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Re: Attacking on Source Port 0 (ZERO)


From: Shahab Vahabzadeh <sh.vahabzadeh () gmail com>
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 23:29:42 +0330

Hi there,
It was TCP and I think it was not a DDoS attack because the traffic was not
heavy.
But I see abnormal cpu usage (%99) in my BRAS's which are Cisco 7206 VXR.
I think it act like a warm or some attacks which cause high CPU load in
some IOS.
Thanks

On Sun, Oct 14, 2012 at 5:13 PM, Dobbins, Roland <rdobbins () arbor net> wrote:


On Oct 14, 2012, at 4:48 PM, Shahab Vahabzadeh wrote:

Does any body know what kind of attack can be come to port 0?

If it's protocol 0, instead of port 0, it's likely a packet-flooding DDoS
attack.

If it's port 0, you may be incorrectly blocking non-initial fragments.
 Alternately, it could represent a fragmented DDoS attack, either
non-initial fragments fired directly against something on your network or
as the result of a DNS reflection/amplification attack against something on
your network.

The log fragment you posted doesn't provide enough detail to make an
informed judgement.  Also, you should not place servers behind a stateful
firewall, anyways.

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