[syslog-ng] syslog-ng forwarding and processing issue

Denis Dolinský denis.dolinsky at gmail.com
Fri Sep 30 11:48:07 CEST 2016


Hi Balazs,

I totally agree with you. New log management concept I am going to produce
shortly, I just wanted this od config to do the job till I will not migrate
it to new solution.

So, in new solution, what kind of transport should I consider - TCP ? From
source to log processor and then to SIEM ?
I don't want to use DNS, I want to keep hostnames, encryption is not
required - maybe I would consider it in log processor to SIEM traffic.

Thanks.

Denis

2016-09-29 17:38 GMT+02:00 Scheidler, Balázs <balazs.scheidler at balabit.com>:

> Source spoofing is the remnant of a world where devices didn't have tcp
> based logging, and were broken enough not to recognise the source hostname
> out of a syslog message.
>
> The world us supposed to have changed and I would drop spoof source any
> time if it weren't for backward compatibility.
>
> Using spoof source and hence UDP is not a good way to deploy a serious log
> management system in 2016.
>
> On Sep 29, 2016 09:09, "Denis Dolinský" <denis.dolinsky at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> hi Sandor,
>>
>> these are my global options:
>>
>> #
>> # Global options.
>> #
>> options { chain_hostnames(yes); keep_hostname(yes); keep_timestamp(yes);
>> flush_lines(0); perm(0640); stats_freq(3600); };
>>
>> so spoof source is not necessary here ?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Denis
>>
>> 2016-09-29 9:49 GMT+02:00 Sandor Geller <sandor.geller at ericsson.com>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Source spoofing fakes the source IP address of the outgoing packets, as
>>> this can't work with connection-oriented protocols it is usable only
>>> with UDP datagrams.
>>>
>>> Actually source spoofing isn't needed in most cases and won't even work
>>> when spoofing protection is enabled in firewalls / routers and not all
>>> hosts are on the same subnet.
>>>
>>> Take a look at keep-hostname() and chain-hostnames()
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Sandor
>>>
>>> On 09/29/2016 09:29 AM, Denis Dolinský wrote:
>>> > Hi,
>>> >
>>> > yes, I need spoof_source to be enabled for source identification ...
>>> >
>>> > Denis
>>> >
>>> > 2016-09-28 16:44 GMT+02:00 Szalai, Attila
>>> > <Attila.Szalai at morganstanley.com <mailto:Attila.Szalai at morganst
>>> anley.com>>:
>>> >
>>> >     Just a quick note.____
>>> >
>>> >     The warning message about the binding issue caused by the
>>> >     spoof_source option. Is that option necessary?____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     *From:*syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
>>> >     <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>
>>> >     [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
>>> >     <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>] *On Behalf Of *Denis
>>> >     Dolinský
>>> >     *Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2016 3:47 PM
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >     *To:* Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
>>> >     *Subject:* Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng forwarding and processing
>>> issue____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     hi guys,____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     this is stats:____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     destination;d_net_udp514;;a;processed;13
>>> >     source;s_net_udp514;;a;processed;3
>>> >     dst.syslog;d_net_udp514#0;udp,192.168.3.1:514;a;dropped;0
>>> >     dst.syslog;d_net_udp514#0;udp,192.168.3.1:514;a;processed;10
>>> >     dst.syslog;d_net_udp514#0;udp,192.168.3.1:514;a;stored;0____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     from debug:____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     Incoming log entry; source='s_net_udp514#0',
>>> >     line='<78> remote_server /usr/sbin/cron[24934]:
>>> >     Can't bind hostname for the IP address, therefore using IP address
>>> >     as hostname; IP address='192.168.2.1'____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     Do you see anything what I do not do ?____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     Thanks.____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     Denis____
>>> >
>>> >     __ __
>>> >
>>> >     2016-09-28 14:02 GMT+02:00 Szalai, Attila
>>> >     <Attila.Szalai at morganstanley.com
>>> >     <mailto:Attila.Szalai at morganstanley.com>>:____
>>> >
>>> >     Hi,____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     In case of udp, the syslog source should handle receiving logs with
>>> >     old and the new version too. (But that is more an exception than
>>> the
>>> >     rule, so matching the receiver and the sender is a good idea
