tailscale/util/linuxfw/iptables_for_svcs.go
Will Norris 3ec5be3f51 all: remove AUTHORS file and references to it
This file was never truly necessary and has never actually been used in
the history of Tailscale's open source releases.

A Brief History of AUTHORS files
---

The AUTHORS file was a pattern developed at Google, originally for
Chromium, then adopted by Go and a bunch of other projects. The problem
was that Chromium originally had a copyright line only recognizing
Google as the copyright holder. Because Google (and most open source
projects) do not require copyright assignemnt for contributions, each
contributor maintains their copyright. Some large corporate contributors
then tried to add their own name to the copyright line in the LICENSE
file or in file headers. This quickly becomes unwieldy, and puts a
tremendous burden on anyone building on top of Chromium, since the
license requires that they keep all copyright lines intact.

The compromise was to create an AUTHORS file that would list all of the
copyright holders. The LICENSE file and source file headers would then
include that list by reference, listing the copyright holder as "The
Chromium Authors".

This also become cumbersome to simply keep the file up to date with a
high rate of new contributors. Plus it's not always obvious who the
copyright holder is. Sometimes it is the individual making the
contribution, but many times it may be their employer. There is no way
for the proejct maintainer to know.

Eventually, Google changed their policy to no longer recommend trying to
keep the AUTHORS file up to date proactively, and instead to only add to
it when requested: https://opensource.google/docs/releasing/authors.
They are also clear that:

> Adding contributors to the AUTHORS file is entirely within the
> project's discretion and has no implications for copyright ownership.

It was primarily added to appease a small number of large contributors
that insisted that they be recognized as copyright holders (which was
entirely their right to do). But it's not truly necessary, and not even
the most accurate way of identifying contributors and/or copyright
holders.

In practice, we've never added anyone to our AUTHORS file. It only lists
Tailscale, so it's not really serving any purpose. It also causes
confusion because Tailscalars put the "Tailscale Inc & AUTHORS" header
in other open source repos which don't actually have an AUTHORS file, so
it's ambiguous what that means.

Instead, we just acknowledge that the contributors to Tailscale (whoever
they are) are copyright holders for their individual contributions. We
also have the benefit of using the DCO (developercertificate.org) which
provides some additional certification of their right to make the
contribution.

The source file changes were purely mechanical with:

    git ls-files | xargs sed -i -e 's/\(Tailscale Inc &\) AUTHORS/\1 contributors/g'

Updates #cleanup

Change-Id: Ia101a4a3005adb9118051b3416f5a64a4a45987d
Signed-off-by: Will Norris <will@tailscale.com>
2026-01-23 15:49:45 -08:00

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// Copyright (c) Tailscale Inc & contributors
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
//go:build linux
package linuxfw
import (
"fmt"
"net/netip"
)
// This file contains functionality to insert portmapping rules for a 'service'.
// These are currently only used by the Kubernetes operator proxies.
// An iptables rule for such a service contains a comment with the service name.
// A 'service' corresponds to a VIPService as used by the Kubernetes operator.
// EnsurePortMapRuleForSvc adds a prerouting rule that forwards traffic received
// on match port and NOT on the provided interface to target IP and target port.
// Rule will only be added if it does not already exists.
func (i *iptablesRunner) EnsurePortMapRuleForSvc(svc, tun string, targetIP netip.Addr, pm PortMap) error {
table := i.getIPTByAddr(targetIP)
args := argsForPortMapRule(svc, tun, targetIP, pm)
exists, err := table.Exists("nat", "PREROUTING", args...)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error checking if rule exists: %w", err)
}
if exists {
return nil
}
return table.Append("nat", "PREROUTING", args...)
}
// DeleteMapRuleForSvc constructs a prerouting rule as would be created by
// EnsurePortMapRuleForSvc with the provided args and, if such a rule exists,
// deletes it.
func (i *iptablesRunner) DeletePortMapRuleForSvc(svc, excludeI string, targetIP netip.Addr, pm PortMap) error {
table := i.getIPTByAddr(targetIP)
args := argsForPortMapRule(svc, excludeI, targetIP, pm)
exists, err := table.Exists("nat", "PREROUTING", args...)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error checking if rule exists: %w", err)
}
if !exists {
return nil
}
return table.Delete("nat", "PREROUTING", args...)
}
// EnsureDNATRuleForSvc adds a DNAT rule that forwards traffic from the
// VIPService IP address to a local address. This is used by the Kubernetes
// operator's network layer proxies to forward tailnet traffic for VIPServices
// to Kubernetes Services.
func (i *iptablesRunner) EnsureDNATRuleForSvc(svcName string, origDst, dst netip.Addr) error {
table := i.getIPTByAddr(dst)
args := argsForIngressRule(svcName, origDst, dst)
exists, err := table.Exists("nat", "PREROUTING", args...)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error checking if rule exists: %w", err)
}
if exists {
return nil
}
return table.Append("nat", "PREROUTING", args...)
}
// DeleteDNATRuleForSvc deletes a DNAT rule created by EnsureDNATRuleForSvc.
func (i *iptablesRunner) DeleteDNATRuleForSvc(svcName string, origDst, dst netip.Addr) error {
table := i.getIPTByAddr(dst)
args := argsForIngressRule(svcName, origDst, dst)
exists, err := table.Exists("nat", "PREROUTING", args...)
if err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error checking if rule exists: %w", err)
}
if !exists {
return nil
}
return table.Delete("nat", "PREROUTING", args...)
}
// DeleteSvc constructs all possible rules that would have been created by
// EnsurePortMapRuleForSvc from the provided args and ensures that each one that
// exists is deleted.
func (i *iptablesRunner) DeleteSvc(svc, tun string, targetIPs []netip.Addr, pms []PortMap) error {
for _, tip := range targetIPs {
for _, pm := range pms {
if err := i.DeletePortMapRuleForSvc(svc, tun, tip, pm); err != nil {
return fmt.Errorf("error deleting rule: %w", err)
}
}
}
return nil
}
func argsForPortMapRule(svc, excludeI string, targetIP netip.Addr, pm PortMap) []string {
c := commentForSvc(svc, pm)
return []string{
"!", "-i", excludeI,
"-p", pm.Protocol,
"--dport", fmt.Sprintf("%d", pm.MatchPort),
"-m", "comment", "--comment", c,
"-j", "DNAT",
"--to-destination", fmt.Sprintf("%v:%v", targetIP, pm.TargetPort),
}
}
func argsForIngressRule(svcName string, origDst, targetIP netip.Addr) []string {
c := commentForIngressSvc(svcName, origDst, targetIP)
return []string{
"--destination", origDst.String(),
"-m", "comment", "--comment", c,
"-j", "DNAT",
"--to-destination", targetIP.String(),
}
}
// commentForSvc generates a comment to be added to an iptables DNAT rule for a
// service. This is for iptables debugging/readability purposes only.
func commentForSvc(svc string, pm PortMap) string {
return fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s:%d -> %s:%d", svc, pm.Protocol, pm.MatchPort, pm.Protocol, pm.TargetPort)
}
// commentForIngressSvc generates a comment to be added to an iptables DNAT rule for a
// service. This is for iptables debugging/readability purposes only.
func commentForIngressSvc(svc string, vip, clusterIP netip.Addr) string {
return fmt.Sprintf("svc: %s, %s -> %s", svc, vip.String(), clusterIP.String())
}