From de7af720d6bb10b93d716fb0c6cf3ee0e51dc71a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Felix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2015 16:45:53 +0100
Subject: p2p/discover: implement node bonding
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This a fix for an attack vector where the discovery protocol could be
used to amplify traffic in a DDOS attack. A malicious actor would send a
findnode request with the IP address and UDP port of the target as the
source address. The recipient of the findnode packet would then send a
neighbors packet (which is 16x the size of findnode) to the victim.

Our solution is to require a 'bond' with the sender of findnode. If no
bond exists, the findnode packet is not processed. A bond between nodes
α and β is created when α replies to a ping from β.

This (initial) version of the bonding implementation might still be
vulnerable against replay attacks during the expiration time window.
We will add stricter source address validation later.
---
 p2p/discover/node.go | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

(limited to 'p2p/discover/node.go')

diff --git a/p2p/discover/node.go b/p2p/discover/node.go
index e1130e0b5..99cb549a5 100644
--- a/p2p/discover/node.go
+++ b/p2p/discover/node.go
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
@@ -30,7 +32,8 @@ type Node struct {
 	DiscPort int // UDP listening port for discovery protocol
 	TCPPort  int // TCP listening port for RLPx
 
-	active time.Time
+	// this must be set/read using atomic load and store.
+	activeStamp int64
 }
 
 func newNode(id NodeID, addr *net.UDPAddr) *Node {
@@ -39,7 +42,6 @@ func newNode(id NodeID, addr *net.UDPAddr) *Node {
 		IP:       addr.IP,
 		DiscPort: addr.Port,
 		TCPPort:  addr.Port,
-		active:   time.Now(),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -48,6 +50,20 @@ func (n *Node) isValid() bool {
 	return !n.IP.IsMulticast() && !n.IP.IsUnspecified() && n.TCPPort != 0 && n.DiscPort != 0
 }
 
+func (n *Node) bumpActive() {
+	stamp := time.Now().Unix()
+	atomic.StoreInt64(&n.activeStamp, stamp)
+}
+
+func (n *Node) active() time.Time {
+	stamp := atomic.LoadInt64(&n.activeStamp)
+	return time.Unix(stamp, 0)
+}
+
+func (n *Node) addr() *net.UDPAddr {
+	return &net.UDPAddr{IP: n.IP, Port: n.DiscPort}
+}
+
 // The string representation of a Node is a URL.
 // Please see ParseNode for a description of the format.
 func (n *Node) String() string {
@@ -304,3 +320,26 @@ func randomID(a NodeID, n int) (b NodeID) {
 	}
 	return b
 }
+
+// nodeDB stores all nodes we know about.
+type nodeDB struct {
+	mu   sync.RWMutex
+	byID map[NodeID]*Node
+}
+
+func (db *nodeDB) get(id NodeID) *Node {
+	db.mu.RLock()
+	defer db.mu.RUnlock()
+	return db.byID[id]
+}
+
+func (db *nodeDB) add(id NodeID, addr *net.UDPAddr, tcpPort uint16) *Node {
+	db.mu.Lock()
+	defer db.mu.Unlock()
+	if db.byID == nil {
+		db.byID = make(map[NodeID]*Node)
+	}
+	n := &Node{ID: id, IP: addr.IP, DiscPort: addr.Port, TCPPort: int(tcpPort)}
+	db.byID[n.ID] = n
+	return n
+}
-- 
cgit