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Config Server Firewall Commands For Unix and Linux Server

Config Server Firewall(CSF)commands. 

Config Server Firewall is the firewall framework that is most widely used to protect Linux servers.

CSF has a wide variety of options for controlling the Linux firewall from the control panel and from the command line. The CSF installation includes cPanel, DirectAdmin and Webmin preconfigured settings and control panel UIs.

Usage and installation of CSF is quite simple.

Working principle of Config Server Firewall

As with most iptables firewall setups, the concept with CSF is to block all and then let only those connections you want through. This is achieved by DROPPING all ties on all protocols in and out of the server in iptables. Then allow traffic from existing links in and out. Then open the ports separately for both TCP and UDP in and out.

The installation steps for CSF on the Linux server have already been addressed. Click here to install CSF on CentOS and customize it.

After you have successfully enabled CSF, you need to disable TESTING mode to function properly with CSF on your server.

[root@server #] vim /etc/csf/csf.conf
Then change the value of 'TESTING' from 1 to 0

CSF commands for managing server firewall.

STEP 1. Enable CSF and LFD if formerly disabled
csf -e 
Or 
csf --enable

STEP 2. Disable CSF and LDF Effectively

csf -x
Or
csf --disable

START 3. Restart firewall rules

csf -r 
Or 
csf --restart

STEP 4. Start the firewall rules

csf -s 
Or 
csf --start

STEP 5. Flush/Stop firewall rules (Note: lfd may restart csf)

csf -f 
Or 
csf --stop

STEP 6. List/Show the IPv4 iptables configuration

csf -l 
Or 
csf --status

STEP 7. List/Show the IPv6 ip6tables configuration

csf -l6 
Or 
csf --status6

You must have some ideas about the following configuration files for using some other csf commands.

csf.conf : Configuration file for controlling CSF.
csf.allow : Allowed IP’s and CIDR addresses list on the firewall.
csf.deny : Denied IP’s and CIDR addresses list on the firewall.
csf.ignore : Ignored IP’s and CIDR addresses list on the firewall.
csf.*ignore : The list of various ignore files of users, IP’s.

STEP 8. Allow an IP and add to /etc/csf/csf.allow

csf -a ip [comment] 
Or 
csf --add ip [comment]

You can add your comments in the square bracket. See the example below:

[root@server ~]# csf -a 6x.8xx.1x2.8x [My server]
Adding 6x.8xx.1x2.8x to csf.allow and iptables ACCEPT...
ACCEPT  all opt -- in !lo out *  6x.8xx.1x2.8x  -> 0.0.0.0/0
ACCEPT  all opt -- in * out !lo  0.0.0.0/0  -> 6x.8xx.1x2.8x

6x.8xx.1×2.8x – is the IP address and ‘My server’ inside the square bracket is the comment. You can check the /etc/csf/csf.allow file for more details:

[root@server ~]# grep 6x.8xx.1x2.8x /etc/csf/csf.allow
------
6x.8xx.1x2.8x # [My server] - Thu Dec 19 23:16:27 2013
------

STEP 9. Remove an IP from /etc/csf/csf.allow and delete rule

csf -ar 
Or 
csf --addrm ip

STEP 10. Deny an IP and add to /etc/csf/csf.deny

csf -d 
Or 
csf --deny ip [comment]

STEP 11. Unblock an IP and remove from /etc/csf/csf.deny

csf -dr 
Or 
csf --denyrm ip

STEP 12. Remove and unblock all entries in /etc/csf/csf.deny

csf -df 
Or 
csf --denyf

STEP 13. Search the iptables and ip6tables rules for a match (e.g. IP, CIDR, Port Number)

csf -g 
Or 
csf --grep ip

Example:

[root@server ~]# csf -g 6x.8xx.1x2.8x
Chain            num   pkts bytes target     prot opt in     out     source               destination
ALLOWIN          1        0     0 ACCEPT     all  --  !lo    *       6x.8xx.1x2.8x        0.0.0.0/0
ALLOWOUT         1        0     0 ACCEPT     all  --  *      !lo     0.0.0.0/0            6x.8xx.1x2.8x
Temporary allow or deny of IP:
The following csf commands are using to allow or deny an IP address temporary from our server.

STEP 14. Displays the current list of temporary allow and deny IP entries with their TTL and comment

csf -t 
Or 
csf --temp

STEP 15. Add an IP to the temp IP allow list (default:inout)

csf -ta ip ttl [-p port] [-d direction] [comment]
Or
csf --tempallow ip ttl [-p port] [-d direction] [comment]

Where ttl is the time to live in seconds(Default value: 3600)

Example:

[root@server ~]# csf -ta 66.8x.1xx.xx
ACCEPT  all opt -- in !lo out *  66.8x.1xx.xx  -> 0.0.0.0/0
ACCEPT  all opt -- in * out !lo  0.0.0.0/0  -> 66.8x.1xx.xx
csf: 66.8x.1xx.xx allowed on port * for 3600 seconds in and outbound

STEP 16. Add an IP to the temp IP ban list.

csf -td ip ttl [-p port] [-d direction] [comment]
Or
csf --tempdeny ip ttl [-p port] [-d direction] [comment]

Example:

[root@server ~]# csf -td 66.8x.1xx.xx
DROP  all opt -- in !lo out *  66.8x.1xx.xx  -> 0.0.0.0/0
csf: 66.8x.1xx.xx blocked on port * for 3600 seconds inbound

STEP 17. Remove an IP from the temporary IP ban or allow list

csf -tr 
Or 
csf --temprm ip

STEP 18. Flush all IPs from the temporary IP entries

csf -tf 
Or 
csf --tempf

STEP 19. General commands:

csf -v Or csf --version : Show csf version
csf -c Or csf --check : Check for updates to csf but do not upgrade
csf -u Or csf --update : Check for updates to csf and upgrade if available
csf -h Or csf --help : For help

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