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ctrld/cmd/cli/firewall.go
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Dev Scribe cee5bbe7ae fix(cli): journal that allowed destinations fail closed on a maintenance start
A maintenance fallback start holds no resolver config, and Allowed
Destinations (a master-only Firewall Mode feature) are not persisted with
the configuration on disk. Under Firewall Mode the exception set is
therefore empty until the API answers, so raw-IP destinations the
organization allowed stay blocked for the window, and a persisted pf
table from the previous run is replaced by the empty set.

Keep that fail-closed on purpose: the list is the organization's network
topology and is kept out of persisted state. Journal a Warn when a
fallback start applies the empty set under Firewall Mode so the blocked
destinations are explained, and pin that the first answer after recovery
re-applies the list.

Also capitalize the two managed-config marker log messages to match the
rest of master.
2026-10-07 14:18:04 +07:00

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package cli
import (
"context"
"net"
"net/netip"
"net/url"
"strings"
"time"
"github.com/kardianos/service"
"github.com/miekg/dns"
"github.com/Control-D-Inc/ctrld/internal/controld"
"github.com/Control-D-Inc/ctrld/internal/firewall"
)
// firewallModeEnabled reports whether firewall mode is active for this prog instance.
func (p *prog) firewallModeEnabled() bool {
return p.firewallAllowList() != nil
}
// firewallAllowList returns the allowlist this run enforces, or nil when Firewall
// Mode is off.
//
// syncFirewallMode replaces the field from the reload goroutine while refreshes
// read it, so a read that is followed by a dereference has to work from a
// snapshot rather than from the field: otherwise a reload landing in between
// turns the pointer to nil under the caller. Acting on a superseded allowlist is
// harmless - reconcileDestinations re-checks the firewall generation under
// destinationsMu and does nothing for a generation that has ended.
func (p *prog) firewallAllowList() *firewall.AllowList {
p.mu.Lock()
defer p.mu.Unlock()
return p.allowList
}
// setFirewallAllowList publishes this run's allowlist. Only syncFirewallMode
// calls it; every other goroutine reads through firewallAllowList.
func (p *prog) setFirewallAllowList(al *firewall.AllowList) {
p.mu.Lock()
defer p.mu.Unlock()
p.allowList = al
}
// initFirewallAllowList populates the permanent allowlist entries and starts the
// background reaper. Called once during prog.run() when firewall_mode is "on".
//
// Permanent entries include:
// - Loopback (127.0.0.0/8, ::1)
// - RFC1918 private ranges (configurable — enabled by default)
// - Link-local (169.254.0.0/16, fe80::/10)
// - CGNAT range (100.64.0.0/10) — used by Tailscale, carrier NAT
// - ctrld listener IPs
// - DoH/DoT/DoQ upstream resolver IPs
// - ControlD API and upgrade download server IPs
func (p *prog) initFirewallAllowList(ctx context.Context, al *firewall.AllowList) {
// Loopback.
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("127.0.0.0/8"))
al.AddPermanent(netip.MustParseAddr("::1"))
// RFC1918 private ranges — needed for LAN access, printers, NAS, etc.
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("10.0.0.0/8"))
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("172.16.0.0/12"))
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("192.168.0.0/16"))
// Link-local.
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("169.254.0.0/16"))
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("fe80::/10"))
// CGNAT range — used by Tailscale (100.x.x.x), carrier-grade NAT, etc.
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("100.64.0.0/10"))
// Multicast.
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("224.0.0.0/4"))
al.AddPermanentPrefix(netip.MustParsePrefix("ff00::/8"))
// ctrld listener IPs — traffic to ourselves must always be allowed.
for _, lc := range p.cfg.Listener {
if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(lc.IP); err == nil {
al.AddPermanent(ip)
}
}
// Upstream resolver IPs — ctrld needs to reach its upstreams.
p.addUpstreamIPsToPermanent(al)
// ControlD API and download IPs — ctrld needs to reach its own control plane.
p.addControlDEndpointIPsToPermanent(al)
// Platform-specific enforcement (pf on macOS, WFP on Windows) is initialized
// from postRun() after startDNSIntercept() has prepared dnsInterceptState.
p.Info().Msgf("Firewall allowlist initialized with %d permanent entries",
al.Stats().PermanentIPs)
}
// syncFirewallMode applies the current firewall_mode setting for this run.
