Checkpoint on the packet filter framework.

- Packet loss interval changed to 5 minutes by default.  Users
  were getting too many notices from this.

- BPF load balancing (ipv4 and ipv6).  This will tie in with
  upcoming BroControl support for configuring this.

- BPF based connection sampling.

- Small improvements to how and when filters are installed.
This commit is contained in:
Seth Hall 2012-04-25 17:12:12 -04:00
parent 7b19dcd0e7
commit e0086005f8
6 changed files with 296 additions and 34 deletions

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@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
@load ./utils
@load ./main
@load ./shunt
@load ./load-balance
@load ./netstats

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@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
##! This script implements an automated BPF based load balancing solution for Bro clusters.
##! It is completely automated when multiple worker processes are configured for a single
##! interface on a host. One caveat is that in order for this script to work, your traffic
##! can't have any headers above the Ethernet header (vlan, mpls).
@load base/frameworks/cluster
@load base/frameworks/packet-filter
module PacketFilter;
export {
redef record Cluster::Node += {
## A BPF filter for load balancing traffic sniffed on a single interface
## across a number of processes. In normal uses, this will be assigned
## dynamically by the manager and installed by the workers.
lb_filter: string &optional;
};
## Control if BPF based load balancing is enabled on cluster deployments.
const enable_BPF_load_balancing = F &redef;
# Configure the cluster framework to enable the load balancing filter configuration.
#global send_filter: event(for_node: string, filter: string);
#global confirm_filter_installation: event(success: bool);
}
#redef Cluster::manager2worker_events += /LoadBalancing::send_filter/;
#redef Cluster::worker2manager_events += /LoadBalancing::confirm_filter_installation/;
@if ( Cluster::is_enabled() )
@if ( Cluster::local_node_type() == Cluster::MANAGER )
event bro_init() &priority=5
{
if ( ! enable_BPF_load_balancing )
return;
local worker_ip_interface: table[addr, string] of count = table();
for ( n in Cluster::nodes )
{
local this_node = Cluster::nodes[n];
# Only workers!
if ( this_node$node_type != Cluster::WORKER ||
! this_node?$interface )
next;
if ( [this_node$ip, this_node$interface] !in worker_ip_interface )
worker_ip_interface[this_node$ip, this_node$interface] = 0;
++worker_ip_interface[this_node$ip, this_node$interface];
}
# Now that we've counted up how many processes are running on an interface
# let's create the filters for each worker.
local lb_proc_track: table[addr, string] of count = table();
for ( no in Cluster::nodes )
{
local that_node = Cluster::nodes[no];
if ( that_node$node_type == Cluster::WORKER &&
that_node?$interface && [that_node$ip, that_node$interface] in worker_ip_interface )
{
if ( [that_node$ip, that_node$interface] !in lb_proc_track )
lb_proc_track[that_node$ip, that_node$interface] = 0;
local this_lb_proc = lb_proc_track[that_node$ip, that_node$interface];
local total_lb_procs = worker_ip_interface[that_node$ip, that_node$interface];
++lb_proc_track[that_node$ip, that_node$interface];
if ( total_lb_procs > 1 )
{
that_node$lb_filter = PacketFilter::sample_filter(total_lb_procs, this_lb_proc);
Communication::nodes[no]$capture_filter = that_node$lb_filter;
}
}
}
}
#event remote_connection_established(p: event_peer) &priority=-5
# {
# if ( is_remote_event() )
# return;
#
# local for_node = p$descr;
# # Send the filter to the peer.
# if ( for_node in Cluster::nodes &&
# Cluster::nodes[for_node]?$lb_filter )
# {
# local filter = Cluster::nodes[for_node]$lb_filter;
# event LoadBalancing::send_filter(for_node, filter);
# }
# }
#event LoadBalancing::confirm_filter_installation(success: bool)
# {
# # This doesn't really matter yet since we aren't getting back a meaningful success response.
# }
@endif
@if ( Cluster::local_node_type() == Cluster::WORKER )
#event LoadBalancing::send_filter(for_node: string, filter: string)
event remote_capture_filter(p: event_peer, filter: string)
{
#if ( for_node !in Cluster::nodes )
# return;
#
#if ( Cluster::node == for_node )
# {
restrict_filters["lb_filter"] = filter;
PacketFilter::install();
#event LoadBalancing::confirm_filter_installation(T);
# }
}
@endif
@endif

