iptables_selinux(8)					      SELinux Policy iptables					       iptables_selinux(8)

NAME

       iptables_selinux - Security Enhanced Linux Policy for the iptables processes

DESCRIPTION

       Security-Enhanced Linux secures the iptables processes via flexible mandatory access control.

       The iptables processes execute with the iptables_t SELinux type. You can check if you have these processes running by executing the ps com-
       mand with the -Z qualifier.

       For example:

       ps -eZ | grep iptables_t

ENTRYPOINTS

       The iptables_t SELinux type can be entered via the iptables_exec_t file type.

       The default entrypoint paths for the iptables_t domain are the following:

       /sbin/ip6?tables.*,    /sbin/ip6?tables-multi.*,    /sbin/ip6?tables-restore.*,	  /usr/sbin/ip6?tables.*,    /usr/sbin/ip6?tables-multi.*,
       /usr/sbin/ip6?tables-restore.*,	 /sbin/ipchains.*,  /usr/sbin/ipchains.*,  /sbin/ipset,  /sbin/ipvsadm,  /sbin/ebtables,  /usr/sbin/ipset,
       /usr/sbin/ipvsadm, /usr/libexec/ipset, /sbin/ipvsadm-save, /usr/sbin/ebtables, /sbin/xtables-multi, /sbin/ipvsadm-restore,  /sbin/ebtables-
       restore, /usr/sbin/ipvsadm-save, /usr/sbin/xtables-multi, /usr/sbin/ipvsadm-restore, /usr/sbin/ebtables-restore

PROCESS TYPES

       SELinux defines process types (domains) for each process running on the system

       You can see the context of a process using the -Z option to ps

       Policy  governs	the access confined processes have to files.  SELinux iptables policy is very flexible allowing users to setup their ipta-
       bles processes in as secure a method as possible.

       The following process types are defined for iptables:

       iptables_t

       Note: semanage permissive -a iptables_t can be used to make the process type iptables_t permissive. SELinux does not deny access to permis-
       sive process types, but the AVC (SELinux denials) messages are still generated.

BOOLEANS

       SELinux	policy	is customizable based on least access required.  iptables policy is extremely flexible and has several booleans that allow
       you to manipulate the policy and run iptables with the tightest access possible.

       If you want to allow users to resolve user passwd entries directly from ldap rather then using a sssd server, you must turn on the  authlo-
       gin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean. Disabled by default.

       setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 1

       If you want to allow all daemons the ability to read/write terminals, you must turn on the daemons_use_tty boolean. Disabled by default.

       setsebool -P daemons_use_tty 1

       If  you	want  to  deny	any  process  from ptracing or debugging any other processes, you must turn on the deny_ptrace boolean. Enabled by
       default.

       setsebool -P deny_ptrace 1

       If you want to allow dhcpc client applications to execute iptables commands, you must turn on the dhcpc_exec_iptables boolean. Disabled	by
       default.

       setsebool -P dhcpc_exec_iptables 1

       If you want to allow all domains to use other domains file descriptors, you must turn on the domain_fd_use boolean. Enabled by default.

       setsebool -P domain_fd_use 1

       If  you	want  to  allow  all domains to have the kernel load modules, you must turn on the domain_kernel_load_modules boolean. Disabled by
       default.

       setsebool -P domain_kernel_load_modules 1

       If you want to allow all domains to execute in fips_mode, you must turn on the fips_mode boolean. Enabled by default.

       setsebool -P fips_mode 1

       If you want to enable reading of urandom for all domains, you must turn on the global_ssp boolean. Disabled by default.

       setsebool -P global_ssp 1

       If you want to allow confined applications to run with kerberos, you must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean. Enabled by default.

       setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1

       If you want to allow system to run with NIS, you must turn on the nis_enabled boolean. Disabled by default.

       setsebool -P nis_enabled 1

       If you want to allow confined applications to use nscd shared memory, you must turn on the nscd_use_shm boolean. Disabled by default.

       setsebool -P nscd_use_shm 1

NSSWITCH DOMAIN

       If you want to allow users to resolve user passwd entries directly from ldap rather then using a sssd server for the iptables_t,  you  must
       turn on the authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap boolean.

       setsebool -P authlogin_nsswitch_use_ldap 1

       If you want to allow confined applications to run with kerberos for the iptables_t, you must turn on the kerberos_enabled boolean.

       setsebool -P kerberos_enabled 1

MANAGED FILES

       The  SELinux  process  type  iptables_t can manage files labeled with the following file types.	The paths listed are the default paths for
       these file types.  Note the processes UID still need to have DAC permissions.

