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Barracuda CloudGen Firewall

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How to Configure Audit and Reporting

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The firewall audit service allows propagating firewall audit events to the Control Center for collection and analysis.

How to Configure Audit and Reporting

  1. Go to CONFIGURATION > Configuration Tree > Box > Infrastructure Services > General Firewall Configuration
  2. In the left menu, select Audit and Reporting.
  3. Expand the Configuration Mode menu and select Switch to Advanced View.
  4. Click Lock.
Configure Statistics Policy

In the Statistics Policy section, configure the following settings:
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  • Generate Dashboard Information – To enable the firewall dashboard, select yes.
  • Generate Monitor Information – To enable the firewall monitor, select yes.
  • Maximum Storage Size – Enter the amount of megabytes [MB] for the maximum size of the storage.
  • Statistics for Host Firewall – Enable if you want to create statistics for the Host Firewall.
  • Generate Protocol Statistics – Enable to create protocol- and P2P-specific statistics. These statistic can be seen using the event viewer under .../server/BOX/proto–stat/.
  • Use username if available – Enable if usernames should be used for statistics instead of IP addresses.
Configure Eventing Policy

In the Eventing Policy section, configure the following settings:

  • Generate Events – To generate events, select yes.
  • Event Data – Click Show.../Edit... to enable or disable specific events:
    eventing_policy.png
    • Rule Limit Exceeded – Triggers event 'FW Rule Connection Limit Exceeded' [4016] when the allowed maximum number of connections for a rule has been exceeded.
    • Source/Rule Limit Exceeded – Triggers event 'FW Rule Connection per Source Limit Exceeded' [4018] when the allowed maximum number of connections/src for a rule has been exceeded.
    • Accept Limit Exceeded – Triggers event 'FW Pending TCP Connection Limit Reached' [4006] when the limit for 'Max Pending Accepts/Src' has been exceeded.
    • Session/Src Limit Exceeded – Triggers event 'FW Global Connection per Source Limit Exceeded' [4024] when the limit for either 'Max Local-In Sessions/Src' or 'Max. Forwarding Sessions/Src' has been exceeded.
    • UDP Limit Exceeded – Triggers event 'FW UDP Connection Limit Exceeded' [4009] when the limit for 'Max UDP (%)' has been exceeded.
    • UDP/Src Limit Exceeded – Triggers event 'FW UDP Connection per Source Limit Exceeded' [4008] when the limit for either 'Max Local-In UDP/Src' or 'Max. Forwarding UDP/Src' has been exceeded.
    • Echo Limit Exceeded – Triggers event 'FW ICMP-ECHO Connection Limit Exceeded' [4027] when the limit for either 'Max Echo (%)' has been exceeded.
    • Echo/Src Limit Exceeded – Triggers event 'FW ICMP-ECHO Connection per Source Limit Exceeded' [4026] when the limit for either 'Max Local-In Echo/Src' or 'Max. Forwarding Echo/Src' has been exceeded.
    • Other Limit exceeded – Triggers event 'FW OTHER-IP Session Limit Exceeded' [4029] when the limit for either 'Max Other (%)' has been exceeded.
    • Other/SrcLimit exceeded – Triggers event 'FW OTHER-IP Connection per Source Limit Exceeded' [4028] when the limit for either 'Max Local-In Other/Src' or 'Max. Forwarding Other/Src' has been exceeded.
    • Large ICMP Packet – Triggers event 'FW Large ICMP Packet Dumped' [4012] when the service object specific limit of 'Max Ping Size' has been exceeded.
    • Oversized SYN Packet – Triggers event 'FW Oversized SYN Packet Dumped' [4010] when an oversized SYN packet has been detected and dropped.
    • Local Redirection – Triggers event 'FW Local Redirection Suppressed' [2502] when the firewall redirects traffic to itself.
    • Local Routing Loop – Triggers event 'FW Forwarding Loop Suppressed' [2500] when the firewall detects a routing loop.
    • Port Scan – Triggers event 'FW Port Scan Detected' [4000] when the 'Port Scan Threshold' has been exceeded by a particular source.
    • Flood Ping – Triggers event 'FW Flood Ping Protection Activated' [4002] when the service object specific limit of 'Min Delay' has been violated.
    • Pending Accepts Critical – Triggers event 'FW Activating Perimeter Defence (inbound mode)' [4004] when limit for 'Inbound Threshold (%)' has been exceeded.
    • IP Spoofing – Triggers events 'FW IP Spoofing Attempt Detected' [4014] or 'FW Potential IP Spoofing Attempt' [4015]. This only applies to firewall rules where 'Source/Reverse Interface' policies have been set to 'matching'.
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Configure Log Policy

