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majek04
January 23, 2016
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Transcript
Building an automated DDoS Mitigation Pipeline Marek Majkowski
2 "Help Build a Better Internet"
Content neutral 3
DDoS is a threat 4
5 Malicious Attacker Internet Provider Origin Server CloudFlare Server trust
& safety team w orking w ith operators public outreach Big effort im proving our infrastructure
6 Automated DDoS Mitigations Malicious Attacker Internet Provider Origin Server
CloudFlare Server autom ating m itigations
7 attack volume CloudFlare network capacity >
BGP Nullroute and move on 8 ! route 1.2.3.4/32 {!
discard;! community [ 13335:666 13335:668 13335:36006 ];! }!
attack volume CloudFlare network capacity < 9
10 BGP Nullrouting Router firewall Server firewall Application Less damage
Reducing damage
11 BGP Nullrouting IP Router firewall IP, port, packet length
Server firewall all above + stateless DPI parameters Application all above + application logic More precision Reducing damage
12 Operator Precision Speed
13
14 Automation Precision Speed
15 Gatebot Precision Speed Automatic attack handling
Attack Detection Automatic attack handling 16 Mitigation Reactive Automation
The attack 17
High volume packet floods 18 Packets per second
DNS packet flood 19 ! $ tcpdump -ni eth2 inbound
and port 53 -c 100! ! IP 202.194.181.95.15443 > 1.2.3.4:53: 63476% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 221.12.236.115.6570 > 1.2.3.4:53: 11406% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.94.134.43.18473 > 1.2.3.4:53: 8559% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.196.66.75.32573 > 1.2.3.4:53: 47971% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 124.240.198.136.2333 > 1.2.3.4:53: 61152% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 218.247.70.185.11679 > 1.2.3.4:53: 16360% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 202.109.218.98.27549 > 1.2.3.4:53: 17829% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.148.240.82.21825 > 1.2.3.4:53: 22590% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 211.167.108.67.25782 > 1.2.3.4:53: 17663% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.209.60.18.20221 > 1.2.3.4:53: 38257% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.81.181.168.12749 > 1.2.3.4:53: 53492% [1au] A? example.com. (50)!
1 in 10k packets is "real" 20
Finding attack parameters 21 ! IP 202.194.181.95.15443 > 1.2.3.4:53: 63476%
[1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 221.12.236.115.6570 > 1.2.3.4:53: 11406% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.94.134.43.18473 > 1.2.3.4:53: 8559% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.196.66.75.32573 > 1.2.3.4:53: 47971% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 124.240.198.136.2336 > 1.2.3.4:53: 61152% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 218.247.70.185.11679 > 1.2.3.4:53: 16360% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 202.109.218.98.27549 > 1.2.3.4:53: 17829% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.148.240.82.21825 > 1.2.3.4:53: 22590% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 211.167.108.67.25782 > 1.2.3.4:53: 17663% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.209.60.18.20221 > 1.2.3.4:53: 38257% [1au] A? example.com. (50)! IP 203.81.181.168.12749 > 1.2.3.4:53: 53492% [1au] A? example.com. (50)!
Mitigation 22 Mitigation Operator
Where to DROP? 23 Application iptables Router
Traffic matching with BPF 24 ! iptables -A INPUT \!
--dst 1.2.3.4 \! -p udp --dport 53 \! -m bpf --bytecode "14,0 0 0 20,177 0 0 0,12 0 0 0,7 0 0 0,64 0 0 0,21 0 7 124090465,64 0 0 4,21 0 5 1836084325,64 0 0 8,21 0 3 56848237,80 0 0 12,21 0 1 0,6 0 0 1,6 0 0 0" \! -j DROP!
25 ! ldx 4*([14]&0xf)! ld #34! add x! tax! lb_0:!
ldb [x + 0]! add x! add #1! tax! ld [x + 0]! jneq #0x07657861, lb_1! ld [x + 4]! jneq #0x6d706c65, lb_1! ld [x + 8]! jneq #0x03636f6d, lb_1! ldb [x + 12]! jneq #0x00, lb_1! ret #1! lb_1:! ret #0! BPF bytecode
26
Deployment 27 iptables Mitigation Database
Mitigation database 28 ! $ gatekeeper dnsbpf list! --ip=1.2.3.4 *.example.com!
--ip=4.3.2.1 www.test.de *.www.test.de! --ip=4.3.4.4 *.cloudflare.com --except=www.** --except=ns1.**! --ip=2.3.1.4 www.onedomain.com,wwww.seconddomain.com! --ip=1.2.3.0/24 test.com! ! $ gatekeeper dnsbpf add -- --ip=4.3.2.1 *.newattack.com!
Detection 29 Attack Detection
Sflow 30 Sflow Central Aggregation
What is an "attack"? 31
"Attack" is large 32 Large attacks Small attacks Packets per
second
33 Attacks Mitigation "Attack" can be mitigated Attack Detection Mitigation
Database Attack Description = Mitigation 33 iptables Sflow
34 ! Mpps Descr! 3.878 --ip=141.245.59.191/32! 2.878 --ip=141.245.59.192/32! 1.878 --ip=141.245.59.193/32!