// Reloads create a new run-scoped context, so background firewall workers must
// be restarted each run even when the allowlist object is reused.
func (p *prog) syncFirewallMode(ctx context.Context) {
// This is the only writer of p.allowList, so its own reads need no lock; every
// other goroutine reads the published pointer through firewallAllowList.
al := p.allowList
if p.cfg.Service.FirewallMode != "on" {
if al != nil || p.platformFirewallState != nil {
p.Info().Msg("Firewall mode disabled: removing platform enforcement and clearing allowlist")
}
if al != nil {
al.SetOnChange(nil)
al.SetOnBatchChange(nil)
p.setFirewallAllowList(nil)
}
// Platform enforcement is torn down below, so nothing may be mirrored any
// more: end this generation, which retires the maintenance worker, and
// forget what was applied so a later re-enable reinstalls it.
p.retireFirewallDestinations()
if p.platformFirewallState != nil {
p.shutdownPlatformFirewall()
p.platformFirewallState = nil
}
return
}
if al == nil {
al = firewall.New()
p.initFirewallAllowList(ctx, al)
p.setFirewallAllowList(al)
if service.Interactive() {
p.Warn().Msg("Firewall mode has no effect in interactive mode; run ctrld as a service for enforcement")
} else {
p.Info().Msg("Firewall mode enabled: only DNS-resolved IPs will be allowed")
}
} else {
p.addUpstreamIPsToPermanent(al)
p.addControlDEndpointIPsToPermanent(al)
}
// Open this run's firewall generation before any work is scheduled against it,
// so the previous run's maintenance worker stops acting on enforcement this
// run is now responsible for.
gen := p.startFirewallGeneration()
// Apply the organization's allowed destinations from the resolver config this
// run started with. A reload that turns Firewall Mode on builds a fresh
// allowlist, so the set has to be re-applied rather than assumed present.
p.syncAllowedDestinations()
// The run context is canceled on each reload. Restart the reaper/maintenance
// workers for this run so reused allowlists keep expiring entries.
al.StartReaper(ctx)
go p.firewallMaintenance(ctx, al, gen)
// On reload, postRun() is not called, so initialize platform enforcement here
// if intercept state already exists. Initial startup still defers to postRun()
// because DNS intercept state is prepared there.
//
// Called whether or not enforcement is already up, because the permanent adds
// above reach memory only: AddPermanent fires no change callback, so a reload
// that resolves a new API address would log it as permitted while the platform
// never hears about it. Each platform's re-entry is a refresh - Windows
// reinstalls the permanent filters it is missing, macOS returns early - so
// calling it when enforcement is already up costs nothing and closes that gap.
if p.dnsInterceptState != nil {
p.initPlatformFirewall()
}
}
// addUpstreamIPsToPermanent resolves upstream endpoint hostnames and adds their
// IPs to the permanent allowlist. Called at startup and on config reload.
func (p *prog) addUpstreamIPsToPermanent(al *firewall.AllowList) {
for _, uc := range p.cfg.Upstream {
if uc == nil || uc.Endpoint == "" {
continue
}
// Extract host from the endpoint URL.
host := extractHostFromEndpoint(uc.Endpoint)
if host == "" {
continue
}
// If it's already an IP, add directly.
if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(host); err == nil {
al.AddPermanent(ip)
p.Debug().Msgf("Firewall: added upstream IP %s to permanent allowlist", ip)
continue
}
// Resolve hostname to IPs.
ips, err := net.LookupHost(host)
if err != nil {
p.Warn().Err(err).Msgf("Firewall: could not resolve upstream host %s", host)
continue
}
for _, ipStr := range ips {
if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(ipStr); err == nil {
al.AddPermanent(ip)
p.Debug().Msgf("Firewall: added upstream IP %s (%s) to permanent allowlist", ip, host)
}
}
}
}
// syncAllowedDestinations applies the organization's Allowed Destination IP list
// from the resolver config currently held by prog.
