By johnaraon
Hi. I am running apache on ubuntu 18.04. I used IPtables to deny access from all IP addressed except CloudFlare’s ranges and when I run iptables -L –line-number I get
1 ACCEPT tcp – 131.0.72.0/22 anywhere multiport dports http,https
2 ACCEPT tcp – 172.64.0.0/13 anywhere multiport dports http,https
3 ACCEPT tcp – 104.16.0.0/12 anywhere multiport dports http,https
4 ACCEPT tcp – 162.158.0.0/15 anywhere multiport dports http,https
5 ACCEPT tcp – 198.41.128.0/17 anywhere multiport dports http,https
6 ACCEPT tcp – 197.234.240.0/22 anywhere multiport dports http,https
7 ACCEPT tcp – 188.114.96.0/20 anywhere multiport dports http,https
8 ACCEPT tcp – 190.93.240.0/20 anywhere multiport dports http,https
9 ACCEPT tcp – 108.162.192.0/18 anywhere multiport dports http,https
10 ACCEPT tcp – 141.101.64.0/18 anywhere multiport dports http,https
11 ACCEPT tcp – 103.31.4.0/22 anywhere multiport dports http,https
12 ACCEPT tcp – 103.22.200.0/22 anywhere multiport dports http,https
13 ACCEPT tcp – 103.21.244.0/22 anywhere multiport dports http,https
14 ACCEPT tcp – 173.245.48.0/20 anywhere multiport dports http,https
15 ufw-before-logging-input all – anywhere anywhere
16 ufw-before-input all – anywhere anywhere
17 ufw-after-input all – anywhere anywhere
18 ufw-after-logging-input all – anywhere anywhere
19 ufw-reject-input all – anywhere anywhere
20 ufw-track-input all – anywhere anywhere
21 DROP tcp – anywhere anywhere multiport dports http,https
The exact command I ran was:
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 173.245.48.0/20 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 103.21.244.0/22 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 103.22.200.0/22 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 103.31.4.0/22 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 141.101.64.0/18 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 108.162.192.0/18 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 190.93.240.0/20 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 188.114.96.0/20 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 197.234.240.0/22 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 198.41.128.0/17 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 162.158.0.0/15 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 104.16.0.0/12 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 172.64.0.0/13 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -s 131.0.72.0/22 -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m multiport --dports http,https -j DROP
Why am I still able to access the website from direct Digitalocean droplet IP address? Thanks
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Hi @johnaraon,
It does seem to me like UFW is actually preventing from Iptables to work properly.
What I’ll recommend is something in the mists of blocking all access to port 80 and 443 like so
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -s ! 1.2.3.4 -j DROP
Then enabling only the IPs you’ve added already to ports 80 and 443
sudo iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -s XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX --dport 80 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
sudo iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp --sport 80 -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT
Where XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX should be the IP address.
Please remember to save your IPtables rules prior to changing them in case you need to revert back.
Regards, KFSys
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