--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+RULESET="define guarded_ports = {ssh}
+
+table inet portknock {
+ set clients_ipv4 {
+ type ipv4_addr
+ flags timeout
+ }
+
+ set candidates_ipv4 {
+ type ipv4_addr . inet_service
+ flags timeout
+ }
+
+ chain input {
+ type filter hook input priority -10; policy accept;
+
+ tcp dport 10001 add @candidates_ipv4 {ip saddr . 10002 timeout 1s}
+ tcp dport 10002 ip saddr . tcp dport @candidates_ipv4 add @candidates_ipv4 {ip saddr . 10003 timeout 1s}
+ tcp dport 10003 ip saddr . tcp dport @candidates_ipv4 add @candidates_ipv4 {ip saddr . 10004 timeout 1s}
+ tcp dport 10004 ip saddr . tcp dport @candidates_ipv4 add @candidates_ipv4 {ip saddr . 10005 timeout 1s}
+ tcp dport 10005 ip saddr . tcp dport @candidates_ipv4 add @clients_ipv4 {ip saddr timeout 600s} log prefix \"Successful portknock: \"
+
+ tcp dport \$guarded_ports ip saddr @clients_ipv4 counter accept
+ tcp dport \$guarded_ports ct state established,related counter accept
+
+ tcp dport \$guarded_ports reject with tcp reset
+ }
+}"
+
+$NFT -f - <<< "$RULESET"
--- /dev/null
+table inet portknock {
+ set clients_ipv4 {
+ type ipv4_addr
+ size 65535
+ flags dynamic,timeout
+ }
+
+ set candidates_ipv4 {
+ type ipv4_addr . inet_service
+ size 65535
+ flags dynamic,timeout
+ }
+
+ chain input {
+ type filter hook input priority filter - 10; policy accept;
+ tcp dport 10001 add @candidates_ipv4 { ip saddr . 10002 timeout 1s }
+ tcp dport 10002 ip saddr . tcp dport @candidates_ipv4 add @candidates_ipv4 { ip saddr . 10003 timeout 1s }
+ tcp dport 10003 ip saddr . tcp dport @candidates_ipv4 add @candidates_ipv4 { ip saddr . 10004 timeout 1s }
+ tcp dport 10004 ip saddr . tcp dport @candidates_ipv4 add @candidates_ipv4 { ip saddr . 10005 timeout 1s }
+ tcp dport 10005 ip saddr . tcp dport @candidates_ipv4 add @clients_ipv4 { ip saddr timeout 10m } log prefix "Successful portknock: "
+ tcp dport 22 ip saddr @clients_ipv4 counter packets 0 bytes 0 accept
+ tcp dport 22 ct state established,related counter packets 0 bytes 0 accept
+ tcp dport 22 reject with tcp reset
+ }
+}