//
// Called whenever that config could have changed: on every start and reload (via
// syncFirewallMode) and after every API refresh, forced or scheduled (via
// apiConfigReload). Reading the list from p.rc rather than taking it as an
// argument keeps those callers from having to know whether Firewall Mode is on.
func (p *prog) syncAllowedDestinations() {
p.mu.Lock()
rc := p.rc
al := p.allowList
p.mu.Unlock()
var entries []string
if rc != nil {
entries = rc.DestinationIPs
} else if al != nil && p.startedInAPIMaintenance.Load() {
// A maintenance fallback start holds no resolver config, and the
// organization's list is not persisted with the configuration on disk,
// so the exception set below is empty: raw-IP destinations the
// organization allowed stay blocked until the API answers and the
// recovery refresh re-applies the list. Failing closed is deliberate -
// the list is the organization's network topology, which is kept out of
// persisted state - so say so in the retained journal rather than leave
// the blocked destinations unexplained.
journal(p.Warn()).Str("reason", "api_maintenance").
Msg("Firewall: organization allowed destinations are not enforced until the Control D API answers; started on the configuration on disk during maintenance")
}
p.applyAllowedDestinations(al, entries)
}
// applyAllowedDestinations records entries as the desired Firewall Mode exception
// set and mirrors it into platform enforcement. Entries the API sent that are not
// a valid address or CIDR are dropped individually, so one bad entry never voids
// the rest of an organization's list.
//
// A no-op when Firewall Mode is off: with no allowlist there is nothing to
// except from, and the set is re-applied from p.rc if the mode is turned on.
//
// The allowlist is an argument rather than a field read because a reload can
// replace p.allowList - including with nil - between the nil check and the
// SetExceptions call below, which would dereference nil. Callers snapshot it
// once under mu (see firewallAllowList) and pass what they snapshotted.
func (p *prog) applyAllowedDestinations(al *firewall.AllowList, entries []string) {
if al == nil {
return
}
prefixes, rejected, wide := parseAllowedDestinations(entries)
p.warnRejectedAllowedDestinations(rejected)
p.warnWideAllowedDestinations(wide)
al.SetExceptions(prefixes)
p.reconcileDestinations(al, p.firewallGen.Load())
}
// reconcileAllowedDestinations brings platform enforcement in line with the
// desired allowed-destination set, installing what is missing and removing what
// the organization has withdrawn.
//
// The applied snapshot advances ONLY after the platform accepted the change. A
// failed pfctl call or WFP filter operation therefore leaves the previous
// snapshot recorded, so the same delta is recomputed - and retried - by the next
// refresh and by the periodic reconcile, instead of being silently dropped while
// the logs claim the new set is in force. Retrying the whole delta is safe
// because both mirrors are idempotent: installing an entry that is already there
// and removing one that is already gone are no-ops.
//
// Callers must not hold destinationsMu; the mirror can block on pfctl.
func (p *prog) reconcileAllowedDestinations() {
p.reconcileDestinations(p.firewallAllowList(), p.firewallGen.Load())
}
// reconcileDestinations is reconcileAllowedDestinations for one firewall
// generation. Background workers pass the allowlist and generation they were
// started with, and the generation is re-checked under destinationsMu: teardown
// bumps it while holding the same lock, so a worker from a previous run can never
// mirror anything into enforcement that is being (or has been) removed.
func (p *prog) reconcileDestinations(al *firewall.AllowList, gen uint64) {
if al == nil {
return
}
desired := al.Exceptions()
p.destinationsMu.Lock()
defer p.destinationsMu.Unlock()
if p.firewallGen.Load() != gen {
return
}
// A resync owes the platform the whole set, not a delta: it means enforcement
// started with state ctrld does not know (a persist pf table from a previous
// run) or with none at all. Until the replace succeeds nothing about the
// applied set can be assumed, so the flag stays set and it is retried.
if p.destinationsNeedResync {
if err := firewallReplaceExceptionsFn(p, desired); err != nil {
p.Warn().Err(err).Int("total", len(desired)).
