Re: [dns-operations] query source port 53,

2012-06-12 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <201206130045.q5d0joit078...@aurora.sol.net>, Joe Greco writes: > > > > > > In message <201206122327.q5cnru5s077...@aurora.sol.net>, Joe Greco writes: > > > > In message , > Ton > > > y Fi > > > > nch writes: > > > > > Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps because it i

Re: [dns-operations] query source port 53,

2012-06-12 Thread Joe Greco
> > > In message <201206122327.q5cnru5s077...@aurora.sol.net>, Joe Greco writes: > > > In message , > > > Ton > > y Fi > > > nch writes: > > > > Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps because it is a legitimate, though unwise, client source port > > > > > that is in lots of old configu

Re: [dns-operations] query source port 53,

2012-06-12 Thread Mark Andrews
In message <201206122327.q5cnru5s077...@aurora.sol.net>, Joe Greco writes: > > In message , Ton > y Fi > > nch writes: > > > Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > > > > > Perhaps because it is a legitimate, though unwise, client source port > > > > that is in lots of old configurations. > > > > > > > >

Re: [dns-operations] query source port 53,

2012-06-12 Thread Joe Greco
> In message , Tony > Fi > nch writes: > > Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > > > Perhaps because it is a legitimate, though unwise, client source port > > > that is in lots of old configurations. > > > > > > listen-on { ; }; > > > query-source * port 53; > > > > I did this back in the 1990s becaus

Re: [dns-operations] query source port 53, was Re: Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Mark Andrews
In message , Tony Fi nch writes: > Mark Andrews wrote: > > > > Perhaps because it is a legitimate, though unwise, client source port > > that is in lots of old configurations. > > > > listen-on { ; }; > > query-source * port 53; > > I did this back in the 1990s because it worked around o

Re: [dns-operations] "bad infosec economics " Re:

2012-06-12 Thread David Miller
On 6/12/2012 12:34 PM, Edward Lewis wrote: > At 14:18 + 6/10/12, Paul Vixie wrote: > >> thinking about or acting against ANY is bad infosec economics. > > This I agree with. Here are some of my knee-jerk, anti-filtering > thoughts: > > 1 - DNS providers are paid to answer questions, not drop t

Re: [dns-operations] dns response rate limiting (DNS RRL) patch available for testing

2012-06-12 Thread Paul Vixie
On 6/12/2012 8:13 PM, Florian Weimer wrote: > * Paul Vixie: > >> Vernon Schryver and Paul Vixie have been working on DNS Response Rate >> Limiting (DNS RRL) as a patch set to BIND9 (9.9.1-P1 or 9.8.3-P1) and we >> are ready for broader external testing. > It seems rather straightforward to force re

Re: [dns-operations] dns response rate limiting (DNS RRL) patch available for testing

2012-06-12 Thread Florian Weimer
* Paul Vixie: > Vernon Schryver and Paul Vixie have been working on DNS Response Rate > Limiting (DNS RRL) as a patch set to BIND9 (9.9.1-P1 or 9.8.3-P1) and we > are ready for broader external testing. It seems rather straightforward to force recursive resolvers to hit the rate limit. Why isn't

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread DTNX Postmaster
On Jun 10, 2012, at 23:59, Kyle Creyts wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:33 PM, Paul Vixie wrote: >>> I'm afraid we may need more control. If my clients are generating a DDoS >>> attack at 20 responses per second, and I limit this to 5 per second - >>> the C&C can get the same effect by mobilizi

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread DTNX Postmaster
On Jun 12, 2012, at 14:46, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 01:25:06PM +0200, > DTNX Postmaster wrote > a message of 37 lines which said: > >> Google is known to be obsessed with latency, for example, so I >> wouldn't be suprised if they deliberately request ANY and then par

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Vernon Schryver
> From: sth...@nethelp.no > I have several gigabytes of pcap from *my* DNS clients indicating that > for the majority of clients this is *not* the case. Source port is > generally >= 1024 and seems pretty randomized (without having done any > deeper analysis of this). A small minority of clients a

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Peter Koch
{warning to self: sliding off topic} On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 02:46:12PM +, Vernon Schryver wrote: > Besides, local DNSSEC validating, regardless of ISP port 53 blocks, > is the fix for those concerns. not really. It helps "mitigate" lies, but does not reinstantiate access to helpfully suppr

Re: [dns-operations] "bad infosec economics " Re:

2012-06-12 Thread Tony Finch
Edward Lewis wrote: > We've collectively known about Dan Bernstein's use of t=ANY for a decade > and we know he's reluctant to listen to calls for change nor make the > change. It's a bit unfair to blame DJB for bugs in software he abandoned 14 years ago and which is now maintained by other peop

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Warren Kumari
On Jun 12, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Vernon Schryver wrote: >> From: Tony Finch > >>> Yes, how is BCP 38 deployment going? >> >> Someone on NANOG recently mentioned http://spoofer.csail.mit.edu/ > > http://rbeverly.net/research/papers/spoofer-imc09.html > and the last slides in > http://rbeverly.net

[dns-operations] "bad infosec economics " Re:

2012-06-12 Thread Edward Lewis
At 14:18 + 6/10/12, Paul Vixie wrote: thinking about or acting against ANY is bad infosec economics. This I agree with. Here are some of my knee-jerk, anti-filtering thoughts: 1 - DNS providers are paid to answer questions, not drop traffic. 2 - Rate limits that are not managed eventuall

