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Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -08001menu "Core Netfilter Configuration"
Patrick McHardy3a411352006-12-12 00:27:46 -08002 depends on NET && INET && NETFILTER
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -08003
Harald Weltef9e815b2005-08-09 19:30:24 -07004config NETFILTER_NETLINK
5 tristate "Netfilter netlink interface"
6 help
7 If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
8 for the new netfilter netlink interface.
Harald Welte7af4cc32005-08-09 19:44:15 -07009
10config NETFILTER_NETLINK_QUEUE
11 tristate "Netfilter NFQUEUE over NFNETLINK interface"
12 depends on NETFILTER_NETLINK
13 help
Thomas Vögtle50b521a2006-03-22 13:53:48 -080014 If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
Harald Welte7af4cc32005-08-09 19:44:15 -070015 for queueing packets via NFNETLINK.
16
Harald Welte0597f262005-08-09 19:58:39 -070017config NETFILTER_NETLINK_LOG
18 tristate "Netfilter LOG over NFNETLINK interface"
19 depends on NETFILTER_NETLINK
20 help
21 If this option is enabled, the kernel will include support
22 for logging packets via NFNETLINK.
23
24 This obsoletes the existing ipt_ULOG and ebg_ulog mechanisms,
25 and is also scheduled to replace the old syslog-based ipt_LOG
26 and ip6t_LOG modules.
27
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -070028# Rename this to NF_CONNTRACK in a 2.6.25
Patrick McHardyb321e142006-12-02 22:05:46 -080029config NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED
30 tristate "Netfilter connection tracking support"
31 help
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -080032 Connection tracking keeps a record of what packets have passed
33 through your machine, in order to figure out how they are related
34 into connections.
35
Patrick McHardyb321e142006-12-02 22:05:46 -080036 This is required to do Masquerading or other kinds of Network
37 Address Translation (except for Fast NAT). It can also be used to
38 enhance packet filtering (see `Connection state match support'
39 below).
40
41 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
42
Patrick McHardyb321e142006-12-02 22:05:46 -080043config NF_CONNTRACK
44 tristate
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -070045 default NF_CONNTRACK_ENABLED
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -080046
47config NF_CT_ACCT
48 bool "Connection tracking flow accounting"
49 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
50 help
51 If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will
52 keep per-flow packet and byte counters.
53
54 Those counters can be used for flow-based accounting or the
55 `connbytes' match.
56
57 If unsure, say `N'.
58
59config NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
60 bool 'Connection mark tracking support'
61 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
62 help
63 This option enables support for connection marks, used by the
64 `CONNMARK' target and `connmark' match. Similar to the mark value
65 of packets, but this mark value is kept in the conntrack session
66 instead of the individual packets.
67
James Morris7c9728c2006-06-09 00:31:46 -070068config NF_CONNTRACK_SECMARK
69 bool 'Connection tracking security mark support'
70 depends on NF_CONNTRACK && NETWORK_SECMARK
71 help
72 This option enables security markings to be applied to
73 connections. Typically they are copied to connections from
74 packets using the CONNSECMARK target and copied back from
75 connections to packets with the same target, with the packets
76 being originally labeled via SECMARK.
77
78 If unsure, say 'N'.
79
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -080080config NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS
Patrick McHardya7957562005-12-05 13:36:25 -080081 bool "Connection tracking events (EXPERIMENTAL)"
82 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -080083 help
84 If this option is enabled, the connection tracking code will
85 provide a notifier chain that can be used by other kernel code
Thomas Vögtle50b521a2006-03-22 13:53:48 -080086 to get notified about changes in the connection tracking state.
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -080087
88 If unsure, say `N'.
89
Patrick McHardyf09943f2006-12-02 22:09:41 -080090config NF_CT_PROTO_GRE
91 tristate
Patrick McHardyc9386cf2007-01-04 12:16:06 -080092 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Patrick McHardyf09943f2006-12-02 22:09:41 -080093
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -080094config NF_CT_PROTO_SCTP
Patrick McHardya3c47972006-12-02 22:11:01 -080095 tristate 'SCTP protocol connection tracking support (EXPERIMENTAL)'
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -080096 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
97 default n
98 help
99 With this option enabled, the layer 3 independent connection
100 tracking code will be able to do state tracking on SCTP connections.
