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LikesTV

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#248531 29-Mar-2019 18:08
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we noticed a day ago that browsing attempts to any ASB website https://asb.co.nz time out 

 

Other banking sites show no problem.

 

we can also browse to the IRD website but when trying to reach the IRD login page the browser times out again

 

A sudo output shows the following, after which it times out:

 

There is an open ticket with VF, but has anyone seen this before or can suggest next steps for troubleshooting?

 

thanks

 


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gaddman
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  #2208291 31-Mar-2019 18:23
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Hi,

 

There was a post a while back where somebody got things working by disabling IPv6, although it was never clear why that helped. See https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=40&topicid=245135&page_no=1#2164305

 

 

 

It could be some routing problem in our network, in which case I expect the ticket will get it sorted - but PM it to me and I can check. But if you want to do some more troubleshooting you could try..

 

 

 

1. Run a tcpdump to capture other interesting info. With the filter you've got you're only seeing the DNS query, try something like this:

 

 

sudo tcpdump -ni enp1s0 "icmp or port 53 or https"
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on enp1s0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 262144 bytes
18:03:59.547659 IP 10.2.1.234.46335 > 10.2.1.1.53: 49458+ [1au] A? asb.co.nz. (38)
18:03:59.547951 IP 10.2.1.234.40863 > 10.2.1.1.53: 17473+ [1au] AAAA? asb.co.nz. (38)
18:03:59.548810 IP 10.2.1.1.53 > 10.2.1.234.46335: 49458 1/0/1 A 210.55.180.37 (54)
18:03:59.549465 IP 10.2.1.1.53 > 10.2.1.234.40863: 17473 0/0/1 (38)
18:03:59.550288 IP 10.2.1.234.39412 > 210.55.180.37.443: Flags [S], seq 856250897, win 29200, options [mss 1460,sackOK,TS val 2268740631 ecr 0,nop,wscale 10], length 0
18:03:59.567905 IP 210.55.180.37.443 > 10.2.1.234.39412: Flags [S.], seq 1202650793, ack 856250898, win 4308, options [mss 1436,nop,nop,TS val 3525445699 ecr 2268740631,sackOK,eol], length 0
18:03:59.567960 IP 10.2.1.234.39412 > 210.55.180.37.443: Flags [.], ack 1, win 29200, options [nop,nop,TS val 2268740648 ecr 3525445699], length 0
18:03:59.596239 IP 10.2.1.234.39412 > 210.55.180.37.443: Flags [P.], seq 1:210, ack 1, win 29200, options [nop,nop,TS val 2268740677 ecr 3525445699], length 209
18:03:59.613217 IP 210.55.180.37.443 > 10.2.1.234.39412: Flags [.], ack 210, win 4517, options [nop,nop,TS val 3525445745 ecr 2268740677], length 0
18:03:59.615566 IP 210.55.180.37.443 > 10.2.1.234.39412: Flags [P.], seq 1:4963, ack 210, win 4517, options [nop,nop,TS val 3525445747 ecr 2268740677], length 4962

 

<snip>

 

 

If you've got a bunch of other traffic going on then narrow it down a bit further: "icmp or port 53 or host 210.55.180.37 or host 140.168.252.24"

 

2. Check the path to asb.co.nz and www.asb.co.nz:

 

 

mtr -rwbc5 asb.co.nz
Start: 2019-03-31T18:15:35+1300
HOST: mypc Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- ultraplus.hub (10.2.1.1) 0.0% 5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.1
2.|-- 47-72-59-254.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz (47.72.59.254) 0.0% 5 1.5 2.3 1.3 5.9 2.0
3.|-- 203.167.224.158 0.0% 5 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.4 0.1
4.|-- 203.167.224.157 0.0% 5 7.0 8.5 6.9 14.3 3.2
5.|-- ge-2-0-0-906.ie2.telstraclear.net (203.98.18.65) 0.0% 5 16.0 16.0 15.9 16.0 0.0
6.|-- g1-0-0-906.u12.telstraclear.net (203.98.18.66) 0.0% 5 16.2 16.2 16.2 16.3 0.0
7.|-- 202-37-243-65.gis.global-gateway.net.nz (202.37.243.65) 0.0% 5 17.8 17.7 17.7 17.8 0.1
8.|-- ??? 100.0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 

mtr -rwbc5 www.asb.co.nz
Start: 2019-03-31T18:16:01+1300
HOST: mypc Loss% Snt Last Avg Best Wrst StDev
1.|-- ultraplus.hub (10.2.1.1) 0.0% 5 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.1
2.|-- 47-72-59-254.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz (47.72.59.254) 0.0% 5 43.2 10.0 1.4 43.2 18.6
3.|-- 10.200.12.29 0.0% 5 7.0 7.2 7.0 7.3 0.1
4.|-- as9500.nsw.ix.asn.au (218.100.52.103) 0.0% 5 40.5 40.4 40.2 40.5 0.1
5.|-- as32787.nsw.ix.asn.au (218.100.52.155) 0.0% 5 41.5 41.6 41.4 41.9 0.2
6.|-- ae101.access-a.sech-syd2.netarch.akamai.com (72.52.2.17) 0.0% 5 41.6 41.7 41.6 41.7 0.1
7.|-- a69-192-6-136.deploy.static.akamaitechnologies.com (69.192.6.136) 0.0% 5 41.1 41.2 41.1 41.3 0.0
8.|-- ??? 100.0 5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

