Re: [secdir] Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels

"Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com> Fri, 12 March 2010 21:13 UTC

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From: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
To: Dmitry Anipko <Dmitry.Anipko@microsoft.com>, Gabi Nakibly <gnakibly@yahoo.com>, v6ops <v6ops@ops.ietf.org>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:13:05 -0800
Thread-Topic: Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels
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Subject: Re: [secdir] Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels
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Hi Dmitry,

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dmitry Anipko [mailto:Dmitry.Anipko@microsoft.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2010 12:54 PM
> To: Templin, Fred L; Gabi Nakibly; v6ops
> Cc: ipv6@ietf.org; secdir@ietf.org
> Subject: RE: Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I wanted to follow up on Fred's comment earlier in this thread:
> 
> >> OK. That will greatly simplify the checks needed for new
> automatic tunneling protocols that have a format other
> than ip-proto-41.
> 
> For the designers of new tunneling protocols, shall perhaps a recommendation on best practices be
> included into the draft or another document, that for the new tunnels a different protocol value /
> format should be used?

Are you are referring here to 'draft-nakibly-v6ops-tunnel-loop-01'?
If so, IMHO this document would be the natural location for such a
recommendation. 

> Examples of such protocol / formats could include using a different next-protocol value, potentially
> with some multiplexing schema if just using different next-protocol values is not scalable, or
> possibly some other format.

Yes, I think it would be very good to declare ip-proto-41 as
fully-developed and recommend that new tunneling protocols use
a different ip protocol number and/or TCP/UDP port number. This
would greatly reduce the concern for having to go back and
revisit tunneling implementations that perform src/dst checks
if a new tunneling protocol happens to emerge. Gabi - do you
have any thoughts on this?

Thanks - Fred
fred.l.templin@boeing.com

> Thank you,
> Dmitry
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ipv6-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:ipv6-bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Templin, Fred L
> Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 1:25 PM
> To: Gabi Nakibly; v6ops
> Cc: ipv6@ietf.org; secdir@ietf.org
> Subject: RE: Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels
> 
> Gabi,
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Gabi Nakibly [mailto:gnakibly@yahoo.com]
> > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 12:07 PM
> > To: Templin, Fred L; v6ops
> > Cc: ipv6@ietf.org; secdir@ietf.org
> > Subject: Re: Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels
> >
> > Correct. All the attacks rely on the fact that the ISATAP router
> encapsulates/decapsulates a packet
> > the 6to4 relay decapsulates/encapsulates, respectively. So the two
> tunnels must have the same
> > encapsulation type.
> 
> OK. That will greatly simplify the checks needed for new
> automatic tunneling protocols that have a format other
> than ip-proto-41.
> 
> Fred
> fred.l.templin@boeing.com
> 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: "Templin, Fred L" <Fred.L.Templin@boeing.com>
> > > To: Gabi Nakibly <gnakibly@yahoo.com>; v6ops <v6ops@ops.ietf.org>
> > > Cc: ipv6@ietf.org; secdir@ietf.org
> > > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:23:03 PM
> > > Subject: RE: Routing loop attacks using IPv6 tunnels
> > >
> > > Gabi,
> > >
> > > Correct me if I am wrong, but if there were a new version
> > > of ISATAP that did not use ip-proto-41 encapsulation but
> > > instead used a different kind of encapsulation, then it
> > > need not concern itself with routing loop interactions
> > > with 6to4 relays since 6to4 relays only know about
> > > ip-proto-41. Does that match your understanding?
> > >
> > > Thanks - Fred
> > > fred.l.templin@boeing.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
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