readme.stream5

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Overview
========
The Stream5 preprocessor is a target-based TCP reassembly module
for Snort.  It is intended to replace both the Stream4 and flow 
preprocessors, and it is capable of tracking sessions for both
TCP and UDP.  With Stream5, the rule 'flow' and 'flowbits' keywords
are usable with TCP as well as UDP traffic.

Since Stream5 replaces Stream4, both cannot be used simultaneously.
Remove the Stream4 and flow configurations from snort.conf when the
Stream5 configuration is added.

Transport Protocols
-------------------
TCP sessions are identified via the classic TCP "connection".  UDP
sessions are established as the result of a series of UDP packets
from two end points via the same set of ports.  ICMP messages are
tracked for the purposes of checking for unreachable and service
unavailable messages, which effectively terminate a TCP or UDP
session.

Target-Based
------------
Stream5, like Frag3, introduces target-based actions for handling
of overlapping data and other TCP anomalies.  The methods for handling
overlapping data, TCP Timestamps, Data on SYN, FIN and Reset sequence
numbers, etc. and the policies supported by Stream5 are the results of
extensive research with many target operating systems.

Stream API
----------
Stream5 fully supports the Stream API (partly supported by Stream4),
allowing other protocol normalizers/preprocessors to dynamically
configure reassembly behavior as required by the application layer
protocol, identify sessions that may be ignored (large data transfers,
etc), and update the identifying information about the session
(application protocol, direction, etc) that can later be used by rules.

Anomaly Detection
-----------------
TCP protocol anomalies, such as data on SYN packets, data received
outside the TCP window, etc are configured via the detect_anomalies
option to the TCP configuration.  Some of these anomalies are
detected on a per-target basis.  For example, a few operating systems
allow data in TCP SYN packets, while others do not.

Configuration
=============
Global Configuration
--------------------
Global settings for the Stream5 preprocessor

- Preprocessor name: stream5_global
- Options:
    track_tcp <yes|no>      - Track sessions for TCP.  The default is "yes".
    max_tcp <number>        - Max concurrent sessions for TCP.  The default
                              is "256000", maximum is "1052672", minimum is "1".
    memcap <bytes>          - Memcap for TCP packet storage.  The default
                              is "8388608" (8MB), maximum is "1073741824" (1GB),
                              minimum is "32768" (32KB).
    track_udp <yes|no>      - Track sessions for UDP.  The default is "yes".
    max_udp <number>        - Max concurrent sessions for UDP.  The default
                              is "128000", maximum is "1052672", minimum is "1".
    track_icmp <yes|no>     - Track sessions for ICMP.  The default is "yes".
    max_icmp <number>       - Max concurrent sessions for ICMP.  The default
                              is "64000", maximum is "1052672", minimum is "1".
    flush_on_alert          - Backwards compatibility.  Flush a TCP stream
                              when an alert is generated on that stream.  The
                              default is set to off.
    show_rebuilt_packets    - Print/display packet after rebuilt (for
                              debugging).  The default is set to off.

TCP Configuration
-----------------
Provides a means on a per IP address target to configure a TCP policy.
This can have multiple occurances, per policy that is bound to an IP
address or network.  One default policy must be specified, and that policy
is not bound to an IP address or network.

- Preprocessor name: stream5_tcp
- Options:
    bind_to <ip_addr>       - IP address for this policy.  The default is set
                              to any.
    timeout <number (secs)> - Session timeout.  The default is "30", the
                              minimum is "1", and the maximum is "86400"
                              (approximately 1 day).
    policy <policy_id>      - The Operating System policy for the target OS.
                              The policy_id can be one the following:
                                   first     - Favor first overlapped segment.
                                   last      - Favor last overlapped segment.
                                   bsd       - FreeBSD 4.x and newer
                                               NetBSD 2.x and newer
                                               OpenBSD 3.x and newer
                                               AIX
                                   linux     - Linux 2.4 and 2.6
                                   old-linux - Linux 2.2 and earlier
                                   windows   - Windows 98, NT, 2000, XP (and
                                               others not specifically listed
                                               below)
                                   win2003   - Windows 2003 Server
                                   vista     - Windows Vista
                                   solaris   - Solaris 9.x and newer
                                   hpux10    - HPUX 10
                                   hpux      - HPUX 11 and newer
                                   irix      - IRIX 6 and newer
                                   macos     - MacOS 10.3 and newer
                              The default is "bsd".

