numerous nsec3 bad cache hits

Mark Andrews marka at isc.org
Wed Oct 29 20:42:54 UTC 2014


Well complain to FEMA about the broken DNSSEC delegation.  The emails
to address the complaints to are below.  The DS records don't match
the DNSKEY records.  None of the DNSKEY records key ids match those
in the DS records.

	dig ds fema.net
	dig dnskey fema.net +cd +rrcomment

Fixing this should take less than 5 minutes for someone with the
correct credentials.

The DS record that should be in place are these.

% dig fema.net dnskey +cd +rrcomm | dnssec-dsfromkey -f - fema.net
fema.net. IN DS 53044 8 1 8843998556D7DF20612518A0F6FF8F69E436F400
fema.net. IN DS 53044 8 2 42D3D6DA12B06E438A83584B8E19D06EBD6EC1010E5BD01DD68C2AFA0B73A91A
%

Mark

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   Domain Name: FEMA.NET
   Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
   Whois Server: whois.networksolutions.com
   Referral URL: http://networksolutions.com
   Name Server: ASIA2.AKAM.NET
   Name Server: ASIA3.AKAM.NET
   Name Server: EUR2.AKAM.NET
   Name Server: USC2.AKAM.NET
   Name Server: USE1.AKAM.NET
   Name Server: USE3.AKAM.NET
   Name Server: USW3.AKAM.NET
   Name Server: USW4.AKAM.NET
   Status: clientTransferProhibited
   Updated Date: 29-oct-2014
   Creation Date: 22-mar-1996
   Expiration Date: 23-mar-2016

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Domain Name: FEMA.NET
Registry Domain ID:
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.networksolutions.com
Registrar URL: http://networksolutions.com
Updated Date: 2014-10-29T00:00:00Z
Creation Date: 1996-03-22T00:00:00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2016-03-23T00:00:00Z
Registrar: NETWORK SOLUTIONS, LLC.
Registrar IANA ID: 2
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse at web.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.8003337680
Reseller:
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Registrant Organization: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Registrant Street: 500 C Street, SW
Registrant City: Washington
Registrant State/Province: DC
Registrant Postal Code: 20472
Registrant Country: US
Registrant Phone: +1.2026462918
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: ann.hirschy at dhs.gov
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Admin Organization: Federal Emergency Management Agency
Admin Street: 500 C Street, SW
Admin City: Washington
Admin State/Province: DC
Admin Postal Code: 20472
Admin Country: US
Admin Phone: +1.2026462918
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: lisa.hart at fema.dhs.gov
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Hart, Lisa
Tech Organization: FEMA
Tech Street: 188 Brooke Rd
Tech City: Winchester
Tech State/Province: VA
Tech Postal Code: 22603
Tech Country: US
Tech Phone: 540-723-8096
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: Lisa.Hart at dhs.gov
Name Server: USE3.AKAM.NET
Name Server: USW3.AKAM.NET
Name Server: USW4.AKAM.NET
Name Server: ASIA2.AKAM.NET
Name Server: ASIA3.AKAM.NET
Name Server: EUR2.AKAM.NET
Name Server: USC2.AKAM.NET
Name Server: USE1.AKAM.NET
DNSSEC: not signed
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
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In message <alpine.DEB.2.10.1410290740590.15496 at sol>, Antonio Querubin writes:
> On one of my servers I'm seeing numerous log entries of the following 
> type:
> 
> Oct 29 07:40:14 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: fema.net 
> SOA: bad cache hit (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:15 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: 
> 6o978dethbt4s0cg8sfb1jsts4ssimsc.fema.net NSEC3: bad cache hit 
> (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:15 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: 
> jkkfnbb4eep0h0ltjf1cisf4eo2lgnm5.fema.net NSEC3: bad cache hit 
> (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:15 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: fema.net 
> SOA: bad cache hit (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:15 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: 
> 6o978dethbt4s0cg8sfb1jsts4ssimsc.fema.net NSEC3: bad cache hit 
> (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:15 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: 
> jkkfnbb4eep0h0ltjf1cisf4eo2lgnm5.fema.net NSEC3: bad cache hit 
> (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:15 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: fema.net 
> SOA: bad cache hit (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:20 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: fema.net 
> SOA: bad cache hit (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:20 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: 
> 6o978dethbt4s0cg8sfb1jsts4ssimsc.fema.net NSEC3: bad cache hit 
> (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:20 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: fema.net 
> SOA: bad cache hit (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> Oct 29 07:40:20 mx2 named[14747]:   validating @0x7f3378be05b0: 
> 6o978dethbt4s0cg8sfb1jsts4ssimsc.fema.net NSEC3: bad cache hit 
> (fema.net/DNSKEY)
> 
> I'm guessing this is some kind of brute force attack on BIND trying to 
> take advantage of a broken dnssec configuration for fema.net?  The problem 
> is that the syslog is filled with these messages.
> 
> Antonio Querubin
> e-mail:  tony at lavanauts.org
> xmpp:  antonioquerubin at gmail.com
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