IPSET(8) | IPSET(8) |
ipset — administration tool for IP sets
ipset [ OPTIONS ] COMMAND [ COMMAND-OPTIONS ]
COMMANDS := { create | add | del | test | destroy | list | save | restore | flush | rename | swap | help | version | - }
OPTIONS := { -exist | -output { plain | save | xml } | -quiet | -resolve | -sorted | -name | -terse | -file filename }
ipset create SETNAME TYPENAME [ CREATE-OPTIONS ]
ipset add SETNAME ADD-ENTRY [ ADD-OPTIONS ]
ipset del SETNAME DEL-ENTRY [ DEL-OPTIONS ]
ipset test SETNAME TEST-ENTRY [ TEST-OPTIONS ]
ipset destroy [ SETNAME ]
ipset list [ SETNAME ]
ipset save [ SETNAME ]
ipset restore
ipset flush [ SETNAME ]
ipset rename SETNAME-FROM SETNAME-TO
ipset swap SETNAME-FROM SETNAME-TO
ipset help [ TYPENAME ]
ipset version
ipset -
ipset is used to set up, maintain and inspect so called IP sets in the Linux kernel. Depending on the type of the set, an IP set may store IP(v4/v6) addresses, (TCP/UDP) port numbers, IP and MAC address pairs, IP address and port number pairs, etc. See the set type definitions below.
Iptables matches and targets referring to sets create references, which protect the given sets in the kernel. A set cannot be destroyed while there is a single reference pointing to it.
The options that are recognized by ipset can be divided into several different groups.
These options specify the desired action to perform. Only one of them can be specified on the command line unless otherwise specified below. For all the long versions of the command names, you need to use only enough letters to ensure that ipset can differentiate it from all other commands. The ipset parser follows the order here when looking for the shortest match in the long command names.
If the set has got reference(s), nothing is done and no set destroyed.
Please note, existing sets and elements are not erased by restore unless specified so in the restore file. All commands are allowed in restore mode except list, help, version, interactive mode and restore itself.
The following additional options can be specified. The long option names cannot be abbreviated.
A set type comprises of the storage method by which the data is stored and the data type(s) which are stored in the set. Therefore the TYPENAME parameter of the create command follows the syntax
TYPENAME := method:datatype[,datatype[,datatype]]
where the current list of the methods are bitmap, hash, and list and the possible data types are ip, net, mac, port and iface. The dimension of a set is equal to the number of data types in its type name.
When adding, deleting or testing entries in a set, the same comma separated data syntax must be used for the entry parameter of the commands, i.e
If host names or service names with dash in the name are used instead of IP addresses or service numbers, then the host name or service name must be enclosed in square brackets. Example:
In the case of host names the DNS resolver is called internally by ipset but if it returns multiple IP addresses, only the first one is used.
The bitmap and list types use a fixed sized storage. The hash types use a hash to store the elements. In order to avoid clashes in the hash, a limited number of chaining, and if that is exhausted, the doubling of the hash size is performed when adding entries by the ipset command. When entries added by the SET target of iptables/ip6tables, then the hash size is fixed and the set won't be duplicated, even if the new entry cannot be added to the set.
All set types supports the optional timeout parameter when creating a set and adding entries. The value of the timeout parameter for the create command means the default timeout value (in seconds) for new entries. If a set is created with timeout support, then the same timeout option can be used to specify non-default timeout values when adding entries. Zero timeout value means the entry is added permanent to the set. The timeout value of already added elements can be changed by re-adding the element using the -exist option. The largest possible timeout value is 2147483 (in seconds). Example:
When listing the set, the number of entries printed in the header might be larger than the listed number of entries for sets with the timeout extensions: the number of entries in the set is updated when elements added/deleted to the set and periodically when the garbage collector evicts the timed out entries.