    min_ttl <number>        - Minimum Time To Live.  The default is "1", the
                              minimum is "1" and the maximum is "255".
    overlap_limit <number>  - Limits number of overlapping packets. 
                              The default is "0" (unlimited), the minimum is
                              "0", and the maximum is "255".
    max_window <number>     - Maximum allowed TCP window.  The default is "0"
                              (unlimited), the minimum is "0", and the maximum
                              is "1073725440" (65535 left shift 14).  That is
                              the highest possible TCP window per RFCs.  This
                              option is intended to prevent a DoS against
                              Stream5 by an attacker using an abnormally large
                              window, so using a value near the maximum is
                              discouraged.
    detect_anomalies        - Detect TCP protocol anomalies.  The default is set
                              to off.
    require_3whs [<alt_timeout (secs)>]
                            - Establish sessions only on completion
                              of a SYN/SYN-ACK/ACK handshake.  The default is
                              set to off.  Alternate timeout is the timeout in
                              seconds for the handshake to complete.  The
                              default is "0" (unlimited), the minimum is "0",
                              and the maximum is "86400" (approximately 1 day).
    use_static_footprint_sizes
                            - Emulate Stream4 behavior for flushing
                              reassembled packets.  The default is set to off.
    dont_store_large_packets
                            - A performance improvement which does not queue
                              large packets in reassembly buffer if set.
                              Setting this option could result in missed
                              packets.  The default is set to off.
    ports <client|server|both> [all|space separated port list] 
                            - Specify the client, server, or both and list of
                              ports in which to perform reassembly.  This can
                              appear more than once in a given config.
                              For example:
                                ports both 80 23
                                ports server 37
                                ports client 21 25
                              The default settings are:
                                ports client 21 23 25 42 53 80 110 111 135 136 \
                                             137 139 143 445 513 1433 1521 3306
                              The minimum port allowed is "1" and the maximum
                              allowed is "65535".

If no options are specified for a given TCP policy, that is the default
TCP policy.  If only a bind_to option is used with no other options that
TCP policy uses all of the default values.

UDP Configuration
-----------------
Configuration for UDP session tracking.  Since there is no target based
binding, there should be only one occurance of the UDP configuration.
- Preprocessor name: stream5_udp
- Options:
    timeout <number (secs)> - Session timeout.  The default is "30", the
                              minimum is "1", and the maximum is "86400"
                              (approximately 1 day).
    ignore_any_rules        - Don't process any -> any (ports) rules for
                              UDP that attempt to match payload if there are
                              no port specific rules for the src or destination
                              port.  Rules that have flow or flowbits will
                              never be ignored.  This is a performance
                              improvement, but may result in missed attacks. 
                              Using this does not affect rules that look at
                              protocol headers, only those with content, PCRE,
                              or byte test options.  The default is "off".

NOTE: with the ignore_any_rules option, a UDP rule will be ignored except when
there is another port specific rule that may be applied to the traffic.  For
example, if a UDP rule specifies destination port 53, the 'ignored' any -> any
rule will be applied to traffic to/from port 53, but NOT to any other
source or destination port.  A list of rule SIDs affected by this option are
printed at Snort's startup.

NOTE: with the ignore_any_rules option, if a UDP rule that uses any -> any
ports includes either flow or flowbits, the ignore_any_rules option is
effectively pointless.  Because of the potential impact of disabling a flowbits
rule, the ignore_any_rules option will be disabled in this case.

ICMP Configuration
------------------
NOTE: ICMP is currently untested, in minimal code form and is NOT ready
for use in production networks.  It is not turned on by default.

Configuration for ICMP session tracking.  Since there is no target based
binding, there should be only one occurance of the ICMP configuration.
- Preprocessor name: stream5_icmp
- Options:
    timeout <number (secs)> - Session timeout.  The default is "30", the
                              minimum is "1", and the maximum is "86400"
                              (approximately 1 day).

Example Configurations
======================
1) This example configuration emulates the behavior of Stream4 (with
   UDP support enabled).

preprocessor stream5_global: max_tcp 8192, track_tcp yes, \
                            track_udp yes, track_icmp no
preprocessor stream5_tcp: policy first, use_static_footprint_sizes
preprocessor stream5_udp: ignore_any_rules

2) This configuration maps two network segments to different reassembly
   policies, one for Windows, one for Linux, with all other traffic falling
   to the default policy Solaris.

preprocessor stream5_global: track_tcp yes
preprocessor stream5_tcp: bind_to 192.168.1.0/24, policy windows
preprocessor stream5_tcp: bind_to 10.1.1.0/24, policy linux
preprocessor stream5_tcp: policy solaris

Alerts
======
Stream5 uses generator ID 129.  It is capable of alerting on 8 (eight)
anomalies, all of which relate to TCP anomalies.  There are no
anomaly detection for UDP or ICMP.

The list of SIDs is as follows:
1) SYN on established session
2) Data on SYN packet
3) Data sent on stream not accepting data
4) TCP Timestamp is outside of PAWS window
5) Bad segment, overlap adjusted size less than/equal 0
6) Window size (after scaling) larger than policy allows
7) Limit on number of overlapping TCP packets reached
8) Data after Reset packet