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Analyze internet traffic volume with dynamic ipfw rules

man ipfw 2>/dev/null | less -p "If the ruleset"
man ipfw 2>/dev/null | less -p "These dynamic rules"
man ipfw 2>/dev/null | less -p "All rules"

man ipfw 2>/dev/null | less -p "STATEFUL FIREWALL"     # press [n]
man ipfw 2>/dev/null | less -p "SYSCTL VARIABLES"
man ipfw 2>/dev/null | less -p "EXAMPLES"
man ipfw 2>/dev/null | less -p "DYNAMIC RULES"

/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/sed -E -n -e '/^## Dynamic rules/,$p'
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/awk '/^## Dynamic rules/,/^$/ {print $0}'
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/awk '/<->/ {print $0}'
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/awk '{ if ( $0 ~ /<->/ ) {print $0}}'

/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | grep RULENUM
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | grep IPADDR

/usr/sbin/sysctl -a | egrep 'tcp'
/usr/sbin/sysctl -a | egrep 'net.inet'
/usr/sbin/sysctl -a | egrep '\.fw'
/usr/sbin/sysctl -a | egrep 'ip.fw'
/usr/sbin/sysctl -a | egrep 'li[fv]e'
/usr/sbin/sysctl -a | egrep 'ip.fw.+life'

/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.tcp.always_keepalive
/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_keepalive
/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_buckets
/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_count
/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.dyn_max


# list all dynamic ipfw rules

function ipfwtraffic() {

   declare args argsregex bytes megabytes

   if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then

      /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | \
         /usr/bin/awk '/<->/ {printf "%-10s %-10s %-20s %-10s %-20s %-10s %-10s\n", $3, $6, $7, $8, $10, $11, $1}' | \
         /usr/bin/sort -bu | while IFS=" " read  bytes proto ipnum1 port1 ipnum2 port2 rulenum; do

      # byte
      #bytes=$(printf "%s\n" "${bytes}" | /usr/bin/awk '{ total = total + $1 } END { print total }')
      #printf "\e[1mbytes\e[m: %-17s %-10s %-40s \e[1mrule\e[m: %-15s \e[1mports\e[m: %-15s\n" \
           #"${bytes}" "${proto}" "${ipnum1}  ::  ${ipnum2}" "${rulenum}" "${port1}  ${port2}"

      # mega byte
      megabytes=$(printf "%s\n" "${bytes}" | /usr/bin/awk '{ total = (total + $1) / (1024*1024.0) } END { print total }')
      printf "\e[1mmbytes\e[m: %-17s %-10s %-40s \e[1mrule\e[m: %-15s \e[1mports\e[m: %-15s\n" \
           "${megabytes}" "${proto}" "${ipnum1}  ::  ${ipnum2}" "${rulenum}" "${port1}  ${port2}"

      #done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2
      done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2 | egrep -v '^[^ ]+ +[^ ]+e[^ ]+'

   else

      args="${@}"
      if [[ "${args}" != "${args//[^. [:digit:]]/}" ]]; then 
         printf "%s\n" 'Found at least one invalid rule number or IP address!'
         return 1
      fi

      if [[ "${args//[ [:digit:]]/}" == '' ]]; then 
         argsregex="^0*(${args// /|})"    #  ipfw rule numbers 
      else
         argsregex="(${args// /|})"    #  IP addresses
      fi
    
      #echo $argsregex

      /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/egrep "${argsregex}" | \
         /usr/bin/awk '/<->/ {printf "%-10s %-10s %-20s %-10s %-20s %-10s %-10s\n", $3, $6, $7, $8, $10, $11, $1}' | \
         /usr/bin/sort -bu | while IFS=" " read  bytes proto ipnum1 port1 ipnum2 port2 rulenum; do

      # byte
      #bytes=$(printf "%s\n" "${bytes}" | /usr/bin/awk '{ total = total + $1 } END { print total }')
      #printf "\e[1mbytes\e[m: %-17s %-10s %-40s \e[1mrule\e[m: %-15s \e[1mports\e[m: %-15s\n" \
           #"${bytes}" "${proto}" "${ipnum1}  ::  ${ipnum2}" "${rulenum}" "${port1}  ${port2}"