Msg("Firewall: could not install organization allowed destinations, will retry")
return
}
p.destinationsNeedResync = false
p.appliedDestinations = desired
p.logDestinationChange(len(desired), 0, desired, nil)
return
}
added := prefixesNotIn(desired, p.appliedDestinations)
removed := prefixesNotIn(p.appliedDestinations, desired)
if len(added) == 0 && len(removed) == 0 {
return
}
if err := firewallMirrorExceptionsFn(p, added, removed); err != nil {
p.Warn().Err(err).
Int("pending_add", len(added)).
Int("pending_remove", len(removed)).
Msg("Firewall: could not apply all organization allowed destinations, will retry")
return
}
p.appliedDestinations = desired
p.logDestinationChange(len(added), len(removed), added, removed)
}
// logDestinationChange reports an applied change: counts at Info, addresses at
// Debug. The list is an organization's network topology, and Info-level logs are
// persisted and uploaded with support bundles, so the counts are all that goes
// into the routine record.
func (p *prog) logDestinationChange(nAdded, nRemoved int, added, removed []netip.Prefix) {
p.Info().
Int("added", nAdded).
Int("removed", nRemoved).
Int("total", len(p.appliedDestinations)).
Msg("Firewall: applied organization allowed destination IPs")
p.Debug().
Strs("added", prefixStrings(added)).
Strs("removed", prefixStrings(removed)).
Msg("Firewall: organization allowed destination changes")
}
// pendingDestinations reports how many allowed-destination changes platform
// enforcement has not accepted yet. Non-zero means a mirror attempt failed and
// the reconcile is still retrying, which is the difference between "the set is in
// force" and "the set is what we want" - the stats line must not conflate them.
func (p *prog) pendingDestinations(al *firewall.AllowList) int {
if al == nil {
return 0
}
desired := al.Exceptions()
p.destinationsMu.Lock()
defer p.destinationsMu.Unlock()
if p.destinationsNeedResync {
// Nothing about the applied set is known, so everything is outstanding -
// and an empty desired set still owes the platform a flush of whatever it
// is holding, which is one pending operation, not zero.
return max(len(desired), 1)
}
return len(prefixesNotIn(desired, p.appliedDestinations)) + len(prefixesNotIn(p.appliedDestinations, desired))
}
// startFirewallGeneration opens a new firewall generation and returns it,
// retiring the workers of the previous one. Called for every run (start or
// reload) that has Firewall Mode on; the applied snapshot is left alone because
// platform enforcement survives a reload.
func (p *prog) startFirewallGeneration() uint64 {
p.destinationsMu.Lock()
defer p.destinationsMu.Unlock()
return p.firewallGen.Add(1)
}
// markDestinationsForResync records that platform enforcement holds unknown
// state, so the next reconcile replaces its whole allowed-destination set rather
// than applying a delta against a snapshot that no longer describes anything.
// Called when enforcement starts: a fresh WFP session holds nothing, and a pf
// persist table may still hold what a previous run put there.
func (p *prog) markDestinationsForResync() {
p.destinationsMu.Lock()
defer p.destinationsMu.Unlock()
p.appliedDestinations = nil
p.destinationsNeedResync = true
}
// retireFirewallDestinations ends the current firewall generation and forgets the
// applied set, for teardown: enforcement is about to be removed, so there is
// nothing left to reconcile against and no resync to owe.
