Questions tagged [tunneling]
tunneling refers to a mechanism in which one network protocol encapsulates a different payload protocol.
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What's the security concern of browsers using the HTTP CONNECT method?
The XMLHttpRequest spec says that attempted usage of the CONNECT method should throw a security error.
Is there a security issue with client-side JavaScript sending CONNECT requests to servers? It ...
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Deanonimizing VPN/tor traffic [duplicate]
What a VPN does is take the encrypted traffic from the client, decrypt it and forward it to the server, while tor bounces the traffic in multiple nodes decrypting a layer at each node.
I have some ...
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Problems with getting reverse shell
I got a badUsb, my current solution is: it downloads netcat.exe and establishes a netcat connection between test-box and me with the help of localxpose tunneling (when I'm not in the same network).
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VPN vs SSH tunnelling for hotel wifi
I know it's recommended to use a VPN with a hotel WiFi but if I'm in a hurry and don't have time to setup my own VPN server would an SSH tunnel (invoked with ssh -D) work just as well to secure my web ...
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Is telnet secure through SSH tunneling
Firstly sorry, maybe dumb question, but I have one service running on my server which can be operated only by telnet (port 23), but I know that telnet is insecure, so I blocked port 23 in iptables ...
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Is the same key used for Authorization and Encryption? (SSH Tunnel)
I am a bit confused on how SSH encryption works.
From reading this question, I see you can use a private key to authenticate with the -i flag.
I also know think that SSH encrypts data using ...
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Tunnel ssh over http with custom headers
I'm trying to set up corkscrew to make an SSH tunnel over HTTP, but I need to add custom headers after the "CONNECT" statement and before the ssh tunnel.
Does corkscrew support it? If yes, how can I ...
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How to obfuscate SSH tunnel Mac?
I am looking to test a DPI (deep packet inspector). I currently have it set up to block SSH connections (which it does successfully).
I have learned that DPI can be bypassed by obfuscating/encrypting ...
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Are there any feasible ways to block the stunnel utility at the network level?
The stunnel utility written by Michał Trojnara allows, if I understand correctly, to "wrap" non-SSL protocols (such as ssh) in an SSL connection.
For example, imagine that all network ports on a ...
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Tunneling SSH over Shadowsocks
This post on unix.se explains how to tunnel SSH over shadowsocks.
This post on sec.se discusses some of the vulnerabilities of shadowsocks (namely its vulnerability to brute force).
After reading ...
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tunnelling HTTP request through DMZ from a secured area
In my topology I have a secured area where all the servers are. There is also a DMZ with a few reverse proxy servers. I now need to make one of the servers in the secure area open to make HTTP calls ...
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Negative consequences of forced encryption of unencrypted secvices
Are there any negative consequences to encrypting an unencrypted service/protocol like FTP, VNC, telnet, and so on by using forced encryption like ssh tunneling or OpenVPN tunnels?
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In DNS Tunneling, What's the DNS Response packet size?
In DNS Tunneling server use RR (CNAME, TXT, NULL) to send back data to the client. My question is what's the size of response packet and how much data can be sent using DNS response in DNS Tunnel ?
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Trying to tunnel a reverse shell out of an internal network
I am practicing performing a pentest and getting stuck trying to get an interactive reverse shell from an internal machine to my attacker machine.
This is what I have done so far:
Me(attacker): 67....
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Pivoting with Metasploit
I am trying to exploit a Windows VM on a different subnet behind a dual home Linux VM where I already have a shell. To keep it simple, I have a meterpreter reverse_tcp shell on the Linux VM (192.168....
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VPN tunneling, routing and sniffing
I did not understand some things regarding the VPN.
How is the VPN tunnel established? My computer and the end VPN server need to exchange some info to establish a tunnel? (some kind of handshake or ...
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DNS Tunneling - Mitigation
I believe the root cause for DNS tunneling is because the internal hosts are allowed to do recursive queries of external domains. For DNS tunneling to work, an internal host should be able to send ...
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Is it sensible to tunnel TLS traffic over another TLS?
I'd like to secure my application's traffic using TLS with pre-distributed self-signed certificates (as a drop-in replacement of plain TCP).
In some cases, two clients won't be able to talk to each ...
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VPN and SSH overseas
I stopped penetration testing and studying network security, for the most part, when the "NSA Playset" was released years ago. Thus, I have an IT question to impose upon you.
I will be traveling ...
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Can a Government block a specific app traffic, even with a VPN running?
A few minutes ago, there was a terror attack on a nightclub in Istanbul/Turkey(Thoughts and prayers to the victims and families), usually, the Government limits most of the communications apps traffic ...
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How to ensure if an SSH tunnling failed (if I haven't really tunneled)
I tunneled data transition as 22-22 and 2222-80, between my PC and VPS:
ssh user@1.1.1.1 -L 22:localhost:22 -L 2222:localhost:80 -i ~/.ssh/key
To make sure both tunnels were created, I executed lsof ...
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How to make sure the data is indeed tunneled?
I am not of the IS field so sorry if anything I write here seems pathetic.
Background for this question:
I login to my server with the following command. The second -L porition is to encrypt data ...
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How could I tunnel all actions I do in my VPS from my browser (like PHPmyadmin actions)?
I am not of the field of information security so sorry if something I wrote below seems pathetic to you.
I am to defend my server's DB and for that I filtered port 3306 with CSF-LFD and now control ...
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Why can hackers get in network using tunneling? [closed]
I can't hack but I like to read about it. From my readings (securityfocus, exploit-db, owasp, etc...) it appears that hackers can actually get in a network using tunneling ; I'm not from a network ...
