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                        weko
                    
                    
                        Stupid _
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:26:56] <weko_> Fake floodfill spamming
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:27:03] <weko_> Floodfills: 7717
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:32:50] <weko_> zzz: dr|z3d have you floodfill profiling?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:33:29] <weko_> Floodfills: 7454
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:33:29] <weko_> Normal value is 1700-1900
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [11:01:08] <weko_> Check stats.i2p...
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:15:01] <weko_> Attack on the network
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:15:04] <weko_> Very big
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:15:14] <weko_> Tunnel creation success rate: 5%
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [10:15:14] <weko_> Total tunnel creation success rate: 30%
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        now that you mention it, weko, I see a fairly huge spike in ff's.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        For now attack eneded
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Ended
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Floodfills: 1787
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        around twice that here.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        let's see if there's anything shared.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Previous attack and current attack?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        It is maybe tor attacker. Vort said it is similar to attack for tor, what attacker changing behavior and have some pauses
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        dr|z3d: have java i2p floodfill profiling?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        what sort of profiling are you thinking?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        dr|z3d: alive/dead RI
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        We shouldnt use floodfill before we verify what RI is alive
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        I think it is problem in this case
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        I don't think the attack's over. Seeing floodfill count increase here.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        dr|z3d: in 5 times for several hours?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        And go back in 10 minutes?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        It is attack, sure.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        haven't been watching, but I'll add some graphs to keep an eye on the count.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        See stats.i2p
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        I seen 7-8k floodfill count, while normal values is 1700-1900. And it is while TCSR is 5%. For now it is 25%
                    
                
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        I writed in attack time, but I forgot about _ in nickname
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        (
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        wrote*
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        We need really good profiler and tools for detect such attackers
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Torrents been not working, some sites been not working. 
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        It is big issue I think
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        sure, it's definitely having an impact.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [12:20:30] <dr|z3d> I don't think the attack's over. Seeing floodfill count increase here.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Oh, I miss understood.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        As we can see, different users have different timings in attack ending
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        For now, have you big now of ff?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        num*
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        not huge, more than normal. ~2.5K or more, depending on router.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Hm, for me and other in #dev (i2pd), attack ended. But not on the one time
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        I see big increase of TCSR after ending for me
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        From 5% to 26%
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        I think reason is algorithms
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Attack again
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        12k FFs
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        13... WTF
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        15k
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Tunnel creation success rate: 5%
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        14k, go back to normal value
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I see 6.5K floodfiils
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        If there was any doubt before that the network was under attack, there should be none now.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Sure
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I caught one culprit but I think there's more, gotta tweak my logging and restart
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        we need to unserstand if all these new floodfiils are valid
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        e.g. their IPs are reachable, they flood and respond to lookups
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        they are not responding
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        then it's much easier
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        yup, that's the problem. just sitting there fielding requests and dropping them.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        hence super low build success.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        zzz they are not respnding to connect or requests?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        lookups, orignal 
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        auto-session ban for ff's that fail to respond to x queries in y interval?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        or perhaps even better, carry over to next session as per sybils.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I'm wodering if their IPs are real
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and if they are ipv4 I'm wodering where did they get them from
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        could be spoofed addresses, sure, orignal 
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        a lot of what appeared to be crud ffs weren't resolving via rdns.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        no I mean can you establish NTCP2 session with them?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        gaah NPE in my logging, gotta restart again
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        of course I'll work on mitigations but so far java routers seem to be hanging tough
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        for some definition of tough. part traffic on usually fast routers taken a dive.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        also seen firewalled router fail to build any tunnels for at least 1/2 hour.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I don't remeber if I check IP during handshake
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        but will add
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        both my routers and the network stats look pretty good
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        attack wasn't network-wide, seem to hit some routers and not others.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        zzz but number of floodfiils
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        what do you see?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        same as what the ilita guys are seeing
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        <zzz> NTCP2-only, random IP, cost: 3, XfR, random port
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I'm asking about number of floodfills on your routers
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        quantiy?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        *quantity?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        yes
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        how many
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        we see from 5K to 15K now
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        everywhere
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        same
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so you do see bucnh of floodfill?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        yes
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        same as what the ilita guys are seeing
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so are you able to connect to them with NTCP2?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        e.g. they publish real IP rather than spoofed
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I don't think they are real, but I don't know for sure
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        then you should see bunch of connect errors in your log
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I'm working on mitigations while I wait for my logging to kick in
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: so, how can I grep my logs for connection errors? Info level
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        like I said I caught one culprit, looking for more
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        ~4K floodfills on a firewalled router.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        10m uptime, 0 services up.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        1% build success.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        1800, 6 hours, 18%
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        Floodfill Sort
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                             • Bad: [ZGwjo3] [ZG0tJp] [ZEnMpb] [ZF6Zh0] [ZC~LN5] [ZCxMt3] [ZA3kYm] [ZAqRsL] [ZBBGw7] [ZBF-XD] [ZO~Dp9] [ZOJQf6]
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        Floodfill Sort
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                             • Bad: [CQvRk8] [CQhEJI] [CQ0zzO] [CQecCp] [CQSTN9] [CRv~-w] [CRkRki] [CR4Xwi] [CROpLE] [CS~NYo] [CWsuky] [CWy1vl] 
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        Floodfill Sort
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                             • Bad: [94UZxs] [95vw0s] [986cQQ] [99Fqt4] [9zDjws] [91ZCwW] [92Y1GV] [93btJX] [9oxPTN] [9oADSS] [9p027k] [9prluo] 
                    