All set types support the optional counters option when creating a set. If the option is specified then the set is created with packet and byte counters per element support. The packet and byte counters are initialized to zero when the elements are (re-)added to the set, unless the packet and byte counter values are explicitly specified by the packets and bytes options. An example when an element is added to a set with non-zero counter values:
All set types support the optional comment extension. Enabling this extension on an ipset enables you to annotate an ipset entry with an arbitrary string. This string is completely ignored by both the kernel and ipset itself and is purely for providing a convenient means to document the reason for an entry's existence. Comments must not contain any quotation marks and the usual escape character (\) has no meaning. For example, the following shell command is illegal:
In the above, your shell will of course escape the quotation marks and ipset will see the quote marks in the argument for the comment, which will result in a parse error. If you are writing your own system, you should avoid creating comments containing a quotation mark if you do not want to break "ipset save" and "ipset restore", nonetheless, the kernel will not stop you from doing so. The following is perfectly acceptable:
All set types support the optional skbinfo extension. This extension allows you to store the metainfo (firewall mark, tc class and hardware queue) with every entry and map it to packets by usage of SET netfilter target with --map-set option. skbmark option format: MARK or MARK/MASK, where MARK and MASK are 32bit hex numbers with 0x prefix. If only mark is specified mask 0xffffffff are used. skbprio option has tc class format: MAJOR:MINOR, where major and minor numbers are hex without 0x prefix. skbqueue option is just decimal number.
This parameter is valid for the create command of all hash type sets. It defines the initial hash size for the set, default is 1024. The hash size must be a power of two, the kernel automatically rounds up non power of two hash sizes to the first correct value. Example:
This parameter is valid for the create command of all hash type sets. It defines the maximal number of elements which can be stored in the set, default 65536. Example:
This parameter is valid for the create command of all hash type sets. It specifies the maximal number of elements which can be stored in a hash bucket. Possible values are any even number between 2-14 and the default is 14. Setting the value lower forces ipset to create larger hashes which consumes more memory but gives more speed at matching in the set. Example:
This parameter is valid for the create command of all hash type sets except for hash:mac. It defines the protocol family of the IP addresses to be stored in the set. The default is inet, i.e IPv4. For the inet family one can add or delete multiple entries by specifying a range or a network of IPv4 addresses in the IP address part of the entry:
ipaddr := { ip | fromaddr-toaddr | ip/cidr }
netaddr := { fromaddr-toaddr | ip/cidr }
Example:
The hash set types which can store net type of data (i.e. hash:*net*) support the optional nomatch option when adding entries. When matching elements in the set, entries marked as nomatch are skipped as if those were not added to the set, which makes possible to build up sets with exceptions. See the example at hash type hash:net below.
When elements are tested by ipset, the nomatch flags are taken into account. If one wants to test the existence of an element marked with nomatch in a set, then the flag must be specified too.
All hash set types support the optional forceadd parameter when creating a set. When sets created with this option become full the next addition to the set may succeed and evict a random entry from the set.
This flag is valid when adding elements to a hash:net,iface set. If the flag is set, then prefix matching is used when comparing with this element. For example, an element containing the interface name "eth" will match any name with that prefix.
The bitmap:ip set type uses a memory range to store either IPv4 host (default) or IPv4 network addresses. A bitmap:ip type of set can store up to 65536 entries.
CREATE-OPTIONS := range fromip-toip|ip/cidr [ netmask cidr ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := { ip | fromip-toip | ip/cidr }
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := { ip | fromip-toip | ip/cidr }
TEST-ENTRY := ip
Mandatory create options:
Optional create options:
The bitmap:ip type supports adding or deleting multiple entries in one command.
Examples:
The bitmap:ip,mac set type uses a memory range to store IPv4 and a MAC address pairs. A bitmap:ip,mac type of set can store up to 65536 entries.
CREATE-OPTIONS := range fromip-toip|ip/cidr [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := ip[,macaddr]
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := ip[,macaddr]
TEST-ENTRY := ip[,macaddr]
Mandatory options to use when creating a bitmap:ip,mac type of set:
The bitmap:ip,mac type is exceptional in the sense that the MAC part can be left out when adding/deleting/testing entries in the set. If we add an entry without the MAC address specified, then when the first time the entry is matched by the kernel, it will automatically fill out the missing MAC address with the MAC address from the packet. The source MAC address is used if the entry matched due to a src parameter of the set match, and the destination MAC address is used if available and the entry matched due to a dst parameter. If the entry was specified with a timeout value, the timer starts off when the IP and MAC address pair is complete.
The bitmap:ip,mac type of sets require two src/dst parameters of the set match and SET target netfilter kernel modules. For matches on destination MAC addresses, see COMMENTS below.
Examples:
The bitmap:port set type uses a memory range to store port numbers and such a set can store up to 65536 ports.
