Rule files, and bans for a clear sign of attack (closes #24)
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Every *.rules file in SWWAF_RULES_DIR not named with a leading dot is
read at start, and again 2 seconds after the directory's last change.
Each request is checked against the rules after the rate limits: log
notes a match, block refuses with 403, ban refuses and bans the netblock
for SWWAF_ATTACK_BAN_DURATION, made permanent by its next request or
attack. path, query and uri are matched as the request line sent them;
header:Host and header:Transfer-Encoding are refused. Bans gain a cause.
The image ships 00-default.rules.

Judgement call: a header sent twice is matched with its values joined
by ", ".
Judgement call: SWWAF_MAX_BAN_DURATION does not cap a ban for an attack.
Not in this unit: offences for rule matches, with the error burst.

Model: opus-5-5
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parent 74bdc6a449
commit 8378f4b52c
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@@ -3,9 +3,10 @@
# deploy/example-app, then run the app's container with a volume for the
# state files and check that the health check passes, that a request is
# served through smallwebwaf, that a second one in a minute bans the
# client, that `sv stop` stops smallwebwaf in order, that `docker stop`
# stops the container without having to kill it, and that a new
# container on the same volume still refuses the banned client. The
# client, that a probe for /.env bans another client, which its next
# request bans for good, that `sv stop` stops smallwebwaf in order, that
# `docker stop` stops the container without having to kill it, and that
# a new container on the same volume still refuses the banned client. The
# containers, the volume and both images are removed however the script
# ends. Building the app needs network access, for nixpkgs' binary cache.
# script/check does not run this.
@@ -52,9 +53,13 @@ healthy() {
[ "$status" = healthy ]
}
# logged <text>: the container's output holds text.
# logged <text>...: a line of the container's output holds every text,
# in any order.
logged() {
docker logs "$CONTAINER" 2>&1 | grep -qF "$1"
lines="$(docker logs "$CONTAINER" 2>&1)"
for text in "$@"; do
lines="$(printf '%s\n' "$lines" | grep -F "$text")" || return 1
done
}
# start_container: run the app's container, with the state files on the
@@ -77,6 +82,15 @@ refused() {
[ "$code" = 403 ]
}
# refused_from <client> <path>: a request for path from client, as
# X-Forwarded-For names it, gets 403. smallwebwaf believes the header
# from docker's gateway, a private address.
refused_from() {
code="$(curl --silent --output /dev/null --write-out '%{http_code}' \
--max-time 10 --header "X-Forwarded-For: $1" "http://$address$2")" || true
[ "$code" = 403 ]
}
main() {
cd "$ROOT"
trap cleanup EXIT
@@ -100,6 +114,14 @@ main() {
wait_for "smallwebwaf logged no ban" logged '"action":"rate_limited"'
echo "example-app: a second request in a minute bans the client"
refused_from 203.0.113.9 /.env || fail "a probe for /.env was not refused"
wait_for "smallwebwaf logged no ban for the probe" \
logged '"action":"banned"' '"rule_ids":["env-file"]'
refused_from 203.0.113.9 / || fail "the client of the probe was let through"
wait_for "the client's next request did not make its ban permanent" \
logged '"ban_expires":"permanent"'
echo "example-app: a probe for /.env bans the client, its next request for good"
docker exec "$CONTAINER" sv stop smallwebwaf >/dev/null ||
fail "sv stop smallwebwaf failed"
wait_for "smallwebwaf did not stop in order" logged '"msg":"stopped"'