diff --git a/machines/control/configuration.nix b/machines/control/configuration.nix
index b0d234b..88455cc 100644
--- a/machines/control/configuration.nix
+++ b/machines/control/configuration.nix
@@ -1,8 +1,46 @@
+let
+  world = [ "0.0.0.0/0" "::/0" ];
+
+  zerotier = {
+    direction = "in";
+    protocol = "udp";
+    port = "9993";
+    source_ips = world;
+    description = "ZeroTier";
+  };
+
+  ping = {
+    direction = "in";
+    protocol = "icmp";
+    source_ips = world;
+    description = "ICMP (ping / PMTUD)";
+  };
+
+  dnsRules = [
+    { direction = "in"; protocol = "udp"; port = "53"; source_ips = world; description = "DNS (UDP)"; }
+    { direction = "in"; protocol = "tcp"; port = "53"; source_ips = world; description = "DNS (TCP)"; }
+    zerotier
+    ping
+  ];
+in
 {
   imports = [
-
+    ../../modules/hetzner-firewall.nix
   ];
 
   time.timeZone = "Etc/GMT-3"; # UTC+3 (fixed offset, no DST)
   services.timesyncd.enable = true;
+
+  # Public Hetzner Cloud firewalls, kept in sync from this config on every
+  # deploy. Admin SSH is intentionally not exposed publicly: it rides the
+  # ZeroTier mesh (inside UDP 9993), with emergency-access as the console
+  # fallback if the mesh is ever unreachable.
+  cnx.hetznerFirewall = {
+    enable = true;
+    firewalls = {
+      "clan-control" = [ zerotier ping ];
+      "clan-ns1" = dnsRules;
+      "clan-ns2" = dnsRules;
+    };
+  };
 }
diff --git a/modules/hetzner-firewall.nix b/modules/hetzner-firewall.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a8e995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/hetzner-firewall.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+{ config, lib, pkgs, ... }:
+let
+  cfg = config.cnx.hetznerFirewall;
+in
+{
+  options.cnx.hetznerFirewall = {
+    enable = lib.mkEnableOption "Hetzner Cloud firewall rule sync";
+
+    firewalls = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.attrsOf (lib.types.listOf (lib.types.attrsOf lib.types.anything));
+      default = { };
+      example = lib.literalExpression ''
+        {
+          "clan-control" = [
+            { direction = "in"; protocol = "udp"; port = "9993"; source_ips = [ "0.0.0.0/0" "::/0" ]; }
+          ];
+        }
+      '';
+      description = ''
+        Map of Hetzner Cloud firewall name to its full list of inbound rule
+        objects, written with the Hetzner API field names (direction, protocol,
+        port, source_ips, description). The entire rule set is replaced on each
+        sync, so this is the single source of truth. A firewall that does not
+        exist yet is created (unapplied); applying it to servers is done out of
+        band.
+      '';
+    };
+
+    tokenFile = lib.mkOption {
+      type = lib.types.path;
+      default = config.clan.core.vars.generators.hetzner-firewall.files.token.path;
+      defaultText = lib.literalExpression
+        "config.clan.core.vars.generators.hetzner-firewall.files.token.path";
+      description = "File holding the Hetzner Cloud API token (Read & Write).";
+    };
+  };
+
+  config = lib.mkIf cfg.enable {
+    clan.core.vars.generators.hetzner-firewall = {
+      prompts.token = {
+        description = "Hetzner Cloud API token (Read & Write)";
+        type = "hidden";
+        persist = true;
+      };
+    };
+
+    systemd.services.hetzner-firewall-sync = {
+      description = "Sync Hetzner Cloud firewall rules from Nix config";
+      after = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      wants = [ "network-online.target" ];
+      path = [ pkgs.curl pkgs.jq pkgs.coreutils ];
+      environment.SSL_CERT_FILE = "/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt";
+      serviceConfig = {
+        Type = "oneshot";
+        LoadCredential = "token:${cfg.tokenFile}";
+        DynamicUser = true;
+        ProtectSystem = "strict";
+        ProtectHome = true;
+        PrivateTmp = true;
+        NoNewPrivileges = true;
+      };
+      script = ''
+        set -euo pipefail
+        api="https://api.hetzner.cloud/v1"
+
+        # Keep the bearer token out of process argv: read it from the systemd
+        # credential and stash it in a private (PrivateTmp) 0600 header file.
+        hdr="$(mktemp)"
+        printf 'Authorization: Bearer %s\n' "$(cat "$CREDENTIALS_DIRECTORY/token")" > "$hdr"
+        hapi() {
+          curl -fsS -H @"$hdr" -H "Content-Type: application/json" "$@"
+        }
+
+        ${lib.concatStringsSep "\n" (lib.mapAttrsToList (fwName: rules: ''
+          name=${lib.escapeShellArg fwName}
+          rules=${lib.escapeShellArg (builtins.toJSON rules)}
+          id="$(hapi "$api/firewalls?name=$name" | jq -r '.firewalls[0].id // empty')"
+          if [ -z "$id" ]; then
+            echo "hetzner-firewall: creating $name"
+            jq -n --arg name "$name" --argjson rules "$rules" '{name: $name, rules: $rules}' \
+              | hapi -X POST --data-binary @- "$api/firewalls" > /dev/null
+          else
+            echo "hetzner-firewall: setting rules on $name (id $id)"
+            jq -n --argjson rules "$rules" '{rules: $rules}' \
+              | hapi -X POST --data-binary @- "$api/firewalls/$id/actions/set_rules" > /dev/null
+          fi
+        '') cfg.firewalls)}
+      '';
+    };
+
+    # Re-apply on every `clan machines update` (activation), not just at boot or
+    # when the rule set changes. --no-block keeps it from blocking the switch;
+    # a failed sync is logged to the journal but never fails the deploy.
+    system.activationScripts.hetznerFirewallSync = ''
+      ${config.systemd.package}/bin/systemctl start --no-block hetzner-firewall-sync.service || true
+    '';
+  };
+}