      # mega byte
      megabytes=$(printf "%s\n" "${bytes}" | /usr/bin/awk '{ total = (total + $1) / (1024*1024.0) } END { print total }')
      printf "\e[1mmbytes\e[m: %-17s %-10s %-40s \e[1mrule\e[m: %-15s \e[1mports\e[m: %-15s\n" \
           "${megabytes}" "${proto}" "${ipnum1}  ::  ${ipnum2}" "${rulenum}" "${port1}  ${port2}"

      #done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2
      done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2 | egrep -v '^[^ ]+ +[^ ]+e[^ ]+'

   fi

   return 0
}



# usage:
# ipfwtraffic
# ipfwtraffic [rulenum1] [rulenum2] [rulenum3] ...
# ipfwtraffic [ipaddr1] [ipaddr2] [ipaddr3] ...


ipfwtraffic
ipfwtraffic  9600 10600 11000
ipfwtraffic xx.xxx.xx.xxx xx.xxx.xx.xx

ipfwtraffic | grep 'xx.xxx.xx.xx'



#------------------------------------------------------------------------------



# summarize pairs of IP addresses

function ipfwdynstats() {

   declare args argsregex dynrules ipaddr_pairs

   OIFS=${IFS}
   IFS=$'\n'

   if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then

      ipaddr_pairs=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/awk '/<->/ {print $7, $10}' | /usr/bin/sort -bu))
      dynrules=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/awk '/<->/ {print $7, $8, $10, $11, $6, $2, $3, $1}' | /usr/bin/sort -bu))

   else

      args="${@}"
      if [[ "${args}" != "${args//[^. [:digit:]]/}" ]]; then 
         printf "%s\n" 'Found at least one invalid rule number or IP address!'
         return 1
      fi

      if [[ "${args//[ [:digit:]]/}" == '' ]]; then 
         argsregex="^0*(${args// /|})"    #  ipfw rule numbers 
      else
         argsregex="(${args// /|})"    #  IP addresses
      fi
    
      #echo $argsregex

      ipaddr_pairs=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/egrep "${argsregex}" | \
           /usr/bin/awk '/<->/ {print $7, $10}' | /usr/bin/sort -bu))
      dynrules=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/egrep "${argsregex}" | \
           /usr/bin/awk '/<->/ {print $7, $8, $10, $11, $6, $2, $3, $1}' | /usr/bin/sort -bu))

   fi


for ((i=0; i < "${#ipaddr_pairs[@]}"; i++)); do 

   # byte
   #bytesum=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        #/usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$7 }" | \
        #/usr/bin/awk '{ total = total + $1 } END { print total }')

   # mega byte
   bytesum=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$7 }" | \
        /usr/bin/awk '{ total = (total + $1) / (1024*1024.0) } END { print total }')

   proto=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$5 }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   rule=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$NF }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   ports=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$2, \$4 }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   # byte
   #printf "%-15s %-10s %-40s %-30s \e[1m%-30s\e[m\n" \
        #"bytes: ${bytesum}" "${proto//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}  ::  ${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }" \
        #"rules: ${rule//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "ports: ${ports//[[:cntrl:]]/, }"

   # mega byte
   printf "\e[1mmbytes\e[m: %-15s %-10s %-40s \e[1mrules\e[m: %-25s \e[1mports\e[m: %-30s\n" \
        "${bytesum}" "${proto//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}  ::  ${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }" \
        "${rule//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ports//[[:cntrl:]]/, }"

#done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2
done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2 | /usr/bin/egrep -v '^[^ ]+ +[^ ]+e[^ ]+'

   export IFS=${OIFS}
   return 0
}

# usage:
# ipfwdynstats
# ipfwdynstats [rulenum1] [rulenum2] [rulenum3] ...
# ipfwdynstats [ipaddr1] [ipaddr2] [ipaddr3] ...