                
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        What with first plot
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        good news is, we all know what we're doing this week ))
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Haha
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Vort checked, and found address 
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        0.176.100.180 0.240.43.157 0.98.68.8 127.11.253.126
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        all bogons by the looks of things.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        zzz: are you checking, what when you make connection in ssu2/ntcp2, peer sending you same IP in RI what it actually have
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        no
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        I think we shoud
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        FYI I temporarily shut down stats.i2p
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        zzz: sorry, I meant "receive connection"
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        if peer is firewalled there's no IP in RI
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        please give all your ideas to orignal, I don't need any more ideas for Java I2P right now :)
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I've coded about 5 mitigations and working on a few more
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        zzz: it isn't my idea
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        It is orignal's idea
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        zzz: if peer is FW, then we don't connect to peer often
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Are you check or no?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        no
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        dr|z3d, you have any mitigation code or ideas to contribute?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        increasing isj concurrency, perhaps, might help. could check the build fail rate and increase when super low.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I'm thinking the opposite.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        could also count consecutive lookup failures from floodfills, and blocklist if they repeatedly fail to respond.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        looking up bad ffs just gets you more bad ffs in the DBSRM
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        we've already got hourly/daily success/failure rates for ffs.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        but let me know if you come up with anything
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        could do something with those.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        my preference would be for a banlist for repeat non-responders.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        is it worth firing of a periodic ff test on the job queue to validate ffs?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        also, what about introducing a minimum threshold for usage? if the router's not been up/known long enough, just avoid it.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I have about 7 mitigations coded and in various stages of testing
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        ok, when are they likely to land?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        "usage" means what here?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        usage meaning sending requests for RIs or LSs.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        if someone can spin up 4K ff's and the network just blindly starts using them, then we need some speed bumps.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        we have some of that now in FloodfillPeerSelector and that's one of the places I'm tweaking
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        ok
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        re: land, few days maybe? I want to see where this is headed and also find out if people's routers are OOMing or otherwise dying
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        also waiting to see if any of my traps spring
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        any value in extending the sybil scan to look at ffs?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        that's all the scan looks at by default
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        yeah, but it's just checking for ip ranges right now, no?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        right, it's doing sybil stuff
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        and various other attributes, but not success rate of ff replies?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        "hostile router scanner"
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        it's not running often enough to be helpful here imho
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        anything suspicious about ffs only on ntcp2, no ssu?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        makes it more obvious they're bogus, sure
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        seeing a fair few of those here.
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        Lazy coding, it's easier to spit out fake routers when you only code for one fake transport.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        well, if they _are_ bogus, then what about a simple precondition that ff's need ssu and ntcp enabled?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        easy to avoid them entirely.
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        Simpler yet, prefer ff's you have actually connected to previously (but we probably already do that to some extent).
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        I think there are legitimate use cases for NTCP2 only.  Some providers block UDP (fewer now than in the past).
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        here are a few ntcp only ffs that all conveniently appear consecutively in the netdb I'm looking at:
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        tesCZsJ-v1ZNXx7xPTpTWTp1bKyxVgVVf3ix5PTN5~E=
                     
