{lib, pkgs, config, ...}: {

  # using https://github.com/greaka/ops/blob/818be4c4dea9129abe0f086d738df4cb0bb38288/apps/restic/options.nix as a base
  options = {
    skynet_firewall = {
      enable = lib.mkEnableOption {
        default = false;
        example = true;
        description = "Skynet Firewall";
        type = lib.types.bool;
      };
      forward = lib.mkOption {
        default = [ ];
        type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.str;
        description = ''
          A list of routes to forward
        '';
      };

      own = {
        ip = lib.mkOption {
           default = "127.0.0.1";
           type = lib.types.str;
           description = ''
             IP of the firewall
           '';
        };

        ports = {
          tcp = lib.mkOption {
            default = [ ];
            type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.int;
            description = ''
              A list of TCP ports for the machiene running the firewall
            '';
          };

          udp = lib.mkOption {
            default = [ ];
            type = lib.types.listOf lib.types.int;
            description = ''
              A list of UDP ports for the machiene running the firewall
            '';
          };

        };

      };
    };
  };

  config = lib.mkIf config.skynet_firewall.enable {
    # disable default firewall to enable nftables
    networking.firewall.enable = false;
    networking.nftables.enable = true;

    # fules for the firewall
    # beware of EOL conversion.
    networking.nftables.ruleset =
      ''
      # Check out https://wiki.nftables.org/ for better documentation.
      # Table for both IPv4 and IPv6.
      table ip nat {
        chain prerouting {
          type nat hook prerouting priority dstnat; policy accept;

          # forward anything with port 2222 to this specific ip
          # tcp dport 2222 counter packets 0 bytes 0 dnat to 193.1.99.76:22

          # forward http/s traffic from 76 to 123
          # ip daddr 193.1.99.76 tcp dport 80 counter packets 0 bytes 0 dnat to 193.1.99.123:80
          # ip daddr 193.1.99.76 tcp dport 443 counter packets 0 bytes 0 dnat to 193.1.99.123:443
        }

        chain postrouting {
          type nat hook postrouting priority srcnat; policy accept;

          # the internal network
          ip saddr 172.20.20.0/23 counter packets 0 bytes 0 masquerade
        }

        chain output {
          type nat hook output priority -100; policy accept;
        }
      }

      table ip filter {
        chain input {
          type filter hook input priority filter; policy accept;

          # for the host machiene
          # TCP
          ${lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: x + "\n") (map (port: "tcp dport ${toString port} counter packets 0 bytes 0 accept") config.skynet_firewall.own.ports.tcp)}

          # UDP
          ${lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: x + "\n") (map (port: "udp dport ${toString port} counter packets 0 bytes 0 accept") config.skynet_firewall.own.ports.udp)}
        }

        chain forward {
          type filter hook forward priority filter; policy drop;
          counter packets 0 bytes 0 jump rejects

          # accept these ip/ports
          # ip saddr 193.1.99.123 tcp dport 443 counter packets 0 bytes 0 accept

          # can basically make each machiene responsibile for their own forwarding (in config at least)
          ${lib.strings.concatMapStrings (x: x + "\n") config.skynet_firewall.forward}

          counter packets 0 bytes 0 reject with icmp type admin-prohibited
        }

        chain output {
          type filter hook output priority filter; policy accept;

          # no outgoing limits (for now)
        }

        chain fail2ban-ssh {
          # ban these
          # ip saddr 104.236.151.120 counter packets 0 bytes 0 drop
          counter packets 0 bytes 0 return
        }

        chain rejects {
          # Reject all these
          # ip saddr 220.119.33.251 counter packets 0 bytes 0 reject with icmp type admin-prohibited
        }
      }
      '';

  };


}