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Is iptables string matching still supported?



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I was reading the book Linux Firewalls - Attack Detection and Response (by M. Rash, No Starch Press, 1 Ed., Oct. 2007). In one of its chapter it discusses string matching using iptables. I was wondering:



  • if string matching is still supported by Linux kernel and
    iptables/Netfilter

  • if yes, can string matching search the encrypted payloads (e.g. HTTPS packets)?

I searched the net but most of the links are old, and the book itself is published in 2007.










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    I very much suspect that whatever it is you're doing, your iptables modules don't have the keys to any encrypted contents within the packets passing through them

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I was reading the book Linux Firewalls - Attack Detection and Response (by M. Rash, No Starch Press, 1 Ed., Oct. 2007). In one of its chapter it discusses string matching using iptables. I was wondering:



  • if string matching is still supported by Linux kernel and
    iptables/Netfilter

  • if yes, can string matching search the encrypted payloads (e.g. HTTPS packets)?

I searched the net but most of the links are old, and the book itself is published in 2007.










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    I very much suspect that whatever it is you're doing, your iptables modules don't have the keys to any encrypted contents within the packets passing through them

    – ilkkachu
    Nov 14 '17 at 13:42













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I was reading the book Linux Firewalls - Attack Detection and Response (by M. Rash, No Starch Press, 1 Ed., Oct. 2007). In one of its chapter it discusses string matching using iptables. I was wondering:



  • if string matching is still supported by Linux kernel and
    iptables/Netfilter

  • if yes, can string matching search the encrypted payloads (e.g. HTTPS packets)?

I searched the net but most of the links are old, and the book itself is published in 2007.










share|improve this question
















I was reading the book Linux Firewalls - Attack Detection and Response (by M. Rash, No Starch Press, 1 Ed., Oct. 2007). In one of its chapter it discusses string matching using iptables. I was wondering:



  • if string matching is still supported by Linux kernel and
    iptables/Netfilter

  • if yes, can string matching search the encrypted payloads (e.g. HTTPS packets)?

I searched the net but most of the links are old, and the book itself is published in 2007.







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    I very much suspect that whatever it is you're doing, your iptables modules don't have the keys to any encrypted contents within the packets passing through them

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    I very much suspect that whatever it is you're doing, your iptables modules don't have the keys to any encrypted contents within the packets passing through them

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    Nov 14 '17 at 13:42







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I very much suspect that whatever it is you're doing, your iptables modules don't have the keys to any encrypted contents within the packets passing through them

– ilkkachu
Nov 14 '17 at 13:42





I very much suspect that whatever it is you're doing, your iptables modules don't have the keys to any encrypted contents within the packets passing through them

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Yes, the string extension is still supported (see also your local man iptables-extensions documentation). No, you can’t match against encrypted payloads — they’re still encrypted in the filtering layer...






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Yes, the string extension is still supported (see also your local man iptables-extensions documentation). No, you can’t match against encrypted payloads — they’re still encrypted in the filtering layer...






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Yes, the string extension is still supported (see also your local man iptables-extensions documentation). No, you can’t match against encrypted payloads — they’re still encrypted in the filtering layer...






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  • Thank you, Stephen would tell more about filtering layer?

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    Nov 15 '17 at 16:10











  • By “filtering layer” I just meant the part of the kernel which handles packet filtering (iptables etc.).

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Yes, the string extension is still supported (see also your local man iptables-extensions documentation). No, you can’t match against encrypted payloads — they’re still encrypted in the filtering layer...






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Yes, the string extension is still supported (see also your local man iptables-extensions documentation). No, you can’t match against encrypted payloads — they’re still encrypted in the filtering layer...







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  • By “filtering layer” I just meant the part of the kernel which handles packet filtering (iptables etc.).

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    Nov 15 '17 at 19:04

















  • Thank you, Stephen would tell more about filtering layer?

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    Nov 15 '17 at 16:10











  • By “filtering layer” I just meant the part of the kernel which handles packet filtering (iptables etc.).

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Thank you, Stephen would tell more about filtering layer?

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By “filtering layer” I just meant the part of the kernel which handles packet filtering (iptables etc.).

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By “filtering layer” I just meant the part of the kernel which handles packet filtering (iptables etc.).

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