101
102 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500103 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -0800104
Patrick McHardy59eecdf2007-07-14 20:48:44 -0700105config NF_CT_PROTO_UDPLITE
106 tristate 'UDP-Lite protocol connection tracking support (EXPERIMENTAL)'
107 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
108 help
109 With this option enabled, the layer 3 independent connection
110 tracking code will be able to do state tracking on UDP-Lite
111 connections.
112
113 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
114
Patrick McHardy16958902006-12-02 22:08:26 -0800115config NF_CONNTRACK_AMANDA
Patrick McHardyc9386cf2007-01-04 12:16:06 -0800116 tristate "Amanda backup protocol support"
117 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Patrick McHardy16958902006-12-02 22:08:26 -0800118 select TEXTSEARCH
119 select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
120 help
121 If you are running the Amanda backup package <http://www.amanda.org/>
122 on this machine or machines that will be MASQUERADED through this
123 machine, then you may want to enable this feature. This allows the
124 connection tracking and natting code to allow the sub-channels that
125 Amanda requires for communication of the backup data, messages and
126 index.
127
128 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
129
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -0800130config NF_CONNTRACK_FTP
Patrick McHardyc9386cf2007-01-04 12:16:06 -0800131 tristate "FTP protocol support"
132 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Yasuyuki Kozakai9fb9cbb2005-11-09 16:38:16 -0800133 help
134 Tracking FTP connections is problematic: special helpers are
135 required for tracking them, and doing masquerading and other forms
136 of Network Address Translation on them.
137
138 This is FTP support on Layer 3 independent connection tracking.
139 Layer 3 independent connection tracking is experimental scheme
140 which generalize ip_conntrack to support other layer 3 protocols.
141
142 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
143
Patrick McHardyf587de02006-12-02 22:08:46 -0800144config NF_CONNTRACK_H323
145 tristate "H.323 protocol support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
Adrian Bunk3e821982007-02-02 19:33:52 -0800146 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
Patrick McHardyf587de02006-12-02 22:08:46 -0800147 help
148 H.323 is a VoIP signalling protocol from ITU-T. As one of the most
149 important VoIP protocols, it is widely used by voice hardware and
150 software including voice gateways, IP phones, Netmeeting, OpenPhone,
151 Gnomemeeting, etc.
152
153 With this module you can support H.323 on a connection tracking/NAT
154 firewall.
155
156 This module supports RAS, Fast Start, H.245 Tunnelling, Call
157 Forwarding, RTP/RTCP and T.120 based audio, video, fax, chat,
158 whiteboard, file transfer, etc. For more information, please
159 visit http://nath323.sourceforge.net/.
160
161 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
162
Patrick McHardy869f37d2006-12-02 22:09:06 -0800163config NF_CONNTRACK_IRC
Patrick McHardyc9386cf2007-01-04 12:16:06 -0800164 tristate "IRC protocol support"
165 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Patrick McHardy869f37d2006-12-02 22:09:06 -0800166 help
167 There is a commonly-used extension to IRC called
168 Direct Client-to-Client Protocol (DCC). This enables users to send
169 files to each other, and also chat to each other without the need
170 of a server. DCC Sending is used anywhere you send files over IRC,
171 and DCC Chat is most commonly used by Eggdrop bots. If you are
172 using NAT, this extension will enable you to send files and initiate
173 chats. Note that you do NOT need this extension to get files or
174 have others initiate chats, or everything else in IRC.
175
176 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
177
Patrick McHardy92703ee2006-12-02 22:09:24 -0800178config NF_CONNTRACK_NETBIOS_NS
179 tristate "NetBIOS name service protocol support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
180 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
181 help
182 NetBIOS name service requests are sent as broadcast messages from an
183 unprivileged port and responded to with unicast messages to the
184 same port. This make them hard to firewall properly because connection
185 tracking doesn't deal with broadcasts. This helper tracks locally
186 originating NetBIOS name service requests and the corresponding
187 responses. It relies on correct IP address configuration, specifically
188 netmask and broadcast address. When properly configured, the output
189 of "ip address show" should look similar to this:
190
191 $ ip -4 address show eth0
192 4: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000
193 inet 172.16.2.252/24 brd 172.16.2.255 scope global eth0
194
195 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
196
Patrick McHardyf09943f2006-12-02 22:09:41 -0800197config NF_CONNTRACK_PPTP
Patrick McHardyc9386cf2007-01-04 12:16:06 -0800198 tristate "PPtP protocol support"
199 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Patrick McHardyf09943f2006-12-02 22:09:41 -0800200 select NF_CT_PROTO_GRE
201 help
202 This module adds support for PPTP (Point to Point Tunnelling
203 Protocol, RFC2637) connection tracking and NAT.
204
205 If you are running PPTP sessions over a stateful firewall or NAT
206 box, you may want to enable this feature.
