block p2p traffic

Fabio T. Leitao fabio.tleitao at gmail.com
Wed Jun 9 07:21:17 UTC 2010


I also know (and use in a customer firewall) bandwithd... it plots a decent
web report of traffic per network, per IP, several protocols...

2010/6/8 Bill <beau at billbeau.net>

> I think mrtg is a little better. It graphs it out for ya so you can see
> where the peaks are. It is a fantastic tool to see in a quick glance
> what is going on with traffic and loads. If your working in say a data
> center where you need to monitor several routers you can graph each and
> every port. It was a great tool for DOS attacks we could see real quick
> where the trouble was.
>
> On 6/8/2010 11:32 AM, Jorge Armando Medina wrote:
> > Bill wrote:
> >
> >> I also use snmp and mrtg. I like seeing how much traffic is coming
> >> through during the night.
> >>
> >>
> > vnstat is good for that, here a example:
> >
> > # vnstat -i eth1 -d
> >
> >   eth1  /  daily
> >
> >      day         rx      |     tx      |  total
> >
> ------------------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
> >     10.05.      1.55 GB  |  614.03 MB  |    2.15 GB   %%%%%%:::
> >     11.05.      1.95 GB  |  830.82 MB  |    2.76 GB   %%%%%%%%::::
> >     12.05.      1.79 GB  |  897.25 MB  |    2.66 GB   %%%%%%%%::::
> >     13.05.      1.75 GB  |  885.00 MB  |    2.61 GB   %%%%%%%::::
> >     14.05.      2.31 GB  |  845.42 MB  |    3.14 GB   %%%%%%%%%%::::
> >     15.05.    504.79 MB  |  372.75 MB  |  877.54 MB   %%:
> >     16.05.     43.93 MB  |   92.58 MB  |  136.51 MB
> >     17.05.      1.35 GB  |  746.94 MB  |    2.08 GB   %%%%%%:::
> >     18.05.      1.91 GB  |    1.14 GB  |    3.05 GB   %%%%%%%%:::::
> >     19.05.      1.38 GB  |  943.80 MB  |    2.30 GB   %%%%%%::::
> >     20.05.      1.29 GB  |  852.66 MB  |    2.12 GB   %%%%%::::
> >     21.05.      1.40 GB  |  729.03 MB  |    2.11 GB   %%%%%%:::
> >     22.05.    394.85 MB  |  280.23 MB  |  675.08 MB   %%:
> >     23.05.     78.72 MB  |  184.89 MB  |  263.61 MB   :
> >     24.05.      1.42 GB  |  838.88 MB  |    2.24 GB   %%%%%%::::
> >     25.05.      1.50 GB  |  871.23 MB  |    2.35 GB   %%%%%%::::
> >     26.05.      1.61 GB  |  893.04 MB  |    2.48 GB   %%%%%%%::::
> >     27.05.      1.67 GB  |  993.82 MB  |    2.65 GB   %%%%%%%%::::
> >     28.05.      1.57 GB  |    1.71 GB  |    3.29 GB   %%%%%%%::::::::
> >     29.05.    718.45 MB  |  360.40 MB  |    1.05 GB   %%%:
> >     30.05.     44.14 MB  |   81.51 MB  |  125.65 MB
> >     31.05.      1.04 GB  |  775.54 MB  |    1.80 GB   %%%%%:::
> >     01.06.      1.15 GB  |  642.65 MB  |    1.78 GB   %%%%%:::
> >     02.06.      1.56 GB  |    1.12 GB  |    2.68 GB   %%%%%%%:::::
> >     03.06.      3.85 GB  |    1.62 GB  |    5.47 GB
> > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%:::::::
> >     04.06.      2.32 GB  |    1.49 GB  |    3.81 GB   %%%%%%%%%%:::::::
> >     05.06.    876.30 MB  |  449.40 MB  |    1.29 GB   %%%::
> >     06.06.    117.62 MB  |  158.43 MB  |  276.05 MB   :
> >     07.06.      1.99 GB  |    1.38 GB  |    3.37 GB   %%%%%%%%%::::::
> >     08.06.    981.30 MB  |  712.62 MB  |    1.65 GB   %%%%:::
> >
> ------------------------+-------------+----------------------------------------
> >   estimated     1.70 GB  |    1.23 GB  |    2.93 GB
> >
> > Best regards.
> >
> >> On 6/8/2010 8:52 AM, Eric Peters wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> I agree, proactively monitoring your network, makes for good practice,
> >>> and also peace of mind. Security through obscurity, and passive
> >>> reactionary monitoring is just asking for your network to be abused.
> >>> Here are just some tools that I use on a daily basis which
> >>> would easily detect p2p traffic and other abuses.
> >>>
> >>> Ntop        = /ntop/ is a network traffic probe that shows the network
> >>> usage, similar to what the popular top Unix command does, but prettier!
> >>> Snort       = /Snort/ is a free and open source network intrusion
> >>> prevention system (NIPS) and network intrusion detection system (NIDS)
> >>> Snorby     = Great front end for Snort, I'm currently working on a
> howto
> >>> for this under Ubuntu 10.4
> >>> ET Rules  = Emerging Threats is an open source community project with
> >>> the fastest moving and most diverse Snort Signature set and firewall
> >>> rules available
> >>> Wireshark = /Wireshark/ is a network protocol analyzer
> >>> nmap       = Security Scanner For Network Exploration&  computer
> scanning
> >>>
> >>> I'm curious as to what everyone else is using? Did I leave anything
> out?
> >>> What's your thoughts on this subject?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Eric
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2010 at 5:53 PM, Michael Sanders<dsanders at jsu.edu
> >>> <mailto:dsanders at jsu.edu>>  wrote:
> >>>
> >>>      I second Paul that is the way to go, once one finds out they have