ipfwdynstats
ipfwdynstats  5200 12700
ipfwdynstats xx.xxx.xx.xxx xxx.xxx.xx.xxx



#------------------------------------------------------------------------------



# list port-specific internet traffic

function porttraffic() {

   declare args argsregex dynrules ipaddr_pairs

   OIFS=${IFS}
   IFS=$'\n'

   if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
   
      printf "%s\n" 'No port number given!'
      return 1
   
   elif [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then

      ipaddr_pairs=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | \
         /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$0 ~ /<->/ && ( \$8 == "${1}" || \$11 == "${1}" ) ) {print \$7, \$10 }}" | /usr/bin/sort -bu))

      dynrules=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | \
         /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$0 ~ /<->/ && ( \$8 == "${1}" || \$11 == "${1}" ) ) {print \$7, \$8, \$10, \$11, \$6, \$2, \$3, \$1} }" | \
         /usr/bin/sort -bu))

   else

      args="${@:2}"   # all arguments starting with the second
      if [[ "${args}" != "${args//[^. [:digit:]]/}" ]]; then 
         printf "%s\n" 'Found at least one invalid rule number or IP address!'
         return 1
      fi

      if [[ "${args//[ [:digit:]]/}" == '' ]]; then 
         argsregex="^0*(${args// /|})"    #  ipfw rule numbers 
      else
         argsregex="(${args// /|})"    #  IP addresses
      fi
    
      #echo $argsregex

      ipaddr_pairs=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/egrep "${argsregex}" | \
         /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$0 ~ /<->/ && ( \$8 == "${1}" || \$11 == "${1}" ) ) {print \$7, \$10 }}" | /usr/bin/sort -bu))


      dynrules=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/egrep "${argsregex}" | \
         /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$0 ~ /<->/ && ( \$8 == "${1}" || \$11 == "${1}" ) ) {print \$7, \$8, \$10, \$11, \$6, \$2, \$3, \$1}}" | \
         /usr/bin/sort -bu))

   fi


for ((i=0; i < "${#ipaddr_pairs[@]}"; i++)); do 

   # byte
   #bytesum=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        #/usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$7 }" | \
        #/usr/bin/awk '{ total = total + $1 } END { print total }')

   # mega byte
   bytesum=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$7 }" | \
        /usr/bin/awk '{ total = (total + $1) / (1024*1024.0) } END { print total }')

   proto=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$5 }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   rule=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$NF }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   ports=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$2, \$4 }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   # byte
   #printf "%-15s %-10s %-40s %-30s \e[1m%-30s\e[m\n" \
        #"bytes: ${bytesum}" "${proto//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}  ::  ${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }" \
        #"rules: ${rule//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "ports: ${ports//[[:cntrl:]]/, }"

   # mega byte
   printf "\e[1mmbytes\e[m: %-15s %-10s %-40s \e[1mrules\e[m: %-25s \e[1mports\e[m: %-30s\n" \
        "${bytesum}" "${proto//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}  ::  ${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }" \
        "${rule//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ports//[[:cntrl:]]/, }"

#done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2
done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2 | /usr/bin/egrep -v '^[^ ]+ +[^ ]+e[^ ]+'

   export IFS=${OIFS}
   return 0
}


# usage:
# porttraffic [portnum]
# porttraffic [portnum] [rulenum1] [rulenum2] [rulenum3] ...
# porttraffic [portnum] [ipaddr1] [ipaddr2] [ipaddr3] ...


porttraffic 80
porttraffic 80 5200 12700 7100
porttraffic 80 xx.xxx.xx.xxx xxx.xxx.xx.xxx



