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IPv6 Implications for Network Scanning

IPv6 Implications for Network Scanning. Tim Chown University of Southampton (UK) tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk. IETF 66, July 12th 2006 Montreal. Purpose of document. Document different properties of IPv6 networks for network scanning

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IPv6 Implications for Network Scanning

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  1. IPv6 Implicationsfor Network Scanning Tim Chown University of Southampton (UK) tjc@ecs.soton.ac.uk IETF 66, July 12th 2006 Montreal

  2. Purpose of document • Document different properties of IPv6 networks for network scanning • Suggest possible new attack vectors for discovery of host addresses to target • By the usual scanning method • Recommend measures that network administrators may take to mitigate these

  3. Recent changes • In a past life this document used to be • draft-chown-port-scanning-implications-02 • Adopted by WG • Received a number of comments • Improvements: • Addressed comments • Changed to a new structure based on comments

  4. Comments addressed • Avoided any suggestion that IPv6 subnet size makes networks resilient to network scanning • Because other methods to harvest addresses exist • Attackers will scan addresses that they can learn • Restructured to 3 sections: • IPv6 subnet size ‘problem statement’ • Alternative address harvesting methods • Recommendations/suggestions for admins

  5. Subnet size implications • Problem space for IPv6 scanning • Huge subnet size (64 bits) • But can be reduced by heuristics • Systems numbered ::1, ::2, etc • Autoconfiguration uses fixed ‘fffe’ stuffing • Well-known vendor NIC prefixes • Sequential NIC IDs in batches of systems • Dual-stack systems still ‘vulnerable’ via IPv4 • May wish to perform defensive scanning

  6. Alternatives for attackers • ‘New’ ways to harvest IPs • On-link methods • Multicast (including site scope) • Logged or recorded Ips • DNS advertised hosts • DNS zone transfers • Application participation • Transition methods

  7. Measures for admins? • Consider using Privacy Addresses (RFC3041) • Reduces ‘useful lifetime’ of address to attacker who has harvested the address by some means • Adds complexity for network management • Consider DHCPv6 address pools • Don’t allocate from ::1 upwards • Avoid using sequential addresses • Consider rolling server IP addresses • e.g. change advertised MX addresses over time

  8. Next Steps • Comments? • Any anecdotal evidence of (mis)behaviour seen at site firewalls? • Author sees port scanning on advertised IPs • Cited by three(?) other current IDs • WGLC?

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