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Date:      Mon, 3 May 2021 21:40:09 -0700
From:      Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>
To:        Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
Cc:        Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: PF with IPv6
Message-ID:  <A9A10D52-8735-4C7E-A2D4-DCA101D1757D@sermon-archive.info>
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> On 3 May 2021, at 06:43, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote:
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> On May 2, 2021, at 8:40 PM, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org =
<mailto:bc979@lafn.org>> wrote:
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>> On 1 May 2021, at 07:37, Paul Mather <paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu =
<mailto:paul@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>> wrote:
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>>> On Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:20:48 -0700, Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org =
<mailto:bc979@lafn.org>> wrote:
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>>>> Message: 3
>>>> Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:20:48 -0700
>>>> From: Doug Hardie <bc979@lafn.org <mailto:bc979@lafn.org>>
>>>> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org =
<mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>>
>>>> Subject: PF with IPv6
>>>> Message-ID: =
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>>>> FreeBSD 13-RELEASE.  I have a small test network setup and tried to =
block all IPv6 except those addressed to a specific address.  =
/etc/pf.conf contained:
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>>>> ext_if =3D "bge0"
>>>> LAN3 =3D "2001:1000:0:3000::/64"
>>>> pass in quick log on $ext_if proto ipv6 from $LAN3 to $LAN3
>>>> block in log on $ext_if proto ipv6 from any to any
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>>>> Nothing got blocked.  pftop showed all zeros for both rules.  I =
then added at the end:
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>>>> pass in quick log on $ext_if proto icmp6 from $LAN3 to $LAN3
>>>> block in log on $ext_if proto icmp6 from any to any
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>>>> A lot of stuff got blocked.  The log shows many entries like:
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>>>> 15:59:41.597632 rule 3/0(match): block in on bge0: (hlim 1, =
next-header Options (0) payload length: 32) fe80::120c:6bff:fe5d:4404 > =
ff02::1: HBH (rtalert: 0x0000) (pad1)(pad1) ICMP6, multicast listener =
query
>>>> 	0x0000:  6000 0000 0020 0001 fe80 0000 0000 0000  =
`...............
>>>> 	0x0010:  120c 6bff fe5d 4404 ff02 0000 0000 0000  =
..k..]D.........
>>>> 	0x0020:  0000 0000 0000 0001 3a00 0502 0000 0000  =
........:.......
>>>> 	0x0030:  8200 98aa                                ....
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>>>> Rule 3 is the block for ICMP6, but those are clearly IP6 packets =
that should have been blocked by rule 1. Is there a problem with IPv6 =
and pf?
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>>> It's not clear to me precisely what you are trying to achieve.  The =
"proto" keyword in PF rules refers to protocols in /etc/protocols.  Your =
rules appear to be targeting the specific case of filtering IPv6 =
encapsulated in IPv4.  I don't believe that is what you intend.
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>>> The more standard way in PF to block IPv6 vs IPv4 traffic is to use =
"inet" (IPv4) or "inet6" (IPv6) to target IPv4 or IPv6 packets.
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>>> Note, the last rule you added that you say did start blocking things =
is more typical of rules to block ICMP6.  Because you omit "inet" or =
"inet6" on the rule it will be applied to both IPv4 and IPv6 packets.  =
But, the "proto icmp6" part is specifically targeting ICMP6.
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>>> So, to summarise, use "inet" and "inet6" to select IPv4 and IPv6 and =
"proto" to select the protocol you want to target (e.g., "tcp", "udp", =
"icmp", "icmp6", etc.).  E.g., "pass in log quick on $ext_if inet6 from =
..." to allow all IPv6 for the rule, or ""pass in log quick on $ext_if =
inet6 proto tcp from ..." to allow only IPv6 TCP traffic, etc.
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>> First, it appeared to me that since ipv6 is listed in /etc/protocols, =
that it could be used as a protocol.  However, after reading the man =
page again, I see where it wants family, not protocol.  With that change =
it does work.
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> The "ipv6" protocol in /etc/protocols (protocol 41) is an IPv6 =
transition protocol more commonly known as "6in4".  It is used by sites =
that have only IPv4 connectivity to tunnel IPv6 traffic using IPv4 =
packets.  The Hurricane Electric TunnelBroker uses 6in4 via protocol 41, =
and is a well-known way of getting IPv6 connectivity when your ISP =
doesn't provide native IPv6.
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> As you observe, the "ipv6" tunnelling protocol is not the same as the =
IPv6 address family (AF_INET6).
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> Glad you got it sorted out and working, though.

Thanks for the clarification.  The protocols entry is:

ipv6	41	IPV6		# ipv6

That is quite misleading.  Somewhere it ought to indicate that it's a =
6in4 protocol, not just ipv5.

-- Doug




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