//
// Bumping the generation under destinationsMu is what makes teardown safe against
// the maintenance worker: either the worker is mid-reconcile and this blocks
// until it finishes, or it reaches its own reconcile afterwards, sees a
// generation it does not own, and does nothing.
func (p *prog) retireFirewallDestinations() {
p.destinationsMu.Lock()
defer p.destinationsMu.Unlock()
p.firewallGen.Add(1)
p.appliedDestinations = nil
p.destinationsNeedResync = false
}
// firewallMirrorExceptionsFn mirrors an allowed-destination delta into platform
// enforcement, and firewallReplaceExceptionsFn makes enforcement hold exactly the
// given set regardless of what it held before. Indirected so the
// failure-and-retry paths are testable without pf or WFP.
var (
firewallMirrorExceptionsFn = (*prog).firewallApplyExceptionsPlatform
firewallReplaceExceptionsFn = (*prog).firewallReplaceExceptionsPlatform
)
// prefixesNotIn returns the members of a that are absent from b.
func prefixesNotIn(a, b []netip.Prefix) []netip.Prefix {
if len(a) == 0 {
return nil
}
inB := make(map[netip.Prefix]struct{}, len(b))
for _, prefix := range b {
inB[prefix] = struct{}{}
}
var out []netip.Prefix
for _, prefix := range a {
if _, ok := inB[prefix]; ok {
continue
}
out = append(out, prefix)
}
return out
}
// parseAllowedDestinations converts the API's Allowed Destination IP entries into
// prefixes, returning the usable ones and the raw entries that were rejected.
//
// The API reports a single host as a bare address ("1.2.3.4", "2606:1a40::1") and
// anything wider in CIDR form, so both spellings are accepted; a bare address
// becomes a single-host prefix. IPv4-in-IPv6 forms are unmapped to match how the
// allowlist stores addresses, otherwise a "::ffff:1.2.3.4" entry would never
// match the IPv4 address it denotes.
// The third result is the accepted prefixes that are wide enough to be worth
// reporting; see wideAllowedDestination.
func parseAllowedDestinations(entries []string) (accepted []netip.Prefix, rejected []string, wide []netip.Prefix) {
if len(entries) == 0 {
return nil, nil, nil
}
accepted = make([]netip.Prefix, 0, len(entries))
for _, entry := range entries {
entry = strings.TrimSpace(entry)
if entry == "" {
continue
}
if prefix, err := netip.ParsePrefix(entry); err == nil {
prefix = unmapPrefix(prefix)
accepted = append(accepted, prefix)
if wideAllowedDestination(prefix) {
wide = append(wide, prefix)
}
continue
}
if addr, err := netip.ParseAddr(entry); err == nil {
addr = addr.Unmap()
accepted = append(accepted, netip.PrefixFrom(addr, addr.BitLen()))
continue
}
rejected = append(rejected, entry)
}
return accepted, rejected, wide
}
// An accepted prefix with fewer mask bits than these is reported. The floors are
// set below anything an organization plausibly means: /8 is the widest classical
// IPv4 network and the size of RFC1918's 10.0.0.0/8, and /32 is a whole IPv6 RIR
// allocation. A bare address always parses to a single-host prefix, so only a
// CIDR entry can reach either floor.
const (
minSaneAllowedDestinationV4Bits = 8
minSaneAllowedDestinationV6Bits = 32
)
// wideAllowedDestination reports whether an accepted prefix covers enough of the
// address space to deserve a line in the log.
//
// netip.ParsePrefix takes "1.2.3.4/0", and normalizeExceptions masks it to
// 0.0.0.0/0; "::/0" and - through unmapPrefix - "::ffff:0:0/96" do the same for
// IPv6. One such entry lets every destination of that family bypass Firewall
// Mode while the mode still reports on, and logDestinationChange records only
// counts at Info, so without this the bypass is invisible outside Debug logs.
