[logs] FW: FW-1 and incident log processing (fwd)

From: Tina Bird (tbird@precision-guesswork.com)
Date: Fri Oct 26 2001 - 07:36:44 PDT

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    I have asked Ken to tell us a little more about
    his scripts, and to let me post them on the Web
    site.
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Ken McKinlay [mailto:ken.mckinlayat_private]
    Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:17 AM
    To: 'intrusionsat_private'
    Subject: FW-1 and incident log processing
    
    
    For those using FW-1, I've cobbled together a set of shell/perl scripts and
    web CGI pages that have helped me reduce the time to handle my reports from
    1 hour to less than 10 minutes (only a /28 network to worry about
    externally). 
    
    The way they work is:
    1. A FireWall-1 user-defined alert is generated by the firewall for the
    ports I am interested in monitoring.
    2. From the alert, an e-mail is generated and is sent to my log processor
    system.
    3. The raw alert log is processed and split into descrete files. 
    4. These files are then displayed via a browser as a series of check boxes.
    
    >From there I just select a group of incidents and the e-mail to be sent is
    displayed on the screen along with the log details. I then fill in the To
    and CC addresses, check that the message body is OK and send it off with a
    click. 
    
    If anyone is interested, drop me a line. Be warned, they are still in beta
    since I am still in the process of tweaking but I have been using them for
    about a week without any problems.
    
    Ken McKinlay, GCIA
    Network Security
    Dy 4 Systems
    613-599-9199 x506 
    ken.mckinlayat_private
    
    
    
    
    
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