[asterisk-commits] res srtp: lower log level of auth failures (asterisk[14])

[SVN commits to the Asterisk project]

Jenkins2 has submitted this change and it was merged. ( https://gerrit.asterisk.org/6525 )

Change subject: res_srtp: lower log level of auth failures
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res_srtp: lower log level of auth failures

Previously, sRTP authentication failures were reported on log level WARNING.
When such failures happen, each RT(C)P packet is affected, spamming the log.
Now, those failures are reported at log level VERBOSE 2. Furthermore, the
amount is further reduced (previously all two seconds, now all three seconds).
Additionally, the new log entry informs whether media (RTP) or statistics (RTCP)
are affected.

ASTERISK-16898 #close

Change-Id: I6c98d46b711f56e08655abeb01c951ab8e8d7fa0
---
M res/res_srtp.c
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Approvals:
  Richard Mudgett: Looks good to me, but someone else must approve
  Joshua Colp: Looks good to me, approved
  Jenkins2: Approved for Submit



diff --git a/res/res_srtp.c b/res/res_srtp.c
index a77a90b..4fa3c11 100644
--- a/res/res_srtp.c
+++ b/res/res_srtp.c
@@ -448,11 +448,25 @@
 	}
 
 	if (res != err_status_ok && res != err_status_replay_fail ) {
-		if ((srtp->warned >= 10) && !((srtp->warned - 10) % 100)) {
-			ast_log(AST_LOG_WARNING, "SRTP unprotect failed with: %s %d\n", srtp_errstr(res), srtp->warned);
-			srtp->warned = 11;
+		/*
+		 * Authentication failures happen when an active attacker tries to
+		 * insert malicious RTP packets. Furthermore, authentication failures
+		 * happen, when the other party encrypts the sRTP data in an unexpected
+		 * way. This happens quite often with RTCP. Therefore, when you see
+		 * authentication failures, try to identify the implementation
+		 * (author and product name) used by your other party. Try to investigate
+		 * whether they use a custom library or an outdated version of libSRTP.
+		 */
+		if (rtcp) {
+			ast_verb(2, "SRTCP unprotect failed because of %s\n", srtp_errstr(res));
 		} else {
-			srtp->warned++;
+			if ((srtp->warned >= 10) && !((srtp->warned - 10) % 150)) {
+				ast_verb(2, "SRTP unprotect failed because of %s %d\n",
+					srtp_errstr(res), srtp->warned);
+				srtp->warned = 11;
+			} else {
+				srtp->warned++;
+			}
 		}
 		errno = EAGAIN;
 		return -1;

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Gerrit-Project: asterisk
Gerrit-Branch: 14
Gerrit-MessageType: merged
Gerrit-Change-Id: I6c98d46b711f56e08655abeb01c951ab8e8d7fa0
Gerrit-Change-Number: 6525
Gerrit-PatchSet: 1
Gerrit-Owner: Alexander Traud <pabstraud at compuserve.com>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Jenkins2
Gerrit-Reviewer: Joshua Colp <jcolp at digium.com>
Gerrit-Reviewer: Richard Mudgett <rmudgett at digium.com>
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