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housecarl/cmd/hc/traffic.go
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abrown38andClaude Opus 5.5 de075edd5d Shadow mode: Housecarl beside the firewall in force, changing nothing
shadow.enabled in housecarl.yaml loads Housecarl's ruleset so that it
blocks, rejects and translates nothing: drops and rejects count and
accept (an accept only ends Housecarl's chain), policies accept and log
what they would drop, NAT only counts, MSS clamping and the flowtable
are left out, and raw rules that do more than accept, drop or reject are
left out with a warning. Comments mark what would happen ([would drop]).
Filter chains run after the other firewall's (+10) or before (-10); NAT
chains always first. Every change is checked by nftables in both forms.
No probation; takeovers and closing connections are refused. The boot
fallback filters nothing. internal/tablewatch puts the table back after
a flush ruleset. Mode in status, healthz, whoami, the web UI, the log
and the tracer; hc ruleset --enforcing. docs/shadow.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-10-20 18:11:01 +01:00

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package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"io"
"os"
"os/signal"
"strconv"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/spf13/cobra"
"housecarl/internal/api"
)
// Traffic as it happens: connections the kernel tracks, and tracing
// packets through the ruleset.
func connectionsCmd() *cobra.Command {
var search string
var limit int
cmd := &cobra.Command{
Use: "connections", Aliases: []string{"conns"}, Short: "The connections the firewall tracks, and closing them",
Long: `Lists the connections the kernel tracks: what the "established" built-in
lets through without checking the rules again. A rule added later doesn't
stop them by itself; close them, and their next packet is checked by the
rules as it stands.
hc connections --search 192.168.1.50
hc connections --search ":443 tcp"
hc connections close --search 192.168.1.50`,
Args: cobra.NoArgs,
RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
cs, err := get[[]api.Connection]("/connections", q("q", search, "limit", strconv.Itoa(limit)))
if err != nil {
return err
}
return output(cs, func(w io.Writer) {
fmt.Fprintln(w, "PROTO\tFROM\tTO\tNAT\tSTATE\tEXPIRES")
for _, c := range cs {
fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\t%s\n", c.Protocol, hostPort(c.Source, c.SourcePort), hostPort(c.Destination, c.DestinationPort), natText(c), c.State, fmtSeconds(c.Timeout))
}
})
},
}
cmd.Flags().StringVar(&search, "search", "", "only those with all these words: addresses, :port, protocol, state")
cmd.Flags().IntVar(&limit, "limit", 500, "at most this many")
var csearch string
var yes bool
closeCmd := &cobra.Command{
Use: "close --search TEXT", Short: "Close connections: the rules check them again with their next packet", Args: cobra.NoArgs,
RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
if strings.TrimSpace(csearch) == "" {
return fmt.Errorf("say which: --search 192.168.1.50 (see 'hc connections --search' first)")
}
if !confirm("Close every connection matching "+strconvQuote(csearch)+"?", yes) {
return fmt.Errorf("nothing closed")
}
c, err := newClient()
if err != nil {
return err
}
var out map[string]int
if err := c.Do(ctx(), "POST", "/connections/close", nil, api.CloseConnections{Search: csearch}, &out); err != nil {
return err
}
if !flagQuiet {
fmt.Printf("closed %s\n", plural(out["closed"], "connection"))
}
return nil
},
}
closeCmd.Flags().StringVar(&csearch, "search", "", "the connections to close, as for 'hc connections --search'")
closeCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&yes, "yes", "y", false, "don't ask")
cmd.AddCommand(closeCmd)
return cmd
}
func strconvQuote(s string) string { return strconv.Quote(s) }
func hostPort(addr string, port int) string {
if port == 0 {
return addr
}
if strings.Contains(addr, ":") {
return fmt.Sprintf("[%s]:%d", addr, port)
}
return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", addr, port)
}
// natText: "to 192.168.1.10:443" (a port forward), "as 203.0.113.10"
// (masqueraded).
func natText(c api.Connection) string {
var parts []string
if c.DNATTo != "" {
port := c.DNATPort
if port == 0 {
port = c.DestinationPort
}
parts = append(parts, "to "+hostPort(c.DNATTo, port))
}
if c.SNATTo != "" {
parts = append(parts, "as "+c.SNATTo)
}
return strings.Join(parts, ", ")
}
func traceCmd() *cobra.Command {
var in api.TraceInput
cmd := &cobra.Command{
Use: "trace", Short: "Follow packets through every table's rules: what each met, and what decided",
Long: `Traces packets from or to an address, on a port (either way), through the
whole ruleset, Housecarl's and every other table's, for a while: each
rule and policy they meet, and what accepted or dropped them. Ctrl-C
stops it.
