## ISO 3661 Country Codes recognized by Shorewall

### Tom Eastep

Copyright © 2012 Thomas M. Eastep

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2026/01/29

## Introduction

Beginning with Shorewall 4.5.4, Shorewall allows matching packet SOURCE and/or DEST IP addresses by their corresponding country. That is done by specifying a comma-separated list of up to 15 ISO-3661 2-character Country Codes enclosed in square brackets ('[...]') and prefixed by a caret ('^'). When a single country code is given, the square brackets can be omitted.

Example - Drop email from the Anonymous Proxy and Satellite Provider networks.

`/etc/shorewall/rules`:

        #ACTION         SOURCE          DEST            PROTO   DPORT

        ?SECTION NEW

        DROP:info	    net:^[A1,A2]    dmz             tcp     25

Using this feature requires the GeoIP Match capability in your iptables and kernel. That capability requires creating a country-code database.

The Shorewall compiler uses the geoip country-code database to determine the valid set of two-character alphanumeric country codes. The location of that database is currently hard-coded in xtables-addons as `/usr/share/xt_geoip/`. Within that directory are two sub-directories:

- LE -- contains the little-endian database

- BE -- contains the big-endian database

To accomodate both big-endian and little-endian machines as well as any future ability to install the database at another location, Shorewall supports a GEOIPDIR option in shorewall.conf(5) and shorewall6.conf(5). The default value of that option is `/usr/share/xt_geoip/LE`.

### Important

Recent versions of the country-code database are installed in `/usr/share/xt_geoip/, regardless of endian convention. This requires modifying the setting of GEOIPDIR in shorewall.conf (5) and shorewall6.conf(5).`

The country codes at the time of this writing are shown in the following two sections.