In the LogPolicy section, configure the following settings:
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  • Application Control Logging – Select which Application Control data should be logged.
    • No-Log-Entry – No information about applications will be logged.
    • Log-Blocked-Applications – Blocked applications will be logged.
    • Log-Allowed-Applications – Allowed applications will be logged.
    • Log-All-Applications – All applications will be logged.

      Notifications for application ruleset blocks which were logged with type "Detect" and only contain the block information in the info-text are now logged with type "Block". See the following tables with the correspondig codes and reasons:

      Code Meaning
      1000 Network Unreachable
      1001 Host Unreachable
      1002 Protocol Unreachable
      1003 Port Unreachable
      1004 Fragmentation Needed
      1005 Source Route Failed
      1006 Network Unknown
      1007 Host Unknown
      1008 Source Host Isolated
      1009 Network Access Denied
      1010 Host Access Denied
      1011 Network Unreachable for TOS
      1012 Host Unreachable for TOS
      1013 Denied by Filter
      1014 Host Precedence Violation
      1015 Host Precedence Cutoff
      1016 Connect Timeout
      1017 Accept Timeout
      1018 No Route to Host
      1019 Unknown Network Error
      1020 Routing Triangle
      1021 TTL Expired
      1022 Defragmentation Timeout
      1023 No Route To Destination
      1024 Communication Prohibited
      1025 Unknown Code 2
      1026 Address Unreachable
      1027 Port Unreachable
      1028 WANOPT Protocol Negotiation Mismatch
      1029 WANOPT Out of descriptors
      1030 WANOPT Partner protocol missing
      1031 WANOPT No VPN
      1032 Internal SSL Error
      1033 Untrusted self-signed certificate
      1034 Certificate not trusted
      1035 Certificate Revoked
      1036 Expired or not yet valid certificate
      1037 Certificate content invalid
      1038 Certificate revocation check failure
      1039 Flex connection timeout
      1040 Flex connection error
      1041 Out of Memory Fail Close
      Code Meaning
      2000 Session Idle Timeout
      2001 Balanced Session Idle Timeout
      2002 Last ACK Timeout
      2003 Retransmission Timeout
      2004 Halfside Close Timeout
      2005 Unreachable Timeout
      2006 Connection Closed
      2007 Connection Reset by Source
      2008 Connection Reset by Destination
      2009 Connection Reset by Administrator
      2010 Allow time interval expired
      2011 Connection no Longer Allowed by Rule
      2012 Dynamic Rule Expired
      2013 Terminated due to content
      2014 Forward Destination is a Local Address
      2015 Unsyncable Session and Passive Sync Mode
      2016 Network Device no Longer Available
      2017 Dynamic Service not Allowed by Rule
      2018 Session Duration Timeout
      2019 Application Control
      2020 Unallowed Protocol Detected
      2021 IPS Policy Requested Termination
      2022 WANOPT Policy Negotiation Failed
      2023 None of the Allowed Protocols Detected
      2024 Session diverted to dynamic mesh VPN tunnel
      2025 Internal SSL Error
      2026 Self Signed Cert Found
      2027 No Issuer Found
      2028 Certificate Revoked
      2029 Certificate Validation Failed
      2030 No Local Socket Present
      2031 Out of Memory Fail Close
      Code Meaning
      3000 Reverse Routing MAC Mismatch
      3001 Reverse Routing Interface Mismatch
      3002 Source is Multicast
      3003 Source is Broadcast
      3004 Source is an Invalid IP Class
      3005 Source is Loopback
      3006 Source is Local Address
      3007 IP Header is Incomplete
      3008 IP Header Version is Invalid
      3009 IP Header Checksum is Invalid
      3010 IP Header has Invalid IP Options
      3011 IP Header Contains Source Routing
      3012 IP Packet is Incomplete
      3013 TCP Header is Incomplete
      3014 TCP Header Checksum is Invalid
      3015 TCP Header has an Invalid Cookie
      3016 TCP Header has an Invalid SEQ Number
      3017 TCP Header has an Invalid ACK Number
      3018 TCP Header has Invalid TCP Options
      3019 TCP Header has Invalid TCP FLAGS
      3020 TCP Packet Belongs to no Active Session
      3021 UDP Header is Incomplete
      3022 UDP Header Checksum is Invalid
      3023 ICMP Header is Incomplete
      3024 ICMP Header Checksum is Invalid
      3025 ICMP Type is Invalid
      3026 ICMP Reply Without a Request
      3027 No socket for packet
      3028 Forwarding not Active
      3029 No Device for source IP address
