Temporarily apply ufw
rules
Read more about the process and why there’s a Python and bash
version:
http://joshtronic.com/2013/10/28/temporary-ufw-rules-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-scripting-and-love-the-shell/
This script allows you to add rules to ufw
(Uncomplicated Firewall) with a
time to live. You can then run the script as a cronjob (with the --clean flag)
to clean up (remove) the expired rules.
-h, --help show the help message and exit
-s, --status show rule list with expirations
-c, --clean clean up expired rules
-r RULE, --rule RULE rule to be added to `ufw`
-p POSITION, --position POSITION position to add the rule
-t TTL, --ttl TTL time to live for the rule
./tmpufw.py --rule="deny from 1.2.3.4"
./tmpufw.py --clean
A bash
rewrite leveraging the at
command.
./tmpufw.sh [rule]
./tmpufw.sh deny from 1.2.3.4