TCP Intercept was developed to protect servers and other resources from Denial-of-Service (DoS)
attacks, specifically TCP SYN attacks.
Just as the name says, TCP Intercept captures incoming TCP requests. Instead of allowing direct access
to the server, TCP Intercept acts as an intermediary, establishing a connection to the server on behalf of
the requesting client.
TCP Intercept will block a client if too many incoming connections are attempted.
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IP Address is a unique identification given to Host, network device, server for data communication. IP
Address stand for Internet Protocol address, it is an addressing scheme used to identify a system on a
network. It is a unique address that certain electronic devices currently use to communicate with each
other on a network using internet protocol.
Networking Devices are units that mediate data in a computer network and are also called network equipment. Units which are the last receiver or generate data are called hosts or data terminal equipment.
A VPN (Virtual Private Network) extends a private network across a public network, such as the
Internet.
A VPN is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide
remote offices or individual users with secure access to their organization's network. A VPN ensures
privacy through security procedures and tunneling protocols such as the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol
(L2TP). Data is encrypted at the sending end and decrypted at the receiving end.
A network consists of a collection of computers, printers and other compatible equipment/ hardware
that is connected together so that they can communicate with each other.
Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) resolves physically redundant topologies into loop-free, tree-like
topologies. The biggest issue with STP is that some hardware failures can cause it to fail. This failure
creates forwarding loops (or STP loops). Major network outages are caused by STP loops.
The loop guard STP feature that is intended to improve the stability of the Layer 2 networks. This
document also describes Bridge Protocol Data Unit (BPDU) skew detection. BPDU skew detection is a
diagnostic feature that generates syslog messages when BPDUs are not received in time.
Wireless networks come in many different forms, cover various distances, and provide a range of low to
high bandwidth depending on the type installed. Wireless LAN – Wireless LAN enable Laptop users to
access the Network of a company.
For some very basic VRF configuration follow the steps:
1. Enters VRF configuration mode and assigns a VRF name.
Router(config)#ip vrf vrf-name
2. Creates a VPN route distinguisher (RD) following one of the 16bit-ASN:32bit-number or 32bitIP:16bit-number explained above
Router(config-vrf)#rd route-distinguisher
3. Creates a list of import and/or export route target communities for the specified VRF.
Router(config-vrf)# route-target {import | export | both} route-distinguisher
4. (Optional step) Associates the specified route map with the VRF.
Router(config-vrf)# import map route-map
A Routed Protocol is used to deliver application traffic. It provides appropriate addressing information in
its Internet Layer (Network Layer) addressing to allow a packet to be forwarded from one network to
another. Routed Protocols are nothing more than data being transported across the networks.
A Proxy Server is computer that functions as an intermediary between a web browser (such as Internet
Explorer) and the Internet. Proxy servers help improve web performance by storing a copy of frequently
used webpages. When a browser requests a webpage stored in the proxy server's collection (its cache),
it is provided by the proxy server, which is faster than going to the web. Proxy servers also help improve
security by filtering out some web content and malicious software.
A Proxy Server is a server (a computer system or an application) that acts as an intermediary for
requests from clients seeking resources from other servers.
In computer networking, a single layer-2 network may be partitioned to create multiple distinct
broadcast domains, which are mutually isolated so that packets can only pass between them via one or
more routers; such a domain is referred to as a virtual local area network, virtual LAN or VLAN.
A virtual local area network (VLAN) is a logical group of workstations, servers and network devices that
appear to be on the same LAN despite their geographical distribution. A VLAN allows a network of
computers and users to communicate in a simulated environment as if they exist in a single LAN and are
sharing a single broadcast and multicast domain.
Frame Relay is a high-performance WAN protocol that operates at the physical and data link layers of
the OSI reference model. Frame Relay originally was designed for use across Integrated Services Digital
Network (ISDN) interfaces. Today, it is used over a variety of other network interfaces as well.
Frame relay is a type of WAN connection use to connect one site to many remote sites through a single
physical circuit; this operation makes it easy to construct reliable and inexpensive networks.
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1 SEC450 ACL Tutorial This document highlights.docxdorishigh
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SEC450 ACL Tutorial
This document highlights the most important concepts on Access Control List (ACL) that
you need to learn in order to configure ACL in CLI. This tutorial does not intend by any
mean to cover all ACL applications, but only those scenarios used in then SEC450
iLabs.
Introduction to Access Control List
A host-based firewall essentially works closing and/or opening ports in a
computer. The engine behind firewalls is built with Access Control Lists (ACL).
Network-based firewalls are implemented in device-specific appliances and
routers. Basically, firewalls in routers filter packets through interfaces to permit
or deny them.
Ports are layer-4 address specified in TCP/IP protocol suit that identify
networking processes running in clients and servers.
ACLs are configured using shell-specific commands. In Cisco IOS, CLI
commands access-list and access-group are used to create and apply ACL on
an interface.
ACL can be named by number ID or a name. Naming ACL is useful to identify
ACL’s purpose.