#------------------------------------------------------------------------------



# list rule-specific internet traffic

function ruletraffic() {

   declare args argsregex dynrules ipaddr_pairs

   OIFS=${IFS}
   IFS=$'\n'

   if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
   
      printf "%s\n" 'No rule number given!'
      return 1
   
   elif [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then

      ipaddr_pairs=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | \
         /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$0 ~ /<->/ && \$1 == "${1}" ) {print \$7, \$10 }}" | /usr/bin/sort -bu))

      dynrules=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | \
         /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$0 ~ /<->/ && \$1 == "${1}" ) {print \$7, \$8, \$10, \$11, \$6, \$2, \$3, \$1} }" | \
         /usr/bin/sort -bu))

   else

      args="${@:2}"   # all arguments starting with the second
      if [[ "${args}" != "${args//[^. [:digit:]]/}" ]]; then 
         printf "%s\n" 'Found at least one invalid rule number or IP address!'
         return 1
      fi

      if [[ "${args//[ [:digit:]]/}" == '' ]]; then 
         argsregex="^0*(${args// /|})"    #  ipfw rule numbers 
      else
         argsregex="(${args// /|})"    #  IP addresses
      fi
    
      #echo $argsregex

      ipaddr_pairs=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/egrep "${argsregex}" | \
         /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$0 ~ /<->/ && \$1 == "${1}" ) {print \$7, \$10 }}" | /usr/bin/sort -bu))


      dynrules=($(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -d -e -t list | /usr/bin/egrep "${argsregex}" | \
         /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$0 ~ /<->/ && \$1 == "${1}" ) {print \$7, \$8, \$10, \$11, \$6, \$2, \$3, \$1}}" | \
         /usr/bin/sort -bu))

   fi


for ((i=0; i < "${#ipaddr_pairs[@]}"; i++)); do 

   # byte
   #bytesum=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        #/usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$7 }" | \
        #/usr/bin/awk '{ total = total + $1 } END { print total }')

   # mega byte
   bytesum=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$7 }" | \
        /usr/bin/awk '{ total = (total + $1) / (1024*1024.0) } END { print total }')

   proto=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$5 }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   rule=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$NF }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   ports=$(printf "%s\n" "${dynrules[@]}" | \
        /usr/bin/awk "{ if ( \$1 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}\" && \$3 == \"${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }\" ) print \$2, \$4 }" | \
        /usr/bin/sort -bu)

   # byte
   #printf "%-15s %-10s %-40s %-30s \e[1m%-30s\e[m\n" \
        #"bytes: ${bytesum}" "${proto//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}  ::  ${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }" \
        #"rules: ${rule//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "ports: ${ports//[[:cntrl:]]/, }"

   # mega byte
   printf "\e[1mmbytes\e[m: %-15s %-10s %-40s \e[1mrules\e[m: %-25s \e[1mports\e[m: %-30s\n" \
        "${bytesum}" "${proto//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]% *}  ::  ${ipaddr_pairs[${i}]#* }" \
        "${rule//[[:cntrl:]]/, }" "${ports//[[:cntrl:]]/, }"

#done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2
done | /usr/bin/sort -rn -k 2,2 | /usr/bin/egrep -v '^[^ ]+ +[^ ]+e[^ ]+'

   export IFS=${OIFS}
   return 0
}


# usage:
# ruletraffic [rulenum]
# ruletraffic [rulenum1] [rulenum2] [rulenum3] ...

ruletraffic 5200
ruletraffic 5200 12700 7100

Block internet traffic to specified web sites on the fly

man 8 route
/sbin/route -n get default
/sbin/route -n get default | grep -w gateway
/sbin/route -n get default | grep interface | awk '{print $NF}'

/usr/bin/dig +short www.web_site.com                                 # get IPNUM
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/route -n add -host IPNUM 127.0.0.1 -blackhole    # block IPNUM
/usr/sbin/netstat -rn | grep IPNUM                                   # show routing table
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/route delete IPNUM 127.0.0.1                     # undo blocking


