[chord] RE: [Planetlab-support] UDP traffic to planetlab1.cse.nd.edu andplanetlab2.cse.nd.edu

Michael Walfish mwalfish at lcs.mit.edu
Thu Aug 14 17:50:46 EDT 2003


I should have read more carefully -- the 30001 port packets (mit6) are my
fault.  I've killed lsd on the nd.edu planetlab nodes.

| Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 13:30:37 -0700
| From: Paul Brett <paul.brett at planet-lab.org>
| To: 'Frank Dabek' <fdabek at mit.edu>, Surendar Chandra <surendar at nd.edu>
| Cc: chord at amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu, planetlab-support at lists.sourceforge.net,
|      mit6 at slice.planet-lab.org, mit4 at slice.planet-lab.org
| Subject: [chord]  RE: [Planetlab-support] UDP traffic to
|     planetlab1.cse.nd.edu andplanetlab2.cse.nd.edu
| 
| Frank
| 
| This traffic is also being generated my mit6, which is running chord and
| lsd.  I don't know of any changes in the network stack on PlanetLab
| nodes that would account for this.
| 
| Surrendar
| 
| Now that we have isolated the traffic to particular research
| experiments, would it be possible to modify your IDS rules to ignore
| these packets?
| 
| Regards
| 
| Paul Brett
| PlanetLab Support
| Email: paul.brett at planet-lab.org
| Tel No: +1 503 712 4520
| 
| 
| 
| |    -----Original Message-----
| |    From: Frank Dabek [mailto:fdabek at MIT.EDU] 
| |    Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 12:24 PM
| |    To: BRETT, PAUL
| |    Cc: mit4 at slice.planet-lab.org; Surendar Chandra; 
| |    planetlab-support at lists.sourceforge.net; 
| |    chord at amsterdam.lcs.mit.edu
| |    Subject: RE: [Planetlab-support] UDP traffic to 
| |    planetlab1.cse.nd.edu andplanetlab2.cse.nd.edu
| |    
| |    
| |    Brett,
| |    
| |    	That looks like our traffic (at least the last few 
| |    packets, based on
| |    port numbers). I've killed my processes on those nodes. 
| |    uscd is running
| |    chord as well: they may be responsible for the other packets. 
| |    
| |    However, the processes were not setting bits in the IP 
| |    header in any
| |    deliberate way. They simply call "send" to generate UDP 
| |    RPC packets.
| |    Perhaps some of the modifications you guys made to the 
| |    network stack are
| |    causing problems again? I'll run some tests on 
| |    non-planetlab nodes and
| |    let you know what I find.
| |    
| |    --Frank
| |    
| |    On Thu, 2003-08-14 at 18:58, BRETT, PAUL wrote:
| |    > The mit4 account appears to be generating UDP traffic on 
| |    all planetlab
| |    > nodes with both the IP Don't Fragment and More Fragments 
| |    bits set, which
| |    > is flooding the Intrusion Detection System at Notre 
| |    Dame.  For example:
| |    > 
| |    > [root at planetlab1 root]# /usr/local/planetlab/bin/tcpdump 
| |    -lvvvn 'ip[6:1]
| |    > & 0x60 = 0x60'
| |    > tcpdump: listening on eth0
| |    > 18:48:21.066137 129.105.44.80.56210 > 
| |    129.74.50.140.30001: udp 1536
| |    > (frag 55961:1480 at 0+) (ttl 57, len 1500)
| |    > 18:48:21.077132 129.105.44.80.56210 > 
| |    129.74.50.140.30001: udp 1536
| |    > (frag 55962:1480 at 0+) (ttl 57, len 1500)
| |    > 18:48:21.092004 129.105.44.80.56210 > 
| |    129.74.50.140.30001: udp 1536
| |    > (frag 55963:1480 at 0+) (ttl 57, len 1500)
| |    > 18:48:58.390390 128.197.13.32.46307 > 
| |    129.74.50.140.11977: udp 1536
| |    > (frag 34327:1480 at 0+) (ttl 53, len 1500)
| |    > 18:48:58.428373 128.197.13.32.46307 > 
| |    129.74.50.140.11977: udp 1536