//
// This is not a defence against a hostile API, which can already turn the mode
// off through custom_config. It is a defence against a wide prefix arriving by
// accident - a dashboard bug, or an admin who typed the wrong mask - and nobody
// noticing.
func wideAllowedDestination(prefix netip.Prefix) bool {
if prefix.Addr().Is4() {
return prefix.Bits() < minSaneAllowedDestinationV4Bits
}
return prefix.Bits() < minSaneAllowedDestinationV6Bits
}
// unmapPrefix rewrites an IPv4-in-IPv6 prefix to its IPv4 form, adjusting the
// mask by the 96-bit IPv4-mapped prefix length. Prefixes of other families are
// returned unchanged.
func unmapPrefix(prefix netip.Prefix) netip.Prefix {
addr := prefix.Addr()
if !addr.Is4In6() {
return prefix
}
bits := prefix.Bits() - 96
if bits < 0 {
// A mask wider than the mapped range does not denote an IPv4 network;
// leave it as the IPv6 prefix it literally is.
return prefix
}
return netip.PrefixFrom(addr.Unmap(), bits)
}
// warnRejectedAllowedDestinations reports unusable entries, but only when the set
// of rejections changes. The list is re-parsed on every refresh (hourly by
// default), so warning unconditionally would repeat the same lines for the life
// of the process while still saying nothing new.
// The rejected values themselves go to Debug, never to Warn. A rejected entry is
// still an organization's topology - "10.0.0.0/33" names a real network - and
// Warn logs are persisted and travel in support bundles exactly like Info ones,
// so they follow the same rule as logDestinationChange: counts in the routine
// record, addresses only when someone turned Debug on to look.
func (p *prog) warnRejectedAllowedDestinations(rejected []string) {
key := strings.Join(rejected, ",")
p.mu.Lock()
unchanged := p.rejectedDestinationsKey == key
p.rejectedDestinationsKey = key
p.mu.Unlock()
if unchanged || len(rejected) == 0 {
return
}
p.Warn().Int("rejected", len(rejected)).
Msg("Firewall: ignoring organization allowed destinations that are not a valid IP address or CIDR")
p.Debug().Strs("values", rejected).
Msg("Firewall: rejected organization allowed destinations")
}
// warnWideAllowedDestinations reports accepted entries wide enough to blanket an
// address family, with the mask width but not the address, and only when the set
// of them changes - the list is re-parsed on every refresh, so an unconditional
// warning would repeat the same lines for the life of the process.
func (p *prog) warnWideAllowedDestinations(wide []netip.Prefix) {
key := strings.Join(prefixStrings(wide), ",")
p.mu.Lock()
unchanged := p.wideDestinationsKey == key
p.wideDestinationsKey = key
p.mu.Unlock()
if unchanged || len(wide) == 0 {
return
}
for _, prefix := range wide {
family := "ipv6"
if prefix.Addr().Is4() {
family = "ipv4"
}
p.Warn().Str("family", family).Int("bits", prefix.Bits()).
Msg("Firewall: organization allowed destination covers a very wide range; traffic to it bypasses Firewall Mode")
}
p.Debug().Strs("values", prefixStrings(wide)).
Msg("Firewall: wide organization allowed destinations")
}
// prefixStrings renders prefixes for logging.
func prefixStrings(prefixes []netip.Prefix) []string {
out := make([]string, 0, len(prefixes))
for _, prefix := range prefixes {
out = append(out, prefix.String())
}
return out
}
// addControlDEndpointIPsToPermanent permits the ControlD endpoints ctrld dials on
// its own behalf. Called at startup and on config reload, like the upstream IPs.
//
// Firewall Mode permits what ctrld's listener resolved, and each of these has a
// hardcoded address it dials when DNS is unusable - which is exactly the state a
// ctrld blocked by its own filters is in. Nothing teaches the allowlist about
// those addresses, so the block-all filters deny ctrld's own sockets. See
// controld.APIEndpointIPs for the incident this comes from.
func (p *prog) addControlDEndpointIPsToPermanent(al *firewall.AllowList) {
// The API. Its transport resolves with ctrld.LookupIP, which queries the OS
// nameservers directly rather than through the listener, so neither what it
// resolves nor what it falls back to is ever learned - both are permitted here.
p.addPermanentIPs(al, "ControlD API", controld.APIEndpointIPs(cdDev))
p.addPermanentResolvedIPs(al, "ControlD API", controld.APIDomain(cdDev))
// The upgrade download server. performUpgrade spawns a detached child process,
// which WFP's block-all filters deny exactly like this one: they carry no
// process condition. Its hostname lookup does go through the listener and is
// learned, so only the direct IP it falls back to needs permitting - and that
// fallback is the one an upgrade on a blocked host depends on.