function blocksite() {
   declare ipaddr ipnum
   if [[ "${1//localhost/}" == '' ]] || [[ "${1//127.0.0.1/}" == '' ]]; then 
      printf "%s\n" 'Argument "localhost" is not permitted!'
      return 1
   fi
   ipnum=$(/usr/bin/dig +short "${1}" | /usr/bin/sed -E -n -e 's/^(([[:digit:]]{1,3}\.){3}[[:digit:]]{1,3})$/\1/p'; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]})
   if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] || [[ -z "${ipnum}" ]]; then 
      printf "%s\n%s\n" "Are you connected to the internet?" "man dig could not find the IP address of: ${1}"
      return 1
   fi
   OIFS=${IFS}
   IFS=$' \t\n'
   for ipaddr in ${ipnum//[[:cntrl:]]/ }; do
      /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/route -n add -host ${ipaddr} 127.0.0.1 -blackhole >/dev/null 2>&1
   done
   export IFS=${OIFS}
   printf "%s\n" "... blocking internet access to site: ${1} with IP address: ${ipnum//[[:cntrl:]]/, }"
   return 0
}


function unblocksite() {
   declare ipaddr ipnum
   if [[ "${1//localhost/}" == '' ]] || [[ "${1//127.0.0.1/}" == '' ]]; then 
      printf "%s\n" 'Argument "localhost" is not permitted!'
      return 1
   fi
   ipnum=$(/usr/bin/dig +short "${1}" | /usr/bin/sed -E -n -e 's/^(([[:digit:]]{1,3}\.){3}[[:digit:]]{1,3})$/\1/p'; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]})
   if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] || [[ -z "${ipnum}" ]]; then 
      printf "%s\n%s\n" "Are you connected to the internet?" "man dig could not find the IP address of: ${1}"
      return 1
   fi
   OIFS=${IFS}
   IFS=$' \t\n'
   for ipaddr in ${ipnum//[[:cntrl:]]/ }; do
      /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/route delete ${ipaddr} 127.0.0.1 >/dev/null 2>&1
   done
   export IFS=${OIFS}
   printf "%s\n" "... unblocking internet access to site: ${1} with IP address: ${ipnum//[[:cntrl:]]/ }"
   return 0
}


function unblockall() {
   declare ipaddr ipnums
   ipnums=$(/usr/sbin/netstat -rnf inet | /usr/bin/awk '{ if ( $2 == "127.0.0.1" && $3 == "UGHSB" ) print $1 }'; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]})
   if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] || [[ -z "${ipnums}" ]]; then 
      printf "%s\x21\n" "No IP addresses to unblock"
      return 1
   fi
   OIFS=${IFS}
   IFS=$' \t\n'
   for ipaddr in ${ipnums//[[:cntrl:]]/ }; do
      /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/route delete ${ipaddr} 127.0.0.1 >/dev/null 2>&1
   done
   export IFS=${OIFS}
   printf "%s\n" "... unblocking internet access to IP addresses: ${ipnums//[[:cntrl:]]/ }"
   return 0
}


function showblocked() {
   ipnums=$(/usr/sbin/netstat -rnf inet | /usr/bin/awk '{ if ( $2 == "127.0.0.1" && $3 == "UGHSB" ) print $1 }'; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]})
   printf "%s\n" "Blocked IP addresses: ${ipnums//[[:cntrl:]]/, }"
   return 0
}



blocksite codesnippets.joyent.com
netstat -rnf inet | grep UGHSB
showblocked
open http://codesnippets.joyent.com
unblocksite codesnippets.joyent.com

blocksite codesnippets.joyent.com
blocksite www.google.com
netstat -rnf inet | grep UGHSB
showblocked
open http://www.google.com
unblockall

Enable internet traffic via specified ports through ipfw

# cf. Example ipfw ruleset, http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1267

# choose appropriate numbers for num1 & num2 according to your ipfw ruleset

/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw list
/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step

function free_ipfw_rule_num() {
   declare -i num1=6701 num2=6799 lastipfwnum
   if [[ $(/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step) -ne 100 ]]; then 
      printf "%s\x21\n" "sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step is not set to 100"
      return 1
   fi
   lastipfwnum=$(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw list | /usr/bin/tail -n 2 | /usr/bin/head -n 1 | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}')
   if [[ $num2 -ge $lastipfwnum ]]; then 
      printf "%s\x21\n" "${num2} is greater than or equal to ${lastipfwnum}"
      return 1
   fi
   while $(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw show ${num1} &>/dev/null) ; do
      let "num1 += 1"
      if [[ $num1 -gt $num2 ]]; then num1=; break; return 1; fi
   done
   printf "%s\n" "${num1}"
   return 0
}


