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NAME

       tcrules - Shorewall6 Packet Marking rules file

SYNOPSIS

       /etc/shorewall6/tcrules

DESCRIPTION

       Entries in this file cause packets to be marked as a means of
       classifying them for traffic control or policy routing.

           Important
           Unlike rules in the shorewall6-rules[1](5) file, evaluation of
           rules in this file will continue after a match. So the final mark
           for each packet will be the one assigned by the LAST tcrule that
           matches.

           If you use multiple internet providers with the 'track' option, in
           /etc/shorewall6/providers be sure to read the restrictions at
           http://shorewall.net/MultiISP.html.

       The columns in the file are as follows.

       MARK/CLASSIFY -
       {value|major:minor|RESTORE[/mask]|SAVE[/mask]|CONTINUE|COMMENT}[:{C|F|P|T|CF|CP|CT}]
           May assume one of the following values.

            1. A mark value which is an integer in the range 1-255.

               Normally will set the mark value. If preceded by a vertical bar
               ("|"), the mark value will be logically ORed with the current
               mark value to produce a new mark value. If preceded by an
               ampersand ("&"), will be logically ANDed with the current mark
               value to produce a new mark value.

               Both "|" and "&" require Extended MARK Target support in your
               kernel and ip6tables; neither may be used with connection marks
               (see below).

               May optionally be followed by :P, :F or :T where :P indicates
               that marking should occur in the PREROUTING chain, :F indicates
               that marking should occur in the FORWARD chain and :T indicates
               that marking should occur in the POSTROUTING chain. If neither
               :P, :F nor :T follow the mark value then the chain is
               determined as follows:

               - If the SOURCE is
               $FW[:address-or-range[,address-or-range]...], then the rule is
               inserted into the OUTPUT chain. The behavior changed in
               Shorewall6-perl 4.1. Only high mark values may be assigned in
               this case. Packet marking rules for traffic shaping of packets
               originating on the firewall must be coded in the POSTROUTING
               chain (see below).

               - Otherwise, the chain is determined by the setting of
               MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN in shorewall6.conf[2](5).

               If your kernel and ip6tables include CONNMARK support then you
               can also mark the connection rather than the packet.

               The mark value may be optionally followed by "/" and a mask
               value (used to determine those bits of the connection mark to
               actually be set). The mark and optional mask are then followed
               by one of:+

               C
                   Mark the connection in the chain determined by the setting
                   of MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN

               CF
                   Mark the connection in the FORWARD chain

               CP
                   Mark the connection in the PREROUTING chain.

               CT
                   Mark the connecdtion in the POSTROUTING chain

               Special considerations for If HIGH_ROUTE_MARKS=Yes in
               shorewall6.conf[2](5).

               If HIGH_ROUTE_MARKS=Yes, then you may also specify a value in
               the range 0x0100-0xFF00 with the low-order byte being zero.
               Such values may only be used in the PREROUTING chain (value
               followed by :P or you have set MARK_IN_FORWARD_CHAIN=No in
               shorewall6.conf[2](5) and have not followed the value with :F)
               or the OUTPUT chain (SOURCE is $FW). With HIGH_ROUTE_MARKS=Yes,
               non-zero mark values less that 256 are not permitted.
               Shorewall6 prohibits non-zero mark values less that 256 in the
               OUTPUT chain when HIGH_ROUTE_MARKS=Yes. While earlier versions
               allow such values in the OUTPUT chain, it is strongly
               recommended that with HIGH_ROUTE_MARKS=Yes, you use the
               POSTROUTING chain to apply traffic shaping
               marks/classification.

            2. A classification Id (classid) of the form major:minor where
               major and minor are integers. Corresponds to the 'class'
               specification in these traffic shaping modules:

                          atm
                          cbq
                          dsmark
                          pfifo_fast
                          htb
                          prio

               Classification occurs in the POSTROUTING chain except when the
               SOURCE is $FW[:address] in which case classification occurs in
               the OUTPUT chain.

               When using Shorewall6's built-in traffic shaping tool, the
               major class is the device number (the first device in
               shorewall6-tcdevices[3](5) is major class 1, the second device
               is major class 2, and so on) and the minor class is the class's
               MARK value in shorewall6-tcclasses[4](5) preceded by the number
               1 (MARK 1 corresponds to minor class 11, MARK 5 corresponds to
               minor class 15, MARK 22 corresponds to minor class 122, etc.).

            3. RESTORE[/mask] -- restore the packet's mark from the
               connection's mark using the supplied mask if any. Your kernel
               and ip6tables must include CONNMARK support.

               As in 1) above, may be followed by :P or :F

            4. SAVE[/mask] -- save the packet's mark to the connection's mark
               using the supplied mask if any. Your kernel and ip6tables must
               include CONNMARK support.

               As in 1) above, may be followed by :P or :F

            5. CONTINUE Don't process any more marking rules in the table.

               As in 1) above, may be followed by :P or :F. Currently,
               CONTINUE may not be used with exclusion (see the SOURCE and
               DEST columns below); that restriction will be removed when
               ip6tables/Netfilter provides the necessary support.

