6_NF_IPTABLES=n
1328 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1329 help
1330 This option adds a `hashlimit' match.
1331
1332 As opposed to `limit', this match dynamically creates a hash table
1333 of limit buckets, based on your selection of source/destination
1334 addresses and/or ports.
1335
1336 It enables you to express policies like `10kpps for any given
1337 destination address' or `500pps from any given source address'
1338 with a single rule.
1339
1340config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HELPER
1341 tristate '"helper" match support'
1342 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1343 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1344 help
1345 Helper matching allows you to match packets in dynamic connections
1346 tracked by a conntrack-helper, ie. nf_conntrack_ftp
1347
1348 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say Y.
1349
1350config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HL
1351 tristate '"hl" hoplimit/TTL match support'
1352 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1353 help
1354 HL matching allows you to match packets based on the hoplimit
1355 in the IPv6 header, or the time-to-live field in the IPv4
1356 header of the packet.
1357
1358config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_IPCOMP
1359 tristate '"ipcomp" match support'
1360 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1361 help
1362 This match extension allows you to match a range of CPIs(16 bits)
1363 inside IPComp header of IPSec packets.
1364
1365 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1366
1367config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_IPRANGE
1368 tristate '"iprange" address range match support'
1369 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1370 help
1371 This option adds a "iprange" match, which allows you to match based on
1372 an IP address range. (Normal iptables only matches on single addresses
1373 with an optional mask.)
1374
1375 If unsure, say M.
1376
1377config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_IPVS
1378 tristate '"ipvs" match support'
1379 depends on IP_VS
1380 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1381 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1382 help
1383 This option allows you to match against IPVS properties of a packet.
1384
1385 If unsure, say N.
1386
1387config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_L2TP
1388 tristate '"l2tp" match support'
1389 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1390 default L2TP
1391 help
1392 This option adds an "L2TP" match, which allows you to match against
1393 L2TP protocol header fields.
1394
1395 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1396
1397config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LENGTH
1398 tristate '"length" match support'
1399 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1400 help
1401 This option allows you to match the length of a packet against a
1402 specific value or range of values.
1403
1404 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1405
1406config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LIMIT
1407 tristate '"limit" match support'
1408 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1409 help
1410 limit matching allows you to control the rate at which a rule can be
1411 matched: mainly useful in combination with the LOG target ("LOG
1412 target support", below) and to avoid some Denial of Service attacks.
1413
1414 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1415
1416config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MAC
1417 tristate '"mac" address match support'
1418 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1419 help
1420 MAC matching allows you to match packets based on the source
1421 Ethernet address of the packet.
1422
1423 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1424
1425config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MARK
1426 tristate '"mark" match support'
1427 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1428 select NETFILTER_XT_MARK
1429 help
1430 This is a backwards-compat option for the user's convenience
1431 (e.g. when running oldconfig). It selects
1432 CONFIG_NETFILTER_XT_MARK (combined mark/MARK module).
1433
1434config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MULTIPORT
1435 tristate '"multiport" Multiple port match support'
1436 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1437 help
1438 Multiport matching allows you to match TCP or UDP packets based on
1439 a series of source or destination ports: normally a rule can only
1440 match a single range of ports.
1441
1442 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1443
1444config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_NFACCT
1445 tristate '"nfacct" match support'
1446 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1447 select NETFILTER_NETLINK_ACCT
1448 help
1449 This option allows you to use the extended accounting through
1450 nfnetlink_acct.
1451
1452 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1453
1454config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OSF
1455 tristate '"osf" Passive OS fingerprint match'
1456 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1457 select NETFILTER_NETLINK_OSF
1458 help
1459 This option selects the Passive OS Fingerprinting match module
1460 that allows to passively match the remote operating system by
1461 analyzing incoming TCP SYN packets.
1462
1463 Rules and loading software can be downloaded from
1464 http://www.ioremap.net/projects/osf
1465
1466 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1467
1468config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_OWNER
1469 tristate '"owner" match support'
1470 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1471 help
1472 Socket owner matching allows you to match locally-generated packets
1473 based on who created the socket: the user or group. It is also
1474 possible to check whether a socket actually exists.
1475
1476config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_POLICY
1477 tristate 'IPsec "policy" match support'
1478 depends on XFRM
1479 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
1480 help
1481 Policy matching allows you to match packets based on the
1482 IPsec policy that was used during decapsulation/will
1483 be used during encapsulation.
1484
1485 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1486
1487config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_PHYSDEV
1488 tristate '"physdev" match support'
1489 depends on BRIDGE && BRIDGE_NETFILTER
1490 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1491 help
1492 Physdev packet matching matches against the physical bridge ports
1493 the IP packet arrived on or will leave by.