      3030 ARP request device mismatch
      3031 ARP reply duplicate and MAC differs
      3032 Size Limit Exceeded
      3033 Rate Limit Exceeded
      3034 TTL Expired
      3035 Unknown ARP Operation
      3036 ICMP Packet Belongs to no Active Session
      3037 ICMP Packet is Ignored
      3038 ICMP Packet is Ignored by Rule Settings
      3039 High Level Protocol Header is Incomlete
      3040 High Level Protocol Header is Invalid
      3041 High Level Protocol Version is Invalid
      3042 High Level Protocol Packet is Incomlete
      3043 High Level Protocol Packet is Invalid
      3044 Source MAC Mismatch
      3045 Destination MAC Mismatch
      3046 Bridge ACL violation
      3047 ARP Burst Detected
      3048 Static bridge ARP mismatch
      3049 Change of locked ARP entry
      3050 Possible MAC Spoofing
      3051 No Nexthop Allowed on Bridge Segment
      3052 Decompression failed
      3053 Session Creation Load Exceeded
      3054 Failed to update/create qarp entry
      3055 Failed to retrieve routing information for quarantine setup
      3056 Cannot send packets between different quarantine groups
      3057 QARP device entry does not match device to be used
      3058 Drop guessed TCP RST
      3059 Invalid SYN for Established TCP Session
      3060 Received Packet Exceeds NIC MTU (Invalid TCP-Segmentation-Offload ?)
      3061 TCP Header ACK Sequence Number out of Window Size
      3062 Unsupported IPV6 header
      3063 No Ruleset loaded
      3064 Source Barp Unknown
      3065 Source and destination barp on the same device
      3066 Drop Otherhost
      3067 Firewall not active
      3068 Payload linearization failed
      3069 Reevaluation failed
      3070 Unknown fragment
      3071 Bridge Loop Detected
      3072 Interface is set to discard by RSTP
      Code Meaning
      4000 Unknown Block Reason
      4001 Forwarding is disabled
      4002 Block by Rule
      4003 Block no Rule Match
      4004 Block by Rule Source Mismatch
      4005 Block by Rule Destination Mismatch
      4006 Block by Rule Service Mismatch
      4007 Block by Rule Time Mismatch
      4008 Block by Rule Interface Mismatch
      4009 Block Local Loop
      4010 Block by Rule ACL
      4011 Block Rule Limit Exceeded
      4012 Block Rule Source Limit Exceeded
      4013 Block Pending Session Limit Exceeded
      4014 Block Size Limit Exceeded
      4015 Block by Dynamic Rule
      4016 Block No Address Translation possible
      4017 Block Broadcast
      4018 Block Multicast
      4019 Block Source Session Limit Exceeded
      4020 Block UDP Session Limit Exceeded
      4021 Block Source UDP Session Limit Exceeded
      4022 Block Echo Session Limit Exceeded
      4023 Block Source Echo Session Limit Exceeded
      4024 Block Other Session Limit Exceeded
      4025 Block Source Other Session Limit Exceeded
      4026 Block Total Session Limit Exceeded
      4027 Block no Route to Destination
      4028 Block Invalid Protocol for Rule Action
      4029 Block Protected IP Count Exceeded Licensed Limit
      4030 Block Device not available
      4031 Block by Rule User Mismatch
      4032 Block Bridged Destination MAC Unknown
      4033 Block by Rule MAC Mismatch
      4034 Send Authentication Required
      4035 Block Invalid Local Redirection to Non Local Address
      4036 Block Invalid Redirection to Local Address
      4037 Block Slot Creation Failed
      4038 Block by Rule Quarantine Class Mismatch
      4039 Local IPv6 traffic is disabled
      4040 WANOPT Protocol Negotiation Mismatch
      4041 Block by Rule App mismatch
      4042 URL Categorization not available and policy set to fai
      4043 URL Domain Explicitly not Allowed by URL Categorizatio
      4044 URL Category not Allowed by Policy
      4045 URL Category Blocked by Policy
      4046 Block due to ATP Quarantine
      4047 Block Unauthorized ATP File Download Access
      4048 URL Categorization not available and policy set to fai
      4049 URL Category must be acknowledged by user
      4050 Custom URL domain must be acknowledged by user
      4051 URL Category must be acknowledged by supervisor
      4052 Detected Content not allowed by policy
      4053 Detected Browser Agent not allowed by policy
      4054 Untrusted self-signed certificate
      4055 Certificate not trusted
      4056 Certificate Revoked
      4057 Expired or not yet valid certificate
      4058 Certificate content invalid
      4059 Certificate revocation check failure
      Code Meaning
      5000 Unknown Deny Reason
      5001 Deny by Rule
      5002 Deny by Rule Source Mismatch