            6. SAME (Added in Shorewall 4.3.5) -- Some websites run
               applications that require multiple connections from a client
               browser. Where multiple 'balanced' providers are configured,
               this can lead to problems when some of the connections are
               routed through one provider and some through another. The SAME
               target allows you to work around that problem. SAME may be used
               in the PREROUTING and OUTPUT chains. When used in PREROUTING,
               it causes matching connections from an individual local system
               to all use the same provider. For example:

                   #MARK/            SOURCE         DEST         PROTO      DEST
                   #CLASSIFY                                                PORT(S)
                   SAME:P            192.168.1.0/24 0.0.0.0/0    tcp        80,443

               If a host in 192.168.1.0/24 attempts a connection on TCP port
               80 or 443 and it has sent a packet on either of those ports in
               the last five minutes then the new connection will use the same
               provider as the connection over which that last packet was
               sent.

               When used in the OUTPUT chain, it causes all matching
               connections to an individual remote system to all use the same
               provider. For example:

                   #MARK/            SOURCE         DEST         PROTO      DEST
                   #CLASSIFY                                                PORT(S)
                   SAME              $FW            0.0.0.0/0    tcp        80,443

               If the firewall attempts a connection on TCP port 80 or 443 and
               it has sent a packet on either of those ports in the last five
               minutes to the same remote system then the new connection will
               use the same provider as the connection over which that last
               packet was sent.

            7. COMMENT -- the rest of the line will be attached as a comment
               to the Netfilter rule(s) generated by the following entries.
               The comment will appear delimited by "/* ... */" in the output
               of shorewall6 show mangle

               To stop the comment from being attached to further rules,
               simply include COMMENT on a line by itself.

       SOURCE -
       {-|{interface|$FW}|[{interface|$FW}:]<address-or-range[,address-or-range]...}[exclusion]>
           Source of the packet. A comma-separated list of interface names, IP
           addresses, MAC addresses and/or subnets for packets being routed
           through a common path. List elements may also consist of an
           interface name followed by ":" and an address (e.g.,
           eth1:<2002:ce7c:92b4::/48>). For example, all packets for
           connections masqueraded to eth0 from other interfaces can be
           matched in a single rule with several alternative SOURCE criteria.
           However, a connection whose packets gets to eth0 in a different
           way, e.g., direct from the firewall itself, needs a different rule.

           Accordingly, use $FW in its own separate rule for packets
           originating on the firewall. In such a rule, the MARK column may
           NOT specify either :P or :F because marking for firewall-originated
           packets always occurs in the OUTPUT chain.

           MAC addresses must be prefixed with "~" and use "-" as a separator.

           Example: ~00-A0-C9-15-39-78

           When an interface is not specified, the angled brackets ('<' and
           '>') surrounding the address(es) may be omitted.

           You may exclude certain hosts from the set already defined through
           use of an exclusion (see shorewall6-exclusion[5](5)).

       DEST -
       {-|{interface|[interface:]<address-or-range[,address-or-range]...}[exclusion]>
           Destination of the packet. Comma separated list of IP addresses
           and/or subnets. If your kernel and ip6tables include iprange match
           support, IP address ranges are also allowed. List elements may also
           consist of an interface name followed by ":" and an address (e.g.,
           eth1:<2002:ce7c:92b4::/48>). If the MARK column specificies a
           classification of the form major:minor then this column may also
           contain an interface name.

           When an interface is not specified, the angled brackets ('<' and
           '>') surrounding the address(es) may be omitted.

           You may exclude certain hosts from the set already defined through
           use of an exclusion (see shorewall6-exclusion[5](5)).

       PROTO -
       {-|tcp:syn|ipp2p|ipp2p:udp|ipp2p:all|protocol-number|protocol-name|all}
           Protocol - ipp2p requires ipp2p match support in your kernel and
           ip6tables.

       PORT(S) (Optional) -
       [-|port-name-number-or-range[,port-name-number-or-range]...]
           Destination Ports. A comma-separated list of Port names (from
           services(5)), port numbers or port ranges; if the protocol is icmp,
           this column is interpreted as the destination icmp-type(s). ICMP
           types may be specified as a numeric type, a numberic type and code
           separated by a slash (e.g., 3/4), or a typename. See
           http://www.shorewall.net/configuration_file_basics.htm#ICMP.

           If the protocol is ipp2p, this column is interpreted as an ipp2p
           option without the leading "--" (example bit for bit-torrent). If
           no PORT is given, ipp2p is assumed.

           This column is ignored if PROTOCOL = all but must be entered if any
           of the following field is supplied. In that case, it is suggested
           that this field contain "-"

       SOURCE PORT(S) (Optional) -
       [-|port-name-number-or-range[,port-name-number-or-range]...]
           Source port(s). If omitted, any source port is acceptable.
           Specified as a comma-separated list of port names, port numbers or
           port ranges.

       USER (Optional) - [!][user-name-or-number][:group-name-or-number]
           This column may only be non-empty if the SOURCE is the firewall
           itself.

           When this column is non-empty, the rule applies only if the program
           generating the output is running under the effective user and/or
           group specified (or is NOT running under that id if "!" is given).

