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named cause high cpu usages

Discussion in 'Security' started by prashantp786j, May 11, 2013.

  1. prashantp786j

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    Hi,

    I have facing the high cpu usages issue and found that named causing issue.
    I have disabled the recursion but still getting the queries in the /var/log/messages as :-

    Also installed mod_evasive to block the IPs.

    While adding the domain name in DNS on the server as suggested in post http://forums.cpanel.net/f5/named-problems-high-cpu-usage-36231.html then we received GET request for the server hostname for port 80.

    Can anyone please suggest the proper resolution for this issue?

    I am facing this problem to our number of server once a week.
     
    #1 prashantp786j, May 11, 2013
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    Hello,

    I would suggest installing CSF, it will temporarily ban Bind server abusers.
    On my conf:

    LF_BIND = "50"
    LF_BIND_PERM = "600"

    So over 50 Denied zone requests will result in 600 Ban.
     
    #2 simonas, May 11, 2013
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    we have already enabled the PORTFLOOD on the server
     
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    And, is CSF blocking anybody?
     
    #4 simonas, May 12, 2013
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    Thanks Simonas for the tip - I've been trying to deal with a DNS DoS attack for the past two weeks (named.run log file over 25Gigs!) and I believe this will give us some breathing space!

    Cheers,
     
    #5 cpartsenidis, May 21, 2013
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    You can use the tcpdump utility to filter the hits on port 53 and block ip's or length. Blocking ips based on length will stop the attack completly.

    Replace x.x.x with your main server ip.

    Cheers!!!
     
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    I think blocking the IPs is not the permanent solutions As there may be DNS DDOS from different IPs or IP ranges.

    Recently there was named utilizing cpu usages more than 300% and it loads the websites slowly. Can anyone give the proper guidance on this ?
     
    #7 prashantp786j, Jul 30, 2013
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    Yes. Blocking ip is effective when the number is less. The effective method is to block using packet size and length. You should be able to see the packet size and length using the following command.

    Code:
    tcpdump -nn -vv net x.x.x and port 53
    I have successfully blocked dns ddos attacks multiple times by blocking it based on length. Just add the iptables rules for both tcp, udp, INPUT and OUTPUT.

    Refer the following url for details.

    http://linuxadministrator.pro/blog/?p=390

    Cheers!!!
     
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