CREATE-OPTIONS := range fromport-toport [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := { [proto:]port | [proto:]fromport-toport }
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := { [proto:]port | [proto:]fromport-toport }
TEST-ENTRY := [proto:]port
Mandatory options to use when creating a bitmap:port type of set:
The set match and SET target netfilter kernel modules interpret the stored numbers as TCP or UDP port numbers.
proto only needs to be specified if a service name is used and that name does not exist as a TCP service. The protocol is never stored in the set, just the port number of the service.
Examples:
The hash:ip set type uses a hash to store IP host addresses (default) or network addresses. Zero valued IP address cannot be stored in a hash:ip type of set.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ netmask cidr ] [ bitmask mask ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := ipaddr
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := ipaddr
TEST-ENTRY := ipaddr
Optional create options:
The hash:mac set type uses a hash to store MAC addresses. Zero valued MAC addresses cannot be stored in a hash:mac type of set. For matches on destination MAC addresses, see COMMENTS below.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := macaddr
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := macaddr
TEST-ENTRY := macaddr
Examples:
The hash:ip,mac set type uses a hash to store IP and a MAC address pairs. Zero valued MAC addresses cannot be stored in a hash:ip,mac type of set. For matches on destination MAC addresses, see COMMENTS below.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := ipaddr,macaddr
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := ipaddr,macaddr
TEST-ENTRY := ipaddr,macaddr
Examples:
The hash:net set type uses a hash to store different sized IP network addresses. Network address with zero prefix size cannot be stored in this type of sets.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := netaddr
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ nomatch ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := netaddr
TEST-ENTRY := netaddr
where netaddr := ip[/cidr]
When adding/deleting/testing entries, if the cidr prefix parameter is not specified, then the host prefix value is assumed. When adding/deleting entries, the exact element is added/deleted and overlapping elements are not checked by the kernel. When testing entries, if a host address is tested, then the kernel tries to match the host address in the networks added to the set and reports the result accordingly.
From the set netfilter match point of view the searching for a match always starts from the smallest size of netblock (most specific prefix) to the largest one (least specific prefix) added to the set. When adding/deleting IP addresses to the set by the SET netfilter target, it will be added/deleted by the most specific prefix which can be found in the set, or by the host prefix value if the set is empty.
The lookup time grows linearly with the number of the different prefix values added to the set.
Example:
When matching the elements in the set above, all IP addresses will match from the networks 192.168.0.0/24, 10.1.0.0/16 and 192.168.0/24 except the ones from 192.168.0/30.
The hash:net,net set type uses a hash to store pairs of different sized IP network addresses. Bear in mind that the first parameter has precedence over the second, so a nomatch entry could be potentially be ineffective if a more specific first parameter existed with a suitable second parameter. Network address with zero prefix size cannot be stored in this type of set.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ netmask cidr ] [ bitmask mask ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := netaddr,netaddr
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ nomatch ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := netaddr,netaddr
TEST-ENTRY := netaddr,netaddr
where netaddr := ip[/cidr]
When adding/deleting/testing entries, if the cidr prefix parameter is not specified, then the host prefix value is assumed. When adding/deleting entries, the exact element is added/deleted and overlapping elements are not checked by the kernel. When testing entries, if a host address is tested, then the kernel tries to match the host address in the networks added to the set and reports the result accordingly.
From the set netfilter match point of view the searching for a match always starts from the smallest size of netblock (most specific prefix) to the largest one (least specific prefix) with the first param having precedence. When adding/deleting IP addresses to the set by the SET netfilter target, it will be added/deleted by the most specific prefix which can be found in the set, or by the host prefix value if the set is empty.
The lookup time grows linearly with the number of the different prefix values added to the first parameter of the set. The number of secondary prefixes further increases this as the list of secondary prefixes is traversed per primary prefix.
Optional create options:
Example:
When matching the elements in the set above, all IP addresses will match from the networks 192.168.0.0/24<->10.0.1.0/24, 10.1.0.0/16<->10.255.0.0/24 and 192.168.0/24<->192.168.54.0/24 except the ones from 192.168.0/30<->192.168.64/30.
The hash:ip,port set type uses a hash to store IP address and port number pairs. The port number is interpreted together with a protocol (default TCP) and zero protocol number cannot be used.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ netmask cidr ] [ bitmask mask ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port
TEST-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port
The [proto:]port part of the elements may be expressed in the following forms, where the range variations are valid when adding or deleting entries:
The hash:ip,port type of sets require two src/dst parameters of the set match and SET target kernel modules.