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        jGp2Kcv1MpOJmUyfdpP7dl~tsFpjsUKDYPJFE0Rjlu4=
                     
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        GDYXNAXE6HZbH80HSVj3ggiUgOeroB14isFVf0vtvxQ=
                     
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        kkc2m02ozB6FpgnPMPjFHSrSBZbGcV5JKBH8olbAbPw=
                     
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        8k~HA71ZI09WUbWejlw9Sa-4O8D8eUIJ-o0gZdq9t4A=
                     
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        that's enough to be going on with.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        don't need a list
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        there may well be, obscuratus, but if you're being blocked by your provider, then maybe you shouldn't be running as a ff.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        so preconditions could be checked before consulting a ff, and when enabling in the router.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        just search XfR
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        yup.
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        If all this attacker has to do is expand there code to fake SSU also, we don't acheive that much.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        sure we do, we make it more expensive to run the attack.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        and maybe root out some poorly performing bona fide ffs at the same time.
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        On the bright side, we held up pretty well.  But it does seem like it's been clearly demonstrated to us that spitting out thousands of fake routers (ff or not) is something we have to consider.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        agreed
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                                    for (RouterAddress ra : info.getAddresses()) {
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                                        if (!ra.getTransportStyle().equals("SSU"))
                     
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                                            noSSU = true;
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                                    }
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        that's about all that's needed to make sure the ff has SSU, no?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        that has at least two bugs in 4 lines of code
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        1 of them being not checking for ssu2, presumably.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        yes
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        :)
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        the boolean is defined above, but you knew that so I doubt that's bug #2.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        noSSU = true;
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        for ...
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                            if (SSU or SSU2) {
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                                noSSU = false;
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                                   break;
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        I have to do that if I've already specified boolean noSSU = false; above?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        I thought I didn't, and we assume the ff has ssu2 until we check.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        as soon as it hits NTCP2 you're setting noSSU to true
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        but I don't think this is a very useful line of defense, as obscuratus points out that's just the symptom du jour
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        sure, might not be effective long term, but used with the banlist it'll get a good collection of potentially hostile routers to look at.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        zzz let me explain
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        when you receive SessionConfirmed and find an addesss for "s" with valid IP do you compare it with endpoint?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        why NTCP2 only it's obvious
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        no we don't
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        69 floodfills caught within the first 5m of uptime.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I remeber you mentioned that you did
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        if you don't, may I ask you what's the reason?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        when you receive SessionConfirmed you know enpoint
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and if you peers published an address he is not connected from it means spoofing
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I don't think it's ever been proposed
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I'm going to do it
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        any objections or drawbacks?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        it might hurt people using proxies or that just switched their IP... maybe?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        also, I don't think it's going to do anything to fix today's netdb spam
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        people using proxies and publishing thier IPs?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        it would
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        pretty sure they aren't real routers
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        this idiot wouldn't be able to connect to floodfills to publish himself
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        do you want me explain how there were created?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        and the one router I think I caught was not publishing an IP
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        sure, go ahed
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        floodfill not publishing IP? how come?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I have the parameter host= in config
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        tell me your theory, then I'll tell you mine
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        the reason of this parameter when you have to use NTCP2-only for some reason
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        but know your external IP for some reason
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        honestly this parameter was there from days when I didn't have SSU
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        but need to oublish NTCP address 
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so some idiot from kislitsa has generated bunch of floodfilld with random IP in this param
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        that's all
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        example
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        NTCP2\00vhost=127.11.253.126;
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        caps=XfR;
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and only NTCP2 address in FF
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        ok, so you think it is a real router?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I think it's thousands of real routers
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        coming from the same real endpoint
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and my idea will work perfectly in this scenario
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        Hhhmm, sounds like something simple I could replicate on my testing network.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        such moron will not be able to publish himself unless he ....
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        let's not simplify his life
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: it cannot be real routers. 127.0/8 not real router
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        obscuratus 100%
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        just set any random IP to host in your confim and turn off SSU2
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        weko routers are real they just publish spoofed IP
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        how? I explained above
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        so what, he's running a thousand routers on one computer, say for 10 minutes, then stops them all, changes IP, restarts?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: but it can be one routers who just generate RIs with rundom IPs
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Random*
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        maybe on 10 computers
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Maybe
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Not 1000
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        zzz he didn't change IP
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        why not validate the ntcp address published in the RI before attempting to talk to the router?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        This IPs actually don't run I2P routers
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        we had them in configs
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I mean IP in the RI, not real IP
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        before start
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I think he created many config files with different IP in it
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        just send a packet to the port, response ? continue : ban.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and start all toghters
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        dr|z3d do we have such packet peer must repond to?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        orignal: must be something we can send that will elicit a reponse.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        (or not)