function openport() {
   declare portnum rulenum
   if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then printf "%s\n" "Wrong number of arguments: $#"; return 1; fi
   portnum="${1//[^[:digit:]]/}"
   if [[ -z $portnum ]]; then printf "%s\n" "No valid port number given: ${1}"; return 1; fi
   if [[ $portnum -gt 65535 ]]; then printf "%s\n" "Given port number is greater than 65535: ${portnum}"; return 1; fi
   rulenum=$(free_ipfw_rule_num)
   /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -q add ${rulenum} allow all from any to any dst-port ${portnum} keep-state
   printf "%s\n" "... opening ipfw rule no. ${rulenum} for internet access via port ${portnum}"
   return 0
}


function closeport() {
   declare portnum rulenum
   if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then printf "%s\n" "Wrong number of arguments: $#"; return 1; fi
   portnum="${1//[^[:digit:]]/}"
   if [[ -z $portnum ]]; then printf "%s\n" "No valid port number given: ${1}"; return 1; fi
   if [[ $portnum -gt 65535 ]]; then printf "%s\n" "Given port number is greater than 65535: ${portnum}"; return 1; fi
   rulenum=$(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw list | /usr/bin/awk "/from +any +to +any +dst-port +${portnum} +keep-state[[:space:]]*$/ {print \$1}")
   if [[ -z "${rulenum}" ]]; then printf "%s\n" "No ipfw rule for port number: ${portnum}"; return 1; fi
   /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -q delete ${rulenum}
   printf "%s\n%s\n" "... deleting ipfw rule no. ${rulenum//[[:cntrl:]]/ }" "... closing internet access via port: ${portnum}"
   return 0
}


openport 43
openport 43
openport 43

/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw show [rulenum]     # ... allow ip from any to any dst-port 43 keep-state

closeport 43

Enable access to specified web sites through ipfw

# cf. Example ipfw ruleset, http://codesnippets.joyent.com/posts/show/1267

# choose appropriate numbers for num1 & num2 according to your ipfw ruleset

/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw list
/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step

function free_ipfw_rule_num() {
   declare -i num1=6701 num2=6799 lastipfwnum
   if [[ $(/usr/sbin/sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step) -ne 100 ]]; then 
      printf "%s\x21\n" "sysctl -n net.inet.ip.fw.autoinc_step is not set to 100"
      return 1
   fi
   lastipfwnum=$(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw list | /usr/bin/tail -n 2 | /usr/bin/head -n 1 | /usr/bin/awk '{print $1}')
   if [[ $num2 -ge $lastipfwnum ]]; then 
      printf "%s\x21\n" "${num2} is greater than or equal to ${lastipfwnum}"
      return 1
   fi
   while $(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw show ${num1} &>/dev/null) ; do
      let "num1 += 1"
      if [[ $num1 -gt $num2 ]]; then num1=; break; return 1; fi
   done
   printf "%s\n" "${num1}"
   return 0
}


function opensite() {
   declare ipnum ipfwnum
   if [[ $# -eq 0 ]] || [[ $# -gt 2 ]]; then printf "%s\n" "Wrong number of arguments: $#"; return 1; fi
   ipnum=$(/usr/bin/dig +short ${1} 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/tail -n 1; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]})
   if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] || [[ -z "${ipnum}" ]]; then 
      printf "%s\n%s\n" "Are you connected to the internet?" "man dig could not find the IP address of: ${1}"
      return 1
   fi
   ipfwnum=$(free_ipfw_rule_num)
   if [[ $# -eq 1 ]]; then
      /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -q add ${ipfwnum} allow { src-ip "${ipnum}" or dst-ip "${ipnum}" } keep-state
      printf "%s\n" "... opening ipfw rule no. ${ipfwnum} for internet access to site: ${1}"
   elif [[ $# -eq 2 ]]; then
      /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -q add ${ipfwnum} allow { src-ip "${ipnum}" or dst-ip "${ipnum}" } dst-port "${2//[^[:digit:]]/}" keep-state
      printf "%s\n" "... opening ipfw rule no. ${ipfwnum} for internet access to site: ${1} on port ${2}"
   fi
   return 0
}


