This iptables ruleset is one that I use on my linux laptop. This script is intended to be run at startup and will block all incomming network traffic that is not part of a connection that went out first. It will also allow all outgoing traffic. Uncomment the lines to allow ping or ssh in if you need it.
#!/bin/bash # # Firewall rules for laptop. Only connections are allowed out when turned on. # # Function to set the file to one or zero. enable () { for file in $@; do echo 1 > $file; done } disable () { for file in $@; do echo 0 > $file; done } ###################################################################### function on { echo "Firewall: enabling filtering" #Use Selective ACK which can be used to signify that specific packets are missing. disable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack #If the kernel should attempt to forward packets. Off by default. Routers should enable. disable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward #Protect against wrapping sequence numbers and in round trip time measurement. disable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps #Help against syn-flood DoS or DDoS attacks using particular choices of initial TCP sequence numbers. enable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies # Enable broadcast echo protection. enable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_broadcasts # Disable source routed packets. disable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/accept_source_route # Disable ICMP Redirect acceptance. disable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/accept_redirects # Don't send Redirect messages. disable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/send_redirects # Do not respond to packets that would cause us to go out # a different interface than the one to which we're responding. enable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter # Log packets with impossible addresses. enable /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/log_martians # Clear any previous rules. iptables -F iptables -F -t nat iptables -F -t mangle # Default drop policy. iptables -P INPUT DROP iptables -P OUTPUT DROP iptables -P FORWARD DROP # Allow anything over loopback. iptables -A INPUT -i lo -s 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -d 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT # Drop any tcp packet that does not start a connection with a syn flag. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp ! --syn -m state --state NEW -j DROP # Drop any invalid packet that could not be identified. iptables -A INPUT -m state --state INVALID -j DROP # Drop invalid packets. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN,RST,PSH,ACK,URG NONE -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,FIN SYN,FIN -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN,RST -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,RST FIN,RST -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags ACK,FIN FIN -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags ACK,URG URG -j DROP # Reject broadcasts to 224.0.0.1 iptables -A INPUT -d 224.0.0.0 -j REJECT # Allow TCP/UDP connections out. Keep state so conns out are allowed back in. iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -p udp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT # Allow ICMP out and anything that went out back in. iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p icmp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT # Allow only ICMP echo requests (ping) in. Limit rate in. Uncomment if needed. #iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED --icmp-type echo-request -m limit --limit 1/s -j ACCEPT # Allow ssh connections in. Uncomment if needed. # iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 --tcp-flags SYN,RST,ACK SYN -m state --state NEW -m limit --limit 1/s -j ACCEPT # Drop everything that did not match above and log it. iptables -A INPUT -j LOG --log-level 4 --log-prefix "IPT_INPUT: " iptables -A INPUT -j DROP iptables -A FORWARD -j LOG --log-level 4 --log-prefix "IPT_FORWARD: " iptables -A FORWARD -j DROP iptables -A OUTPUT -j LOG --log-level 4 --log-prefix "IPT_OUTPUT: " iptables -A OUTPUT -j DROP } ###################################################################### function off { # stop firewall echo "Firewall: disabling filtering (allowing all access)" iptables -F iptables -F -t nat iptables -F -t mangle iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT } ###################################################################### function stop { # stop all external connections echo "Firewall: stopping all external connections" iptables -F INPUT iptables -F OUTPUT iptables -P INPUT DROP iptables -P FORWARD REJECT iptables -P OUTPUT REJECT # allow anything over loopback iptables -A INPUT -i lo -s 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o lo -d 127.0.0.1 -j ACCEPT } case "$1" in start) on ;; stop) off ;; *) echo "$0 {start|stop|off}" echo "Start executes primary ruleset. Default is block all in and allow everything out." echo "Stop disables all filtering" echo "Off disables all non-loopback connections" ;; esac