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        we don't have such message afaik
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        ok, interesting theory, my theory was that they were not real routers
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        so let's try to prove one of the theories
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        tell me yours
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        not real routers, just an attacker router spamming out netdb stores with fake RIs
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        orignal: even just testing that the published port is open would be sufficient, without an explicit response.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        zzz how does he generates fake RIs?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        it would take some custom code. Your theory doesn't need any coding, so maybe it's more likely
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: choose random IP and generate like any RI
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so in your threory attacker is someone who understands i2p internals 
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: it is also possible
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and then tries so dumb attack
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        yes. We know somebody is changing i2pd code for 20 introducers. But this would be a lot harder
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I'll try the IP check and see if I catch anything
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        publishing fake RI is more compliated change than just one const in the code
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so do you agree we should check IP?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        also one clown at Ilita meantioned that he did
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        although I don't believe him because he is a clown
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [23:08:39] <9d54b3orignal> also one clown at Ilita meantioned that he did
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        I think we should not believe him
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        <Boris> Ну что петушня, как я вас сегодня пошатал, понравилось?))))))))))))))))
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        <Boris> всего в 2к баксов обошлось) люди заинтересовалсь
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        weko the fact is that the attack if over
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        For now it is
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        <Boris> orignal: накоплю денег, будет еще
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so we can't exclude that it was really him
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        We had 2 waves, no reasons for will not be 3td
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: maybe we need verify
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Ask something about attack
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        also there another thoery that  Boris is Plaz
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        still some suspect ff's on the network.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        weko few years ago Plaz put this irc down
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        by connecting from 60 destnations
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Boris said what he spend $2,000 for attack, and what he planned more when he get more money
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and it was ElGamal
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        On my testing network, I more-or-less confirmed orignal's idea. Except the i2pd router never published as reachable.  So it was just 'L' instead of 'LR'
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: oh okay, it is maybe plaz
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        obscuratus nope
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        But it happily accepted a bogus IP address
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        set nat=false
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and host to any IP
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        orignal: kk
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and you will see
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I know I did this in 2013 ))
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: in any case we need try to verify Boris
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        what for?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        What he is attacker
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        we need to prevent future attack like this
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: sure
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        remeber whole kislitsa are "attackers" like this
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and is Boris = Plaz nobody would surprise
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        everybody knowns Plaz here ))
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Plaz Plaz Plaz
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        ))
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        do I agree we should check IP? It's worth testing, so I'll do that and see how it looks
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        if you see any drawbacks let me know
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        we need kinda brainstorming
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Channels topic say about 7:30 PM tomorrow)
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Channel*
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        yes, meeting
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        but I have some time today
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        checking the port is open is probably sufficient to kill this type of attack dead.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        they might ban you because they see connection with you already
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        anyways, if my clownometer is anything to go by, this attack's far from done.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        ofc
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        that's why I want to add endpoint check
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        And we need add limit of RIs per IP per (for example) hour
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        how many?
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        "How many RIs can send IP per hour"
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: 3 for example
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        how many RIs can be on the same IP?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        3 is too small
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        people might run many routers in LAN
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: okay. One router for transit maximum, and don't calculate nontansint and nonfloofll RIs
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so with published IP you mean?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        LAN, or shared IP on a VPN..
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        No limit for nontransit and nonfloodfills. And limit to one transit/floodfill router
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: yes
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        or uni dorm.. plenty of scenarios where 1 IP can host a ton of routers.
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        I think so
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        especiialy on mobile networks
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and Turkmenia has one IP for whole country
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        dr|z3d: 1 ip can host 9999 routers, but for protect tunnels we need limiting count of transiting tunnels to one per IP
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: it is NAT 
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        We don't host many our tunnels on NAT routers
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        a lot
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        remeber first hop is connected peer
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        ~1200 banned ffs and climbing..
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        [23:25:34] <orignal> and Turkmenia has one IP for whole country
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        If it is, I think you cant verify one person/organization control routers in Turkmenia or it is people
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        orignal's being facetious, weko :)
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        And it is reason why you don't want to host your tunnels with Turkmenia IP
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        It is just make risks for your anonymity
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        It you can host unlimited routers on one IP, then I can just run 10k routers and start analysis
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        If*
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Floodfills: 3060
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Again
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        yes I see too
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        orignal: we can test changes if you have time
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        will commit SSU2 now
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        NTCP2 requires more work because yggdrasil
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Okay
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I'm too old and too slow now )))
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        It is sad
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        TCSR decreasing
                    