      5003 Deny by Rule Destination Mismatch
      5004 Deny by Rule Service Mismatch
      5005 Deny by Rule Time Mismatch
      5006 Deny Local Loop
      5007 Deny by Rule ACL
      5008 Deny by Dynamic Rule
      5009 Deny No Address Translation possible
      Code Meaning
      6000 Unknown Scan Reason
      6001 Terminate due to Pattern Detection
      6002 Pattern Detection
      6003 Application Control
      6004 Drop due to Application Control
      6005 Shape due to Application Control
      6006 Unallowed Port Protcol Detected
      6007 Reset due to Unallowed Port Protocol Detection
      6008 Drop due to Unallowed Port Protocol Detection
      6009 IPS Log
      6010 IPS Warning
      6011 IPS Alert
      6012 IPS Drop Log
      6013 IPS Drop Warning
      6014 IPS Drop Alert
      6015 Web Access
      6016 Application/Protocol Detection
      6017 Application/Protocol Warning
      6018 Application/Protocol Alert
      6019 Application/Protocol Denied
      6020 Application/Protocol Denied with Warning
      6021 Application/Protocol Denied with Alert
      6022 URL Categorization
      6023 URL Categorization Warning
      6024 URL Categorization Alert
      6025 URL Category Denied
      6026 URL Category Denied with Warning
      6027 URL Category Denied with Alert
      6028 Virus Blocked
      6029 Malicious File Blocked by Advanced Threat Protection
      6030 Virus Scan not possible - Blocked
      6031 Virus Scan not possible - Passed
      6032 Virus Scan Error - Blocked
      6033 Virus Scan Error - Passed
      6034 Malicious Content Detected in Delivered File
      6035 DNS Request for a Hostname with bad Reputation
      6036 Client access to a DNS Sinkhole Address
      6037 Client access to a Hostname with bad Reputation
      Code Meaning
      7000 Unknown Block Reason
      7001 Forwarding is disabled
      7002 Block by Rule
      7003 Block no Rule Match
      7004 Block by Rule Source Mismatch
      7005 Block by Rule Destination Mismatch
      7006 Block by Rule Service Mismatch
      7007 Block by Rule Time Mismatch
      7008 Block by Rule Interface Mismatch
      7009 Block Local Loop
      7010 Block by Rule ACL
      7011 Block Rule Limit Exceeded
      7012 Block Rule Source Limit Exceeded
      7013 Block Pending Session Limit Exceeded
      7014 Block Size Limit Exceeded
      7015 Block by Dynamic Rule
      7016 Block No Address Translation possible
      7017 Block Broadcast
      7018 Block Multicast
      7019 Block Source Session Limit Exceeded
      7020 Block UDP Session Limit Exceeded
      7021 Block Source UDP Session Limit Exceeded
      7022 Block Echo Session Limit Exceeded
      7023 Block Source Echo Session Limit Exceeded
      7024 Block Other Session Limit Exceeded
      7025 Block Source Other Session Limit Exceeded
      7026 Block Total Session Limit Exceeded
      7027 Block no Route to Destination
      7028 Block Invalid Protocol for Rule Action
      7029 Block Protected IP Count Exceeded Licensed Limit
      7030 Block Device not available
      7031 Block by Rule User Mismatch
      7032 Block Bridged Destination MAC Unknown
      7033 Block by Rule MAC Mismatch
      7034 Send Authentication Required
      7035 Block Invalid Local Redirection to Non Local Address
      7036 Block Invalid Redirection to Local Address
      7037 Block Slot Creation Failed
      7038 Block by Rule Quarantine Class Mismatch
      7039 Local IPv6 traffic is disabled
      7040 WANOPT Protocol Negotiation Mismatch
      7041 Block by Rule App mismatch
      7042 URL Categorization not available and policy set to fai
      7043 URL Domain Explicitly not Allowed by URL Categorizatio
      7044 URL Category not Allowed by Policy
      7045 URL Category Blocked by Policy
      7046 Block due to ATP Quarantine
      7047 Block Unauthorized ATP File Download Access
      7048 URL Categorization not available and policy set to fai
      7049 URL Category must be acknowledged by user
      7050 Custom URL domain must be acknowledged by user
      7051 URL Category must be acknowledged by supervisor
      7052 Detected Content not allowed by policy
      7053 Detected Browser Agent not allowed by policy
      7054 Untrusted self-signed certificate
      7055 Certificate not trusted
      7056 Certificate Revoked
      7057 Expired or not yet valid certificate
      7058 Certificate content invalid
      7059 Certificate revocation check failure
  • Activity Log Mode
    • Log-Pipe-Separated-Value-List – Select this option if you require value based log entries separated by a pipe symbol, e.g.

