{ self, ... }: { lib, pkgs, ... }: { boot.consoleLogLevel = lib.mkDefault 3; boot.initrd = { checkJournalingFS = lib.mkDefault false; includeDefaultModules = lib.mkDefault false; luks.cryptoModules = lib.mkDefault [ ]; verbose = lib.mkDefault false; }; boot.kernelPackages = lib.mkDefault (pkgs.linuxPackagesFor self.packages.${pkgs.system}.linux-hardened); boot.modprobeConfig.enable = lib.mkDefault false; boot.kernelParams = [ # Disable kernel messages on the console "quiet" # Zero‐fill page and slab allocations on free "init_on_free=1" # Disable I/O delay "io_delay=none" # Enable page allocator free list randomisation "page_alloc.shuffle=1" # Disable slab merging "slab_nomerge" # Disable vsyscall mechanism "vsyscall=none" # Enable transparent hugepages "transparent_hugepage=always" # Suspend USB devices without delay "usbcore.autosuspend=0" ]; boot.kernel.sysctl = { # Mitigate some TOCTOU vulnerabilities "fs.protected_fifos" = 2; "fs.protected_hardlinks" = 1; "fs.protected_regular" = 2; "fs.protected_symlinks" = 1; # Disable automatic loading of TTY line disciplines "dev.tty.ldisc_autoload" = 0; # Disable first 64 KiB of virtual memory for allocation "vm.mmap_min_addr" = 65536; # Increase ASLR randomisation "vm.mmap_rnd_bits" = 32; "vm.mmap_rnd_compat_bits" = 16; # Restrict ptrace() "kernel.yama.ptrace_scope" = 1; # Hide kernel memory addresses "kernel.kptr_restrict" = 2; # Restrict kernel log access "kernel.dmesg_restrict" = 1; # Enable hardened eBPF JIT "kernel.unprivileged_bpf_disabled" = 1; "net.core.bpf_jit_enable" = 1; "net.core.bpf_jit_harden" = 2; # Ignore ICMP redirects "net.ipv4.conf.default.accept_redirects" = 0; "net.ipv6.conf.default.accept_redirects" = 0; "net.ipv4.conf.all.accept_redirects" = 0; "net.ipv6.conf.all.accept_redirects" = 0; # Set default Qdisc "net.core.default_qdisc" = "fq"; # Increase minimum PMTU "net.ipv4.route.min_pmtu" = 1280; # Set default TCP congestion control algorithm "net.ipv4.tcp_congestion_control" = "bbr"; # Enable ECN "net.ipv4.tcp_ecn" = 1; # Enable TCP fast open "net.ipv4.tcp_fastopen" = 3; # Disable TCP slow start after idling "net.ipv4.tcp_slow_start_after_idle" = 0; # Allow re‐use of TCP ports during TIME-WAIT "net.ipv4.tcp_tw_reuse" = 1; # Enable TCP MTU probing "net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probing" = 1; "net.ipv4.tcp_mtu_probe_floor" = 1220; # Increase socket buffer space # default of 16 MiB should be sufficient to saturate 1GE # maximum for 54 MiB sufficient for 10GE "net.core.rmem_default" = 16777216; "net.core.rmem_max" = 56623104; "net.core.wmem_default" = 16777216; "net.core.wmem_max" = 56623104; "net.core.optmem_max" = 65536; "net.ipv4.tcp_rmem" = "4096 1048576 56623104"; "net.ipv4.tcp_wmem" = "4096 65536 56623104"; "net.ipv4.tcp_notsent_lowat" = 16384; "net.ipv4.udp_rmem_min" = 9216; "net.ipv4.udp_wmem_min" = 9216; # Reduce TCP keep‐alive time‐out to 2 minutes "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_time" = 60; "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_probes" = 6; "net.ipv4.tcp_keepalive_intvl" = 10; # Widen local port range "net.ipv4.ip_local_port_range" = "16384 65535"; # Increase default MTU "net.ipv6.conf.default.mtu" = 1452; "net.ipv6.conf.all.mtu" = 1452; # Set traffic class for NDP to CS6 (network control) "net.ipv6.conf.default.ndisc_tclass" = 192; "net.ipv6.conf.all.ndisc_tclass" = 192; # Dirty page cache ratio "vm.dirty_background_ratio" = 3; "vm.dirty_ratio" = 6; }; # Work around initrd generation bug environment.etc."modprobe.d/nixos.conf".text = ""; systemd.tmpfiles.rules = [ "w- /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/enabled - - - - always" "w- /sys/kernel/mm/transparent_hugepage/defrag - - - - defer" ]; }