netdev - Re: Fwd: PROBLEM: IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection with non RFC-conform ICMPv6 packets

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Date:	Sat, 7 May 2011 16:21:32 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@....pp.se>
To:	Gervais Arthur <arthur.gervais@...a-lyon.fr>
cc:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>,
	Jan Ceuleers <jan.ceuleers@...puter.org>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Fwd: PROBLEM: IPv6 Duplicate Address Detection with non RFC-conform
 ICMPv6 packets

On Sat, 7 May 2011, Gervais Arthur wrote:

> If the network administrator is using some IDS like NDPMon 
> (http://ndpmon.sourceforge.net/) to detect a DAD DoS attacks, and the 
> attacker changes the MAC address like I described, it will not detect 
> the DAD DoS attack anymore (because the victim itself claims already 
> having the IPv6 address).

If the network admin allows anyone to source any packet then they're 
already screwed. Networks need IETF SAVI-WG functionality to secure their 
network, if spoofing is allowed it's already too late.

The earlier network admins realise this and stop just trying to monitor 
the problem, the better.

-- 
Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike@....pp.se
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