                
                
                    
                        weko
                    
                    
                        Same scenario, same behavior.
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        I notice many of these bogus XfR routers have 'Compressable: true' in their router info.  Another clue that it might be I2PD?
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        more than likely. that's the russian spelling of compressible.
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        Lol, I just fat-fingered it as I transposed it here.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        :)
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        them some fat fingers.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        just watching the clownometer keep climbing in the sidebar (aka the banned peer count).. 
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        build success currently @ 50%
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        ~2.7K banned peers now. no signs of slowing down.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        you see, my theory is that this may be some not very elaborate attack that dies as soon as ntcp-only ffs are blocked.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        so I don't see there being much downside to just banning them. low cost for us, higher cost to circumvent.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        I've also increased the threshold for trusting ff's from 3->8 hours.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        and just for good measure, L and M tier ff's no longer pass muster and are deemed slow.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        which reminds me, unreachable floodfills should also be discarded.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        where do you see "Compressable: true"?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        got the check running, caught two so far, both java floodfills
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        orignal: When I do a NetworkDB List (I'm on a java-based router FYI).
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        And the correct spelling should be:  Compressible: true
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so it's zzz's misspelling
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and i2pd always creates compressible identity now
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        I think I'm the one who did the misspelling.  :)
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        yeah I'm in the clear. obscuratus that's just an advanced console thing, it's not actually in the RI
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        > my profuse apologies, orignal. :)
                    
                
                
                    
                        Xeha
                    
                    
                        dr|z3d: banning ntcp-only routers is fighting the sympton, not the cause. the attack can just publish ntcp and ssu
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and ntcp2 only is valid thing
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        valid, but rare, even more so for floodfills.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        it's a temporary fix, anyways, just to see how much crap gets caught.
                    
                
                
                    
                        Xeha
                    
                    
                        no its not rare, i got several FFs across the world which are ntcp only due to nasty state firewalls
                    
                
                
                    
                        Xeha
                    
                    
                        or datacenter firewalls
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        or UDP is blocked
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        small price to pay. with anything from 3-15K dodgy ffs out there, I'll take the loss of a few good ones for now.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I had another suggestion for zzz long time ago
                    
                
                
                    
                        Xeha
                    
                    
                        there's a difference if you want to do it just on your routers, or push it as a whole i2p+ update
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        a floodfill must be on both ipv4 and ipv6
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and reachable through both
                    
                
                
                    
                        Xeha
                    
                    
                        most of my FFs arent on ipv6 :(
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        then don't let them be a FF
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        well, it's shipping as an update until more robust mitigations come along.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        and what orignal said. no actual requirement to be a floodfill.
                    
