On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, Leroy Tennison wrote: > I have a gateway machine (currently Centos 7 with IPV4 only) with two > NICs. One is connected to the internet, the other to an internal > network (10.0.0.0/24) of mixed hardware (windows7, android tablets, > android phones, linux boxes) using NAT. I wish to block all outgoing > connects to any external IP address on port 22 (ssh) originating from > any internal machine except one (which has a known internal IP address). > > I've tried some commands using 'iptables' to accomplish this, but so > far have failed. If anyone has a suggestion, I'd really appreciate > it. In addition, a suitable version for 'firewalld' could be useful, > as an upgrade to Centos 8 is in plan. > > Examples of what I've tried, and then tested. None of them stopped > an outgoing SSH from an internal system. > > iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s 10.0.0.0/24 -j DROP > iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s 10.0.0.0/24 -j DROP I'm not sure it's your INPUT table that needs that rule. I don't have any NAT machines for experimentation, but my initial hunch is that you'd want OUTPUT rules, e.g., iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s ${GOODIP}/32 -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -s 10.0.0.0/24 -j REJECT -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W