1494
1495 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1496
1497config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_PKTTYPE
1498 tristate '"pkttype" packet type match support'
1499 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1500 help
1501 Packet type matching allows you to match a packet by
1502 its "class", eg. BROADCAST, MULTICAST, ...
1503
1504 Typical usage:
1505 iptables -A INPUT -m pkttype --pkt-type broadcast -j LOG
1506
1507 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1508
1509config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_QUOTA
1510 tristate '"quota" match support'
1511 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1512 help
1513 This option adds a `quota' match, which allows to match on a
1514 byte counter.
1515
1516 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
1517 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst>. If unsure, say `N'.
1518
1519config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_RATEEST
1520 tristate '"rateest" match support'
1521 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1522 select NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_RATEEST
1523 help
1524 This option adds a `rateest' match, which allows to match on the
1525 rate estimated by the RATEEST target.
1526
1527 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1528
1529config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_REALM
1530 tristate '"realm" match support'
1531 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1532 select IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
1533 help
1534 This option adds a `realm' match, which allows you to use the realm
1535 key from the routing subsystem inside iptables.
1536
1537 This match pretty much resembles the CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE4 option
1538 in tc world.
1539
1540 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
1541 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst>. If unsure, say `N'.
1542
1543config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_RECENT
1544 tristate '"recent" match support'
1545 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1546 help
1547 This match is used for creating one or many lists of recently
1548 used addresses and then matching against that/those list(s).
1549
1550 Short options are available by using 'iptables -m recent -h'
1551 Official Website: <http://snowman.net/projects/ipt_recent/>
1552
1553config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_SCTP
1554 tristate '"sctp" protocol match support'
1555 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1556 default IP_SCTP
1557 help
1558 With this option enabled, you will be able to use the
1559 `sctp' match in order to match on SCTP source/destination ports
1560 and SCTP chunk types.
1561
1562 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
1563 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.rst>. If unsure, say `N'.
1564
1565config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_SOCKET
1566 tristate '"socket" match support'
1567 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
1568 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1569 depends on IPV6 || IPV6=n
1570 depends on IP6_NF_IPTABLES || IP6_NF_IPTABLES=n
1571 select NF_SOCKET_IPV4
1572 select NF_SOCKET_IPV6 if IP6_NF_IPTABLES
1573 select NF_DEFRAG_IPV4
1574 select NF_DEFRAG_IPV6 if IP6_NF_IPTABLES != n
1575 help
1576 This option adds a `socket' match, which can be used to match
1577 packets for which a TCP or UDP socket lookup finds a valid socket.
1578 It can be used in combination with the MARK target and policy
1579 routing to implement full featured non-locally bound sockets.
1580
1581 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1582
1583config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STATE
1584 tristate '"state" match support'
1585 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
1586 default m if NETFILTER_ADVANCED=n
1587 help
1588 Connection state matching allows you to match packets based on their
1589 relationship to a tracked connection (ie. previous packets). This
1590 is a powerful tool for packet classification.
1591
1592 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1593
1594config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STATISTIC
1595 tristate '"statistic" match support'
1596 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1597 help
1598 This option adds a `statistic' match, which allows you to match
1599 on packets periodically or randomly with a given percentage.
1600
1601 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1602
1603config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STRING
1604 tristate '"string" match support'
1605 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1606 select TEXTSEARCH
1607 select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
1608 select TEXTSEARCH_BM
1609 select TEXTSEARCH_FSM
1610 help
1611 This option adds a `string' match, which allows you to look for
1612 pattern matchings in packets.
1613
1614 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1615
1616config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_TCPMSS
1617 tristate '"tcpmss" match support'
1618 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1619 help
1620 This option adds a `tcpmss' match, which allows you to examine the
1621 MSS value of TCP SYN packets, which control the maximum packet size
1622 for that connection.
1623
1624 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
1625
1626config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_TIME
1627 tristate '"time" match support'
1628 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1629 help
1630 This option adds a "time" match, which allows you to match based on
1631 the packet arrival time (at the machine which netfilter is running)
1632 on) or departure time/date (for locally generated packets).
1633
1634 If you say Y here, try `iptables -m time --help` for
1635 more information.
1636
1637 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here.
1638 If unsure, say N.
1639
1640config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_U32
1641 tristate '"u32" match support'
1642 depends on NETFILTER_ADVANCED
1643 help
1644 u32 allows you to extract quantities of up to 4 bytes from a packet,
1645 AND them with specified masks, shift them by specified amounts and
1646 test whether the results are in any of a set of specified ranges.
1647 The specification of what to extract is general enough to skip over
1648 headers with lengths stored in the packet, as in IP or TCP header
1649 lengths.
1650
1651 Details and examples are in the kernel module source.
1652
1653endif # NETFILTER_XTABLES
1654
1655endmenu
1656
1657source "net/netfilter/ipset/Kconfig"
1658
1659source "net/netfilter/ipvs/Kconfig"