## IPv4

         A1 => "Anonymous Proxy" ,
         A2 => "Satellite Provider" ,
         AD => "Andorra" ,
         AE => "United Arab Emirates" ,
         AF => "Afghanistan" ,
         AG => "Antigua and Barbuda" ,
         AI => "Anguilla" ,
         AL => "Albania" ,
         AM => "Armenia" ,
         AN => "Netherlands Antilles" ,
         AO => "Angola" ,
         AP => "Asia/Pacific Region" ,
         AQ => "Antarctica" ,
         AR => "Argentina" ,
         AS => "American Samoa" ,
         AT => "Austria" ,
         AU => "Australia" ,
         AW => "Aruba" ,
         AX => "Aland Islands" ,
         AZ => "Azerbaijan" ,
         BA => "Bosnia and Herzegovina" ,
         BB => "Barbados" ,
         BD => "Bangladesh" ,
         BE => "Belgium" ,
         BF => "Burkina Faso" ,
         BG => "Bulgaria" ,
         BH => "Bahrain" ,
         BI => "Burundi" ,
         BJ => "Benin" ,
         BM => "Bermuda" ,
         BN => "Brunei Darussalam" ,
         BO => "Bolivia" ,
         BR => "Brazil" ,
         BS => "Bahamas" ,
         BT => "Bhutan" ,
         BV => "Bouvet Island" ,
         BW => "Botswana" ,
         BY => "Belarus" ,
         BZ => "Belize" ,
         CA => "Canada" ,
         CC => "Cocos (Keeling) Islands" ,
         CD => "Congo, The Democratic Republic of the" ,
         CF => "Central African Republic" ,
         CG => "Congo" ,
         CH => "Switzerland" ,
         CI => "Cote D'Ivoire" ,
         CK => "Cook Islands" ,
         CL => "Chile" ,
         CM => "Cameroon" ,
         CN => "China" ,
         CO => "Colombia" ,
         CR => "Costa Rica" ,
         CU => "Cuba" ,
         CV => "Cape Verde" ,
         CX => "Christmas Island" ,
         CY => "Cyprus" ,
         CZ => "Czech Republic" ,
         DE => "Germany" ,
         DJ => "Djibouti" ,
         DK => "Denmark" ,
         DM => "Dominica" ,
         DO => "Dominican Republic" ,
         DZ => "Algeria" ,
         EC => "Ecuador" ,
         EE => "Estonia" ,
         EG => "Egypt" ,
         EH => "Western Sahara" ,
         ER => "Eritrea" ,
         ES => "Spain" ,
         ET => "Ethiopia" ,
         EU => "Europe" ,
         FI => "Finland" ,
         FJ => "Fiji" ,
         FK => "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)" ,
         FM => "Micronesia, Federated States of" ,
         FO => "Faroe Islands" ,
         FR => "France" ,
         GA => "Gabon" ,
         GB => "United Kingdom" ,
         GD => "Grenada" ,
         GE => "Georgia" ,
         GF => "French Guiana" ,
         GG => "Guernsey" ,
         GH => "Ghana" ,
         GI => "Gibraltar" ,
         GL => "Greenland" ,
         GM => "Gambia" ,
         GN => "Guinea" ,
         GP => "Guadeloupe" ,
         GQ => "Equatorial Guinea" ,
         GR => "Greece" ,
         GS => "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands" ,
         GT => "Guatemala" ,
         GU => "Guam" ,
         GW => "Guinea-Bissau" ,
         GY => "Guyana" ,
         HK => "Hong Kong" ,
         HN => "Honduras" ,
         HR => "Croatia" ,
         HT => "Haiti" ,
         HU => "Hungary" ,
         ID => "Indonesia" ,
         IE => "Ireland" ,
         IL => "Israel" ,
         IM => "Isle of Man" ,
         IN => "India" ,
         IO => "British Indian Ocean Territory" ,
         IQ => "Iraq" ,
         IR => "Iran, Islamic Republic of" ,
         IS => "Iceland" ,
         IT => "Italy" ,
         JE => "Jersey" ,
         JM => "Jamaica" ,
         JO => "Jordan" ,
         JP => "Japan" ,
         KE => "Kenya" ,
         KG => "Kyrgyzstan" ,
         KH => "Cambodia" ,
         KI => "Kiribati" ,
         KM => "Comoros" ,
         KN => "Saint Kitts and Nevis" ,
         KP => "Korea, Democratic People's Republic of" ,
         KR => "Korea, Republic of" ,
         KW => "Kuwait" ,