 

 

3. Check you haven't got a particularly low MTU somewhere:

 

 

ping -c2 -s1472 -Mdo 1.1.1.1
PING 1.1.1.1 (1.1.1.1) 1472(1500) bytes of data.
1480 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=60 time=16.3 ms
1480 bytes from 1.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=60 time=16.1 ms

 

 

4. Try curl:

 

 

$ curl -v https://asb.co.nz/
* Trying 210.55.180.37...
* TCP_NODELAY set
* Connected to asb.co.nz (210.55.180.37) port 443 (#0)
* ALPN, offering h2
* ALPN, offering http/1.1
* successfully set certificate verify locations:
* CAfile: /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
CApath: /etc/ssl/certs
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client hello (1):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server hello (2):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Certificate (11):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server key exchange (12):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Server finished (14):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Client key exchange (16):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS change cipher, Client hello (1):
* TLSv1.2 (OUT), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* TLSv1.2 (IN), TLS handshake, Finished (20):
* SSL connection using TLSv1.2 / ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384
* ALPN, server did not agree to a protocol
* Server certificate:
* subject: C=NZ; L=Auckland; jurisdictionC=NZ; O=ASB Bank Limited; businessCategory=Private Organization; serialNumber=398445; CN=www.asb.co.nz
* start date: Jul 18 01:36:30 2017 GMT
* expire date: Jul 18 02:06:28 2019 GMT
* subjectAltName: host "asb.co.nz" matched cert's "asb.co.nz"
* issuer: C=US; O=Entrust, Inc.; OU=See www.entrust.net/legal-terms; OU=(c) 2014 Entrust, Inc. - for authorized use only; CN=Entrust Certification Authority - L1M
* SSL certificate verify ok.
> GET / HTTP/1.1
> Host: asb.co.nz
> User-Agent: curl/7.58.0
> Accept: */*
>
* HTTP 1.0, assume close after body
< HTTP/1.0 301 Moved Permanently
< Location: https://www.asb.co.nz/
< Server: BigIP
* HTTP/1.0 connection set to keep alive!
< Connection: Keep-Alive
< Content-Length: 0
<
* Connection #0 to host asb.co.nz left intact

 




Aredwood
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  #2208366 1-Apr-2019 02:08

From following some other links on that above thread. ASB use https://www.brightcloud.com/tools/url-ip-lookup.php

And they block IPs with a low reputation. I tested both my Ipv6 and ipv4 addresses, and that website listed a much lower reputation for my Ipv6 address. Which would explain why disabling Ipv6 fixed the problem in the other thread.

It was also mentioned that they block known TOR exit nodes as well.

Paging @asb also.

Although the ASB website and app work just fine for me from Ipv6.





LikesTV

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  #2209289 2-Apr-2019 10:26
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@Aredwood: That's a really helpful suggestion: the Brightcloud database identified the source site as High risk, and the ASB have confirmed to us that they use the results from this database.

 

We are investigating further as to whether this is a device on the network or someone spoofing the Public IP address.

 

 




raytaylor
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  #2211431 5-Apr-2019 17:05
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I have found it to be customers with viruses sending out spam or other known worms. 

 

Check out https://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx 

 

Put in your ip address to see if you are on any lists. There are a couple of honeypots which it checks and you just need to block the outgoing traffic and log it to see where in your network its coming from 





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yitz
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  #2211434 5-Apr-2019 17:18
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Aredwood: I tested both my Ipv6 and ipv4 addresses, and that website listed a much lower reputation for my Ipv6 address.

 

 

For IPv6 did you enter a prefix or a single address?

 

 

Seems if I enter any range it returns with "Suspicious (40 of 100)." Not sure how the system works.

LikesTV

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  #2229188 2-May-2019 09:29
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Since the Original post, I have installed an old firewall in the data path (in Virtual Wire mode)  in order to monitor traffic coming out of the network.

 

I now have heaps of logs of traffic identifying Ip destination address, country, port, application (where available) but I struggle to identify what may be mischevious activity - or if there even is any.  The Brightcloud no longer identifies the site as being blocked, so it is possible that anything that was going on before has now stopped.

 

Can anyone suggest a good tool that I can use to review the logs and see if there are suspicious patterns of activity?

 

 

 

 

 

 


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