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread sthaug
> People have been repeating the "DNS clients send from port 53" claim > for almost as long as others talking about blocking port 25. Is > it valid for consumer ISP customers? I bet not, but I don't know. I have several gigabytes of pcap from *my* DNS clients indicating that for the majority of

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Vernon Schryver
> From: Tony Finch > > Yes, how is BCP 38 deployment going? > > Someone on NANOG recently mentioned http://spoofer.csail.mit.edu/ http://rbeverly.net/research/papers/spoofer-imc09.html and the last slides in http://rbeverly.net/research/papers/spoofer-imc09-presentation.pdf suggest that relying

Re: [dns-operations] dns response rate limiting (DNS RRL) patch available for testing

2012-06-12 Thread Ken A
On 6/12/2012 10:16 AM, Vernon Schryver wrote: From: Ken A To: dns-operati...@mail.dns-oarc.net On a authoritative + recursive server, instead of a separate view, we use: acl "trusted" { x.x.x.x/z; }; allow-recursion { trusted; }; Is there any way to apply this patch so that it does not affe

Re: [dns-operations] dns response rate limiting (DNS RRL) patch available for testing

2012-06-12 Thread Vernon Schryver
> From: Ken A > To: dns-operati...@mail.dns-oarc.net > On a authoritative + recursive server, instead of a separate view, we use: > acl "trusted" { x.x.x.x/z; }; > allow-recursion { trusted; }; > > Is there any way to apply this patch so that it does not affect a > specific acl, such as "trusted

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Tony Finch
Vernon Schryver wrote: > > Yes, how is BCP 38 deployment going? Someone on NANOG recently mentioned http://spoofer.csail.mit.edu/ Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finchhttp://dotat.at/ Biscay: West or northwest 4 or 5, occasionally 3 later. Moderate. Thundery showers. Good.

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Carlos M. Martinez
I don't really think that is the ISPs business to 'correct' 'unwise' behaviour on the part of equipment. The devil is in the details. What does an ISP mean by 'correct' or what is 'unwise' ? Whatever filtering you can currently seem a 'good idea' quickly becomes abused, misunderstood and applied l

Re: [dns-operations] No to port blocking! (Was: Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Warren Kumari
On Jun 12, 2012, at 4:14 AM, Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 03:32:56AM +, > Vernon Schryver wrote > a message of 76 lines which said: > >> Joe and Joan should be using their ISP's validating, load balancing, >> well (or at least somewhat) maintained DNS servers, just

Re: [dns-operations] dns response rate limiting (DNS RRL) patch available for testing

2012-06-12 Thread Paul Vixie
On 2012-06-12 2:33 PM, Ken A wrote: > > On a authoritative + recursive server, instead of a separate view, we > use: > acl "trusted" { x.x.x.x/z; }; > allow-recursion { trusted; }; > > Is there any way to apply this patch so that it does not affect a > specific acl, such as "trusted" addresses? no

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Vernon Schryver
> From: Nicholas Suan > However since 53/udp is stateless, and 25/tcp is not, you cast a much > wider net blocking port 53 inbound than you do with port 25. At least with > port 25 you can look at the tcp flags and recognize this is a new connection > without keeping connection state. Either I d

Re: [dns-operations] dns response rate limiting (DNS RRL) patch available for testing

2012-06-12 Thread Ken A
On a authoritative + recursive server, instead of a separate view, we use: acl "trusted" { x.x.x.x/z; }; allow-recursion { trusted; }; Is there any way to apply this patch so that it does not affect a specific acl, such as "trusted" addresses? Or, is it recommended/required that we configure

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 01:25:06PM +0200, DTNX Postmaster wrote a message of 37 lines which said: > Google is known to be obsessed with latency, for example, so I > wouldn't be suprised if they deliberately request ANY and then parse > and cache the results for a multitude of uses. But that's

[dns-operations] query source port 53, was Re: Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Tony Finch
Mark Andrews wrote: > > Perhaps because it is a legitimate, though unwise, client source port > that is in lots of old configurations. > > listen-on { ; }; > query-source * port 53; I did this back in the 1990s because it worked around occasional interop problems, I think caused by ov

Re: [dns-operations] Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Gilles Massen
On 06/12/2012 05:32 AM, Vernon Schryver wrote: > Joe and Joan should be using their ISP's validating, load balancing, > well (or at least somewhat) maintained DNS servers, just as they should > be using their ISP's SMTP systems. > Just as Apple, Adobe, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla are now insta

[dns-operations] No to port blocking! (Was: Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?

2012-06-12 Thread Stephane Bortzmeyer
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 03:32:56AM +, Vernon Schryver wrote a message of 76 lines which said: > Joe and Joan should be using their ISP's validating, load balancing, > well (or at least somewhat) maintained DNS servers, just as they > should be using their ISP's SMTP systems. A strong NO h

Re: [dns-operations] baby/bathwater [Re: Why would an MTA issue an ANY query instead of an MX query?]

2012-06-12 Thread Dobbins, Roland
On Jun 12, 2012, at 1:44 PM, Peter Koch wrote: > Are we sure the problem is only with the CPEs? It most definitely is not. The *real* problem is, to beat the dead horse yet again, lack of anti-spoofing deployment at the access edge. The rest of this discussion is tactical. --