         KY => "Cayman Islands" ,
         KZ => "Kazakhstan" ,
         LA => "Lao People's Democratic Republic" ,
         LB => "Lebanon" ,
         LC => "Saint Lucia" ,
         LI => "Liechtenstein" ,
         LK => "Sri Lanka" ,
         LR => "Liberia" ,
         LS => "Lesotho" ,
         LT => "Lithuania" ,
         LU => "Luxembourg" ,
         LV => "Latvia" ,
         LY => "Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" ,
         MA => "Morocco" ,
         MC => "Monaco" ,
         MD => "Moldova, Republic of" ,
         ME => "Montenegro" ,
         MG => "Madagascar" ,
         MH => "Marshall Islands" ,
         MK => "Macedonia" ,
         ML => "Mali" ,
         MM => "Myanmar" ,
         MN => "Mongolia" ,
         MO => "Macau" ,
         MP => "Northern Mariana Islands" ,
         MQ => "Martinique" ,
         MR => "Mauritania" ,
         MS => "Montserrat" ,
         MT => "Malta" ,
         MU => "Mauritius" ,
         MV => "Maldives" ,
         MW => "Malawi" ,
         MX => "Mexico" ,
         MY => "Malaysia" ,
         MZ => "Mozambique" ,
         NA => "Namibia" ,
         NC => "New Caledonia" ,
         NE => "Niger" ,
         NF => "Norfolk Island" ,
         NG => "Nigeria" ,
         NI => "Nicaragua" ,
         NL => "Netherlands" ,
         NO => "Norway" ,
         NP => "Nepal" ,
         NR => "Nauru" ,
         NU => "Niue" ,
         NZ => "New Zealand" ,
         OM => "Oman" ,
         PA => "Panama" ,
         PE => "Peru" ,
         PF => "French Polynesia" ,
         PG => "Papua New Guinea" ,
         PH => "Philippines" ,
         PK => "Pakistan" ,
         PL => "Poland" ,
         PM => "Saint Pierre and Miquelon" ,
         PR => "Puerto Rico" ,
         PS => "Palestinian Territory, Occupied" ,
         PT => "Portugal" ,
         PW => "Palau" ,
         PY => "Paraguay" ,
         QA => "Qatar" ,
         RE => "Reunion" ,
         RO => "Romania" ,
         RS => "Serbia" ,
         RU => "Russian Federation" ,
         RW => "Rwanda" ,
         SA => "Saudi Arabia" ,
         SB => "Solomon Islands" ,
         SC => "Seychelles" ,
         SD => "Sudan" ,
         SE => "Sweden" ,
         SG => "Singapore" ,
         SH => "Saint Helena" ,
         SI => "Slovenia" ,
         SJ => "Svalbard and Jan Mayen" ,
         SK => "Slovakia" ,
         SL => "Sierra Leone" ,
         SM => "San Marino" ,
         SN => "Senegal" ,
         SO => "Somalia" ,
         SR => "Suriname" ,
         ST => "Sao Tome and Principe" ,
         SV => "El Salvador" ,
         SY => "Syrian Arab Republic" ,
         SZ => "Swaziland" ,
         TC => "Turks and Caicos Islands" ,
         TD => "Chad" ,
         TF => "French Southern Territories" ,
         TG => "Togo" ,
         TH => "Thailand" ,
         TJ => "Tajikistan" ,
         TK => "Tokelau" ,
         TL => "Timor-Leste" ,
         TM => "Turkmenistan" ,
         TN => "Tunisia" ,
         TO => "Tonga" ,
         TR => "Turkey" ,
         TT => "Trinidad and Tobago" ,
         TV => "Tuvalu" ,
         TW => "Taiwan" ,
         TZ => "Tanzania, United Republic of" ,
         UA => "Ukraine" ,
         UG => "Uganda" ,
         UM => "United States Minor Outlying Islands" ,
         US => "United States" ,
         UY => "Uruguay" ,
         UZ => "Uzbekistan" ,
         VA => "Holy See (Vatican City State)" ,
         VC => "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines" ,
         VE => "Venezuela" ,
         VG => "Virgin Islands, British" ,
         VI => "Virgin Islands, U.S." ,
         VN => "Vietnam" ,
         VU => "Vanuatu" ,
         WF => "Wallis and Futuna" ,
         WS => "Samoa" ,
         YE => "Yemen" ,
         YT => "Mayotte" ,
         ZA => "South Africa" ,
         ZM => "Zambia" ,
         ZW => "Zimbabwe" ,

