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authorVishwanath Pai <vpai@akamai.com>2017-08-18 20:58:59 +0200
committerPablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>2017-09-04 12:54:42 +0200
commitbea74641e3786d51dcf1175527cc1781420961c9 (patch)
treec4e123bcfa7a65017e3f124153994a8b1c124f60 /include/linux/netfilter
parent3cf2e08f5ace79d57c8edba06deb59b25bd1dd33 (diff)
netfilter: xt_hashlimit: add rate match mode
This patch adds a new feature to hashlimit that allows matching on the current packet/byte rate without rate limiting. This can be enabled with a new flag --hashlimit-rate-match. The match returns true if the current rate of packets is above/below the user specified value. The main difference between the existing algorithm and the new one is that the existing algorithm rate-limits the flow whereas the new algorithm does not. Instead it *classifies* the flow based on whether it is above or below a certain rate. I will demonstrate this with an example below. Let us assume this rule: iptables -A INPUT -m hashlimit --hashlimit-above 10/s -j new_chain If the packet rate is 15/s, the existing algorithm would ACCEPT 10 packets every second and send 5 packets to "new_chain". But with the new algorithm, as long as the rate of 15/s is sustained, all packets will continue to match and every packet is sent to new_chain. This new functionality will let us classify different flows based on their current rate, so that further decisions can be made on them based on what the current rate is. This is how the new algorithm works: We divide time into intervals of 1 (sec/min/hour) as specified by the user. We keep track of the number of packets/bytes processed in the current interval. After each interval we reset the counter to 0. When we receive a packet for match, we look at the packet rate during the current interval and the previous interval to make a decision: if [ prev_rate < user and cur_rate < user ] return Below else return Above Where cur_rate is the number of packets/bytes seen in the current interval, prev is the number of packets/bytes seen in the previous interval and 'user' is the rate specified by the user. We also provide flexibility to the user for choosing the time interval using the option --hashilmit-interval. For example the user can keep a low rate like x/hour but still keep the interval as small as 1 second. To preserve backwards compatibility we have to add this feature in a new revision, so I've created revision 3 for hashlimit. The two new options we add are: --hashlimit-rate-match --hashlimit-rate-interval I have updated the help text to add these new options. Also added a few tests for the new options. Suggested-by: Igor Lubashev <ilubashe@akamai.com> Reviewed-by: Josh Hunt <johunt@akamai.com> Signed-off-by: Vishwanath Pai <vpai@akamai.com> Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/netfilter')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.h3
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.h b/include/linux/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.h
index 074790c0cf74..0fc458bde80b 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/xt_hashlimit.h
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
#define XT_HASHLIMIT_ALL (XT_HASHLIMIT_HASH_DIP | XT_HASHLIMIT_HASH_DPT | \
XT_HASHLIMIT_HASH_SIP | XT_HASHLIMIT_HASH_SPT | \
- XT_HASHLIMIT_INVERT | XT_HASHLIMIT_BYTES)
+ XT_HASHLIMIT_INVERT | XT_HASHLIMIT_BYTES |\
+ XT_HASHLIMIT_RATE_MATCH)
#endif /*_XT_HASHLIMIT_H*/