HP-UX IPFilter A.03.05.13 Administrator's Guide: HP-UX 11i v3
Table Of Contents
- HP-UX IPFilter Version A.03.05.13 Administrator's Guide
- Legal Notices
- Table of Contents
- Preface: About This Document
- 1 Installing and Configuring HP-UX IPFilter
- Overview of HP-UX IPFilter Installation
- Step 1: Checking HP-UX IPFilter Installation Prerequisites
- Step 2: Loading HP-UX IPFilter Software
- Step 3: Determining the Rules for IPFilter
- Step 4: Adding Rules to the Rules Files
- Step 5: Loading IPFilter and NAT Rules
- Step 6: Verifying the Installation and Configuration
- Kernel Tunable Parameters
- Supported and Unsupported Interfaces
- Troubleshooting HP-UX IPFilter
- 2 HP-UX IPFilter on HP-UX 11i Version 3
- 3 Rules and Keywords
- IPFilter Configuration Files
- Basic Rules Processing
- IPFilter Keywords
- pass and block: Controlling IP Traffic
- in and out: Bidirectional Filtering
- quick: Optimizing IPFilter Rules Processing
- on: Filtering by Network Interfaces
- from and to: Filtering by IP Addresses and Subnets
- log: Tracking Packets on a System
- proto: Controlling Specific Protocols
- opt and ipopts: Filtering on IP Options
- icmp-type: Filtering ICMP Traffic by Type
- port: Filtering on TCP and UDP Ports
- keep state: Protecting TCP, UDP, and ICMP Sessions
- flags: Tight Filtering Based on TCP Header Flags
- keep frags: Letting Fragmented Packets Pass
- with frags: Dropping Fragmented Packets
- with short: Dropping Short Fragments
- return-rst: Responding to Blocked TCP Packets
- return-icmp: Responding to Blocked ICMP Packets
- dup-to: Drop-Safe Logging
- NAT Keywords
- 4 Dynamic Connection Allocation
- 5 Firewall Building Concepts
- Blocking Services by Port Number
- Using Keep State
- Using Keep State with UDP
- Using Keep State with ICMP
- Logging Techniques
- Improving Performance with Rule Groups
- Localhost Filtering
- Using the to
- Creating a Complete Filter by Interface
- Combining IP Address and Network Interface Filtering
- Using Bidirectional Filtering Capabilities
- Using port and proto to Create a Secure Filter
- 6 HP-UX IPFilter Utilities
- 7 HP-UX IPFilter and FTP
- 8 HP-UX IPFilter and RPC
- 9 HP-UX IPFilter and IPSec
- 10 HP-UX IPFilter and Serviceguard
- A HP-UX IPFilter Configuration Examples
- B HP-UX IPFilter Static Linking
- C Performance Guidelines
- Index

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Chapter 2 HP-UX IPFilter on HP-UX 11i Version 3 Use this
chapter to learn about HP-UX IPFilter and HP-UX
11i v3.
Chapter 3 Rules and Keywords Use this chapter to utilize the
HP-UX IPFilter configuration files and obtain in-depth
information on IPFilter and NAT keywords.
Chapter 4 Dynamic Connection Allocation Use this chapter to
learn about DCA features, DCA keywords, DCA
variables, changing DCA rules dynamically, and setting
the DCA mode.
Chapter 5 Firewall Building Concepts Use this chapter to
learn about specific configuration procedures for
HP-UX IPFilter, as well as basic and advanced firewall
design using HP-UX IPFilter features.
Chapter 6 HP-UX IPFilter Utilities Use this chapter to learn to
use IPFilter utilities. This chapter also contains a list
of unsupported utilities and commands.
Chapter 7 HP-UX IPFilter and FTP Use this chapter to learn
about running an FTP server and an FTP client with
HP-UX IPFilter.
Chapter 8 HP-UX IPFilter and RPC Use this chapter to learn
about running HP-UX IPFilter with RPC.
Chapter 9 HP-UX IPFilter and IPSec Use this chapter to learn
how IPFilter and IPSec work together.
Chapter 10 HP-UX IPFilter and Serviceguard Use this chapter
to learn about the configuration procedures for HP-UX
IPFilter in a Serviceguard environment.
Appendix A HP-UX IPFilter Configuration Examples Use this
appendix to reference configuration examples.
Appendix B HP-UX IPFilter Static Linking Use this appendix to
learn about statically linking the HP-UX IPFilter
modules to the kernel.
Appendix C Performance Guidelines Use this appendix to learn
about general performance guidelines for using HP-UX
IPFilter on a system.