       etc_runtime_t

	    /[^/]+
	    /etc/mtab.*
	    /etc/blkid(/.*)?
	    /etc/nologin.*
	    /etc/.fstab.hal..+
	    /halt
	    /poweroff
	    /fastboot
	    /etc/cmtab
	    /forcefsck
	    /.autofsck
	    /.suspended
	    /fsckoptions
	    /.autorelabel
	    /etc/killpower
	    /etc/securetty
	    /etc/nohotplug
	    /etc/ioctl.save
	    /etc/fstab.REVOKE
	    /etc/network/ifstate
	    /etc/sysconfig/hwconf
	    /etc/ptal/ptal-printd-like
	    /etc/sysconfig/iptables.save
	    /etc/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf
	    /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-system-setup-keyboard.conf

       initrc_tmp_t

       iptables_tmp_t

       iptables_var_run_t

       psad_tmp_t

       psad_var_log_t

	    /var/log/psad(/.*)?

       shorewall_var_lib_t

	    /var/lib/shorewall(/.*)?
	    /var/lib/shorewall6(/.*)?
	    /var/lib/shorewall-lite(/.*)?

       system_conf_t

	    /etc/yum.repos.d(/.*)?
	    /etc/sysctl.conf(.old)?
	    /etc/sysconfig/ip6?tables.*
	    /etc/sysconfig/ipvsadm.*
	    /etc/sysconfig/ebtables.*
	    /etc/sysconfig/system-config-firewall.*

FILE CONTEXTS

       SELinux requires files to have an extended attribute to define the file type.

       You can see the context of a file using the -Z option to ls

       Policy governs the access confined processes have to these files.  SELinux iptables policy is very flexible allowing users to  setup  their
       iptables processes in as secure a method as possible.

       STANDARD FILE CONTEXT

       SELinux defines the file context types for the iptables, if you wanted to store files with these types in a diffent paths, you need to exe-
       cute the semanage command to sepecify alternate labeling and then use restorecon to put the labels on disk.

       semanage fcontext -a -t iptables_exec_t '/srv/iptables/content(/.*)?'
       restorecon -R -v /srv/myiptables_content

       Note: SELinux often uses regular expressions to specify labels that match multiple files.

       The following file types are defined for iptables:

       iptables_exec_t

       - Set files with the iptables_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the iptables_t domain.

       Paths:
	    /sbin/ip6?tables.*,  /sbin/ip6?tables-multi.*,   /sbin/ip6?tables-restore.*,   /usr/sbin/ip6?tables.*,   /usr/sbin/ip6?tables-multi.*,
	    /usr/sbin/ip6?tables-restore.*,  /sbin/ipchains.*,	/usr/sbin/ipchains.*, /sbin/ipset, /sbin/ipvsadm, /sbin/ebtables, /usr/sbin/ipset,
	    /usr/sbin/ipvsadm, /usr/libexec/ipset, /sbin/ipvsadm-save, /usr/sbin/ebtables, /sbin/xtables-multi, /sbin/ipvsadm-restore, /sbin/ebta-
	    bles-restore, /usr/sbin/ipvsadm-save, /usr/sbin/xtables-multi, /usr/sbin/ipvsadm-restore, /usr/sbin/ebtables-restore

       iptables_initrc_exec_t

       - Set files with the iptables_initrc_exec_t type, if you want to transition an executable to the iptables_initrc_t domain.

       Paths:
	    /etc/rc.d/init.d/ip6?tables, /etc/rc.d/init.d/ebtables

       iptables_tmp_t

       - Set files with the iptables_tmp_t type, if you want to store iptables temporary files in the /tmp directories.

       iptables_unit_file_t

       - Set files with the iptables_unit_file_t type, if you want to treat the files as iptables unit content.

       Paths:
	    /usr/lib/systemd/system/ppp.*,  /usr/lib/systemd/system/ipset.*,  /usr/lib/systemd/system/vsftpd.*, /usr/lib/systemd/system/proftpd.*,
	    /usr/lib/systemd/system/iptables.*, /usr/lib/systemd/system/ip6tables.*

       iptables_var_run_t

       - Set files with the iptables_var_run_t type, if you want to store the iptables files under the /run or /var/run directory.

       Note: File context can be temporarily modified with the chcon command.  If you want to permanently change the file context you need to  use
       the semanage fcontext command.  This will modify the SELinux labeling database.	You will need to use restorecon to apply the labels.

COMMANDS

       semanage fcontext can also be used to manipulate default file context mappings.

       semanage permissive can also be used to manipulate whether or not a process type is permissive.

       semanage module can also be used to enable/disable/install/remove policy modules.

       semanage boolean can also be used to manipulate the booleans

       system-config-selinux is a GUI tool available to customize SELinux policy settings.

AUTHOR

       This manual page was auto-generated using sepolicy manpage .

SEE ALSO

       selinux(8), iptables(8), semanage(8), restorecon(8), chcon(1), sepolicy(8) , setsebool(8)

iptables							     14-06-10						       iptables_selinux(8)