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RE: E-mail alerting
From: "Andy" <andy () page55 com>
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2004 20:28:30 -0500
Urr.. maybe not. Swatch seems to be working until it gets the first alert. Upon getting the alert this message comes up: *** swatch version 3.1.1 (pid:901) started at Sun Sep 19 19:34:12 CDT 2004 sh: /var/log/snort: Is a directory after this, swatch does not send anymore email alerts. Snort continues to log as normal. Anybody? Andy -----Original Message----- From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Sunday, September 19, 2004 6:20 PM To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net Subject: RE: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting OK, the mail issue is fixed. I needed to add "tunes.page55.com" to my relay_from_host list in the mail servers main config file. AND Swatch works! Thanks to all who gave their input. This issue is offically closed! Andy -----Original Message----- From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 10:36 PM To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net Subject: RE: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting I'm now thinking it may be a Mail problem, because I can't send a test message to the mailserver. I know this isn't the place for mail support, but just hoping someone would be able to give input either way by looking at my mail test: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------- [andy@tunes andy]$ mail -iInv -s "testing" andy () page55 com EOT Null message body; hope that's ok andy () page55 com... Connecting to mail.page55.com. via esmtp... 220 simon.page55.com ESMTP Exim 4.30 Sat, 18 Sep 2004 22:33:36 -0500 >>> EHLO tunes.page55.com 250-simon.page55.com Hello tunes.page55.com [192.168.1.1] 250-SIZE 52428800 250-PIPELINING 250 HELP >>> MAIL From:<andy () tunes page55 com> SIZE=38 250 OK >>> RCPT To:<andy () page55 com> 550-Verification failed for <andy () tunes page55 com> 550-Unrouteable address 550 Sender verify failed >>> RSET 250 Reset OK /home/andy/dead.letter... Saved message in /home/andy/dead.letter Closing connection to mail.page55.com. >>> QUIT 221 simon.page55.com closing connection ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------- FYI, I've never tried to send emails from this box before... Thanks, Andy -----Original Message----- From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 10:00 PM To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net Subject: RE: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting JUST SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: you wrote: > I was busy with my work for past three days,I didn't even check snort list.Just now,I checked my mails,saw ur request.Well,I could not get into a conclusion,what might be > the error.Send the line in ur script(ie,/root/.swatch_script.3238 ),where the error points out.I think,the mail-id was the problem > for the error. this is line 125 that was giving me the error before I removed the ADDRESS portion of the mail command: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- $swatch_last_flush = $swatch_time_now; } if (/Priority/) { &Swatch::Actions::send_email('ADDRESSES' => "andy\@page55.com", 'MESSAGE' => "$_", 'SUBJECT' => "--- Snort IDS Alert ---", ); &Swatch::Actions::exec_command('MESSAGE' => "$_", 'COMMAND' => "echo $0 >> /var/log/snort", ); next; ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------- AND FYI, I DID verify that snort is actively logging ..... thanks, Andy -----Original Message----- From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Andy Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 9:34 PM To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net Subject: RE: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting Ok, I think I'm getting close. In /etc/swatchrc.txt, I removed the ADDRESS part of the mail command, and swatch now runs, AND the /root/.swatch_script.1234 file is created and I can actually find it. I get this: *** swatch version 3.1.1 (pid:2009) started at Sat Sep 18 19:44:05 CDT 2004 To test, I did a port scan, and this popped up: Invalid attribute name green_h at /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1/Swatch/Actions.pm line 58 I commented the "echo green_h" line out, and I don't get the "Invalid attribute name........" error anymore. Still not getting email alerts however. Do I need the "echo green_h" ? I would think not.... Next, I changed the logging path, to /var/log/snort to match snort: [root@tunes andy]# snort -c /etc/snort/snort.conf -l /var/log/snort Running in IDS mode Log directory = /var/log/snort Still not getting email alerts however. This is my current swatchrc file: [root@tunes etc]# more swatchrc.txt # Swatch configuration file # # # swatch -c /etc/swatchrc -t /var/log/snort/alert # ### Snort Alerts ## Watch for entries containing the word 'Priority' in the snort alert file. ## Display it in green on the screen ## Mail alert to alerts () yourdomain com with subject of the email ## being "----Snort IDS Alert----" ## Log in file /var/log/IDS-scans watchfor /Priority/ # echo green_h mail andy () page55 com ,subject=--- Snort IDS Alert --- exec echo $0 >> /var/log/snort Any ideas, I've got to be sooooo close..... Thanks, Andy -----Original Message----- From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of Andy : Saturday, September 18, 2004 8:01 PM To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net Subject: RE: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting Hi Prabu, I cannot find this file. Locate does not find any files named swatch_script.