Lot of OS probes works by sending a combination of flags like
SFU12, SF12 etc and seeing how the OS behaves. I was wondering how to detect
these kind of probes using bro .I know it can be done easily in the TCPConnection::NextPacket()
where you have the syn,fin,rst and other flags in separate variables.
Probably i could look for those pattern call the Weird().But is that the way to go about it ? Or should the detection be done
at the bro-script level.
The right way to do it is either via Weird(), or (better) by introducing
a new event handler, something like:
event strange_TCP_flag_combo(c: connection, SYN: bool, FIN: bool, RST: bool, ACK: bool, PSH: bool, URG: count)
Your policy script could then decide how to react to specific combinations.
Vern