1.878 --ip=141.245.59.194/32! 1.878 --ip=141.245.59.195/32! 1.878 --ip=141.245.59.196/32! 1.878 --ip=141.245.59.197/32! 1.878 --ip=141.245.59.198/32! 1.878 --ip=141.245.59.199/32! ...! ! Mpps Descr! 35.878 --ip=141.245.59.0/24! vs "Attacks" shall be aggregated
35 An attack-finding algorithm
Top N / Heavy hitters • Fixed memory size; Algorithm:
Space Saving • https://github.com/cloudflare/golibs 36 pps IP 12.2M 1.2.3.4 2.4M 42.1.2.4 0.01M 2.4.3.1 0.01M 192.168.1.1
Multiple dimensions 37 pps IP:port 12.2M 1.2.3.4:53 2.4M 42.1.2.4:80 0.01M
2.4.3.1:80 0.01M 192.168.1.1:443 pps IP 12.2M 1.2.3.4 2.4M 42.1.2.4 0.01M 2.4.3.1 0.01M 192.168.1.1 pps subnet 12.2M 1.2.3.0/24 2.4M 42.1.2.0/24 0.01M 2.4.3.0/24 0.01M 192.168.1.0/24
Multiple dimensions 38 pps IP:port 12.2M 1.2.3.4:53 2.4M 42.1.2.4:80 0.01M
2.4.3.1:80 0.01M 192.168.1.1:443 pps IP 12.2M 1.2.3.4 2.4M 42.1.2.4 0.01M 2.4.3.1 0.01M 192.168.1.1 pps subnet 12.2M 1.2.3.0/24 2.4M 42.1.2.0/24 0.01M 2.4.3.0/24 0.01M 192.168.1.0/24 incoming sample: 42.1.2.4:80
Multiple dimensions 39 pps IP:port 12.2M 1.2.3.4:53 2.4M 42.1.2.4:80 0.01M
2.4.3.1:80 0.01M 192.168.1.1:443 pps IP 12.2M 1.2.3.4 2.4M 42.1.2.4 0.01M 2.4.3.1 0.01M 192.168.1.1 pps subnet 12.2M 1.2.3.0/24 2.4M 42.1.2.0/24 0.01M 2.4.3.0/24 0.01M 192.168.1.0/24 reporting threshold: 1M
Attack report 40 ! Mpps Descr! 12.2 --ip=1.2.3.4 --port=53! 2.4
--ip=42.1.2.4 --port=80! 12.2 --ip=1.2.3.4! 2.4 --ip=42.1.2.4! 12.2 --ip=1.2.3.0/24! 2.4 --ip=42.1.2.0/24!
Multiple dimensions 41 pps IP:port 12.2M 1.2.3.4:53 2.4M 42.1.2.4:80 0.01M
2.4.3.1:80 0.01M 192.168.1.1:443 pps IP 0.1M 1.2.3.4 0M 42.1.2.4 0.01M 2.4.3.1 0.01M 192.168.1.1 pps subnet 0.1M 1.2.3.0/24 0M 42.1.2.0/24 0.01M 2.4.3.0/24 0.01M 192.168.1.0/24 incoming sample: 42.1.2.4:80
Attack report 42 ! Mpps Descr! 12.2 --ip=1.2.3.4 --port=53! 2.4
--ip=42.1.2.4 --port=80!
Scales well 43
Reactive automation 44 Reactive Automation
Connecting the pieces 45 sflow iptables Attack Detection Mitigation Database
?
46 ! --ip=1.2.3.4 example.com! ! --ip=1.2.3.4 example.com --qps=100! Reactive Rule
47 ! --ip=1.2.3.4 example.com --qps=500! ! example.com = FREE |
PAID! Reactive Rule ! --ip=1.2.3.4 example.com!
48 ! --ip=1.2.3.4 example.com --except www,n1,ns2 --qps=500! Reactive Rule !
example.com subdomains:! (www, ns1, ns2)! ! --ip=1.2.3.4 example.com! ! example.com = FREE | PAID!
49 Input Steam extra stream extra stream Output Stream Reactive
Rule
Chain of transformations 50 ! def dns_mitigation(attack, plan, subdomains):! domain
= attack['domain']! ! qps = 100! if plan[domain] == 'business':! qps = 500! ! mitigation =! attack['description'] + \! ' --qps=%s' % qps + \! ' --except=%s'.join(subdomains[domain])! ! return mitigation!
Fully composable 51
Putting it all together 52
Putting it all together 53 Mitigation Database sflow iptables Attack
Detection Reactive Automation 53
Gatebot: frequency 54 Gatebot actions per day 3 months
Gatebot: volume 55 1 week
Summary 56
The fight goes on 57 Malicious Attacker Internet Provider Origin
Server CloudFlare Server trust & safety team w orking w ith operators public outreach im proving our infrastructure
! ! • https://blog.cloudflare.com • https://github.com/cloudflare 58 marek@cloudflare.com @majek04 Thanks!
and good luck! @cfgatebot