Johnathan Corgan
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Add a default-deny nftables ruleset for the fips0 mesh interface as a packaged operator asset, with a companion fips-firewall.service oneshot unit for systemd hosts. Both are shipped disabled — the baseline is an operator conffile and the unit is intentionally not enabled in postinst. Activation is an explicit one-liner: sudo systemctl enable --now fips-firewall.service This is deliberate: silently mutating host firewall state on package install is hostile across the axes that matter (collisions with existing operator nftables / Docker / OPNsense rulesets, surprise behaviour for hosts that already filter elsewhere, conversion of an explicit security decision into an invisible one). The opt-in posture preserves operator agency. The baseline closes a real default-exposure gap: any service on a mesh host bound to a wildcard address (0.0.0.0 or [::]) is reachable from every authenticated peer in the mesh by default. Identity on the mesh is the peer's npub but identity is not authorization, and the mesh is closer to a shared LAN than to the public internet. With this filter loaded, the surface is closed unless a drop-in opens it explicitly. Baseline shape: - Early-return for non-fips0 traffic (every other firewall left undisturbed) - conntrack established/related accept (replies to outbound flows) - ICMPv6 echo-request accept (ping6 reachability) - include "/etc/fips/fips.d/*.nft" — operator-supplied allowances - counter drop default The accompanying docs/fips-security.md lays out the threat model (npub-authenticated mesh is closer to a shared LAN than to the public internet — identity is not authorization), the activation workflow, drop-in extension recipes (allow inbound SSH from a specific peer fd97:.../128, allow HTTP from one /64, etc), drop visibility / debugging via the journal log rule and the drop counter, coexistence with the runtime-managed `inet fips_gateway` table, what the baseline does NOT cover (outbound, application auth, mesh handshake ACL = PR #50 / IDEA-0047 territory), and future cross-OS work (macOS PF baseline, OpenWrt fw4, gateway abstraction). Packaging: - packaging/common/fips.nft → /etc/fips/fips.nft (conffile) - packaging/debian/fips-firewall.service → /lib/systemd/system/ - docs/fips-security.md → /usr/share/doc/fips/ - postinst creates /etc/fips/fips.d/ (mode 0755) on configure - prerm stops/disables fips-firewall.service on remove/purge OpenWrt fw4 path and macOS PF baseline are deferred — separate asymmetries, separate work.
FIPS Packaging
This directory contains packaging for all supported target platforms.
All build outputs go to deploy/ at the project root.
Quick Start
make deb # Debian/Ubuntu .deb
make tarball # systemd install tarball
make ipk # OpenWrt .ipk
make aur # Arch Linux AUR package (fips-git, local build + namcap)
make pkg # macOS .pkg installer
make zip # Windows .zip package
make all # deb + tarball (default)
Directory Structure
packaging/
aur/ Arch Linux AUR packaging (PKGBUILD, supporting files)
common/ Shared assets (default config, hosts file)
debian/ Debian/Ubuntu .deb packaging via cargo-deb
macos/ macOS .pkg installer via pkgbuild
systemd/ Generic Linux systemd tarball packaging
openwrt/ OpenWrt .ipk packaging via cargo-zigbuild
windows/ Windows .zip package with service scripts
Formats
Debian/Ubuntu (.deb)
Built with cargo-deb. Installs
fips, fipsctl, and fipstop to /usr/bin/, places config at
/etc/fips/fips.yaml (preserved on upgrade), and enables the systemd
service.
# Build
make deb
# Install
sudo dpkg -i deploy/fips_<version>_<arch>.deb
# Remove (preserves config and keys)
sudo dpkg -r fips
# Purge (removes config and identity keys)
sudo dpkg -P fips
systemd Tarball
A self-contained tarball with binaries and an install.sh script for
any systemd-based Linux distribution.
# Build
make tarball
# Install (on target host)
tar -xzf deploy/fips-<version>-linux-<arch>.tar.gz
sudo ./fips-<version>-linux-<arch>/install.sh
See systemd/README.install.md for full installation and configuration instructions.
OpenWrt (.ipk)
Cross-compiled with cargo-zigbuild and assembled as a standard .ipk
archive. Supports aarch64, mipsel, mips, arm, and x86_64 targets.
# Build (default: aarch64)
make ipk
# Build for a specific architecture
bash packaging/openwrt/build-ipk.sh --arch mipsel
See openwrt/README.md for router-specific installation instructions.
macOS (.pkg)
Built with pkgbuild (included with Xcode command-line tools). Installs
binaries to /usr/local/bin/, config to /usr/local/etc/fips/, sets up
the /etc/resolver/fips DNS resolver for .fips domains, and loads a
launchd daemon. The TUN device is named utun<N> (kernel-assigned)
rather than fips0.
# Build
make pkg
# Install
sudo installer -pkg deploy/fips-<version>-macos-<arch>.pkg -target /
# Remove
sudo packaging/macos/uninstall.sh
Windows (.zip)
A ZIP archive containing binaries, default config, and PowerShell service helper scripts. Requires the wintun driver for TUN support.
# Build
make zip
# Or directly
powershell -File packaging/windows/build-zip.ps1
# Extract and install as service (requires Administrator)
Expand-Archive deploy\fips-<version>-windows-x86_64.zip -DestinationPath fips
cd fips
powershell -File install-service.ps1
# Uninstall (preserves config)
powershell -File uninstall-service.ps1
# Uninstall and remove config
powershell -File uninstall-service.ps1 -RemoveAll
Arch Linux (AUR)
Two AUR packages are maintained: fips (release, builds from tagged
tarball) and fips-git (development, builds from latest git master).
# Build and validate locally (git variant)
make aur
# Install from AUR
yay -S fips-git # development build from master
yay -S fips # release build from latest tag
See aur/README.md for AUR publication instructions and maintainer guide.
Shared Assets
common/ contains assets used across packaging formats:
fips.yaml— default configuration (ephemeral identity, UDP/TCP/TUN/DNS)hosts— static hostname-to-npub mappings for.fipsDNS resolution