From: Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>
To: "Kerin Millar" <kfm@plushkava.net>
Cc: netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: prefix len confusion
Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:32:36 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2zf1318p7.wl-randy@psg.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6fcf67b9-4fee-4b1c-85f1-597afff788ba@app.fastmail.com>
>> sorry for being insufficiently explicit
>>
>> the ssh attacker is getting through to 42.642.11.82, which is a piece of
>> hardware, not a vm. it is the ssh port of a hardware switch whose
>> security profile i prefer not to expose to attackers.
>>
>> define VULN4 = {
>> 42.642.11.34/31,
>> 42.642.11.36/31,
>> 42.642.11.40/29,
>> 42.642.11.48/29,
>> 42.642.11.80/30 # <<<====
>> }
>>
>> ip daddr $VULN4 drop
>
> In that case, the question becomes one of whether your nftables host
> is responsible for forwarding packets to "42.642.11.82" (as you put
> it) at all. And, just as importantly, from which source address.
the nftables is on the border router. and traceroute showed the path
in.
the sources of the attacks are a ddos, /82 logs the ssh attack as from a
jillion source addresses.
> Try incorporating the following table into your existing ruleset.
>
> table ip raw {
> chain PREROUTING {
> type filter hook prerouting priority raw;
> ip daddr 42.642.11.82 tcp dport 22 meta nftrace set 1
> }
> }
>
>
> Next, run "nft monitor trace".
sure, if only because i will learn a new hack :)
> If you do see output, study it, for it will conclusively show how the
> packets traverse your ruleset and why they are being accepted.
that would be lovely!!
thank you. will report back.
randy
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-06-10 1:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-06-10 0:10 prefix len confusion Randy Bush
2026-06-10 0:51 ` Kerin Millar
2026-06-10 1:01 ` Randy Bush
2026-06-10 1:26 ` Kerin Millar
2026-06-10 1:32 ` Randy Bush [this message]
2026-06-10 1:38 ` Kerin Millar
2026-06-10 6:20 ` Reindl Harald
2026-06-10 10:09 ` Kerin Millar
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