Block DNS ANY queries in Docker iptables

You can use the DOCKER-USER chain to pass any custom iptables rules you want.

In my case, I run a DNS resolver publicly and want to prevent it from being abused in DNS amplification attacks.

I use the following:

iptables -I DOCKER-USER -p udp --dport 53 -m string --hex-string "|0000FF0001|" --algo bm --from 40 -j DROP
iptables -I DOCKER-USER -p tcp --dport 53 -m string --hex-string "|0000FF0001|" --algo bm --from 52 -j DROP



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