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- MSProxy 2.0 can be used to attack hosts on internal network
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- Microsoft's Proxy server 2.0 can be used as a "gateway" to attack local networks from the outside, bypassing the
- proxy, even if IP forwarding is not enabled.
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- MS Proxy has a bug that causes information whose origin is from an outside network and the destination is one of
- the interfaces of the Proxy machine to be passed to all other interfaces present on the MS Proxy machine. This
- makes it possible to use the MS Proxy machine as a gateway for attack on internal network machines.
- To attack a machine running MS Proxy, you just need to use strict source routing, and the make the last "hop" of the
- routing be the IP address of the internal network interface. Another possibility is to set the default gateway to the
- IP address of the internal IP network card on the proxy machine.
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- Using one of these three methods can prevent this attack:
- 1. Enable packet filtering on the internal interface and disallow inbound packet destined to port 80.
- 2. Use access control, making it impossible to use the MS Proxy without a valid username and password.
- 3. Flush the current settings of the static routing table (by using the command "route -f"). This will stop these
- attacks, but could have unexpected results (Such as making MS Proxy's unable to communicate correctly with
- internal and external computers)
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