Rule files, and bans for a clear sign of attack (closes #24)
check / check (push) Successful in 3m23s

Every *.rules file in SWWAF_RULES_DIR is read at start and again when
one changes, and 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 its next clear sign of attack. bans.json gains each
ban's cause, the request log rule_ids and rule_blocked, the metrics
rule matches and rules loaded. 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
This commit is contained in:
2026-10-06 13:32:31 +00:00
parent 6ec52e5b87
commit c58daa4c29
26 changed files with 2045 additions and 238 deletions
+15 -12
View File
@@ -110,20 +110,23 @@ func (h *handler) newRequest(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) *request {
// check is the one place where a request can be refused once its client
// is known, before its body is read or anything reaches the app. It
// returns nil to let the request through. The checks of checkClient come
// first, answered with SWWAF_BAN_RESPONSE, and then the size limit, so
// that a request the rate limits count is counted even when it is
// refused for its size. In observe mode a request checkClient refuses
// goes on to the size limit like any other. ctx is the request's own
// context.
// first, answered with SWWAF_BAN_RESPONSE, or 403 for a block rule, and
// then the size limit, so that a request the rate limits count is counted
// even when it is refused for its size. In observe mode a request
// checkClient refuses goes on to the size limit like any other. ctx is
// the request's own context.
func (rq *request) check(ctx context.Context) *refusal {
action := rq.checkClient(ctx)
if action != "" {
if !rq.h.config.Observe {
return rq.banResponse(action)
}
switch {
case action == "":
case rq.h.config.Observe:
// The log line names what enforce mode would have done.
rq.line.WouldAction = action
case action == requestlog.ActionRuleBlocked:
return &refusal{status: http.StatusForbidden, action: action}
default:
return rq.banResponse(action)
}
maxBytes := rq.h.config.RequestMaxBytes
@@ -145,8 +148,8 @@ func (rq *request) check(ctx context.Context) *refusal {
// client either refuses is not looked up, and then the country lists; a
// request any of them refuses is not counted for the rate limits. Then
// come the rate limits, unless the client is in
// SWWAF_RATE_LIMIT_EXEMPT_NETS, so that every other request is counted.
// ctx is the request's own context.
// SWWAF_RATE_LIMIT_EXEMPT_NETS, so that every other request is counted,
// and last the rule files. ctx is the request's own context.
func (rq *request) checkClient(ctx context.Context) string {
cfg := rq.h.config
if isInside(rq.client, cfg.AllowNets) {
@@ -171,7 +174,7 @@ func (rq *request) checkClient(ctx context.Context) string {
return requestlog.ActionRateLimited
}
return ""
return rq.checkRules(now)
}
// forward passes the request to the app and the app's answer back. ctx