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NDPMON(8) System Manager's Manual NDPMON(8)

NAME

ndpmon - Neighbor Discovery Protocol Monitor

SYNOPSIS

ndpmon [ -i interfacename ] [ -f configfile ] [ -d dtd_file ] [ -F filter ]
[ -n number ] [ -L ] [ -v ] [ -h ] [ -d dtd_file ]
[ -g neighbor_file ]

DESCRIPTION

NDPMon is a monitoring software for ipv6 Neighbor Discovery. It syslogs activity and reports by email malicious ND message. NDPMon uses libpcap to listen for icmp6 packets and libxml2 to use configuration and neighbor cache files.

The -i flag is used to change the default interface eth0.

The -f flag is used to change the path of the configuration file. The default is /etc/ndpmon/config_ndpmon.xml

The -e flag is used to change the path to the DTD file for the configuration file. The default is /etc/ndpmon/config_ndpmon.dtd

The -n flag uses libpcap to specify a limited number of packet to capture.

The -F flag allows one to change the default icmp6 filter.

The -L flag is used to disable syslog and mail reports. This is used to do a learning phase and constitue the neighbor cache.

The -v is used to enable the DEBUG mode.

The -d flag is used to change the path to the DTD file for the neighbor cache. The default is /var/lib/ndpmon/neighbor_list.dtd

The -g flag is used to change the path to the neighbor cache. The default is /var/lib/ndpmon/neighbor_list.xml

Note that an empty neighbor_cache.xml file must be created before the first time you run ndpmon.

NDPMon must be run with root rights to work.

REPORT MESSAGES

Here's the list of the report messages generated by ndpmon:

Separately, the MAC and IP addresses are valid, but not as a couple.
The ethernet address of the RA message is not specified in the configuration file.
The ip address of the RA message is not specified in the configuration file.
The prefix announced in the RA message is not specified in the configuration file.
The RD message does'nt come from a router specified in the configuration file.
The NA specifies a router but isn't one according to the configuration file.
The NA answer to NS to avoid it to get an ip address.
The host switched to a new ethernet address.
The ethernet address has changed from the most recently seen address to the second most recently seen address.
The ethernet address has changed from the most recently seen address to the third (or greater) least recently seen address.

SYSLOG MESSAGES

Here are some of the syslog messages; note that messages that are reported are also sysloged.

This ethernet/ip6 address pair has been announced for last time two months or more.
The ethernet address has not been seen before on the link.
The mac ethernet address of the host is a broadcast address.
The ip address of the host is a broadcast address.
The source ip address is not local to the local subnet.
The source mac ethernet address didn't match the address announced in option of the ND message.

FILES

config_ndpmon.xml - contains settings which must be fill by the administrator
neighbor_list.xml - neighbor cache: all neighbors known to be on the link

SEE ALSO

arpwatch(8) ipv6(7), pcap(3), libxml(3).

AUTHOR

Thibault Cholez and Frederic Beck for MADYNES Project, Loria, Fr.

BUGS

or thibault.cholez@esial.uhp-nancy.fr
November 2006