It tells you that you are getting an abnormal amount of alerts for that time of the day. Something is happening to cause those alerts, find out what.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Michael Barrett <[email protected]> wrote: > Message: <30>Apr 15 15:37:50 newman ossec:/var/ossec/logs/alerts/alerts.log > Rule: 11 (level 8) -> 'Excessive number of events (above normal).' > > > I get several of these every day. I asked a question about suppressing > them and was told that I shouldn't do it. > > What does this alert tell me? How would I follow up on this event? > ____________________________________________ > Michael Barrett | Information Security Analyst - Lead | Mortgage Guaranty > Insurance Corporation > 270 E. Kilbourn Ave. | Milwaukee, WI 53202 USA | ( 1.414.347.6271 | 7 > 1.888.601.4440 | * [email protected] > > > “Accomplishing the impossible means only that your boss will add it to your > regular duties” Doug Larson > > This message is intended for use only by the person(s) addressed above and > may contain privileged and confidential information. Disclosure or use of > this message by any other person is strictly prohibited. If this message is > received in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this > message. > > -- > To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject. >