Optional create options:
Examples:
The hash:net,port set type uses a hash to store different sized IP network address and port pairs. The port number is interpreted together with a protocol (default TCP) and zero protocol number cannot be used. Network address with zero prefix size is not accepted either.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := netaddr,[proto:]port
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ nomatch ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := netaddr,[proto:]port
TEST-ENTRY := netaddr,[proto:]port
where netaddr := ip[/cidr]
For the netaddr part of the elements see the description at the hash:net set type. For the [proto:]port part of the elements see the description at the hash:ip,port set type.
When adding/deleting/testing entries, if the cidr prefix parameter is not specified, then the host prefix value is assumed. When adding/deleting entries, the exact element is added/deleted and overlapping elements are not checked by the kernel. When testing entries, if a host address is tested, then the kernel tries to match the host address in the networks added to the set and reports the result accordingly.
From the set netfilter match point of view the searching for a match always starts from the smallest size of netblock (most specific prefix) to the largest one (least specific prefix) added to the set. When adding/deleting IP addresses to the set by the SET netfilter target, it will be added/deleted by the most specific prefix which can be found in the set, or by the host prefix value if the set is empty.
The lookup time grows linearly with the number of the different prefix values added to the set.
Examples:
The hash:ip,port,ip set type uses a hash to store IP address, port number and a second IP address triples. The port number is interpreted together with a protocol (default TCP) and zero protocol number cannot be used.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port,ip
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port,ip
TEST-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port,ip
For the first ipaddr and [proto:]port parts of the elements see the descriptions at the hash:ip,port set type.
The hash:ip,port,ip type of sets require three src/dst parameters of the set match and SET target kernel modules.
Examples:
The hash:ip,port,net set type uses a hash to store IP address, port number and IP network address triples. The port number is interpreted together with a protocol (default TCP) and zero protocol number cannot be used. Network address with zero prefix size cannot be stored either.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port,netaddr
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ nomatch ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port,netaddr
TEST-ENTRY := ipaddr,[proto:]port,netaddr
where netaddr := ip[/cidr]
For the ipaddr and [proto:]port parts of the elements see the descriptions at the hash:ip,port set type. For the netaddr part of the elements see the description at the hash:net set type.
From the set netfilter match point of view the searching for a match always starts from the smallest size of netblock (most specific cidr) to the largest one (least specific cidr) added to the set. When adding/deleting triples to the set by the SET netfilter target, it will be added/deleted by the most specific cidr which can be found in the set, or by the host cidr value if the set is empty.
The lookup time grows linearly with the number of the different cidr values added to the set.
The hash:ip,port,net type of sets require three src/dst parameters of the set match and SET target kernel modules.
Examples:
The hash:ip,mark set type uses a hash to store IP address and packet mark pairs.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ markmask value ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := ipaddr,mark
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := ipaddr,mark
TEST-ENTRY := ipaddr,mark
Optional create options:
The mark can be any value between 0 and 4294967295.
The hash:ip,mark type of sets require two src/dst parameters of the set match and SET target kernel modules.
Examples:
The hash:net,port,net set type behaves similarly to hash:ip,port,net but accepts a cidr value for both the first and last parameter. Either subnet is permitted to be a /0 should you wish to match port between all destinations.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := netaddr,[proto:]port,netaddr
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ nomatch ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := netaddr,[proto:]port,netaddr
TEST-ENTRY := netaddr,[proto:]port,netaddr
where netaddr := ip[/cidr]
For the [proto:]port part of the elements see the description at the hash:ip,port set type. For the netaddr part of the elements see the description at the hash:net set type.
From the set netfilter match point of view the searching for a match always starts from the smallest size of netblock (most specific cidr) to the largest one (least specific cidr) added to the set. When adding/deleting triples to the set by the SET netfilter target, it will be added/deleted by the most specific cidr which can be found in the set, or by the host cidr value if the set is empty. The first subnet has precedence when performing the most-specific lookup, just as for hash:net,net
The lookup time grows linearly with the number of the different cidr values added to the set and by the number of secondary cidr values per primary.
The hash:net,port,net type of sets require three src/dst parameters of the set match and SET target kernel modules.
