Re: [secdir] Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels

Dong Zhang <zhangdong_rh@huaweisymantec.com> Mon, 14 September 2009 01:26 UTC

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 09:26:44 +0800
From: Dong Zhang <zhangdong_rh@huaweisymantec.com>
To: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>, Brian E Carpenter <brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [secdir] Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels
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Hi Temlin,

Please see inline.

Templin, Fred L 2009-09-12 Wrote:
>Brian,
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Brian E Carpenter [mailto:brian.e.carpenter@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 4:06 PM
>> To: Templin, Fred L
>> Cc: Christian Huitema; v6ops; ipv6@ietf.org; secdir@ietf.org
>> Subject: Re: Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels
>> 
>> On 2009-09-12 09:13, Templin, Fred L wrote:
>> 
>> (much text deleted)
>> 
>> > Otherwise, the best solution IMHO
>> > would be to allow only routers (and not hosts) on the
>> > virtual links.
>> 
>> This was of course the original intention for 6to4, so
>> that any misconfiguration issues could be limited to presumably
>> trusted staff and boxes. Unfortunately, reality has turned out
>> to be different, with host-based automatic tunnels becoming
>> popular.
>
>Thanks. I was rethinking this a bit after sending, and
>I may have been too premature in saying routers only
>and not hosts.
>
>What I would rather have said was that mechanisms such as
>SEcure Neighbor Discovery (SEND) may be helpful in private
>addressing domains where spoofing is possible. Let me know
>if this makes sense.
>
IMHO, most of the threats of automatic tunnels, like ISATAP and 6to4,
are resulting from spoofing. If SEND or CGA is possible to be used, 
many attacks could be mitigated.

Thx.

>Fred
>fred.l.templin@boeing.com 
>
>> 
>>      Brian
>> 
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Dong Zhang
2009-09-14