Re: SpamHaus DROP list in Netfilter

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On Tue, 16 Dec 2008, Julien Vehent wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:04:36 +0100, Michael Schwartzkopff
> <misch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, 16. Dezember 2008 15:27 schrieben Sie:
> >> Hi All,
> >>
> >> I was wondering how I could integrate the spamhaus drop list
> >> (http://www.spamhaus.org/drop/drop.lasso) into my Netfilter rules.
> >>
> >> The list is not too long, so I thought putting it directly into a new
> >> chain
> >> would be doable without degrading too much the performances. Somebody
> >> also
> >> told me to use a chains tree, but I wonder if this is necessary
> >> considering
> >> the size of the list...
> >>
> >> Has anybody done this before ?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Julien
> > 
> > google von "iptables spamhaus" gives you the site:
> >
> http://robotterror.com/site/wiki/aggressive_spam_and_zombie_blocking_via_spamhaus_org_drop_and_iptables
> > 
> > on the first place.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> >
> 
> Dear Doctor,
> 
> Thanks for your tremendous help for adding a rule in a chain...... :/
> 
> My question, however, concerns more the performances issue. This list will
> be checked for every single TCP-SYN or UDP packet that goes through the
> kernel, and if the first byte is something like 128 , it's definitely
> useless to try all the 91.*
> 
> But implementing a tree of chains in netfilter is also quite a pain in the
> ass. So before choosing a solution, I would like the opinion of the
> community.

This sounds like a job for the "iphash" map of the ipset netfilter 
extension. Only one rule in your ruleset and a hash-table with the 
addresses to block.

c'ya
sven

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