Examples:
The hash:net,iface set type uses a hash to store different sized IP network address and interface name pairs.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ family { inet | inet6 } ] [ hashsize value ] [ maxelem value ] [ bucketsize value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := netaddr,[physdev:]iface
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ nomatch ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ] [ wildcard ]
DEL-ENTRY := netaddr,[physdev:]iface
TEST-ENTRY := netaddr,[physdev:]iface
where netaddr := ip[/cidr]
For the netaddr part of the elements see the description at the hash:net set type.
When adding/deleting/testing entries, if the cidr prefix parameter is not specified, then the host prefix value is assumed. When adding/deleting entries, the exact element is added/deleted and overlapping elements are not checked by the kernel. When testing entries, if a host address is tested, then the kernel tries to match the host address in the networks added to the set and reports the result accordingly.
From the set netfilter match point of view the searching for a match always starts from the smallest size of netblock (most specific prefix) to the largest one (least specific prefix) added to the set. When adding/deleting IP addresses to the set by the SET netfilter target, it will be added/deleted by the most specific prefix which can be found in the set, or by the host prefix value if the set is empty.
The second direction parameter of the set match and SET target modules corresponds to the incoming/outgoing interface: src to the incoming one (similar to the -i flag of iptables), while dst to the outgoing one (similar to the -o flag of iptables). When the interface is flagged with physdev:, the interface is interpreted as the incoming/outgoing bridge port.
The lookup time grows linearly with the number of the different prefix values added to the set.
The internal restriction of the hash:net,iface set type is that the same network prefix cannot be stored with more than 64 different interfaces in a single set.
Examples:
The list:set type uses a simple list in which you can store set names.
CREATE-OPTIONS := [ size value ] [ timeout value ] [ counters ] [ comment ] [ skbinfo ]
ADD-ENTRY := setname [ { before | after } setname ]
ADD-OPTIONS := [ timeout value ] [ packets value ] [ bytes value ] [ comment string ] [ skbmark value ] [ skbprio value ] [ skbqueue value ]
DEL-ENTRY := setname [ { before | after } setname ]
TEST-ENTRY := setname [ { before | after } setname ]
Optional create options:
By the ipset command you can add, delete and test set names in a list:set type of set.
By the set match or SET target of netfilter you can test, add or delete entries in the sets added to the list:set type of set. The match will try to find a matching entry in the sets and the target will try to add an entry to the first set to which it can be added. The number of direction options of the match and target are important: sets which require more parameters than specified are skipped, while sets with equal or less parameters are checked, elements added/deleted. For example if a and b are list:set type of sets then in the command
the match and target will skip any set in a and b which stores data triples, but will match all sets with single or double data storage in a set and stop matching at the first successful set, and add src to the first single or src,dst to the first double data storage set in b to which the entry can be added. You can imagine a list:set type of set as an ordered union of the set elements.
Please note: by the ipset command you can add, delete and test the setnames in a list:set type of set, and not the presence of a set's member (such as an IP address).
Zero valued set entries cannot be used with hash methods. Zero protocol value with ports cannot be used.
If you want to store same size subnets from a given network (say /24 blocks from a /8 network), use the bitmap:ip set type. If you want to store random same size networks (say random /24 blocks), use the hash:ip set type. If you have got random size of netblocks, use hash:net.
Matching on destination MAC addresses using the dst parameter of the set match netfilter kernel modules will only work if the destination MAC address is available in the packet at the given processing stage, that is, it only applies for incoming packets in the PREROUTING, INPUT and FORWARD chains, against the MAC address as originally found in the received packet (typically, one of the MAC addresses of the local host). This is not the destination MAC address a destination IP address resolves to, after routing. If the MAC address is not available (e.g. in the OUTPUT chain), the packet will simply not match.
Backward compatibility is maintained and old ipset syntax is still supported.
The iptree and iptreemap set types are removed: if you refer to them, they are automatically replaced by hash:ip type of sets.
Various error messages are printed to standard error. The exit code is 0 for correct functioning.
Bugs? No, just funny features. :-) OK, just kidding...
Jozsef Kadlecsik wrote ipset, which is based on ippool by Joakim
Axelsson, Patrick Schaaf and Martin Josefsson.
Sven Wegener wrote the iptreemap type.
I stand on the shoulders of giants.
June 25, 2015 | Jozsef Kadlecsik |