jpillora / jpillora/chisel

Snort now blocking chisel

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Description

New Snort rule (https://www.snort.org/advisories/talos-rules-2024-02-20)

  • 1:63050 <-> DISABLED <-> POLICY-OTHER Chisel proxy tunnel outbound connection attempt (policy-other.rules)

I had a tunnel blocked at a customer, had them whitelist for now but if anyone's taken a look at the rule, what is Chisel being blocked on? i would guess the Chisel header which as far as i know, can't be changed from command line (you can add headers, but if you try to "overwrite" one, chisel fails to start).

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Research direction

Start with the linked Talos Snort advisory and rule 1:63050, then inspect Chisel's outbound HTTP request and header handling, including the command-line header options described in the issue. Determine which request characteristic triggers the rule and whether Chisel can change it without breaking startup; document the finding and any actionable compatibility change.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
networking, security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
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Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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