207
208 Please note that not all PPTP modes of operation are supported yet.
209 Specifically these limitations exist:
David Sterba3dde6ad2007-05-09 07:12:20 +0200210 - Blindly assumes that control connections are always established
Patrick McHardyf09943f2006-12-02 22:09:41 -0800211 in PNS->PAC direction. This is a violation of RFC2637.
212 - Only supports a single call within each session
213
214 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
215
Michal Schmidt6fecd192007-02-07 15:05:12 -0800216config NF_CONNTRACK_SANE
217 tristate "SANE protocol support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
218 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
219 help
220 SANE is a protocol for remote access to scanners as implemented
221 by the 'saned' daemon. Like FTP, it uses separate control and
222 data connections.
223
224 With this module you can support SANE on a connection tracking
225 firewall.
226
227 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
228
Patrick McHardy9fafcd72006-12-02 22:09:57 -0800229config NF_CONNTRACK_SIP
230 tristate "SIP protocol support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
231 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK
232 help
233 SIP is an application-layer control protocol that can establish,
234 modify, and terminate multimedia sessions (conferences) such as
235 Internet telephony calls. With the ip_conntrack_sip and
236 the nf_nat_sip modules you can support the protocol on a connection
237 tracking/NATing firewall.
238
239 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
240
Patrick McHardya536df32006-12-02 22:10:18 -0800241config NF_CONNTRACK_TFTP
Patrick McHardyc9386cf2007-01-04 12:16:06 -0800242 tristate "TFTP protocol support"
243 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Patrick McHardya536df32006-12-02 22:10:18 -0800244 help
245 TFTP connection tracking helper, this is required depending
246 on how restrictive your ruleset is.
247 If you are using a tftp client behind -j SNAT or -j MASQUERADING
248 you will need this.
249
250 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
251
Pablo Neira Ayusoc1d10ad2006-01-05 12:19:05 -0800252config NF_CT_NETLINK
253 tristate 'Connection tracking netlink interface (EXPERIMENTAL)'
254 depends on EXPERIMENTAL && NF_CONNTRACK && NETFILTER_NETLINK
255 depends on NF_CONNTRACK!=y || NETFILTER_NETLINK!=m
Patrick McHardyca8fbb82007-03-22 12:29:57 -0700256 depends on NF_NAT=n || NF_NAT
Pablo Neira Ayusoc1d10ad2006-01-05 12:19:05 -0800257 help
258 This option enables support for a netlink-based userspace interface
259
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800260config NETFILTER_XTABLES
261 tristate "Netfilter Xtables support (required for ip_tables)"
262 help
263 This is required if you intend to use any of ip_tables,
264 ip6_tables or arp_tables.
265
266# alphabetically ordered list of targets
267
268config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CLASSIFY
269 tristate '"CLASSIFY" target support'
270 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
271 help
272 This option adds a `CLASSIFY' target, which enables the user to set
273 the priority of a packet. Some qdiscs can use this value for
274 classification, among these are:
275
276 atm, cbq, dsmark, pfifo_fast, htb, prio
277
278 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
279
280config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CONNMARK
281 tristate '"CONNMARK" target support'
282 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
283 depends on IP_NF_MANGLE || IP6_NF_MANGLE
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -0700284 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
285 select NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800286 help
287 This option adds a `CONNMARK' target, which allows one to manipulate
288 the connection mark value. Similar to the MARK target, but
289 affects the connection mark value rather than the packet mark value.
290
291 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500292 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The module will be called
293 ipt_CONNMARK.ko. If unsure, say `N'.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800294
Yasuyuki Kozakaia4687012006-08-22 00:30:26 -0700295config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_DSCP
296 tristate '"DSCP" target support'
297 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
298 depends on IP_NF_MANGLE || IP6_NF_MANGLE
299 help
300 This option adds a `DSCP' target, which allows you to manipulate
301 the IPv4/IPv6 header DSCP field (differentiated services codepoint).
