Rule files, and bans for a clear sign of attack (closes #24)
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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
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2026-10-06 13:32:31 +00:00
parent 6ec52e5b87
commit c58daa4c29
26 changed files with 2045 additions and 238 deletions
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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.
@@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ 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 "$ROOT"
trap cleanup EXIT
@@ -100,6 +110,14 @@ main() {
wait_for "smallwebwaf logged no ban" logged '"action":"rate_limited"'
echo "example-app: a second request in a minute bans the client"
refused_from 203.0.113.9 /.env || fail "a probe for /.env was not refused"
wait_for "smallwebwaf logged no ban for the probe" \
logged '"action":"banned","rule_ids":["env-file"]'
refused_from 203.0.113.9 / || fail "the client of the probe was let through"
wait_for "the client's next request did not make its ban permanent" \
logged '"ban_expires":"permanent"'
echo "example-app: a probe for /.env bans the client, its next request for good"
docker exec "$CONTAINER" sv stop smallwebwaf >/dev/null ||
fail "sv stop smallwebwaf failed"
wait_for "smallwebwaf did not stop in order" logged '"msg":"stopped"'
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@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
#!/bin/sh
# script/run: build bin/smallwebwaf with script/build and run it, with
# the settings in the environment. Unless SWWAF_STATE_DIR is set, the
# state files go in bin/state, beside the binary.
# state files go in bin/state, beside the binary, and unless
# SWWAF_RULES_DIR is set, the rule files are those of share/rules.d,
# which the image ships.
set -eu
SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd -P)"
@@ -14,6 +16,10 @@ main() {
export SWWAF_STATE_DIR
mkdir -p "$SWWAF_STATE_DIR"
fi
if [ -z "${SWWAF_RULES_DIR+set}" ]; then
SWWAF_RULES_DIR="$ROOT/share/rules.d"
export SWWAF_RULES_DIR
fi
exec "$ROOT/bin/smallwebwaf"
}