Improvements to the Home Router Wiki page

[Timothy Ham <timothyham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

I have benefited from the wiki page "Simple ruleset for a home router" found here:

https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Simple_ruleset_for_a_home_router

Still, it doesn't cover port forwarding and hairpin NAT. So after several hours of trying different things, I've finally figured out how to do them, and improved the example config. Could someone in charge please update the example on the wiki? Specifically the example config given in the section "Simple router using ppp interface". I've kept everything the same except the few lines I've added.

If my config can be improved further, please suggest more changes as well.

Thank you.

==== begin ====
flush ruleset

define DEV_PRIVATE = eth1
define DEV_WORLD = ppp0
define NET_PRIVATE = 192.168.0.0/16
define IP_WAN = x.x.x.x
define IP_ROUTER = 192.168.0.1
define IP_SERVER = 192.168.0.10

table ip global {
    chain prerouting {
          type nat hook prerouting priority dstnat;

          # Hairpin NAT part 1/2. WAN IP address must be known
          ip daddr $IP_WAN tcp dport 443 dnat to $IP_SERVER:8443
          ip daddr $IP_WAN tcp dport 80 dnat to $IP_SERVER:8080

          # Port forwarding part 1/2
          iifname $DEV_WORLD tcp dport 443 dnat to $IP_SERVER:8443
          iifname $DEV_WORLD tcp dport 80 dnat to $IP_SERVER:8080

    }

    chain inbound_world {
        # accepting ping (icmp-echo-request) for diagnostic purposes.
        # However, it also lets probes discover this host is alive.
        # This sample accepts them within a certain rate limit:
        #
        # icmp type echo-request limit rate 5/second accept

        # allow SSH connections from some well-known internet host
        ip saddr 81.209.165.42 tcp dport ssh accept
    }

    chain inbound_private {
        # accepting ping (icmp-echo-request) for diagnostic purposes.
        icmp type echo-request limit rate 5/second accept

        # allow DHCP, DNS and SSH from the private network
        ip protocol . th dport vmap { tcp . 22 : accept, udp . 53 : accept, tcp . 53 : accept, udp . 67 : accept}
    }

    chain inbound {
        type filter hook input priority 0; policy drop;

        # Allow traffic from established and related packets, drop invalid
        ct state vmap { established : accept, related : accept, invalid : drop }

        # allow loopback traffic, anything else jump to chain for further evaluation
        iifname vmap { lo : accept, $DEV_WORLD : jump inbound_world, $DEV_PRIVATE : jump inbound_private }

        # the rest is dropped by the above policy
    }

    chain forward {
        type filter hook forward priority 0; policy drop;

        # port forwarding part 2/2
        meta iifname $DEV_WORLD ip daddr $IP_SERVER tcp dport 8443 ct state new accept
        meta iifname $DEV_WORLD ip daddr $IP_SERVER tcp dport 8080 ct state new accept

        # Allow traffic from established and related packets, drop invalid
        ct state vmap { established : accept, related : accept, invalid : drop }

        # connections from the internal net to the internet or to other
        # internal nets are allowed
        iifname $DEV_PRIVATE accept

        # the rest is dropped by the above policy
    }

    chain postrouting {
        type nat hook postrouting priority 100; policy accept;

        # hairpin part 2/2
        ip saddr $NET_PRIVATE ip daddr $IP_SERVER tcp dport 8443 snat $ROUTER
        ip saddr $NET_PRIVATE ip daddr $IP_SERVER tcp dport 8080 snat $ROUTER

        # masquerade private IP addresses
        ip saddr $NET_PRIVATE oifname $DEV_WORLD masquerade
    }
}
==== end ====