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@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ export {
## dynamically built filter.
const unrestricted_filter = "" &redef;
## Filter string which is unconditionally and'ed to the beginning of every
## dynamically built filter. This is mostly used when a custom filter is being
## used but MPLS or VLAN tags are on the traffic.
const restricted_filter = "" &redef;
## The maximum amount of time that you'd like to allow for filters to compile.
## If this time is exceeded, compensation measures may be taken by the framework
## to reduce the filter size. This threshold being crossed also results in
@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ export {
##
## filter: A BPF expression of traffic that should be excluded.
##
## Returns: A boolean value to indicate if the fitler was successfully
## Returns: A boolean value to indicate if the filter was successfully
## installed or not.
global exclude: function(filter_id: string, filter: string): bool;
@ -90,7 +95,7 @@ export {
## Call this function to build and install a new dynamically built
## packet filter.
global install: function();
global install: function(): bool;
## A data structure to represent filter generating factories.
type FilterFactory: record {
@ -121,6 +126,9 @@ redef capture_filters += { ["default"] = default_capture_filter };
# install the filter.
global currently_building = F;
# Internal tracking for if the the filter being built has possibly been changed.
global filter_changed = F;
global filter_factories: set[FilterFactory] = {};
redef enum PcapFilterID += {
@ -139,7 +147,17 @@ function test_filter(filter: string): bool
return T;
}
event bro_init() &priority=6
# This tracks any changes for filtering mechanisms that play along nice
# and set filter_changed to T.
event filter_change_tracking()
{
if ( filter_changed )
install();
schedule 5min { filter_change_tracking() };
}
event bro_init() &priority=5
{
Log::create_stream(PacketFilter::LOG, [$columns=Info]);
@ -155,8 +173,13 @@ event bro_init() &priority=6
if ( ! test_filter(restrict_filters[id]) )
Reporter::fatal(fmt("Invalid restrict filter named '%s' - '%s'", id, restrict_filters[id]));
}
}
event bro_init() &priority=-5
{
install();
event filter_change_tracking();
}
function register_filter_factory(ff: FilterFactory)
@ -233,27 +256,35 @@ function build(): string
if ( unrestricted_filter != "" )
filter = combine_filters(unrestricted_filter, "or", filter);
if ( restricted_filter != "" )
filter = combine_filters(restricted_filter, "and", filter);
currently_building = F;
return filter;
}
function install()
function install(): bool
{
if ( currently_building )
return;
return F;
current_filter = build();
local tmp_filter = build();
#local ts = current_time();
if ( ! precompile_pcap_filter(DefaultPcapFilter, current_filter) )
if ( ! precompile_pcap_filter(DefaultPcapFilter, tmp_filter) )
{
NOTICE([$note=Compile_Failure,
$msg=fmt("Compiling packet filter failed"),
$sub=current_filter]);
Reporter::fatal(fmt("Bad pcap filter '%s'", current_filter));
$sub=tmp_filter]);
if ( network_time() == 0.0 )
Reporter::fatal(fmt("Bad pcap filter '%s'", tmp_filter));
else
Reporter::warning(fmt("Bad pcap filter '%s'", tmp_filter));
}
# Set it to the current filter if it passed precompiling
current_filter = tmp_filter;
#local diff = current_time()-ts;
#if ( diff > max_filter_compile_time )
# NOTICE([$note=Too_Long_To_Compile_Filter,
@ -279,7 +310,10 @@ function install()
$sub=current_filter]);
}
if ( reading_live_traffic() || reading_traces() )
Log::write(PacketFilter::LOG, info);
# Update the filter change tracking
filter_changed = F;
return T;
}

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@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export {
};
## This is the interval between individual statistics collection.
const stats_collection_interval = 10secs;
const stats_collection_interval = 5min;
}
event net_stats_update(last_stat: NetStats)