      2018 01 30 08:14:47 Info     +00:00 Detect: IPRX|TCP|eth0|10.17.33.202|29289|00:00:00:00:00:00|74.208.236.242|80||eth0||0|10.17.33.201|74.208.236.242|0|1|0|0|0|0|user15|HTTP direct|Web browsing|www.noiseaddicts.com||Social Networking       

      Log-Pipe-Separated-Key-Value-List – Select this option if you require key-value pairs of log entries separated by a pipe symbol, e.g.

      2018 01 30 13:12:21 Security +01:00 Block: type=FWD|proto=UDP|srcIF=eth0|srcIP=10.17.34.12|srcPort=54915|srcMAC=18:db:f2:13:ca:9c|dstIP=10.17.34.255|dstPort=54915|dstService=|dstIF=|rule=BLOCKALL|info=Block by  Rule|srcNAT=0.0.0.0|dstNAT=0.0.0.0|duration=0|count=1|receivedBytes=0|sentBytes=0|receivedPackets=0|sentPackets=0|user=|protocol=|application=|target=|content=|urlcat=
  • Activity Log Data

    • Log-Info-CodeIn "Log-Info-Code" mode, additional information is written as a number, e.g.
      2018 01 30 12:58:09 Info     +00:00 Detect: FWD|TCP|eth0|10.17.33.202|44973|00:00:00:00:00:00|74.208.236.242|80||eth0|| 4045 |10.17.33.201|74.208.236.242|0|1|0|0|0|0|user11|HTTP direct|Web browsing|www.noise addicts.com||Social Networking (46)

    • Log-Info-TextIn "Log-Info-Text" mode, the additional information is written as full text, e.g.
      IPRX|TCP|eth0|10.17.33.202|57037|00:00:00:00:00:00|31.13.84.36|443||eth0|| URL Category Blocked by Policy |10.17.33.201|31.13.84.36|0|1|0|0|0|0|user2|HTTPS direct|Facebook Base| facebook.com ||Social Networking (46)  

      logd daemon is automatically translating numbers to text, so in Firewall admin (formerly NGadmin) the reason text is shown also for "Log-Info-Code" mode!
  • Activity Log Information – Click Set.../Edit to enable or disable specific activities:

    • Allowed Sessions (Fwd) – Log each newly established forwarding session.

