Firewall Configuration

[george1421]

Ok a couple of things that hit me right away.

The instructions above for rhel is for Centos 7.X and newer. The firewalld function is not available on Centos 5 and 6. Centos 5 iptables is a mess so I wouldn’t even recommend installing FOG on Centos/rhel 5. So for Cento/rhel 6 you must use the “Other” instructions.

The second thing I ran into using the Other instructions is the first line for adding the modules to the iptables-config. The last IPTABLES_MODULES entry config wins. So after running that first line and restarting iptables I only had one new module loaded “nf_conntrack_netbios_ns” The product of that line looks like this in the iptables-config file.

IPTABLES_MODULES=“nf_conntract_tftp”
IPTABLES_MODULES=“nf_conntrack_ftp”
IPTABLES_MODULES=“nf_conntrack_netbios_ns”

The correct syntax should be

IPTABLES_MODULES=“nf_conntract_tftp nf_conntrack_ftp nf_conntrack_netbios_ns”

I have the screen shots if you need them but I think that info should get you pretty close.

[Joe Schmitt]

@george1421 good catch on the iptables, updating the main post to reflect that and the REHL clarification.

[george1421]

During the install of FOG, it asks to make fog a dns and dhcp server but those ports are not listed in the script.

For clarity, I took and rebuilt a clean centos box. I set the firewall rules and then installed the latest SVN trunk. I just remembered that I need to set the selinux policy since it is centos defaults. But any way the plan is to apply your settings to a clean install install your policies and then install the latest SVN trunk.

[Joe Schmitt]

@george1421 there is a DHCP section in the post. I will include DNS as well. Right now I wish to keep those options separate. Eventually the installer should automatically configure the firewall based on installation preference.

[george1421]

@Jbob said:

@george1421 there is a DHCP section in the post. I will include DNS as well. Right now I wish to keep those options separate. Eventually the installer should automatically configure the firewall based on installation preference.

Sorry I missed that. I copied the top sections and skipped the bottom.

[Wayne Workman]

the firewalld stuff works fine on Fedora 23 Server so far.

I’ve tried this setup on a virtualized Fedora 23 DHCP server, and a virtualized Fedora 23 FOG server (using only the settings each one needs). I’ve imaged 2 computers so far with this setup. One of them, I tried out WOL just to confirm that still works - it does.

[Wayne Workman]

For the record - I’ll be using the Firewalld configuration at work soon - I’ll be doing it safely though. I’m keeping my old virtual FOG server in-tact but shutdown, and I’m setting up a new one on Fedora 23 using this configuration.

I’m really confident that the Firewalld settings will work really well - They’ve worked fine at home so far for me.

I’m holding off on adding this stuff to the WiKi because I feel it will be integrated into the installer prior to 1.3.0 being released @Developers.

I’m not so confident about the iptables config - but I haven’t used it. The only thing that concerns me is the NFS ports. Hopefully some Ubuntu and Debian users can try it out soon and let us know how it works? @ch3i

[Wayne Workman]

I’ve been running the firewalld settings in production with Fedora 23 and I’m cautiously optimistic.

[Wayne Workman]

@Developers I have successfully operated at work for about two weeks now with the Firewalld portion of these instructions active. In my opinion, the firewalld stuff should be implimented into the installer for further testing.

A good question is how to impliment them. Should the installer “just do it” or should it be a installation argument?

If the argument route was taken, it could be something as simple as:

./installfog.sh --firewall yes

or

./installfog.sh --firewall no

With the option stored in /opt/fog/.fogsettings with the default being yes

[Wayne Workman]

@Jbob Added to the Wiki here: https://wiki.fogproject.org/wiki/index.php?title=FOG_security

[Thiago]

@Wayne-Workman
I’m using ufw in a debian 8 system with:

ufw default deny incoming
ufw default allow outgoing

#ports 21ftp, 22ssh, 80web, 111rpc, 69tftp, 443web, 2049nfs, 20499-nfs
ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/24 to any port 21,22,80,111,443,2049,20499 proto tcp
ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/24 to any port 69,111,2049,6080 proto udp
ufw enable

I changed nfs to work with the firewall on debian
#from
RPCMOUNTDOPTS=“–manage-gids”
#to
RPCMOUNTDOPTS=“-p 20499”
#and
systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server.service

[Wayne Workman]

@Thiago How long have you been using these settings?

[Thiago]

@Wayne-Workman
at least 6 months

[Wayne Workman]

@Thiago said:

@Wayne-Workman
I’m using ufw in a debian 8 system with:

ufw default deny incoming
ufw default allow outgoing

#ports 21ftp, 22ssh, 80web, 111rpc, 69tftp, 443web, 2049nfs, 20499-nfs
ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/24 to any port 21,22,80,111,443,2049,20499 proto tcp
ufw allow from 192.168.0.0/24 to any port 69,111,2049,6080 proto udp
ufw enable

I changed nfs to work with the firewall on debian
#from
RPCMOUNTDOPTS=“–manage-gids”
#to
RPCMOUNTDOPTS=“-p 20499”
#and
systemctl restart nfs-kernel-server.service

Can anyone else test out Thiago’s UFW settings? @Moderators @Developers

[Thiago]

@Wayne-Workman
It lacked a row before ufw enable:

ufw allow from 192.168.0.255

to fit our net environment

[Wayne Workman]

the firewalld configuration no longer works on Fedora 21.

The commands succeed, but at least http is blocked still.