> >>>      eyes on them, it "can" fix it's self.  We had a problem with an
> >>>      individual serving up files and the big bad record industry sent a
> >>>      letter. That gave us the right to cut the user off. Once turned
> back
> >>>      on behavior changed.   You will get some flack on the front end
> but
> >>>      over time a majority of the community will get in line.
> >>>
> >>>         Danny Michael Sanders
> >>>         IT Support Analyst
> >>>
> >>>      ----- "Paul Graydon"<paul at paulgraydon.co.uk
> >>>      <mailto:paul at paulgraydon.co.uk>>  wrote:
> >>>       >  That will help, but realistically you're going to have to
> block
> >>>      every "high port" to stop P2P through that method.
> >>>       >
> >>>       >  The only way to effectively block P2P is to do packet sniffing
> >>>      and analysis.. and that's just one big hassle.
> >>>       >
> >>>       >  My belief is this is usually the wrong way to tackle the
> problem,
> >>>      looking for a technical solution to a human resource problem.
> >>>       >  User education (and LARTing if necessary) is the key.  Using
> >>>      software like Cacti to monitor and graph per-port traffic stats,
> >>>      identify the largest bandwidth users and then focus on them and
> find
> >>>      out just why they're using up so much bandwidth.
> >>>       >  It's remarkable just how soon the problem all goes away after
> you
> >>>      find just one or two individuals who are abusing the network
> >>>      infrastructure and explain to them what the disciplinary
> procedures
> >>>      are (or enact if it's appropriate and you have concrete evidence.)
> >>>      The message soon spreads!
> >>>       >
> >>>       >  Paul
> >>>       >
> >>>       >  On 06/04/2010 05:03 AM, Greyson Farias wrote:
> >>>
> >>>          Hello,
> >>>           >
> >>>           >  You can use these iptables rules, because I don't like,
> don't
> >>>          use and I don't wanna learn ufw. hehehehehe
> >>>           >
> >>>           >  # Block P2P connections
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 1214:1215 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 1214:1215 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 1981 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 1981 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 2037 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 2037 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 3501 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 3501 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 3531 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 3531 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 3587 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 3587 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 3955 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 3955 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 4242 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 4242 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 4661:4672 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 4661:4672 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 4688 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 4688 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 5121 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 5121 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 5662 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 5662 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 6085:6086 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 6085:6086 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 6346:6347 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 6346:6347 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 6699 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 6699 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 6881:6889 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 6881:6889 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp --dport 8473 -j DROP
> >>>           >  iptables -A FORWARD -p udp --dport 8473 -j DROP
> >>>           >
> >>>           >
> >>>           >
> >>>           >
> >>>           >  2010/6/4 Kaushal Shriyan<kaushalshriyan at gmail.com
> >>>          <mailto:kaushalshriyan at gmail.com>>
> >>>           >
> >>>
> >>>              Hi,
> >>>               >
> >>>               >  is there a howto for blocking p2p traffic on ubuntu
> 10.04
> >>>              server ?
> >>>               >
> >>>               >  Thanks,
> >>>               >
> >>>               >  Kaushal
> >>>               >
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> >>>
> >>>
> >>>           >
> >>>
> >>>           >  --
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> >>>           >  Técnico em Informática - CREA/AC 9329TD
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> >>>           >
> >>>
> >>>
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