302
303 The DSCP field can have any value between 0x0 and 0x3f inclusive.
304
305 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
306
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800307config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_MARK
308 tristate '"MARK" target support'
309 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
310 help
311 This option adds a `MARK' target, which allows you to create rules
312 in the `mangle' table which alter the netfilter mark (nfmark) field
313 associated with the packet prior to routing. This can change
314 the routing method (see `Use netfilter MARK value as routing
315 key') and can also be used by other subsystems to change their
316 behavior.
317
318 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
319
320config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFQUEUE
321 tristate '"NFQUEUE" target Support'
322 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
323 help
Thomas Vögtle50b521a2006-03-22 13:53:48 -0800324 This target replaced the old obsolete QUEUE target.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800325
326 As opposed to QUEUE, it supports 65535 different queues,
327 not just one.
328
329 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
330
Patrick McHardybaf7b1e2006-11-29 02:35:38 +0100331config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NFLOG
332 tristate '"NFLOG" target support'
333 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
334 help
335 This option enables the NFLOG target, which allows to LOG
336 messages through the netfilter logging API, which can use
337 either the old LOG target, the old ULOG target or nfnetlink_log
338 as backend.
339
340 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
341
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800342config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_NOTRACK
343 tristate '"NOTRACK" target support'
344 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
345 depends on IP_NF_RAW || IP6_NF_RAW
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -0700346 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800347 help
348 The NOTRACK target allows a select rule to specify
349 which packets *not* to enter the conntrack/NAT
350 subsystem with all the consequences (no ICMP error tracking,
351 no protocol helpers for the selected packets).
352
353 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500354 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800355
Jozsef Kadlecsikba9dda32007-07-07 22:21:23 -0700356config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TRACE
357 tristate '"TRACE" target support'
358 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
359 depends on IP_NF_RAW || IP6_NF_RAW
360 help
361 The TRACE target allows you to mark packets so that the kernel
362 will log every rule which match the packets as those traverse
363 the tables, chains, rules.
364
365 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
366 <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
367
James Morris5e6874cd2006-06-09 00:30:57 -0700368config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_SECMARK
369 tristate '"SECMARK" target support'
370 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && NETWORK_SECMARK
371 help
372 The SECMARK target allows security marking of network
373 packets, for use with security subsystems.
374
375 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
376
James Morris100468e2006-06-09 00:32:39 -0700377config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_CONNSECMARK
378 tristate '"CONNSECMARK" target support'
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -0700379 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && NF_CONNTRACK && NF_CONNTRACK_SECMARK
James Morris100468e2006-06-09 00:32:39 -0700380 help
381 The CONNSECMARK target copies security markings from packets
382 to connections, and restores security markings from connections
383 to packets (if the packets are not already marked). This would
384 normally be used in conjunction with the SECMARK target.
385
386 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
387
Patrick McHardycdd289a2007-02-07 15:09:46 -0800388config NETFILTER_XT_TARGET_TCPMSS
389 tristate '"TCPMSS" target support'
390 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && (IPV6 || IPV6=n)
391 ---help---
392 This option adds a `TCPMSS' target, which allows you to alter the
393 MSS value of TCP SYN packets, to control the maximum size for that
394 connection (usually limiting it to your outgoing interface's MTU
395 minus 40).
396
397 This is used to overcome criminally braindead ISPs or servers which
398 block ICMP Fragmentation Needed packets. The symptoms of this
399 problem are that everything works fine from your Linux
400 firewall/router, but machines behind it can never exchange large
401 packets:
402 1) Web browsers connect, then hang with no data received.
403 2) Small mail works fine, but large emails hang.
404 3) ssh works fine, but scp hangs after initial handshaking.
405
406 Workaround: activate this option and add a rule to your firewall
407 configuration like:
408
409 iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN \
410 -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmtu
411
412 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
413
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800414config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_COMMENT
415 tristate '"comment" match support'
416 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
417 help
418 This option adds a `comment' dummy-match, which allows you to put
419 comments in your iptables ruleset.
420
421 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500422 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800423
424config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNBYTES
425 tristate '"connbytes" per-connection counter match support'
426 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -0700427 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
428 select NF_CT_ACCT
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800429 help
430 This option adds a `connbytes' match, which allows you to match the
431 number of bytes and/or packets for each direction within a connection.
432
433 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500434 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800435
Jan Engelhardt370786f2007-07-14 20:47:26 -0700436config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNLIMIT
437 tristate '"connlimit" match support"'
438 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
Cornelia Huck3fd8f9e2007-07-18 02:38:32 -0700439 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Jan Engelhardt370786f2007-07-14 20:47:26 -0700440 ---help---
441 This match allows you to match against the number of parallel
442 connections to a server per client IP address (or address block).
