[PATCH] ng_tag - new netgraph node, please test (L7 filtering possibility)

[Vadim Goncharov]

12.06.06 @ 10:12 Ganbold wrote:

> Vadim Goncharov wrote:
>> Hello All!
>>
>> I wrote new netgraph(4) node, called ng_tag, able to match packets by
>> their mbuf_tags(9) and assign new tags to mbufs. This can be used for
>> many things in the kernel network subsystem, but particularly useful
>> with recently added ipfw(8) tag/tagged functionality (will be MFCed to
>> RELENG_6 after Jun 24).
>>
>> With this node, in conjunction with ng_bpf(4), I was able to match and  
>> block (perhaps shaping is also possible, but this relies solely on  
>> ipfw) DirectConnect P2P data connections traffic - you know, they're  
>> using random ports, so you can't match them with usual firewall rules  
>> and must check data payload contents of the packets. See man page for  
>> example of how to do this.
>>
>> Download files from here: http://antigreen.org/vadim/freebsd/ng_tag/
>> Then do:
>>
>>   make
>>   kldload ./ng_tag.ko
>>
>> Man page can be viewed as:
>>
>>   cat ng_tag.4 | /usr/bin/tbl | /usr/bin/groff -S -Wall -mtty-char \
>>     -man -Tascii | /usr/bin/col | more -s
>>
>> Please especially test tags with non-zero tag_len, if you can (though  
>> it's not needed for ipfw).
>>
>> P.S. BTW, what is correct subject prefix for new contributions? I think
>> [PATCH] is not correct as these are new files, not patch :)
> You mentioned about L7 filtering possibility, is it possible to filter  
> skype, msn, yahoo messenger traffics using ng_tag?

No. True L7 filtering requires complete flow analysis (especially for  
skype), and in kernel we only can do per-packet analysis - but that's  
enough for simple things, like most P2P networks.

> If you can put some additional examples how to block above that would be  
> great. This is just my thought.

No. Man page is an example of using ng_tag node only, and creating  
matching patterns for another nodes is another great topic.

-- 
WBR, Vadim Goncharov