Re: ICMP/SYN Flood

["Muhammad Naseer Bhatti" <mail-lists () digitallinx com>]

Yes, I can always null route the IP at the router and let the traffic block
there. But the question is that how can I prevent to make it not happen
agian in the future. When ever I update the DNS, DDoS can be started at the
new IP again. There should be some kind of protection that can be done at
the router so that it won't let pass the traffic.


-Naseer


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tom Vande Stouwe" <tomv () conpro net>
To: "'Muhammad Naseer Bhatti'" <mail-lists () digitallinx com>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 12:19 AM
Subject: RE: ICMP/SYN Flood


> If the attack is against a particular IP, why not readdress that server
> and update the DNS. It might catch them off guard and the flood can be
> stopped by the IP at the router
>
> Tom
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Muhammad Naseer Bhatti [mailto:mail-lists () digitallinx com]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 10:47 PM
> To: incidents () securityfocus com
> Subject: ICMP/SYN Flood
>
> Hi list ..
>
> I am experiencing a bad DDoS attack toward one of my server. The attack
> is
> pointed to only 1 IP on which a governmental site is hosted. Seems some
> folks don't like the site to stay up. As far as the Server (Linux)
> security
> is concerned, I am able to make that up serving all requests without any
> hesitation. My network with which I am connected to is poorly configured
> and
> allowing the DDoS attack to pass thru their routers. I am getting two
> kind
> of attacks here:
>
> - ICMP Flood
>         Simple ICMP flood from various spoofed hosts. This I know can be
> blocked on the router for the particular IP. Unfortunately the network
> guys
> are still not able to do that.
>
> - SYN Flood
>         Interesting thing. Loots of SYN requests from these kind of
> network/broadcasts towards port 80 only.
>
> 37.72.0.0
> 128.89.0.0
> 173.66.0.0
> 37.155.0.0
> 177.225.0.0
> 37.94.0.0
> 36.162.0.0
> 117.77.0.0
> 151.162.0.0
> 36.216.0.0
> 134.248.0.0
> 175.129.0.0
>
> And the list goes oon .. The question I want to ask here, is the
> network/router poorly configured at my NOC which is allowing
> broadcasts/networks to pass through it? If so, how can I assist them to
> fix
> it? I am not a Cisco guru, so might need someone to give me some hints
> so
> that I can pass that to the poor NOC techs.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Muhammad Naseer


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