443
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800444config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNMARK
445 tristate '"connmark" connection mark match support'
446 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -0700447 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
448 select NF_CONNTRACK_MARK
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800449 help
450 This option adds a `connmark' match, which allows you to match the
451 connection mark value previously set for the session by `CONNMARK'.
452
453 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500454 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. The module will be called
455 ipt_connmark.ko. If unsure, say `N'.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800456
457config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_CONNTRACK
458 tristate '"conntrack" connection tracking match support'
459 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -0700460 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800461 help
462 This is a general conntrack match module, a superset of the state match.
463
464 It allows matching on additional conntrack information, which is
465 useful in complex configurations, such as NAT gateways with multiple
466 internet links or tunnels.
467
468 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
469
470config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DCCP
471 tristate '"DCCP" protocol match support'
472 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
473 help
474 With this option enabled, you will be able to use the iptables
475 `dccp' match in order to match on DCCP source/destination ports
476 and DCCP flags.
477
478 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500479 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800480
Yasuyuki Kozakai9ba16272006-08-22 00:29:37 -0700481config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_DSCP
482 tristate '"DSCP" match support'
483 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
484 help
485 This option adds a `DSCP' match, which allows you to match against
486 the IPv4/IPv6 header DSCP field (differentiated services codepoint).
487
488 The DSCP field can have any value between 0x0 and 0x3f inclusive.
489
490 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
491
Yasuyuki Kozakaidc5ab2f2006-04-01 02:22:30 -0800492config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_ESP
493 tristate '"ESP" match support'
494 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
495 help
496 This match extension allows you to match a range of SPIs
497 inside ESP header of IPSec packets.
498
499 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
500
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800501config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HELPER
502 tristate '"helper" match support'
503 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -0700504 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800505 help
506 Helper matching allows you to match packets in dynamic connections
507 tracked by a conntrack-helper, ie. ip_conntrack_ftp
508
509 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say Y.
510
511config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LENGTH
512 tristate '"length" match support'
513 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
514 help
515 This option allows you to match the length of a packet against a
516 specific value or range of values.
517
518 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
519
520config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_LIMIT
521 tristate '"limit" match support'
522 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
523 help
524 limit matching allows you to control the rate at which a rule can be
525 matched: mainly useful in combination with the LOG target ("LOG
526 target support", below) and to avoid some Denial of Service attacks.
527
528 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
529
530config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MAC
531 tristate '"mac" address match support'
532 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
533 help
534 MAC matching allows you to match packets based on the source
535 Ethernet address of the packet.
536
537 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
538
539config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MARK
540 tristate '"mark" match support'
541 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
542 help
543 Netfilter mark matching allows you to match packets based on the
544 `nfmark' value in the packet. This can be set by the MARK target
545 (see below).
546
547 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
548
Patrick McHardyc4b88512006-03-20 18:03:40 -0800549config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_POLICY
550 tristate 'IPsec "policy" match support'
551 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && XFRM
552 help
553 Policy matching allows you to match packets based on the
554 IPsec policy that was used during decapsulation/will
555 be used during encapsulation.
556
557 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
558
Yasuyuki Kozakaia89ecb62006-04-01 02:22:54 -0800559config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_MULTIPORT
560 tristate "Multiple port match support"
561 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
562 help
563 Multiport matching allows you to match TCP or UDP packets based on
564 a series of source or destination ports: normally a rule can only
565 match a single range of ports.
566
567 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
568
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800569config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_PHYSDEV
570 tristate '"physdev" match support'
Patrick McHardyf1da7062006-10-02 16:10:47 -0700571 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && BRIDGE && BRIDGE_NETFILTER
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800572 help
573 Physdev packet matching matches against the physical bridge ports
574 the IP packet arrived on or will leave by.
575
576 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
577
578config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_PKTTYPE
579 tristate '"pkttype" packet type match support'
580 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
581 help
582 Packet type matching allows you to match a packet by
583 its "class", eg. BROADCAST, MULTICAST, ...
584
585 Typical usage:
586 iptables -A INPUT -m pkttype --pkt-type broadcast -j LOG
587
588 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
589
Patrick McHardy62b77432006-05-29 18:20:32 -0700590config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_QUOTA
591 tristate '"quota" match support'
592 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
593 help
594 This option adds a `quota' match, which allows to match on a
595 byte counter.