           Examples:

           joe
               program must be run by joe

           :kids
               program must be run by a member of the 'kids' group

           !:kids
               program must not be run by a member of the 'kids' group

       TEST - [!]value[/mask][:C]
           Defines a test on the existing packet or connection mark. The rule
           will match only if the test returns true.

           If you don't want to define a test but need to specify anything in
           the following columns, place a "-" in this field.

           !
               Inverts the test (not equal)

           value
               Value of the packet or connection mark.

           mask
               A mask to be applied to the mark before testing.

           :C
               Designates a connection mark. If omitted, the packet mark's
               value is tested.

       LENGTH (Optional) - [length|[min]:[max]]
           Packet Length. This field, if present allow you to match the length
           of a packet against a specific value or range of values. You must
           have ip6tables length support for this to work. A range is
           specified in the form min:max where either min or max (but not
           both) may be omitted. If min is omitted, then 0 is assumed; if max
           is omitted, than any packet that is min or longer will match.

       TOS - tos
           Type of service. Either a standard name, or a numeric value to
           match.

                        Minimize-Delay (16)
                        Maximize-Throughput (8)
                        Maximize-Reliability (4)
                        Minimize-Cost (2)
                        Normal-Service (0)

       CONNBYTES - [!]min:[max[:{O|R|B}[:{B|P|A}]]]
           Connection Bytes; defines a byte or packet range that the
           connection must fall within in order for the rule to match.

           A packet matches if the the packet/byte count is within the range
           defined by min and max (unless ! is given in which case, a packet
           matches if the packet/byte count is not within the range).  min is
           an integer which defines the beginning of the byte/packet range.
           max is an integer which defines the end of the byte/packet range;
           if omitted, only the beginning of the range is checked. The first
           letter gives the direction which the range refers to:O - The
           original direction of the connection. .sp R - The opposite
           direction from the original connection. .sp B - The total of both
           directions.

           If omitted, B is assumed.

           The second letter determines what the range refers to.B - Bytes .sp
           P - Packets .sp A - Average packet size.If omitted, B is assumed.

       HELPER - helper
           Names a Netfiler protocol helper module such as ftp, sip, amanda,
           etc. A packet will match if it was accepted by the named helper
           module. You can also append "-" and a port number to the helper
           module name (e.g., ftp-21) to specify the port number that the
           original connection was made on.

           Example: Mark all FTP data connections with mark 4:

               #MARK/    SOURCE    DEST      PROTO   PORT(S)    SOURCE  USER TEST LENGTH TOS CONNBYTES HELPER
               #CLASSIFY                                        PORT(S)
               4         ::/0      ::/0      TCP     -          -       -    -    -      -   -         ftp

EXAMPLE

       Example 1:
           Mark all forwarded ICMP echo traffic with packet mark 1. Mark all
           forwarded peer to peer traffic with packet mark 4.

           This is a little more complex than otherwise expected. Since the
           ipp2p module is unable to determine all packets in a connection are
           P2P packets, we mark the entire connection as P2P if any of the
           packets are determined to match.

           We assume packet/connection mark 0 means unclassified.

                      #MARK/    SOURCE    DEST         PROTO   PORT(S)       SOURCE  USER    TEST
                      #CLASSIFY                                              PORT(S)
                      1         ::/0      ::/0         icmp    echo-request
                      1         ::/0      ::/0         icmp    echo-reply
                      RESTORE   ::/0      ::/0         all     -             -       -       0
                      CONTINUE  ::/0      ::/0         all     -             -       -      !0
                      4         ::/0      ::/0         ipp2p:all
                      SAVE      ::/0      ::/0         all     -             -       -       !0

           If a packet hasn't been classifed (packet mark is 0), copy the
           connection mark to the packet mark. If the packet mark is set,
           we're done. If the packet is P2P, set the packet mark to 4. If the
           packet mark has been set, save it to the connection mark.

FILES

       /etc/shorewall6/tcrules

SEE ALSO

       http://shorewall.net/traffic_shaping.htm

       http://shorewall.net/MultiISP.html

       http://shorewall.net/PacketMarking.html

       shorewall6(8), shorewall6-accounting(5), shorewall6-actions(5),
       shorewall6-blacklist(5), shorewall6-ecn(5), shorewall6-exclusion(5),
       shorewall6-hosts(5), shorewall6-interfaces(5), shorewall6-maclist(5),
       shorewall6-params(5), shorewall6-policy(5), shorewall6-providers(5),
       shorewall6-route_rules(5), shorewall6-routestopped(5),
       shorewall6-rules(5), shorewall6.conf(5), shorewall6-tcclasses(5),
       shorewall6-tcdevices(5), shorewall6-tos(5), shorewall6-tunnels(5),
       shorewall6-zones(5)

NOTES

        1. shorewall6-rules
           http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-rules.html

        2. shorewall6.conf
           http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6.conf.html

        3. shorewall6-tcdevices
           http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-tcdevices.html

        4. shorewall6-tcclasses
           http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-tcclasses.html

        5. shorewall6-exclusion
           http://www.shorewall.net/manpages6/shorewall6-exclusion.html

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