p.addPermanentIPs(al, "ControlD download server", []string{downloadServerIp})
}
// addPermanentIPs permits literal addresses, ignoring any that do not parse.
func (p *prog) addPermanentIPs(al *firewall.AllowList, what string, ips []string) {
for _, ipStr := range ips {
if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(ipStr); err == nil {
al.AddPermanent(ip)
p.Debug().Msgf("Firewall: added %s IP %s to permanent allowlist", what, ip)
}
}
}
// addPermanentResolvedIPs permits whatever domain resolves to right now.
func (p *prog) addPermanentResolvedIPs(al *firewall.AllowList, what, domain string) {
ips, err := net.LookupHost(domain)
if err != nil {
// Neither fatal nor surprising during early startup, and not a Warn: the
// direct addresses are permitted regardless, and they are what the
// transport itself falls back to in this same situation.
p.Debug().Err(err).Msgf("Firewall: could not resolve %s for the permanent allowlist; its direct IPs are permitted", domain)
return
}
for _, ipStr := range ips {
if ip, err := netip.ParseAddr(ipStr); err == nil {
al.AddPermanent(ip)
p.Debug().Msgf("Firewall: added %s IP %s (%s) to permanent allowlist", what, ip, domain)
}
}
}
// extractHostFromEndpoint extracts the hostname or IP from a DoH/DoT/DoQ endpoint URL.
// Handles formats like:
// - "https://dns.controld.com/abcdef"
// - "tls://dns.controld.com"
// - "quic://dns.controld.com:784"
// - "1.2.3.4:53"
// - "sdns://..." (DNS stamps — host is encoded inside, skip)
func extractHostFromEndpoint(endpoint string) string {
// DNS stamps encode the server info in base64 — we can't extract the host
// without decoding. The upstream IPs will be resolved by the sdns upstream
// initialization path at runtime.
if strings.HasPrefix(endpoint, "sdns://") {
return ""
}
// Try parsing as URL first (covers https://, tls://, quic://).
if host := extractHostFromURL(endpoint); host != "" {
return host
}
// Try as host:port.
host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(endpoint)
if err == nil {
return host
}
// Try as bare IP.
if _, err := netip.ParseAddr(endpoint); err == nil {
return endpoint
}
return ""
}
// extractHostFromURL extracts the host from a URL string.
func extractHostFromURL(s string) string {
u, err := url.Parse(s)
if err != nil || u.Scheme == "" || u.Host == "" {
return ""
}
return u.Hostname()
}
// firewallRecordResolvedIPs extracts A and AAAA records from a DNS response
// and adds them to the firewall allowlist. Called from postProcessStandardQuery()
// after a successful DNS resolution.
//
// This is the primary feed for the allowlist — every IP that ctrld resolves
// gets added here, making it allowed for outbound connections.
func (p *prog) firewallRecordResolvedIPs(answer *dns.Msg, domain string) {
if p.allowList == nil || answer == nil {
return
}
// Only record IPs from successful responses.
if answer.Rcode != dns.RcodeSuccess {
return
}
for _, rr := range answer.Answer {
switch r := rr.(type) {
case *dns.A:
if ip, ok := netip.AddrFromSlice(r.A); ok {
ttl := time.Duration(r.Hdr.Ttl) * time.Second
if ttl < 30*time.Second {
// Enforce minimum TTL to prevent constant churn for very short TTLs.
ttl = 30 * time.Second
}
p.allowList.Add(ip, domain, ttl)
}
case *dns.AAAA:
if ip, ok := netip.AddrFromSlice(r.AAAA); ok {
ttl := time.Duration(r.Hdr.Ttl) * time.Second
if ttl < 30*time.Second {
ttl = 30 * time.Second
}
p.allowList.Add(ip, domain, ttl)
}
case *dns.CNAME:
// For CNAME chains: the final A/AAAA records will be caught above.