| |    > (frag 34328:1480 at 0+) (ttl 53, len 1500)
| |    > 18:49:33.159906 128.84.154.49.52210 > 
| |    129.74.50.140.11977: udp 1536
| |    > (frag 24266:1480 at 0+) (ttl 51, len 1500)
| |    > 18:49:33.223503 128.84.154.49.52210 > 
| |    129.74.50.140.11977: udp 1536
| |    > (frag 24267:1480 at 0+) (ttl 51, len 1500)
| |    > 18:49:33.286100 128.84.154.49.52210 > 
| |    129.74.50.140.11977: udp 1536
| |    > (frag 24268:1480 at 0+) (ttl 51, len 1500)
| |    > 
| |    > Could you please discontinue use of the Notre Dame 
| |    University nodes
| |    > until this issue has been addressed.
| |    > 
| |    > Thanks in anticipation.  If you have any queries, please 
| |    do not hesitate
| |    > to contact me.
| |    > 
| |    > Paul Brett
| |    > PlanetLab Support
| |    > Email: paul.brett at planet-lab.org
| |    > Tel No: +1 503 712 4520
| |    > 
| |    > 
| |    > 
| |    > |    -----Original Message-----
| |    > |    From: Bowman, Mic 
| |    > |    Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 10:11 AM
| |    > |    To: BRETT, PAUL
| |    > |    Cc: Surendar Chandra; 
| |    planetlab-support at lists.sourceforge.net
| |    > |    Subject: FW: [Planetlab-support] UDP traffic to 
| |    > |    planetlab1.cse.nd.edu and planetlab2.cse.nd.edu
| |    > |    
| |    > |    
| |    > |    Paul, I sent this on to you earlier in the week. Did you 
| |    > |    make any progress?
| |    > |    
| |    > |    --Mic
| |    > |    
| |    > |    -----Original Message-----
| |    > |    From: Surendar Chandra [mailto:surendar at nd.edu] 
| |    > |    Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 09:42 AM
| |    > |    To: Bowman, Mic
| |    > |    Cc: planetlab-support at lists.sourceforge.net
| |    > |    Subject: Re: [Planetlab-support] UDP traffic to 
| |    > |    planetlab1.cse.nd.edu and planetlab2.cse.nd.edu
| |    > |    
| |    > |    
| |    > |    Hello, Any further help on this traffic? The planetlab 
| |    > |    machines are  
| |    > |    massively triggering
| |    > |    our local IDS system.
| |    > |    
| |    > |    Thanks much
| |    > |    -S
| |    > |    
| |    > |    > -----Original Message-----
| |    > |    > From: Surendar Chandra [mailto:surendar at nd.edu]
| |    > |    > Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 11:46 AM
| |    > |    > To: planetlab-support at lists.sourceforge.net
| |    > |    > Subject: [Planetlab-support] UDP traffic to 
| |    > |    planetlab1.cse.nd.edu and 
| |    > |    > planetlab2.cse.nd.edu
| |    > |    >
| |    > |    >
| |    > |    > Our system support at Notre Dame observed a big leap in 
| |    > |    badly formed 
| |    > |    > traffic to both Planetlab1 and Planetlab2.  For 
| |    > |    instance, so far this 
| |    > |    > morning, Snort has logged 1020 \"bad frag bits\" 
| |    signatures for 
| |    > |    > Planetlab1 and 964 such events for Planetlab2 (UDP 
| |    > |    traffic in both 
| |    > |    > cases). Is this some traffic that we need to 
| |    worry? I tried to 
| |    > |    > directly send email using the corresponding web portal, 
| |    > |    but it doesn't 
| |    > |    > pick up any email address or name (of the 
| |    researcher for this 
| |    > |    > traffic).
| |    > |    >
| |    > |    > Thanks much
| |    > |    > -S
| |    > |    > --
| |    > |    > Surendar Chandra
| |    > |    > Asst. Professor, Computer Science & Engg., Notre Dame 
| |    > |    > http://www.cse.nd.edu/~surendar/
| |    > |    >
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