    • Allowed Sessions (Local) – Log local traffic, e.g., HTTP proxy or DNS.

    • Protocol Detection (Fwd) – Log protocol detection for each newly established forwarding session.

    • Protocol Detection (Local) – Log protocol detection for each newly established local session, e.g., HTTP proxy or DNS.

    • Failed Sessions (Fwd) – Log each allowed request that failed to be established.

    • Failed Sessions (Local) – Log local traffic.

    • Session Termination (Fwd) – Log each finished forwarding session.

    • Session Termination (Local) – Log finished local sessions.

    • Blocked Sessions (Fwd) – Log each blocked forward session request. This is relevant for auditing.

    • Blocked Sessions (Local) – Log blocked local traffic.

    • Dropped Packets – Log each silently dropped packet.

    • Invalid ARPs – Log each invalid ARP request.
      activity_log_information.png

      "Session Termination (Fwd)", "Session Termination (Local)", "Dropped Packets" and "Invalid ARPs" are disabled by default!
  • Log Level  Select the log level. Cumulative logging allows some reduction of log file lengths and tries to avoid indirect denial of service (DoS) attacks.
  • Cumulative Interval [s] – Interval in seconds for which cumulative logging is activated for either matching or similar log entries. To enter cumulative logging, the entries need to be identical in all of the identifiers of a log entry except the source port (min: 1; max: 60; default: 1).
  • Cumulative Maximum – Maximum number of log entries within the same rule and which results in cumulative logging to be triggered (default: 10).
  • Generate Audit Log – Enables Firewall Audit.
    An audit event entry consists of a CR-terminated line of ASCII characters. Each line holds 23 pipe ("|") separated values. The values can be built up as a pipe-separated-value-list or as a pipe-separated-key-value-pair-list.

    Example: 1129102500|Block:|FWD|eth0|ICMP|BLOCKALL|10.0.3.80|0|10.0.3.73|0||4002|Block by Rule|0.0.0.0|0|0.0.0.0|0||00:07:e9:09:04:30|0|0|0|0|0|4552264444

    Column Value Type
    1 Time

    Unix seconds

    2 Log Operation

    Log Operations ( Unknown, Allow, LocalAllow, Block, LocalBlock, Remove, LocalRemove, Drop, Terminate, LocalTerminate, Change, Operation, Startup, Configuration, Rule, State, LocalState, Process, AdminAction, Deny, LocalDeny, SecurityEvent, Sync, Fail, or LocalFail)

    3 Session Type

    Session Type (Forwarding, Local In, Local Out, or Loopback)