// We don't need to do anything special for the CNAME itself, but we
// log it for debugging CNAME chain issues.
p.Debug().Msgf("Firewall: CNAME %s → %s (IPs from target will be allowlisted)", domain, r.Target)
}
}
}
// firewallOnConfigReload is called when apiConfigReload() detects a config change.
// It flushes the entire allowlist so that DNS queries against the new policy
// repopulate it with the correct set of allowed IPs.
//
// This is the simple approach (vs. selective re-resolution per domain).
// The tradeoff is a brief window where connections may fail until DNS cache
// repopulates. Apps that reconnect directly to a previously resolved IP without
// making a fresh DNS query can remain blocked longer; this is an explicit v1
// limitation to call out in release notes and app-compatibility testing.
func (p *prog) firewallOnConfigReload() {
if p.allowList == nil {
return
}
stats := p.allowList.Stats()
p.Info().Msgf("Firewall: config reload detected, flushing allowlist (%d IPs, %d domains)",
stats.AllowedIPs, stats.TrackedDomains)
// Flush platform-specific state first (pf table / WFP filters),
// then flush the allowlist. The AllowList's batch callbacks will
// also fire, but the platform flush handles the bulk operation more
// efficiently than removing IPs one-by-one.
p.firewallFlushPlatform()
p.allowList.Flush()
}
// firewallOnNetworkChange is called when monitorNetworkChanges() detects a major
// network transition (WiFi↔cellular, interface IP changes). Stale IPs from the
// old network may no longer be valid, so we flush and let DNS repopulate.
func (p *prog) firewallOnNetworkChange() {
if p.allowList == nil {
return
}
stats := p.allowList.Stats()
p.Info().Msgf("Firewall: network change detected, flushing allowlist (%d IPs, %d domains)",
stats.AllowedIPs, stats.TrackedDomains)
p.firewallFlushPlatform()
p.allowList.Flush()
}
// firewallMaintenance logs allowlist metrics immediately, then every 5 minutes
// while firewall mode is active, and retries any allowed-destination change that
// platform enforcement rejected.
//
// The retry has to be time-based, not only refresh-driven: configuration
// refreshes are hourly by default, so a transient pfctl or WFP failure would
// otherwise leave an approved destination blocked - or worse, a withdrawn one
// permitted - for up to an hour.
// It works on the allowlist and generation it was started with, not on
// p.allowList: a reload replaces that field from another goroutine, and this
// worker outlives the run whose context it was given by however long it takes to
// observe cancellation. Once its generation is over - a reload, or Firewall Mode
// being turned off - the worker retires rather than reconciling enforcement it no
// longer owns; reconcileDestinations re-checks the generation under
// destinationsMu, so even a worker that is already inside it cannot act late.
func (p *prog) firewallMaintenance(ctx context.Context, al *firewall.AllowList, gen uint64) {
if al == nil {
return
}
p.logFirewallStatsOnce(al)
ticker := time.NewTicker(5 * time.Minute)
defer ticker.Stop()
for {
select {
case <-ctx.Done():
return
case <-ticker.C:
// A tick can win the select against an already-canceled context, and
// a generation can end without the context being canceled at all.
if ctx.Err() != nil || p.firewallGen.Load() != gen {
return
}
p.reconcileDestinations(al, gen)
p.logFirewallStatsOnce(al)
}
}
}
func (p *prog) logFirewallStatsOnce(al *firewall.AllowList) {
if al == nil {
return
}
stats := al.Stats()
p.Info().
Int("allowed_ips", stats.AllowedIPs).
Int("permanent_ips", stats.PermanentIPs).
Int("allowed_destinations", stats.ExceptionPrefixes).
Int("allowed_destinations_pending", p.pendingDestinations(al)).
Int("tracked_domains", stats.TrackedDomains).
Int64("total_hits", stats.TotalHits).
Int64("total_misses", stats.TotalMisses).
Msg("Firewall allowlist stats")
}