Creating a simple NAT and DMZ firewall using bash script

In this article, we will create a simple NAT firewall with DMZ using iptables.

Prerequisites

Besides having a Terminal open, you need to ensure that iptables is installed in your machine.

Write script

We will write a script to set up a DMZ using iptables. Create a dmz_iptables.shscript and write the following code in it:

dmz_iptables.sh

# set the default policy to DROP 
iptables -P INPUT DROP 
iptables -P OUTPUT DROP 
iptables -P FORWARD DROP 
# to configure the system as a router, enable ip forwarding by 
sysctl -w net.ipv4.ip_forward=1 
# allow traffic from internal (eth0) to DMZ (eth2) 
iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -i eth0 -o eth2 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT 
iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -i eth2 -o eth0 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT 
# allow traffic from internet (ens33) to DMZ (eth2) 
iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -i ens33 -o eth2 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT 
iptables -t filter -A FORWARD -i eth2 -o ens33 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT 
#redirect incoming web requests at ens33 (200.0.0.1) of FIREWALL to web server at 192.168.20.2 
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i ens33 -d 200.0.0.1 --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-dest 192.168.20.2 
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i ens33 -d 200.0.0.1 --dport 443 -j DNAT --to-dest 192.168.20.2 
#redirect incoming mail (SMTP) requests at ens33 (200.0.0.1) of FIREWALL to Mail server at 192.168.20.3 
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i ens33 -d 200.0.0.1 --dport 25 -j DNAT --to-dest 192.168.20.3 
#redirect incoming DNS requests at ens33 (200.0.0.1) of FIREWALL to DNS server at 192.168.20.4 
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p udp -i ens33 -d 200.0.0.1 --dport 53 -j DNAT --to-dest 192.168.20.4 
iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp -i ens33 -d 200.0.0.1 --dport 53 -j DNAT --to-dest 192.168.20.4

How it works

In the preceding code, we have used iptables to set up a DMZ. In this script, we are allowing the internal traffic from the internet to the DMZ.

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