hc trace --address 192.168.1.50 --port 443
hc trace --port 22 --seconds 120
hc trace --address 2001:db8:1::/64 --protocol icmpv6`,
Args: cobra.NoArgs,
RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
c, err := newClient()
if err != nil {
return err
}
var st api.TraceStatus
if err := c.Do(ctx(), "POST", "/trace", nil, in, &st); err != nil {
return err
}
if !flagQuiet {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "tracing until %s (Ctrl-C stops)\n", st.Ends.Local().Format("15:04:05"))
}
sig, stop := signal.NotifyContext(context.Background(), os.Interrupt)
defer stop()
shown := 0
for {
select {
case <-sig.Done():
c.Do(ctx(), "DELETE", "/trace", nil, nil, &st)
case <-time.After(time.Second):
if err := c.Do(ctx(), "GET", "/trace", nil, nil, &st); err != nil {
return err
}
}
for ; shown < len(st.Packets); shown++ {
printPacket(os.Stdout, st.Packets[shown])
}
if !st.Running || sig.Err() != nil {
break
}
}
if st.Error != "" {
return fmt.Errorf("the trace failed: %s", st.Error)
}
if !flagQuiet {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%d packets traced\n", len(st.Packets))
}
return nil
},
}
f := cmd.Flags()
f.StringVar(&in.Address, "address", "", "packets from or to this address or prefix")
f.IntVar(&in.Port, "port", 0, "packets from or to this port")
f.StringVar(&in.Protocol, "protocol", "", "tcp, udp, sctp, icmp or icmpv6 (default any)")
f.IntVar(&in.Seconds, "seconds", 60, "how long (5 to 600)")
return cmd
}
// printPacket writes a traced packet: its headers, each step, its fate.
func printPacket(w io.Writer, p api.TracePacket) {
what := p.Protocol
if p.TCPFlags != "" {
what += " " + p.TCPFlags
}
if p.ICMPType != "" {
what += " " + p.ICMPType
}
where := ""
if p.In != "" {
where += " in " + p.In
}
if p.Out != "" {
where += " out " + p.Out
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s %s -> %s %s%s\n", p.Time.Local().Format("15:04:05.000"), hostPort(p.Source, p.SourcePort), hostPort(p.Destination, p.DestinationPort), what, where)
for _, s := range p.Steps {
name := s.Label
if name == "" {
if s.Kind == "policy" {
name = s.Chain + " policy"
} else {
name = s.Rule
}
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s %s: %s -> %s\n", s.Table, s.Chain, name, s.Verdict)
}
decided := p.DecidedBy.Label
if decided == "" {
decided = strings.TrimSpace(p.DecidedBy.Table + " " + p.DecidedBy.Chain + " " + p.DecidedBy.Kind)
}
if decided == "" {
fmt.Fprintf(w, " => %s\n", strings.ToUpper(p.Verdict))
} else {
fmt.Fprintf(w, " => %s by %s\n", strings.ToUpper(p.Verdict), decided)
}
if wd := p.WouldDrop; wd != nil {
name := wd.Label
if name == "" {
name = strings.TrimSpace(wd.Chain + " " + wd.Mark)
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, " => shadow mode: Housecarl would have dropped it, by %s\n", name)
}
}
func matrixCmd() *cobra.Command {
return &cobra.Command{
Use: "matrix [FROM TO]", Short: "What the rules do to new connections between zones",
Long: `Shows, for each pair of zones (and the firewall itself), what happens to a
new connection: allowed or blocked, decided by a rule or the policy, and
how many rules decide for part of the traffic first (+N: exceptions,
such as some services or addresses). With FROM and TO (a zone, or
"firewall"), that pair's exceptions in order, and what decides the rest.
hc matrix
hc matrix guest wan
hc matrix lan firewall`,
Args: cobra.RangeArgs(0, 2),
RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
if len(args) == 1 {
return fmt.Errorf("give both: FROM and TO")
}
m, err := get[api.Matrix]("/matrix", nil)
if err != nil {
return err
}
if len(args) == 2 {
for _, c := range m.Cells {
if strings.EqualFold(c.From, args[0]) && strings.EqualFold(c.To, args[1]) {
return output(c, func(w io.Writer) { printCell(w, c) })
}
}
return fmt.Errorf("no pair %s → %s (zones: %s, and firewall)", args[0], args[1], strings.Join(m.Zones, ", "))
}
return output(m, func(w io.Writer) { printMatrix(w, m) })
},
}
}
func printMatrix(w io.Writer, m api.Matrix) {
cols := append(append([]string{}, m.Zones...), "firewall")
cells := map[[2]string]api.MatrixCell{}
for _, c := range m.Cells {
cells[[2]string{c.From, c.To}] = c
}
color := isTerminal(os.Stdout) && flagOutput == "table"
fmt.Fprint(w, "FROM \\ TO")
for _, c := range cols {
fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s", c)
}
fmt.Fprintln(w)
for _, from := range cols {
fmt.Fprint(w, from)
for _, to := range cols {
c, ok := cells[[2]string{from, to}]
text := "-"
if ok {
text = map[string]string{"allowed": "allow", "blocked": "block"}[c.Verdict]
if n := len(c.Exceptions); n > 0 {
text += fmt.Sprintf(" +%d", n)
}
if color {
text = map[string]string{"allowed": "\x1b[32m", "blocked": "\x1b[31m"}[c.Verdict] + text + "\x1b[0m"
}
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, "\t%s", text)
}
fmt.Fprintln(w)
}
fmt.Fprintln(w, "\nallow/block: new connections no exception covers; +N: rules deciding for part of the traffic first ('hc matrix FROM TO')")
}
func printCell(w io.Writer, c api.MatrixCell) {
fmt.Fprintf(w, "%s → %s (the %s chain), new connections:\n", c.From, c.To, c.Chain)
for _, e := range c.Exceptions {
fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s\t%s\t%s\n", e.Verdict, e.What, e.Label)
}
fmt.Fprintf(w, " %s\tthe rest\t%s\n", c.Verdict, c.DecidedBy)
}