* Snort and Swatch are installed on the "tunes.page55.com" server, and the mailserver I want alerts to be sent to is another server called "page55.com" Do I need a mail client running on Tunes? Sendmail is there by default. I'm not sure how it works, but I'm guessing that Snort would use the default email client to send an email... Thankyou for your reply, I wish I could get you the script info... I will continue hunting ..... Andy -----Original Message----- From: prabu [mailto:prabu333 () hotpop com] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 1:08 AM To: Andy; snort-users () lists sourceforge net Subject: Re: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting Hi Andy, I was busy with my work for past three days,I didn't even check snort list.Just now,I checked my mails,saw ur request.Well,I could not get into a conclusion,what might be the error.Send the line in ur script(ie,/root/.swatch_script.3238 ),where the error points out.I think,the mail-id was the problem for the error. First,R u running snort on "page555" server or "tunes" server.What is the hostname of the machine,where u have installed Snort and Swatch. See,u can send alerts to the useraccounts on the machine,where u have installed all thoses stuffs.So change the email-id in the configuration file. This would help U,I hope. NOTE: /root/.swatch_script.3238 ----.this is the script that is generated automatically,while running swatch. Cheers, Prabu.S ----- Original Message ----- From: Andy To: prabu ; snort-users () lists sourceforge net Sent: Monday, September 13, 2004 5:34 AM Subject: RE: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting Hi Prabu, Excellent post, it prompted me to check out swatch. I had to install the CPAN mods and the only thing different was that I had to install Time-HiRes-1.63 instead of Time-HiRes-1.59 They all installed ok. I'm trying to get swatch to read the config file. I followed the directions, but I'm getting an error: [root@tunes etc]# swatch --config-file=/etc/swatchrc.txt Global symbol "@page55" requires explicit package name at /root/.swatch_script.3238 line 125. Execution of /root/.swatch_script.3238 aborted due to compilation errors. I put the config file in /etc and copied it exactly from below, except of course I inserted my own email address. Do you know what this error means? What is the meaning of the line: /root/.swatch_script.3238 line 125. (specifically the /root/ part.) Thanks, Drew -----Original Message----- From: snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net [mailto:snort-users-admin () lists sourceforge net]On Behalf Of prabu Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 12:30 AM To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net; Carlos M Ospina Subject: Re: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting Hello Carlos, You can use Swatch to get emails alerts from Snort. Installing Swatch,is just a child's play,very easier.I have given below the necessary steps to configure Swatch. Hope,this will be useful.If you have,any queries,you can write to me............................. Prabu.S ############################################################################ ############################################ CONFIGURATION STEPS TO SEND SNORT ALERTS AS E-MAIL: To receives Snort alerts as E-mail, one can follow the following steps: Swatch is the widely used open source tool to enable E mail alerts in Snort. Swatch is a utility that monitors system log files, filters out unwanted data and takes specified actions (i.e., sending email, executing a script, etc.) based upon what it finds in the log files. So I have used Swatch to configure snort to send the alerts as E-mail. NOTE: Here, it is considered that snort have been already installed on the host, in which this is to be tested. [a] Swatch installation: Download the swatch package, from http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=68627 To install, simply issue the following commands: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install make realclean Swatch installs just like a CPAN module. If you are not familiar with this process then you may want to read about it by issuing the command: man ExtUtils::MakeMaker Use the perldoc command if your man cannot find the document. If you see messages like these: Warning: prerequisite Date::Calc 0 not found at (eval 1) line 219. Warning: prerequisite Date::Parse 0 not found at (eval 1) line 219. Warning: prerequisite File::Tail 0 not found at (eval 1) line 219. Warning: prerequisite Time::HiRes 1.12 not found at (eval 1) line 219. Then you need to install the CPAN module(s) that it doesn't find, before you can use swatch. You can find these modules at http://search.cpan.org/. One must download following perl modules from the site search.cpan.org 1.Bit-Vector-6.3 2.Date-Calc-5.3 3.DateManip-5.42a 4.File-Tail-0.98 5.Time-HiRes-1.59 6.TimeDate-1.16 To install these perl modules,one can follow the same steps as said per Swatch, They are, perl Makefile.PL make make test make install make realclean The Swatch binary will be installed at the /opt/perl/bin/ directory Then create the swatch configuratiobn file. cat /etc/swatchrc.txt ========================================================== # Swatch configuration file # # # swatch -c /etc/swatchrc -t /var/log/snort/alert # ### Snort Alerts ## Watch for entries containing the word 'Priority' in the snort alert file. ## Display it in green on the screen ## Mail alert to alerts () yourdomain com with subject of the email ## being "----Snort IDS Alert----" ## Log in file /var/log/IDS-scans watchfor /Priority/ echo green_h mail addresses=youruseraccount () yourdomain comt ,subject=--- Snort IDS Alert --- exec echo $0 >> /var/log/IDS-scans ============================================================ THE FINAL STEPS: [a] Start Snort in NIDS mode: #./snort -c /snort/iexpress/snort/etc/snort.conf -l /var/log/snort. [b] Start swatch: cd /opt/perl/bin #./swatch --config-file=/etc/swatchrc.txt [c] Using Outlook Express: configure the User's POP3 account and you can recieve the emails send by Swatch for each alerts based on the patter matching the "watchfor" ############################################################################ ############################## Cheers, Prabu.S ----- Original Message ----- From: Carlos M Ospina To: snort-users () lists sourceforge net Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 7:08 PM Subject: [Snort-users] E-mail alerting Is there anyway to configure, with acid, automatic alerts by e-mail? is ther eany manual about that? Thanks in advance. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.751 / Virus Database: 502 - Release Date: 9/2/2004 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.760 / Virus Database: 509 - Release Date: 9/10/2004
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