{ config, pkgs, lib, ... }: with lib; let cfg = config.networking.nftables; in { ###### interface options = { networking.nftables.enable = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = false; description = lib.mdDoc '' Whether to enable nftables and use nftables based firewall if enabled. nftables is a Linux-based packet filtering framework intended to replace frameworks like iptables. Note that if you have Docker enabled you will not be able to use nftables without intervention. Docker uses iptables internally to setup NAT for containers. This module disables the ip_tables kernel module, however Docker automatically loads the module. Please see for more information. There are other programs that use iptables internally too, such as libvirt. For information on how the two firewalls interact, see . ''; }; networking.nftables.checkRuleset = mkOption { type = types.bool; default = true; description = lib.mdDoc '' Run `nft check` on the ruleset to spot syntax errors during build. Because this is executed in a sandbox, the check might fail if it requires access to any environmental factors or paths outside the Nix store. To circumvent this, the ruleset file can be edited using the preCheckRuleset option to work in the sandbox environment. ''; }; networking.nftables.preCheckRuleset = mkOption { type = types.lines; default = ""; example = lib.literalExpression '' sed 's/skgid meadow/skgid nogroup/g' -i ruleset.conf ''; description = lib.mdDoc '' This script gets run before the ruleset is checked. It can be used to create additional files needed for the ruleset check to work, or modify the ruleset for cases the build environment cannot cover. ''; }; networking.nftables.ruleset = mkOption { type = types.lines; default = ""; example = '' # Check out https://wiki.nftables.org/ for better documentation. # Table for both IPv4 and IPv6. table inet filter { # Block all incoming connections traffic except SSH and "ping". chain input { type filter hook input priority 0; # accept any localhost traffic iifname lo accept # accept traffic originated from us ct state {established, related} accept # ICMP # routers may also want: mld-listener-query, nd-router-solicit ip6 nexthdr icmpv6 icmpv6 type { destination-unreachable, packet-too-big, time-exceeded, parameter-problem, nd-router-advert, nd-neighbor-solicit, nd-neighbor-advert } accept ip protocol icmp icmp type { destination-unreachable, router-advertisement, time-exceeded, parameter-problem } accept # allow "ping" ip6 nexthdr icmpv6 icmpv6 type echo-request accept ip protocol icmp icmp type echo-request accept # accept SSH connections (required for a server) tcp dport 22 accept # count and drop any other traffic counter drop } # Allow all outgoing connections. chain output { type filter hook output priority 0; accept } chain forward { type filter hook forward priority 0; accept } } ''; description = lib.mdDoc '' The ruleset to be used with nftables. Should be in a format that can be loaded using "/bin/nft -f". The ruleset is updated atomically. This option conflicts with rulesetFile. ''; }; networking.nftables.rulesetFile = mkOption { type = types.nullOr types.path; default = null; description = lib.mdDoc '' The ruleset file to be used with nftables. Should be in a format that can be loaded using "nft -f". The ruleset is updated atomically. This option conflicts with ruleset and nftables based firewall. ''; }; }; ###### implementation config = mkIf cfg.enable { boot.blacklistedKernelModules = [ "ip_tables" ]; environment.systemPackages = [ pkgs.nftables ]; networking.networkmanager.firewallBackend = mkDefault "nftables"; systemd.services.nftables = { description = "nftables firewall"; before = [ "network-pre.target" ]; wants = [ "network-pre.target" ]; wantedBy = [ "multi-user.target" ]; reloadIfChanged = true; serviceConfig = let rulesScript = pkgs.writeTextFile { name = "nftables-rules"; executable = true; text = '' #! ${pkgs.nftables}/bin/nft -f flush ruleset ${if cfg.rulesetFile != null then '' include "${cfg.rulesetFile}" '' else cfg.ruleset} ''; checkPhase = lib.optionalString cfg.checkRuleset '' cp $out ruleset.conf ${cfg.preCheckRuleset} export NIX_REDIRECTS=/etc/protocols=${pkgs.buildPackages.iana-etc}/etc/protocols:/etc/services=${pkgs.buildPackages.iana-etc}/etc/services LD_PRELOAD="${pkgs.buildPackages.libredirect}/lib/libredirect.so ${pkgs.buildPackages.lklWithFirewall.lib}/lib/liblkl-hijack.so" \ ${pkgs.buildPackages.nftables}/bin/nft --check --file ruleset.conf ''; }; in { Type = "oneshot"; RemainAfterExit = true; ExecStart = rulesScript; ExecReload = rulesScript; ExecStop = "${pkgs.nftables}/bin/nft flush ruleset"; }; }; }; }