    4 Input Network Device String
    5 IP Protocol String
    6 Firewall Rule String
    7 Source IP Address

    IP Address

    8 Source Port Number

    0–65535

    9 Destination IP Address

    IP Address

    10 Destination Port Number

    0-65535

    11 Service Name String
    12 Reason Code Number
    13 Reason String
    14 Bind IP Address

    IP Address

    15 Bind Port Number

    0-65535

    16 Connection IP Address

    IP Address

    17 Connection Port Number

    0–65535

    18 Output Network Device

    String

    19 MAC Address

    6 colon-separated hex bytes

    20 # of Input Packets

    Number

    21 # of Output Packets

    Number

    22 # of Input Bytes

    Number

    23 # of Output Bytes

    Number

    24 Duration

    In seconds

    25 ID Audit entry number
  • Audit Log Data – Click Set.../Edit to configure Firewall Audit settings:
    • Audit Delivery – Select how audit log data is stored or transferred:
      • Local-DB – Store audit data within a local sqlite3 DB.
      • Forward-Only – Forward natively to an audit collector service.
      • Local-DB-And-Forward – The combination of both.
      • Send-IPFIX – Hand off data to separate IPFIX exporter.
      • Forward-and-Send-IPFIX – Combination of forwarding and send data to an IPFIX exporter.
      • Regular-Log-File – Plain ascii based log file.
      • Syslog-Proxy – Generate syslog messages.
      • Executable – Feed into custom executable on stdin.
      • Send-UDP-Packet – Send via plain UDP stream.
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    • Executable – Enter the path of the executable file the data is sent to.
    • Send to IP Address – Enter the IP address of the audit service the data is sent to.
    • Send to Port – Enter the port the data is sent to. If not specified, port 680 is used.
    • Use Source IP Address [Optional] – Enter the source IP address. If not specified, the management IP / Virtual IP address is used.
    • Transport Mode – Select whether transported data should be encrypted or not.
    • Report User Name – Optionally include the username into the session information if available.
      audit_log_handling.png
    • Allowed Sessions (Fwd) – Create a record for each newly established forwarding session. This is relevant for auditing.
    • Allowed Sessions (Local) – Same for local traffic, e.g., HTTP proxy or DNS.
    • Protocol Detection (Fwd) – Enable protocol detection for each newly established forwarding session.
    • Protocol Detection (Local) – Enable protocol detection for each newly established local session, e.g., HTTP proxy or DNS.
    • Failed Sessions (Fwd) – Create an entry for each allowed request that failed to be established. This is relevant for troubleshooting.
    • Failed Sessions (Local) – Same for local traffic.
    • Session Termination (Fwd) – Create a record on session removal for each finished forwarding session.
    • Session Termination (Local) – Create a record on session removal for each finished local session.
    • Blocked Sessions (Fwd) – Create a record for each blocked forward session request. This is relevant for auditing.
    • Blocked Sessions (Local) – Create a record for each blocked local session request. This is relevant for auditing.
    • Dropped Packets – Create an entry for each silently dropped packet.
    • Invalid ARPs – Create an entry for each invalid ARP request.
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    • After Number of Days – Number of days until log file entries will be purged.
    • [Optional] Exceeding MBytes – Enter the maximum size of log files in MB until purging starts.
    • [Optional] Move Files to Directory – Specify the directory where purged log data is moved to.
    • [Optional]Restore Files from Directory – If required, specify the directory from where to restore previously purged log data.
      logfile_rotation_and_removal.png
    • Forward Buffer [Messages] – Number of messages that can be buffered when forwarding.
    • Forward Buffer [KBytes] – Number of KBytes that can be buffered when forwarding.
    • ACPF Allowed Msg Buffer [Bytes] – Number of ACPF buffered bytes for allow messages.
    • ACPF Blocked Msg Buffer [Bytes] – Number of ACPF buffered bytes for block messages.
    • ACPF Dropped Msg Buffer [Bytes] – Number of ACPF buffered bytes for drop messages.
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  • Log ICMP Packets

    • Log-All – Log all ICMP packets except type ECHO.
    • Log-Unexpected – Log all ICMP packets except ECHO and UNREACHABLE.
    • Log-None – Disable ICMP logging.
  • Allow Threat Log Processing – Allow other processes to access threat log information for further processing.

Configure IPFIX Streaming

In the IPFIX Streaming section, configure the following settings:

  • Enable IPFIX/Netflow – Internet Protocol Flow Information Export (IPFIX, RFC 3917) is based on NetFlow version 9. You can use this to stream the Firewall Audit logs via IPFIX.
  • Enable intermediate reports – Select yes to enable sending of intermediate reports with delta counters.
  • IPFIX reporting interval [m] – Use the IPFIX reporting interval [m] option to determine how often intermdiate reports are sent.
  • IPFIX Template – If set to Extended, includes additional information, such as delta coutners, to the IPFIX export.
    If your collector does not support reverse flows, select Uniflow templates, these templates will duplicate the traffic against the collector.
  • Collectors – Click + to add collectors.
    ipfix_streaming.png
Configure Connection Tracing
  • Click Set.../Edit to configure the Connection Tracing settings.
    • Data Limit [kB] – Maximum number of bytes of a traced connection (max. 4096kB).
    • File Limit – Maximum number of traced connections (max. 1024).
      trace_recording_limits.png

Activation

To activate changes made to the audit and reporting configuration, you must perform a firmware restart.

  1. Click Send Changes and Activate.
  2. Go to the CONTROL > Box.
  3. Expand the Operating System section.
  4. Click Firmware Restart.

All active connections will be terminated when performing a firmware restart.