## IPv6

         AD =>  "Andorra" ,
         AE =>  "United Arab Emirates" ,
         AF =>  "Afghanistan" ,
         AL =>  "Albania" ,
         AM =>  "Armenia" ,
         AO =>  "Angola" ,
         AP =>  "Asia/Pacific Region" ,
         AR =>  "Argentina" ,
         AS =>  "American Samoa" ,
         AT =>  "Austria" ,
         AU =>  "Australia" ,
         AW =>  "Aruba" ,
         AZ =>  "Azerbaijan" ,
         BA =>  "Bosnia and Herzegovina" ,
         BD =>  "Bangladesh" ,
         BE =>  "Belgium" ,
         BF =>  "Burkina Faso" ,
         BG =>  "Bulgaria" ,
         BH =>  "Bahrain" ,
         BI =>  "Burundi" ,
         BJ =>  "Benin" ,
         BM =>  "Bermuda" ,
         BN =>  "Brunei Darussalam" ,
         BO =>  "Bolivia" ,
         BR =>  "Brazil" ,
         BS =>  "Bahamas" ,
         BT =>  "Bhutan" ,
         BW =>  "Botswana" ,
         BY =>  "Belarus" ,
         BZ =>  "Belize" ,
         CA =>  "Canada" ,
         CD =>  "Congo, The Democratic Republic of the" ,
         CH =>  "Switzerland" ,
         CI =>  "Cote D'Ivoire" ,
         CK =>  "Cook Islands" ,
         CL =>  "Chile" ,
         CM =>  "Cameroon" ,
         CN =>  "China" ,
         CO =>  "Colombia" ,
         CR =>  "Costa Rica" ,
         CU =>  "Cuba" ,
         CW =>  "" ,
         CY =>  "Cyprus" ,
         CZ =>  "Czech Republic" ,
         DE =>  "Germany" ,
         DJ =>  "Djibouti" ,
         DK =>  "Denmark" ,
         DO =>  "Dominican Republic" ,
         DZ =>  "Algeria" ,
         EC =>  "Ecuador" ,
         EE =>  "Estonia" ,
         EG =>  "Egypt" ,
         ES =>  "Spain" ,
         EU =>  "Europe" ,
         FI =>  "Finland" ,
         FJ =>  "Fiji" ,
         FM =>  "Micronesia, Federated States of" ,
         FO =>  "Faroe Islands" ,
         FR =>  "France" ,
         GB =>  "United Kingdom" ,
         GD =>  "Grenada" ,
         GE =>  "Georgia" ,
         GG =>  "Guernsey" ,
         GH =>  "Ghana" ,
         GI =>  "Gibraltar" ,
         GL =>  "Greenland" ,
         GM =>  "Gambia" ,
         GP =>  "Guadeloupe" ,
         GR =>  "Greece" ,
         GT =>  "Guatemala" ,
         GU =>  "Guam" ,
         GY =>  "Guyana" ,
         HK =>  "Hong Kong" ,
         HN =>  "Honduras" ,
         HR =>  "Croatia" ,
         HT =>  "Haiti" ,
         HU =>  "Hungary" ,
         ID =>  "Indonesia" ,
         IE =>  "Ireland" ,
         IL =>  "Israel" ,
         IM =>  "Isle of Man" ,
         IN =>  "India" ,
         IQ =>  "Iraq" ,
         IR =>  "Iran, Islamic Republic of" ,
         IS =>  "Iceland" ,
         IT =>  "Italy" ,
         JE =>  "Jersey" ,
         JM =>  "Jamaica" ,
         JO =>  "Jordan" ,
         JP =>  "Japan" ,
         KE =>  "Kenya" ,
         KG =>  "Kyrgyzstan" ,
         KH =>  "Cambodia" ,
         KN =>  "Saint Kitts and Nevis" ,
         KR =>  "Korea, Republic of" ,
         KW =>  "Kuwait" ,
         KY =>  "Cayman Islands" ,
         KZ =>  "Kazakhstan" ,
         LA =>  "Lao People's Democratic Republic" ,
         LB =>  "Lebanon" ,
         LI =>  "Liechtenstein" ,
         LK =>  "Sri Lanka" ,
         LS =>  "Lesotho" ,
         LT =>  "Lithuania" ,
         LU =>  "Luxembourg" ,
         LV =>  "Latvia" ,
         LY =>  "Libyan Arab Jamahiriya" ,
         MA =>  "Morocco" ,
         MC =>  "Monaco" ,
         MD =>  "Moldova, Republic of" ,
         ME =>  "Montenegro" ,
         MG =>  "Madagascar" ,
         MH =>  "Marshall Islands" ,
         MK =>  "Macedonia" ,
         ML =>  "Mali" ,
         MM =>  "Myanmar" ,
         MN =>  "Mongolia" ,
         MO =>  "Macau" ,
         MT =>  "Malta" ,
         MU =>  "Mauritius" ,
         MV =>  "Maldives" ,
         MW =>  "Malawi" ,
         MX =>  "Mexico" ,
         MY =>  "Malaysia" ,
         MZ =>  "Mozambique" ,
         NA =>  "Namibia" ,
         NC =>  "New Caledonia" ,
         NF =>  "Norfolk Island" ,
         NG =>  "Nigeria" ,
         NI =>  "Nicaragua" ,
         NL =>  "Netherlands" ,
         NO =>  "Norway" ,
         NP =>  "Nepal" ,
         NR =>  "Nauru" ,
         NU =>  "Niue" ,
         NZ =>  "New Zealand" ,
         OM =>  "Oman" ,
         PA =>  "Panama" ,
         PE =>  "Peru" ,
         PF =>  "French Polynesia" ,
         PG =>  "Papua New Guinea" ,
         PH =>  "Philippines" ,
         PK =>  "Pakistan" ,
         PL =>  "Poland" ,
         PR =>  "Puerto Rico" ,
         PS =>  "Palestinian Territory" ,
         PT =>  "Portugal" ,
         PW =>  "Palau" ,
         PY =>  "Paraguay" ,
         QA =>  "Qatar" ,
         RO =>  "Romania" ,
         RS =>  "Serbia" ,
         RU =>  "Russian Federation" ,
         RW =>  "Rwanda" ,
         SA =>  "Saudi Arabia" ,
         SB =>  "Solomon Islands" ,
         SC =>  "Seychelles" ,
         SD =>  "Sudan" ,
         SE =>  "Sweden" ,
         SG =>  "Singapore" ,
         SI =>  "Slovenia" ,
         SK =>  "Slovakia" ,
         SL =>  "Sierra Leone" ,
         SM =>  "San Marino" ,
         SN =>  "Senegal" ,
         SO =>  "Somalia" ,
         ST =>  "Sao Tome and Principe" ,
         SV =>  "El Salvador" ,
         SY =>  "Syrian Arab Republic" ,
         SZ =>  "Swaziland" ,
         TH =>  "Thailand" ,
         TK =>  "Tokelau" ,
         TN =>  "Tunisia" ,
         TO =>  "Tonga" ,
         TR =>  "Turkey" ,
         TT =>  "Trinidad and Tobago" ,
         TV =>  "Tuvalu" ,
         TW =>  "Taiwan" ,
         TZ =>  "Tanzania, United Republic of" ,
         UA =>  "Ukraine" ,
         UG =>  "Uganda" ,
         US =>  "United States" ,
         UY =>  "Uruguay" ,
         UZ =>  "Uzbekistan" ,
         VA =>  "Holy See (Vatican City State)" ,
         VE =>  "Venezuela" ,
         VI =>  "Virgin Islands, U.S." ,
         VN =>  "Vietnam" ,
         VU =>  "Vanuatu" ,
         WS =>  "Samoa" ,
         YE =>  "Yemen" ,
         ZA =>  "South Africa" ,
         ZM =>  "Zambia" ,
         ZW =>  "Zimbabwe" ,