The following IPTables configuration will assist with traffic that the DDoS filters cannot fully mitigate.
Note: These are a generic ruleset and should be expanded further to suit your specific application.
### IP Tables DDOS Protection Rules ### ### 1: Drop invalid packets ### /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -m conntrack --ctstate INVALID -j DROP ### 2: Drop TCP packets that are new and are not SYN ### /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp ! --syn -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j DROP ### 3: Drop SYN packets with suspicious MSS value ### /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m tcpmss ! --mss 536:65535 -j DROP ### 4: Block packets with bogus TCP flags ### /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,PSH,ACK,URG NONE -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN FIN,SYN -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN,RST -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,FIN SYN,FIN -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,RST FIN,RST -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,ACK FIN -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,URG URG -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,FIN FIN -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,PSH PSH -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL ALL -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL NONE -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL FIN,PSH,URG -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL SYN,FIN,PSH,URG -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL SYN,RST,ACK,FIN,URG -j DROP ### 5: Block spoofed packets ### /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 224.0.0.0/3 -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 169.254.0.0/16 -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 172.16.0.0/12 -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 192.0.2.0/24 -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 192.168.0.0/16 -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 10.0.0.0/8 -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 0.0.0.0/8 -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 240.0.0.0/5 -j DROP /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -s 127.0.0.0/8 ! -i lo -j DROP ### 6: Drop ICMP/Ping (you usually don't need this protocol) ### /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -p icmp -j DROP ### 7: Drop fragments in all chains ### /sbin/iptables -t mangle -A PREROUTING -f -j DROP ### 8: Limit connections per source IP ### /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m connlimit --connlimit-above 111 -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset ### 9: Limit RST packets ### /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags RST RST -m limit --limit 2/s --limit-burst 2 -j ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags RST RST -j DROP ### 10: Limit new TCP connections per second per source IP ### /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m limit --limit 60/s --limit-burst 20 -j ACCEPT /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -j DROP ### 11: Use SYNPROXY on all ports (disables connection limiting rule) ### #/sbin/iptables -t raw -D PREROUTING -p tcp -m tcp --syn -j CT --notrack #/sbin/iptables -D INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -m conntrack --ctstate INVALID,UNTRACKED -j SYNPROXY --sack-perm --timestamp --wscale 7 --mss 1460 #/sbin/iptables -D INPUT -m conntrack --ctstate INVALID -j DROP ### SSH brute-force protection ### /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m recent --set /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport ssh -m conntrack --ctstate NEW -m recent --update --seconds 60 --hitcount 10 -j DROP ### Protection against port scanning ### /sbin/iptables -N port-scanning /sbin/iptables -A port-scanning -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,ACK,FIN,RST RST -m limit --limit 1/s --limit-burst 2 -j RETURN /sbin/iptables -A port-scanning -j DROP