                
                
                    
                        Xeha
                    
                    
                        yea, i get the idea. you'd want floodfills to be as reachable as possible
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        yes for not the requirement is reachable thtough ipv4 or ipv6
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I would requie both
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        not disagreeing with you, orignal, I was saying to Xeha he doesn't _need_ to run his routers as floodfills.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        ofc you don't need to run a floodfill
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        run a floodfill only if you can
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        if your provider is blocking SSU, maybe not the best idea to run one.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        why?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        it still can work trough NTC2
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        for the same reason you're suggesting ipv6.
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        because ffs work perfectly fine over ipv4.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        but you don't know the reason, really
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        because I didn't tell it yet
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        it's a higher barrier to entry.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        no. it's about OBEP and IBGW
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I don't like that ipv4 is required for them 
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and recahble ipv4 for IBGW
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        ok, not sure I follow, but you obviously have some logic to support your proposed ff criteria.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        we must pick ipv4 routers for OBEP and IBGW for compatibility with floodfiils
                    
                
                
                    
                        dr|z3d
                    
                    
                        so you'd remove that requirement by obligating ff's to have both ipv4/6. I think we're probably near the point where that would make sense, but for now ipv6 is still is still experimental as far as uptake is concerned.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        i'd tell you what % of netdb was v6 if my netdb wasn't so borked right now
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        very very few routers caught in the IP check so far after testing for an hour
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        what do you mean? 
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        you beleive those IP are valid?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        no, I just mean my stats are off
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        but iirc it was only like 30%
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I'm talking about Ip check
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        I've thrown together a quick bash script on my testing network to generate a I2PD router with a random IP address similar to original's suggestion above.
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        Right now, I'm running it in a loop every 20 seconds (I'm not sure how quick I can go, and still contact the other FF on my testing network).
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        because no IP check yet
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        I can only get 'Xf' and not 'XfR', but if needed, I can probably make a patched I2PD router.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I'm doing the code right now
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        I screwed up the ygg check, trying again
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        Xf vs XfR
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I can tell you why
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        So, I'll be able to test mitigations on my testing network if anybody wants.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        because you are running trunk
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        that guys probably run release
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        and yes good finding about R
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        also seen case where the low-end of the IPv6 is different (temporary addresses)
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        orignal: Yeah, I build from git.
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        so might need to only check first 8 of ipv6
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        I have chaged that logic recdently
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        zzz, please explain why it should be different?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        you report their address in SessionCreated
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        current one
                    
                
                
                    
                        eyedeekay
                    
                    
                        Is major down?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        orignal, ipv6 temporary addresses
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        maybe
                    
                
                
                    
                        obscuratus
                    
                    
                        eyedeekay: Lot's of bogus FF's right now, so you may just be having trouble getting to it.
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        yes but why it should be different?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        between SessionCreated and SessionConfirmed
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        even if it's tempopartu
                    
                
                
                    
                        eyedeekay
                    
                    
                        Yeah I'm seeing that, trying to get caught up on what's going on
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        *temporary
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        it takes a while to 'find out' your ipv6 changed
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        how?
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        if new address comed in SessionCreated
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        yeah but we don't rebuild a new RI between session created and session confirmed
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        example:
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        net.i2p.data.DataFormatException: IP mismatch actual IP 2001:470:28:365:216:3eff:fedd:2fa1 in RI: [RouterInfo: 
                      
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        [host] = [2001:470:28:365:0:0:0:38]
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        so how many bytes should we compare?
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        8
                    
                
                
                    
                        orignal
                    
                    
                        thanks
                    
                
                
                    
                        zzz
                    
                    
                        so far none of the traps I've set have really yielded much