Custom Signature to Detect Weak Cipher Negotiation in Phase 1 ISAKMP Negotiation

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Custom Signature to Detect Weak Cipher Negotiation in Phase 1 ISAKMP Negotiation

L2 Linker

Good Afternoon,

    Is it possible to create a custom threat signature or APP-ID to match various strings of data inside of the ISAKMP initial payload during the IPSec phase 1 negotiation. The first packets are sent in plaintext during the negotiation. This would be done in order to determine if a weak cipher is being used during tunnel initiation. 

Example:

ISAKMP Packet:

Payload: Proposal -> Payload: Transform -> 

IKE Attribute -> :Hash-Algorithm: SHA 
IKE Attribute -> :Group-Description 

Pattern Match on Hash-Algorith and Group-Description specification.

.*(Group-Description:).*((group 1)|.*(1024-bit))
.*(Hash-Algorithm:).*((SHA)|.*(3DES))

The first expression looks for 'Group-Description:' followed by the word 'group 1' or '1024-bit' for example. The second expression looks for 'Hash-Algorithm:' followed by the word 'SHA' or '3DES'.

Screenshot example attached. Any guidance would be appreciated, Thanks!

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L0 Member

thank you so much

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