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Does a Server connecting to port 3544 pose an increased risk
I had look at the firewall logs and i can see my production server connects to microsoft (13.92.90.48) on UDP port 3544. A quick reading suggests this is to do with Teredo tunneling (IPV6 translation ...
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Does AH in tunneling mode provide encryption?
I've been reading on IP sec for a few days, and i have some confusion on the differences between AH and ESP in tunnel/transport mode. I understand that AH only provides authentication and integrity ...
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Security concerns with external MySQL access using tunnelling
I have gotten my personal vServer with a standard installation of Ubuntu Server 16.04 and I wanted to install and configure a MySQL server on it. I was considering to disable direct external access, ...
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Authentication helpers for tunneling through an HTTP proxy?
corkscrew is quite good for tunning SSH through an HTTP proxy. However, it only supports basic authentication. Have other people developed similar software supporting other types of authentications? ...
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Tunneling over a HTTP subfolder?
I have a firewall, which only forwards HTTP requests, and only if the request is pointing to something in a /admin/ folder, so it only lets through requests like this:
http://www.anysite.com/admin/...
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Webserver port tunneling security - security options
I'm developing system that allows access to client devices behind firewall, using port tunneling via SSH. Every client has dedicated linux based server, with port 80 being tunneled to public server. ...
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Tunnel after authentication is complete with EAP-TTLS or PEAP
After authentication is complete with EAP-TLS, EAP-TTLS or PEAP, what happens to the tunnel?
Is it collapsed?
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Detecting DNS tunneling
I have been trying to detect/establish DNS tunneling. First of all I logged out of my user account of the captive portal. Findings:
$ nslookup <somesite> // works fine
$ ping <somesite> //...
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Are VPN tunnels really completely private? [duplicate]
I've been considering a VPN tunnel, specifically PIA.
These types of companies make bold claims of complete anonymity and privacy, with no one in the world (ISP's, governments, school or corporate ...
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Can SSH tunneling over DNS tunnel work in China to use free WiFi at airport?
I have followed a tutorial here: http://ebnj.net/sshoverdns/
This tutorial tells us how to carry all internet traffic via DNS tunnel if your airport enables no-limit outgoing DNS.
This guides us to ...
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SSH Tunnels for Securing IoT Sensor-to-Server Connections (Many to One)
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How bad (or good) an idea would it be to utilize SSH tunnels from my sensor gathering remote computers (imagine an "industrial" Raspberry Pi-like device w/ Linux) to my centralized server (also ...
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X windows security: VNC and X server vs xpra
I have a CentOS server that currently has no X server on it. It will be used for doing statistical crunching and providing other services (probably via a web interface). The main security for the ...
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How to know if accessing to a VPN service is safe and won't steal my data
I want to know if a VPN service is safe or not. If the VPN server itself can catch or sneak peek my data? Or as long as it is a VPN service, then the security is protected by the algorithm itself?
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Captive portal DNS tunneling
I recently had a meeting with a security researcher who told me about tunnelling over a captive portal using DNS.
I have done some research into this but I was wondering what is the simplest way to ...
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How would a SSL tunnel be exploited?
I am looking at our CI (Bamboo) Server initiating an outbound connection to setup a SSL tunnel to an agent running on an AWS ec2 instance. As per the documentation:
All traffic sent between the ...
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Transfer of packets in a VPN connection
I am trying to figure out how a computer communicates with a website when using a VPN connection (specifically, how packets are transferred) as compared to a computer that's not using a VPN connection....
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TLS in slow/unstable mobile/wireless networks [closed]
We have this rather old VPN tunnel software that is running in various wireless/mobile networks (from 2G mobile and upwards). It is currently running WTLS, as this software is from the old days when ...
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when router get's ipsec packet does it look into crypto map acl
So I have a question about IPSec.
For example, we have an extended ACL with one line 10.10.10.0/24 10.20.20.0/24 on one side (R1)
and 10.20.20.0/24 10.10.10.0/24 on the other (R2).
When we see ...
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Does a VPN provide any security benefits over sshuttle or a vanilla ssh tunnel?
I use sshuttle to tunnel my traffic through one of my remote boxes whenever I'm in a cafe or connected to an insecure network.
Does a VPN provide any additional security benefit over this kind of ...
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How does a network admin block the reverse SSH in company?
Given firewall
inbound: all are blocked
outbound: allow port 80, 443
Problem
colleagues are still able to ssh to home device by port 80/443, and establish a reverse ssh tunnel from company to home, ...
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How should I tunnel arbitrary protocol traffic over HTTPS?
I'm posting this question from a moving train! (Ok, maybe that's not so impressive.) This train has an annoying WiFi - it's low-throughput, high-latency, tends to lose packets, and blocks most kinds ...
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What is the proper setup procedure for SSL Tunnel certificates?
I am a systems integrator using a system designed for bringing HVAC data up to a common interface; this system/software platform is called Niagara AX. The combination of the customer's network setup ...
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Using RSA for Web Application Authentication
I have a network that is only accessible through bastion servers over ssh. In it, I am developing web applications that are exposed to end users via GUI's served up over websockets. All traffic into ...
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Should traffic between two hosts in the same data center be encrypted?
We have two hosts, theoretically in the same data center. The two machines are hosted at Online.net. We're having a bit of a debate: should the traffic between the two hosts be encrypted.
The traffic ...
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Can I use transport mode in IPsec if I tunnel via UDP?
Can I use tranport mode (instead of tunnel mode) in IPsec if I tunnel a VPN via UDP? I don't see why the header (that sets the protocol and port) needs to be encrypted in my case (I suspect it would ...
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Does GRE Tunneling support the Websocket Protocol?
Just curious because I am going to use a GRE Tunnel that has a ddos filtered ip, then tunnel it to my main gameserver. My gameserver uses HTML 5 Websockets and port 9300.