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@ -3,45 +3,73 @@
module PacketFilter;
export {
## The maximum number of BPF based shunts that Bro is allowed to perform.
const max_bpf_shunts = 100 &redef;
## Call this function to use BPF to shunt a connection (to prevent the
## data packets from reaching Bro). For TCP connections, control packets
## are still allowed through so that Bro can continue logging the connection
## and it can stop shunting once the connection ends.
global shunt_conn: function(id: conn_id): bool;
## This function will use a BPF expresssion to shunt traffic between
## the two hosts given in the `conn_id` so that the traffic is never
## exposed to Bro's traffic processing.
global shunt_host_pair: function(id: conn_id): bool;
## Remove shunting for a host pair given as a `conn_id`. The filter
## is not immediately removed. It waits for the occassional filter
## update done by the `PacketFilter` framework.
global unshunt_host_pair: function(id: conn_id): bool;
## Performs the same function as the `unshunt_host_pair` function, but
## it forces an immediate filter update.
global force_unshunt_host_pair: function(id: conn_id): bool;
## Retrieve the currently shunted connections.
global current_shunted_conns: function(): set[conn_id];
## Retrieve the currently shunted host pairs.
global current_shunted_host_pairs: function(): set[conn_id];
redef enum Notice::Type += {
## Indicative that :bro:id:`max_bpf_shunts` connections are already
## being shunted with BPF filters and no more are allowed.
No_More_Conn_Shunts_Available,
## Limitations in BPF make shunting some connections with BPF impossible.
## This notice encompasses those various cases.
Cannot_BPF_Shunt_Conn,
};
}
global shunted_conns: set[conn_id];
global shunted_conns_non_flag_tracking: set[conn_id];
global shunted_host_pairs: set[conn_id];
function conn_shunt_filters()
{
# TODO: this could wrongly match if a connection happens with the ports reversed.
local filter = "";
local ipv4_tcp_filter = "";
# NOTE: this could wrongly match if a connection happens with the ports reversed.
local tcp_filter = "tcp and tcp[tcpflags] & (tcp-syn|tcp-fin|tcp-rst) == 0";
local udp_filter = "";
for ( id in shunted_conns )
{
local prot = get_port_transport_proto(id$resp_p);
# TODO: add ipv6
#if ( prot == udp ) #|| is_ipv6_addr(id$orig_h) )
# {
# next;
# shunt_for()
# }
local filt = fmt("host %s and port %d and host %s and port %d", id$orig_h, id$orig_p, id$resp_h, id$resp_p);
if ( prot == udp )
udp_filter = combine_filters(udp_filter, "and", filt);
else if ( prot == tcp )
tcp_filter = combine_filters(tcp_filter, "and", filt);
}
local conn_shunt_filter = combine_filters(tcp_filter, "and", udp_filter);
for ( id in shunted_host_pairs )
{
local hp_filter = fmt("host %s and host %s", id$orig_h, id$resp_h);
if ( prot == tcp )
ipv4_tcp_filter = combine_filters(ipv4_tcp_filter, "and", fmt("host %s and port %d and host %s and port %d and %s", id$orig_h, id$orig_p, id$resp_h, id$resp_p, prot));
}
ipv4_tcp_filter = combine_filters(ipv4_tcp_filter, "and", "tcp[tcpflags] & (tcp-syn|tcp-fin|tcp-rst) == 0");
if ( ipv4_tcp_filter == "" )
return;
PacketFilter::exclude("conn_shunt_filters", ipv4_tcp_filter);
PacketFilter::exclude("conn_shunt_filters", conn_shunt_filter);
}
event bro_init() &priority=5
@ -51,15 +79,79 @@ event bro_init() &priority=5
]);
}
function shunt_conn(id: conn_id): bool
function current_shunted_conns(): set[conn_id]
{
if ( |shunted_conns| + |shunted_conns_non_flag_tracking| > max_bpf_shunts )
return shunted_conns;
}
function current_shunted_host_pairs(): set[conn_id]
{
return shunted_host_pairs;
}
function reached_max_shunts(): bool
{
if ( |shunted_conns| + |shunted_host_pairs| > max_bpf_shunts )
{
NOTICE([$note=No_More_Conn_Shunts_Available,
$msg=fmt("%d BPF shunts are in place and no more will be added until space clears.", max_bpf_shunts)]);
return T;
}
else
return F;
}
function shunt_host_pair(id: conn_id): bool
{
PacketFilter::filter_changed = T;
if ( reached_max_shunts() )
return F;
add shunted_host_pairs[id];
install();
return T;
}
function unshunt_host_pair(id: conn_id): bool
{
PacketFilter::filter_changed = T;
if ( id in shunted_host_pairs )
{
delete shunted_host_pairs[id];
return T;
}
else
return F;
}
function force_unshunt_host_pair(id: conn_id): bool
{
if ( unshunt_host_pair(id) )
{
install();
return T;
}
else
return F;
}
function shunt_conn(id: conn_id): bool
{
if ( is_v6_addr(id$orig_h) )
{
NOTICE([$note=Cannot_BPF_Shunt_Conn,
$msg="IPv6 connections can't be shunted with BPF due to limitations in BPF",
$sub="ipv6_conn",
$id=id, $identifier=string_cat(id)]);
return F;
}
if ( reached_max_shunts() )
return F;
PacketFilter::filter_changed = T;
add shunted_conns[id];
install();
return T;
@ -67,8 +159,8 @@ function shunt_conn(id: conn_id): bool
event connection_state_remove(c: connection) &priority=-5
{
# Don't rebuild the filter right away because the packet filter framework will check every few minutes
# and update the filter if things have changed.
# Don't rebuild the filter right away because the packet filter framework
# will check every few minutes and update the filter if things have changed.
if ( c$id in shunted_conns )
delete shunted_conns[c$id];
}

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@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ export {
## Returns: A valid BPF filter string for matching the port.
global port_to_bpf: function(p: port): string;
## Create a BPF filter to sample IPv4 and IPv6 traffic.
##
## num_parts: The number of parts the traffic should be split into.
##
## this_part: The part of the traffic this filter will accept. 0-based.
global sampling_filter: function(num_parts: count, this_part: count): string;
## Combines two valid BPF filter strings with a string based operator
## to form a new filter.
##
@ -41,3 +48,11 @@ function combine_filters(lfilter: string, op: string, rfilter: string): string
else
return fmt("(%s) %s (%s)", lfilter, op, rfilter);
}
function sampling_filter(num_parts: count, this_part: count): string
{
local v4_filter = fmt("ip and ((ip[14:2]+ip[18:2]) - (%d*((ip[14:2]+ip[18:2])/%d)) == %d)", num_parts, num_parts, this_part);
# TODO: this is probably a fairly suboptimal filter, but it should work for now.
local v6_filter = fmt("ip6 and ((ip6[22:2]+ip6[38:2]) - (%d*((ip6[22:2]+ip6[38:2])/%d)) == %d)", num_parts, num_parts, this_part);
return combine_filters(v4_filter, "or", v6_filter);
}