function closesite() {
   declare ipnum rulenum
   if [[ "${1//localhost/}" == '' ]]; then printf "%s\n" 'Argument "localhost" is not permitted!'; return 1; fi
   ipnum=$(/usr/bin/dig +short "${1}" 2>/dev/null | /usr/bin/tail -n 1; exit ${PIPESTATUS[0]})
   if [[ $? -ne 0 ]] || [[ -z "${ipnum}" ]]; then 
      printf "%s\n%s\n" "Are you connected to the internet?" "man dig could not find the IP address of: ${1}"
      return 1
   fi
   rulenum=$(/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw list | /usr/bin/awk "/${ipnum}/ {print \$1}")
   if [[ -z "${rulenum}" ]]; then printf "%s\n" "No ipfw rule for: ${1}"; return 1; fi
   /usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw -q delete ${rulenum}
   printf "%s\n%s\n" "... deleting ipfw rule no. ${rulenum//[[:cntrl:]]/ }" "... closing internet access to site: ${1}"
   return 0
}



# usage: 
# opensite [www.website.com] [optional: portnumber]
# closesite [www.website.com]

# example: http://wooledge.org:8000/BashFAQ

host wooledge.org
dig +short wooledge.org

opensite wooledge.org
opensite wooledge.org
opensite wooledge.org
opensite wooledge.org

closesite wooledge.org


opensite wooledge.org 8080
/usr/bin/sudo /sbin/ipfw show [rule no.]
closesite wooledge.org


#--------------------------------------------


man bash | less -p PIPESTATUS
help set | sed -E "s/(pipefail)/$(printf '\e[1m\\1\e[m')/"

set +o pipefail

ls asx 2>&1 | egrep '.'
echo $?

ls asx 2>&1 | egrep '.'
echo ${PIPESTATUS[*]} 

set -o pipefail

ls asx 2>&1 | egrep '.'
echo $?

ls asx 2>&1 | egrep '.'
echo ${PIPESTATUS[*]} 


# remove all non-numeric characters from a string
str="74n237k ab454c e 4 6 6g6fg6d66d"
echo ${#str}
echo ${str}
echo ${str//[^[:digit:]]/}


# yet another way to the check the reachability of a web site
man scutil
scutil --help
scutil -r www.website.com
scutil -r 127.0.0.1 209.85.129.147

Simple internet traffic summary with tcpdump & awk

# capture IP addresses on your active network interface while surfing the internet
/usr/sbin/tcpdump -D 
#/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/tcpdump -n | /usr/bin/awk '{printf "%-70s %-70s\n", $3, $5}' | /usr/bin/tee ~/Desktop/tcpdump.txt
/usr/bin/sudo /usr/sbin/tcpdump | /usr/bin/awk '{printf "%-70s %-70s\n", $3, $5}' | /usr/bin/tee ~/Desktop/tcpdump.txt


# extract IP numbers of visited web sites, etc.
/usr/bin/sed -E -e 's/(([[:digit:]]{1,3}\.){3}[[:digit:]]{1,3})[^[:space:]]*/\1/g' ~/Desktop/tcpdump.txt | /usr/bin/sort -u | /usr/bin/nl



Further information:

- A tcpdump Tutorial / Primer
- Simple Usage Of tcpdump
- Quick and simple usage of tcpdump (packet sniffer)
- How to use TCPDump
- tcpdump-usage
- Spy on Yourself with tcpdump
- Examining and dissecting tcpdump/libpcap traces
- trace-summary - Generating network traffic summaries
- ipfwdump, ipfwto & ipfwfrom