>>> >     generaly.)____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     Before anything else I would check if the logs arrive to the
>>> >     anonymizer host or not. The statistics can help on this. Also, if
>>> >     there are parsing issue, the syslog-ng would tell this through its
>>> >     log.____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     After that starting the syslog-ng with enabled debug logs can also
>>> >     help on discovering what happening with the received log.____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     *From:*syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
>>> >     <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>
>>> >     [mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu
>>> >     <mailto:syslog-ng-bounces at lists.balabit.hu>] *On Behalf Of
>>> *Fekete,
>>> >     Róbert
>>> >     *Sent:* Wednesday, September 28, 2016 1:47 PM
>>> >     *To:* Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
>>> >     *Subject:* Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng forwarding and processing
>>> issue____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     Hi, ____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     The destination on your remote server and the source on the
>>> >     pseudomizer host do not match: the first one uses the udp() driver
>>> >     (RFC3164 protocol), while the second uses the syslog() driver
>>> >     (RFC5424) protocol. ____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     Change the destination driver to syslog() on the remote server.
>>> (For
>>> >     more possibilities, see
>>> >     https://www.balabit.com/documents/syslog-ng-pe-latest-guide
>>> s/en/syslog-ng-pe-guide-admin/html/concepts-things-to-consider.html
>>> >     <https://www.balabit.com/documents/syslog-ng-pe-latest-guid
>>> es/en/syslog-ng-pe-guide-admin/html/concepts-things-to-consider.html>
>>> )____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     HTH____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     Robert____
>>> >
>>> >      ____
>>> >
>>> >     On Wed, Sep 28, 2016 at 1:17 PM, Denis Dolinský
>>> >     <denis.dolinsky at gmail.com <mailto:denis.dolinsky at gmail.com>>
>>> wrote:____
>>> >
>>> >     Hi guys,____
>>> >
>>> >     I have following setup in place:____
>>> >
>>> >     remote server - 192.168.1.10____
>>> >
>>> >     pseudomizer - syslog-ng PE in client mode - 192.168.2.10____
>>> >
>>> >     SIEM - 192.168.3.10____
>>> >
>>> >     So I am sending syslog logs from remote server to pseudomizer:____
>>> >
>>> >     source src { internal()};____
>>> >
>>> >     destination dst { udp ("192.168.2.10) port (514);};____
>>> >
>>> >     log { source(src); destination (dst);____
>>> >
>>> >     this is very old config from syslog v4____
>>> >
>>> >     Then on pseudomizer - syslog-ng LTS 6.0.1 PE, I am collecting the
>>> >     logs, processing them - removing private data, putting pseudonyms
>>> >     instead and forwarding them to SIEM.
>>> >
>>> >     source s_net_udp514 {
>>> >         syslog(
>>> >             ip(192.168.2.10)
>>> >             ip-protocol(4)
>>> >             transport("udp")
>>> >             so_rcvbuf(2097152)
>>> >             );
>>> >     };
>>> >
>>> >     source src {
>>> >             internal();
>>> >             unix-dgram("/dev/log");
>>> >             system ();
>>> >     };
>>> >
>>> >     destination d_net_udp514 {
>>> >              syslog (
>>> >              "192.168.3.10"
>>> >              port(514)
>>> >              transport(udp)
>>> >              spoof_source(yes)
>>> >              mark_mode(periodical));};
>>> >     rewrite r_rewrite {
>>> >     subst("admin", "pseudonym000001", value("MESSAGE"),
>>> flags("global"));
>>> >
>>> >     log {
>>> >             source(s_net_udp514); source (src);
>>> >             rewrite(r_rewrite); # do the pseudomizing
>>> >             destination(d_net_udp514);
>>> >     };____
>>> >
>>> >     On SIEM device, I can see only pseudomizer internal logs (src), not
>>> >     processed logs from remote server.____
>>> >
>>> >     Any advice ?____
>>> >
>>> >     Many thanks.____
>>> >
>>> >     Denis____
>>> >
>>> >
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>>> >     -- ____
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>>> >     Ing. Denis Dolinský
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>>> > --
>>> > Ing. Denis Dolinský
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Ing. Denis Dolinský
>> denis.dolinsky at gmail.com
>> private cell: *+421 907 530711 <%2B421%20907%20530711>*
>>
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>>
>>
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-- 
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denis.dolinsky at gmail.com
private cell: *+421 907 530711*
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