596
597 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500598 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
Patrick McHardy62b77432006-05-29 18:20:32 -0700599
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800600config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_REALM
601 tristate '"realm" match support'
602 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
603 select NET_CLS_ROUTE
604 help
605 This option adds a `realm' match, which allows you to use the realm
606 key from the routing subsystem inside iptables.
607
608 This match pretty much resembles the CONFIG_NET_CLS_ROUTE4 option
609 in tc world.
610
611 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500612 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800613
614config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_SCTP
Patrick McHardyd5af9812006-07-24 22:55:29 -0700615 tristate '"sctp" protocol match support (EXPERIMENTAL)'
616 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && EXPERIMENTAL
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800617 help
618 With this option enabled, you will be able to use the
619 `sctp' match in order to match on SCTP source/destination ports
620 and SCTP chunk types.
621
622 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here and read
Alexander E. Patrakov39f5fb32007-03-16 18:28:43 +0500623 <file:Documentation/kbuild/modules.txt>. If unsure, say `N'.
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800624
625config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STATE
626 tristate '"state" match support'
627 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
Patrick McHardy587aa642007-03-14 16:37:25 -0700628 depends on NF_CONNTRACK
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800629 help
630 Connection state matching allows you to match packets based on their
631 relationship to a tracked connection (ie. previous packets). This
632 is a powerful tool for packet classification.
633
634 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
635
Patrick McHardyf3389802006-05-29 18:21:00 -0700636config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STATISTIC
637 tristate '"statistic" match support'
638 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
639 help
Patrick McHardy68c16922006-06-27 03:02:14 -0700640 This option adds a `statistic' match, which allows you to match
641 on packets periodically or randomly with a given percentage.
642
643 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
Patrick McHardyf3389802006-05-29 18:21:00 -0700644
Harald Welte2e4e6a12006-01-12 13:30:04 -0800645config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_STRING
646 tristate '"string" match support'
647 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
648 select TEXTSEARCH
649 select TEXTSEARCH_KMP
650 select TEXTSEARCH_BM
651 select TEXTSEARCH_FSM
652 help
653 This option adds a `string' match, which allows you to look for
654 pattern matchings in packets.
655
656 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
657
658config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_TCPMSS
659 tristate '"tcpmss" match support'
660 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
661 help
662 This option adds a `tcpmss' match, which allows you to examine the
663 MSS value of TCP SYN packets, which control the maximum packet size
664 for that connection.
665
666 To compile it as a module, choose M here. If unsure, say N.
667
Jan Engelhardtee4411a2007-09-28 14:46:43 -0700668config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_TIME
669 tristate '"time" match support'
670 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
671 ---help---
672 This option adds a "time" match, which allows you to match based on
673 the packet arrival time (at the machine which netfilter is running)
674 on) or departure time/date (for locally generated packets).
675
676 If you say Y here, try `iptables -m time --help` for
677 more information.
678
679 If you want to compile it as a module, say M here.
680 If unsure, say N.
681
Jan Engelhardt1b50b8a2007-07-07 22:20:36 -0700682config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_U32
683 tristate '"u32" match support'
684 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES
685 ---help---
686 u32 allows you to extract quantities of up to 4 bytes from a packet,
687 AND them with specified masks, shift them by specified amounts and
688 test whether the results are in any of a set of specified ranges.
689 The specification of what to extract is general enough to skip over
690 headers with lengths stored in the packet, as in IP or TCP header
691 lengths.
692
693 Details and examples are in the kernel module source.
694
Patrick McHardy39b46fc2006-11-29 02:35:36 +0100695config NETFILTER_XT_MATCH_HASHLIMIT
696 tristate '"hashlimit" match support'
Patrick McHardy2e553022007-01-30 21:36:09 -0800697 depends on NETFILTER_XTABLES && (IP6_NF_IPTABLES || IP6_NF_IPTABLES=n)
Patrick McHardy39b46fc2006-11-29 02:35:36 +0100698 help
699 This option adds a `hashlimit' match.
700
701 As opposed to `limit', this match dynamically creates a hash table
702 of limit buckets, based on your selection of source/destination
703 addresses and/or ports.
704
705 It enables you to express policies like `10kpps for any given
706 destination address' or `500pps from any given source address'
707 with a single rule.
708
Harald Weltea6c1cd572006-02-13 15:42:48 -0800709endmenu
710