On Feb 26, 2016, at 8:55 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se<mailto:swmike@swm.pp.se>> wrote:
On Fri, 26 Feb 2016, Nick Hilliard wrote:
Traffic from dns-spoofing attacks generally has src port = 53 and dst
FWIW, Comcast's list of blocked ports is at http://customer.xfinity.com/help-and-support/internet/list-of-blocked-ports/. The suspensions this week are in direct response to reported abuse from amplification attacks, which we obviously take very seriously. We are in the process of considering adding some new ports to this block list right now, and one big suggestion is SSDP. If you have any others you wish to suggest please send them to me and the guy on the cc line (Nirmal Mody). Thanks! Jason On 2/26/16, 9:31 AM, "NANOG on behalf of Keith Medcalf" <nanog-bounces@nanog.org<mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of kmedcalf@dessus.com<mailto:kmedcalf@dessus.com>> wrote: ISP's should block nothing, to or from the customer, unless they make it clear *before* selling the service (and include it in the Terms and Conditions of Service Contract), that they are not selling an Internet connection but are selling a partially functional Internet connection (or a limited Internet Service), and specifying exactly what the built-in deficiencies are. Deficiencies may include: port/protocol blockage toward the customer (destination blocks) port/protocol blockage toward the internet (source blocks) DNS diddling (filtering of responses, NXDOMAIN redirection/wildcards, etc) Traffic Shaping/Policing/Congestion policies, inbound and outbound Some ISPs are good at this and provide opt-in/out methods for at least the first three on the list. Others not so much. -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-bounces@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Maxwell Cole Sent: Friday, 26 February, 2016 07:19 To: Mikael Abrahamsson Cc: NANOG list Subject: Re: Thank you, Comcast. I agree, At the very least things like SNMP/NTP should be blocked. I mean how many people actually run a legit NTP server out of their home? Dozens? And the people who run SNMP devices with the default/common communities aren't the ones using it. If the argument is that you need a Business class account to run a mail server then I have no problem extending that to DNS servers also. Cheers, Max port = random. If you block packets with udp src port=53 towards customers, you will also block legitimate return traffic if the customers run their own DNS servers or use opendns / google dns / etc.
Sure, it's a very interesting discussion what ports should be blocked or
not.
http://www.bitag.org/documents/Port-Blocking.pdf
This mentions on page 3.1, TCP(UDP)/25,135,139 and 445. They've been
blocked for a very long time to fix some issues, even though there is legitimate use for these ports.
So if you're blocking these ports, it seems like a small step to block
UDP/TCP/53 towards customers as well. I can't come up with an argument that makes sense to block TCP/25 and then not block port UDP/TCP/53 as well. If you're protecting the Internet from your customers misconfiguraiton by blocking port 25 and the MS ports, why not 53 as well?
This is a slippery slope of course, and judgement calls are not easy to
make.
-- Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se<mailto:swmike@swm.pp.se>