Firewalld - How to filter your traffic based on an IP, port or Region?

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This page shows you how to filter your traffic based on a IP with firewalld rich rules.

HowTo

How to filter based on an IP

firewall-cmd --permanent \
  --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="192.168.78.76/32" protocol value="tcp" accept'

where:

  • –permanent means that the rule will be used even after reboot.
  • –add-rich-rule specifies the rich rule that has the following options:
    • family - the type of IP:
      • ipv4 for an ipv4 ip
      • ipv6 for an ipv6 ip
    • source address=“192.168.78.76/32” - the source specified as an cidr
    • protocol value=“tcp” - the network protocol (ie TCP generally, UDP if you know what you are doing)
    • accept - the action to take (accept|reject|drop|mark)

How to filter based on IP and Port

Execute this command:

firewall-cmd --permanent \
  --add-rich-rule='rule family="ipv4" source address="192.168.78.76/32" port port="8080" protocol="tcp" accept'

where:

  • –permanent means that the rule will be used even after reboot.
  • –add-rich-rule specifies the rich rule that has the following options:
    • family - the type of IP
    • source address=“192.168.78.76/32” - the source specified as an cidr
    • port port=“8080” - the port defined by port (you could also have defined a service)
    • protocol=“tcp” - the network protocol (ie TCP generally, UDP if you know what your are doing)
    • accept - the action to take

How to filter packets based on country

If you want to filter your packets by country, see this page:

How to restrict your firewall by country firewalld (ie iptable)

How to filter based on a subnet (Cloudflare)

If you want to filter your HTTP packet based on subnet such as all server from Cloudlfare, see this page:

How to allow only the HTTP traffic from a subnet such as Cloudflare with Firewalld?





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