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Filename: xxx-port-knocking.txt
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Title: Port knocking for bridge scanning resistance
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Version: $Revision$
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Last-Modified: $Date$
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Author: Jacob Appelbaum
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Created: 19-April-2009
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Status: Draft
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Port knocking for bridge scanning resistance
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0.0 Introduction
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This document is a collection of ideas relating to improving scanning
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resistance for private bridge relays. This is intented to stop opportunistic
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network scanning and subsequent discovery of private bridge relays.
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0.1 Current Implementation
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Currently private bridges are only hidden by their obscurity. If you know
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a bridge ip address, the bridge can be detected trivially and added to a block
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list.
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0.2 Configuring an external port knocking program to control the firewall
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It is currently possible for bridge operators to configure a port knocking
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daemon that controls access to the incoming OR port. This is currently out of
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scope for Tor and Tor configuration. This process requires the firewall to know
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the current nodes in the Tor network.
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1.0 Suggested changes
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Private bridge operators should be able to configure a method of hiding their
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relay. Only authorized users should be able to communicate with the private
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bridge. This should be done with Tor and if possible without the help of the
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firewall. It should be possible for a Tor user to enter a secret key into
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Tor or optionally Vidalia on a per bridge basis. This secret key should be
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used
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1.x Issues with low ports and bind() for ORPort
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Tor opens low numbered ports during startup and then drops privileges. It is
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no longer possible to rebind to those lower ports after they are closed.
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1.x Issues with OS level packet filtering
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Tor does not know about any OS level packet filtering. Currently there is no
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packet filters that understands the Tor network in real time.
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1.x Possible partioning of users by bridge operator
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Depending on implementation, it may be possible for bridge operators to
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uniquely identify users. This appears to be a general bridge issue when a
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bridge operator uniquely deploys bridges per user.
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2.0 Implementation ideas
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This is a suggested set of methods for port knocking.
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2.x Using SPA port knocking
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Single Packet Authentication port knocking encodes all required data into a
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single UDP packet. Improperly formatted packets may be simply discarded.
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Properly formatted packets should be processed and appropriate actions taken.
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2.x Using DNS as a transport for SPA
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It should be possible for Tor to bind to port 53 at startup and merely drop all
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packets that are not valid. UDP does not require a response and invalid packets
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will not trigger a response from Tor. With base32 encoding it should be
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possible to encode SPA as valid DNS requests. This should allow use of the
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public DNS infrastructure for authorization requests if desired.
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2.x Additional considerations
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There are many. A format of the packet and the crypto involved is a good start.
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