difficult node spoofing #710
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DHT allows the impersonation attack because method getNode updates the node's addr in following case: node A (IP address 1.1.1.1) has InfoHash 8ffe0d18748cfc04d1bc0a2e8c3a548e06f3f794 and sends a Ping to node B (IP address 2.2.2.2), then node B sends neighborhood maintenance to 1.1.1.1. Thus, a malicious node (IP Address 3.3.3.3) discovers the InfoHash 8ffe0d18748cfc04d1bc0a2e8c3a548e06f3f794 from Node A and sends DHT packets to Node B. Thus, when node B receives a message, it will update the node A address. Then, it will send the neighborhood maintenance to 3.3.3.3 instead 1.1.1.1. With this change, node A will update the node addr when node B sends a confirmation after 1 minute or it is old. When node B is not old, node A updates the node addr with its actual addr. Signed-off-by: Lucas Dias <[email protected]>
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It will avoid flooding also |
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DHT allows the impersonation attack because method getNode updates the node's addr in following case: node A (IP address 1.1.1.1) has InfoHash 8ffe0d18748cfc04d1bc0a2e8c3a548e06f3f794 and sends a Ping to node B (IP address 2.2.2.2), then node B sends neighborhood maintenance to 1.1.1.1. Thus, a malicious node (IP Address 3.3.3.3) discovers the InfoHash 8ffe0d18748cfc04d1bc0a2e8c3a548e06f3f794 from Node A and sends DHT packets to Node B.
Thus, when node B receives a message, it will update the node A address. Then, it will send the neighborhood maintenance to 3.3.3.3 instead 1.1.1.1.
With this change, node A will update the node addr when node B sends a confirmation after 1 minute or it is old. When node B is not old, node A updates the node addr with its actual addr.