If I wanted to steal information, I would copy it to a flash drive and walk out 
the door with it. Keep it simple. :)

sanga collins <[email protected]> wrote:

>In my situation the only outbound traffic from workstations allowed is
>80
>and 443. And even then that is only allowed through one IP, that of the
>proxy server. Proxy server is a Zentyal server. The zentyal server IP
>is
>the only one allowed to send DNS, smtp, ssl etc etc etc.
>
>How would some of the above techniques still work to defeat this setup?
>I
>realize a standard user would not even dream of some of these steps
>like
>ICMP tunneling or DNS tunneling, but lets say a hacker visits one of my
>locations with a laptop and is trying to steal patient information and
>send
>it to a crime syndicate in another country.
>
>Here is a sample of my juniper firewall rules. PLease note this a a
>very
>simplified example please look at it in the context of the discussion.
>Its
>not my exact firewall rule set but it does convey the idea
>
>source = Zentyal / Destination = WAN / Services = DNS,HTTP,HTTPS,SMTP /
>Action = permit
>source = LAN / Destination = Zentyal / Services = DNS,HTTP,HTTPS /
>Action =
>Permit
>source = LAN / Destination = VPN / Services = Custom / Action = Permit
>+ log
>source = LAN / Destination = WAN / Services = ANY / Action = Deny + Log
>source = ANY / Desination = ANY / Services = AMY / Action = Deny + Log
>
>On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Benjamin Tayehanpour <
>[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Oh, and also, many captive portals use DNS as a capture method, so it
>will
>> not work there.
>>
>>
>> On 14 October 2012 16:23, Benjamin Tayehanpour <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> A very easy way of blocking DNS tunnelling (given a forced local DNS
>>> server in your control) would be to block all TXT replies, or even
>to limit
>>> the length of a query so the base32-encoded data simply will not
>fit. None
>>> of these measures would hamper ordinary usage, and both of these are
>>> standard configuration options in BIND, and, I'm sure, in many other
>DNS
>>> daemons, so blocking it is quite trivial.
>>>
>>> But it probably will go unnoticed for quite some time, unless you
>use
>>> disruptive amounts of resources.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 14 October 2012 16:10, Rocco Radisch <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>>  ICMP can be blocked, hence its boring. Look at DNS tunnelling and
>you
>>>> will quickly realise where the real hammer is. Ok, for speed
>reasons an
>>>> openvpn tunnel on udp port 53 might be an alternative if outgoing
>DNS
>>>> traffic is not blocked. DNS tunnelling uses the internal DNS
>servers to
>>>> relay traffic, which is difficult to block. So, with all outbound
>traffic
>>>> blocked and with only access to internal resources it is still
>possible to
>>>> go to Facebook with the help of an internal DNS server ;-) That can
>only be
>>>> mitigated on the DNS server itself and there are not so many
>options yet.
>>>> Snort might be able to tell the difference (if listening on LAN).
>>>> Same principles work with local provider's Hotspot - "please load
>more
>>>> credit" sites. Or, for the tech novices, just look up WiFree. It
>uses all
>>>> mentioned methods (udp, tcp, icmp, dns) seemingly together.
>>>>
>>>> Rocco
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  On 14/10/2012 12:42 PM, [email protected] wrote:
>>>>
>>>> However, most ops have probably not even heard about ICMP
>tunnelling.
>>>> Even if this one has, examining the contents of the ICMP Echo
>payload will
>>>> probably not be the first thing an ordinary op does. She will
>probably
>>>> think you are ICMP flooding the target, though, and that is
>probably a
>>>> graver offence than a little tunnelling.
>>>>
>>>> If it's a public hotspot you probably have nothing much to fear,
>though,
>>>> as you are anonymous and practically impossible to trace.
>>>>
>>>> Phillip Simbwa <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> >The ICMP tunnelling trick was quite nifty. It will light most
>pieces of network
>>>>>>
>>>>>> monitoring softwares up like Christmas trees, though, but chances
>are public
>>>>>> hotspot providers do not monitor traffic that closely.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> My man is working with just a Linksys wireless router <cough>
></cough>
>>>>> If i was one of his stress boys, and my casual reconn indicated
>that
>>>>> the Linksys was his strongest weapon; I wouldn't put much effort
>to it
>>>>> (it would be over kill).
>>>>>
>>>>> But if the wireless router is loaded with ddwrt, i would tread
>more
>>>>> carefully -- the network admin may not be the ordinary nice guy.
>He
>>>>> may have a few surprises up his sleeve (e.g dumping  logs from the
>>>>> Linksys to some remote server for ana
>>>>>  lysis).
>>>>> In such a situation,
>>>>> going with ICMP/DNS tunneling is like carrying a knife to a gun
>fight.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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