errrmmm managed to block DNS tunnelling... crude, but it works

On 14 October 2012 17:10, 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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