Re: FW: IP Spoofs in the log - not sure what to do next

From: David Hawley (rhino007_us@yahoo.com)
Date: 04/22/03

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    To: "crawford charles" <biv0uac17@hotmail.com>, ccorbett@aspenwood.com
    From: David Hawley <rhino007_us@yahoo.com>
    
    

    At 05:30 PM 4/21/2003 +0000, crawford charles wrote:
    >Is he terminating a tunnel?
    >
    >C.
    >
    >>From: Chris Corbett [mailto:ccorbett@aspenwood.com]
    >>Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2003 6:18 PM
    >>To: incidents@securityfocus.org
    >>Subject: IP Spoofs in the log - not sure what to do next
    >>
    >>
    >>I have been observing this list for a while and believe this is the right
    >>forum for this post. If not, direct me elsewhere
    >>I am seeing a steady stream of IP Spoofs in a firewall log we track for a
    >>client. Here is a sample
    >>04/16/2003 10:08:15.624 - IP spoof detected - Source:172.175.86.24, LAN-
    >>Destination:24.191.183.249, WAN - MAC address: 00.90.27.xx.xx.xx

    Chris, I will provide some general thoughts, and others will no doubt
    narrow it down. Try and look at this "holistically"
    (from all 10 domains of network security). Physically it could be
    something that an application on that "phat mac" is
    doing, or initiated, perhaps at home over DSL. (such as a background
    picture exchange service, or even what I like to
    call a "denial of service pop-up application" virus.... those annoying
    programs that load onto a PC from HTML...)
    ---------------------
    Also holistically we know that there is a never-ending river of port scans,
    hacker attempts, "tests" by our Govt, experiments,
    etc across the Internet; 24/7 365 days a year (look on any hi profile
    firewall). So of course harden your firewalls (both
    Bastion Hosts and routers, remember to do the usual things like harden SNMP
    passwd's).

    My last contract was with ATSSI.... I don't know how far they have come
    with their products or research, but we were looking
    for a suite of security software that floated above all other network
    devices and proactivly tuned the network (routers, firewalls,
    IDS, sacrificial lambs, internal servers, and hosts, for security based
    upon conditions at the time.

    Don't forger the host security... C2 has been a reality for decades in
    UNIX, also B1 and even A systems... where is Windows?

    LOL, david

    David R. Hawely, ceo/president, CISSP
    UNIX & NT NETWORK SECURITY, LLC
    WWW.123NETSECURITY.NET

    >>All of the sources lead back to 172.128.x.x, 172.162.x.x, 172.138.x.x or
    >>172.175.x.x which show up as AOL registered IP addresses (whois lookup)
    >>
    >>The destination addresses seem to be random, 24.191.183.249, 64.1.1.34,
    >>216.160.20.203 .....nothing I can decipher as a pattern and nothing close to
    >>the network this firewall is "protecting".
    >>
    >>The MAC address listed in the spoof is the same every time, ironically an
    >>Apple computer on this network. This user (on the Apple) will occasionally
    >>use AOL mail via the web (I can't stop them), but they are not using AOL as
    >>their ISP. It's a DSL circuit and ISP services from another provider.
    >>
    >>I am still learning about IP Spoofing and I don't want to overreact, but
    >>from what I read, spoofs should be investigated further and I am at a point
    >>where I am not sure what to look at next. The spoof is being detected by the
    >>firewall and therefore denied, but what else should I be looking for to make
    >>sure this is harmless?
    >>
    >>Is it someone trying to use this network to spoof another network?
    >>
    >>Could it be possible that this Apple machine is being compromised in some
    >>way and being used for spoof attempts?
    >>
    >>Chris Corbett
    >>Aspenwood Technologies, LTD
    >>ccorbett@aspenwood.com
    >>Denver, CO
    >>
    >>Chris Corbett
    >>Aspenwood Technologies, LTD
    >>Denver, CO
    >>303-733-0044 x 303
    >>303-733-4466
    >>
    >>
    >>
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