ACL are classified in Standard ACL, and Extended ACL.
Standard ACL’s number IDs are assigned from 1 to 99. Extended ACL’s number
IDs are from 100 to 199.
Standard ACL only uses source IP address in an IP packet to filter through an
interface. Hence, standard ACL denies or permits all packets (IP) with the same
source IP regardless upper protocols, destination IP address, etc. Example 1:
Router(config)#access-list 8 deny host 172.12.3.5
Extended ACL does filtering packets based on protocol, source IP address,
source port number, destination IP address and destination port number.
Example 2: Router(config)#access-list 102 deny tcp host 10.0.3.2 host
2
172.129.4.1 Deny tcp packets with source IP address 10.0.3.2 and destination IP
address 172.129.4.1.
Since, Standard ACLs only have source IP address; the rule is to apply them in
an interface as closer as possible to the concerning destination network.
For the contrary, the rule for Extended ACLs is to apply them in an interface as
closer as possible to the source IP address.
Use Extended ACL in all iLabs as they are more granular on packets to filter.
Create Extended ACL in global configuration
You can use access-list command options lt, gt, eq, neq, range (less than,
greater than, equal, not equal, range of ports) to do operation with port numbers.
Example 3: access-list 102 deny tcp any host 11.23.45.7 gt 20 denies all
packets with any source IP address to destination IP address 11.23.45.7 and
destination tcp port greater than 20.
Example 4: access-list 107 permit udp any any permits all packets with udp
protocol with any source IP address to any destination IP address.
Extended ACL can do packet filtering based on source port number and
destination port number.
Extended ACL Syntax can be as follows:
access-list <#,name> <protocol> ...
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Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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TCP Intercept
1. TCP Intercept
TCP Intercept was developed to protect servers and other resources from Denial-of-Service (DoS)
attacks, specifically TCP SYN attacks.
Just as the name says, TCP Intercept captures incoming TCP requests. Instead of allowing direct access
to the server, TCP Intercept acts as an intermediary, establishing a connection to the server on behalf of
the requesting client.
TCP Intercept will block a client if too many incoming connections are attempted.
To configure TCP Intercept, the desired traffic to be monitored must be identified. Traffic can be
monitored from a certain address or network, to a certain address or network, or both
TCP Intercept can operate in one of two modes:
Router(config)# ip tcp intercept mode intercept
Router(config)# ip tcp intercept mode watch
In intercept (the default) mode, the router will actively capture TCP connections, and act as the buffer
between the client and the server. To adjust how long TCP Intercept will manage a connection after no
activity:
Router(config)# ip tcp intercept connection-timeout 1800
In watch mode, TCP connections pass through the router to the server, but are “observed” by the
router. If a connection is not established within 30 seconds (by default), the router send a reset to the
server to close down the session. This watch timer is configurable:
Router(config)# ip tcp intercept watch-timeout 15
If the number of connections exceeds the high threshold (1100 by default), TCP Intercept will begin
aggressively dropping connections. By default, TCP Intercept will drop the oldest connections first, but
can be configured to drop connections randomly instead:
Router(config)# ip tcp intercept drop-mode random
Router(config)# ip tcp intercept drop-mode oldest
TCP Intercept will stop dropping connections once the number falls below the low threshold (900 by
default). To configure the thresholds:
Router(config)# ip tcp intercept max-incomplete low 600
Router(config)# ip tcp intercept max-incomplete high 800
To troubleshoot TCP Intercept:
Router# show tcp intercept connections
Router# show tcp intercept statistics
2. TCP Intercept
Example
Host_1
int f0/0
ip add 101.1.1.100 255.255.255.0
no shut
exit
router ei 100
no auto-summary
network 0.0.0.0
exit
Interceptor
int f0/0
ip add 101.1.1.1 255.255.255.0
no shut
exit
Figure 1 Topology
3. TCP Intercept
int f0/1
ip add 101.1.2.1 255.255.255.0
no shut
exit
router ei 100
no auto-summary
network 0.0.0.0
exit
Host_2
int f0/0
ip add 101.1.2.100 255.255.255.0
no shut
exit
router ei 100
no auto-summary
network 0.0.0.0
exit
line vty 0 4
no login
exit
enable password cisco
username cisco password cisco
line vty 0 4
login local
exit
(Note: verify telnet form Host_1)
Interceptor
ip tcp intercept mode intercept
ip access-list extended 101
permit tcp any any
4. TCP Intercept
exit
ip tcp intercept list 101
debug ip tcp intercept
(Note: verify tcp packet through Intercept during telnet.)
ip access-list extended 102
deny tcp any any established
permit ip any any
exit
int f0/0
ip access-group 102 in
(Note: again verify tcp packet through Intercept during telnet.)
show tcp intercept connections
no ip tcp intercept mode intercept
ip tcp intercept mode watch
show tcp intercept connections
ip tcp intercept max-incomplete high 101
ip tcp intercept max-incomplete low 100