IDS: Re: Help in writing Network IDS/IPS signature to detect sftp vulnerability

["Ravi Chunduru" <ravi.is.chunduru () gmail com>]

thank you.   I guess I need to depend on access controls and version string.

Thanks
Ravi.

On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:55 AM, Sergio Castro <sergio.castro () unicin net> wrote:
> When you don't have access to the signature, you always have access to the
> behavior. You can use network behavior analysis to detect abnormal traffic
> patterns, such as SSH traffic from unknown public IPs, or at unusual hours,
> or unusual data transfer rates.
> What IDS are you using?
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] En
> nombre de Ravi Chunduru
> Enviado el: Viernes, 06 de Junio de 2008 07:22 p.m.
> Para: Focus IDS
> Asunto: Help in writing Network IDS/IPS signature to detect sftp
> vulnerability
>
> Hi,
>
> Check this disclosure at
>
> http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-06/0101.html
>
> the attack data is encrypted within the encrypted SSH.   Without
> having to decrypt the SSH, is there any clever way to detect this (using
> some kind of anomaly on the packet size, type of characters etc.. )?
>
> thanks
> Ravi
>
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