Other thing : when I manually run "firewall-drop add", command 
"firewall-drop delete" is ok, before timeout.
But when it's ossec who run it, with AR, a manual "firewall-drop delete" 
doesn't work...

Can you confirm me rights on /var/ossec files and directories please ?

On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 5:56:59 PM UTC+2, Zoe wrote:
>
> Thanks for you reply Christian.
> ah ?
> "Running host-deny and/or firewall-drop just on one machine is not enough 
> because it is not propagated to the others."
> I agree it doesn't unblock on all machines, but on the single machine 
> where IP has been unblocked, I think it has to be unblocked, no ?
>
> Dan,
> Entire command I use is : "/var/ossec/active-response/bin/firewall-drop.sh 
> delete - 1.1.1.1"
>
> And nothing in logs.
>
> Zoe
>
> On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 5:44:34 PM UTC+2, Christian Beer wrote:
>>
>>  I also use active_response (OSSEC 2.6) on a Debian server and whenever 
>> I want to unblock someone I delete the firewall rule directly using 
>> iptables commands. That always works instantaneously. But I have only one 
>> machine. In your setup using server/agent you have to unblock the IP at 
>> every agent and the server separately. Running host-deny and/or 
>> firewall-drop just on one machine is not enough because it is not 
>> propagated to the others.
>>
>> Regards
>> Christian
>>
>> Am 16.10.2012 17:16, schrieb Zoe: 
>>
>> Operating System : Linux openSuse
>>
>> I agree with you : that doesn't make any sense :)
>> Re-apply firewall rules ? already done, no change.
>> A copy of my ossec.conf is above, have I missed something ?
>> I "firewall-drop delete" on agent, have i to do it on server ? on server 
>> ad agents ? from server to agents ?
>> I check ossec.log on server, active-response.log on agents, nothing 
>> strange there. Nothing in system logs. 
>> Can others log files help ? 
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:56:14 PM UTC+2, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 10:49 AM, Zoe <[email protected]> wrote: 
>>> > Thanks for explication. 
>>> > IP is not set anywhere else. 
>>> > 
>>> > Sorry for the lack of information : 
>>> > 
>>> > Ossec 2.6 is installed on server and agents with Suse Linux. 
>>> > 
>>> > # ossec.conf on Ossec Server 
>>> >  <ossec_config> 
>>> > ... 
>>> >   <command> 
>>> >     <name>host-deny</name> 
>>> >     <executable>host-deny.sh</executable> 
>>> >     <expect>srcip</expect> 
>>> >     <timeout_allowed>yes</timeout_allowed> 
>>> >   </command> 
>>> > 
>>> >   <command> 
>>> >     <name>firewall-drop</name> 
>>> >     <executable>firewall-drop.sh</executable> 
>>> >     <expect>srcip</expect> 
>>> >     <timeout_allowed>yes</timeout_allowed> 
>>> >   </command> 
>>> > 
>>> >  <command> 
>>> >     <name>disable-account</name> 
>>> >     <executable>disable-account.sh</executable> 
>>> >     <expect>user</expect> 
>>> >     <timeout_allowed>yes</timeout_allowed> 
>>> >   </command> 
>>> > 
>>> >   <command> 
>>> >     <name>restart-ossec</name> 
>>> >     <executable>restart-ossec.sh</executable> 
>>> >     <expect></expect> 
>>> >   </command> 
>>> > 
>>> >   <command> 
>>> >     <name>route-null</name> 
>>> >     <executable>route-null.sh</executable> 
>>> >     <expect>srcip</expect> 
>>> >     <timeout_allowed>yes</timeout_allowed> 
>>> >   </command> 
>>> > 
>>> >  <active-response> 
>>> >     <command>host-deny</command> 
>>> >     <location>all</location> 
>>> >     <level>10</level> 
>>> >     <rules_id>11306</rules_id> 
>>> >     <timeout>900</timeout> 
>>> >     <repeated_offenders>15,30,60,120</repeated_offenders> 
>>> >   </active-response> 
>>> > 
>>> >   <active-response>--> 
>>> >     <command>firewall-drop</command> 
>>> >     <location>all</location> 
>>> >     <level>10</level> 
>>> >     <rules_id>11306</rules_id> 
>>> >     <timeout>900</timeout> 
>>> >     <repeated_offenders>15,30,60,120</repeated_offenders> 
>>> >   </active-response> 
>>> >  </ossec_config> 
>>> > ... 
>>> > 
>>> > # ossec.conf on Ossec agent 
>>> >  <ossec_config> 
>>> >         <client> 
>>> >                 <server-ip>1.1.1.2</server-ip> 
>>> >         </client> 
>>> >         <active-response> 
>>> >                 <repeated_offenders>15,30,60,120</repeated_offenders> 
>>> >         </active-response> 
>>> >  </ossec_config> 
>>> > 
>>> > Is there any other information that can help ? 
>>> > 
>>>
>>> Operating system? 
>>>
>>> > Thanks in advance for your help. 
>>> > 
>>> > Note : when ossec execute "firewall-drop delete" and "host-deny 
>>> delete" 
>>> > after timeout, it's ok : IP is now allowed. 
>>> > But when I execute these commands manually, firewall and hosts.deny 
>>> are 
>>> > modified, but IP remains blocked... 
>>> > 
>>>
>>> That doesn't make any sense. Are you positive you haven't missed 
>>> something? All the scripts do is remove the IP from the firewall or 
>>> hosts.deny. Perhaps the firewall rules have to be re-applied or 
>>> something? 
>>>
>>> Other than that, I have no clue. I've never seen this problem, and 
>>> don't know why your system would be blocking something without any 
>>> reason to block it (ossec doesn't directly do any blocking). You'd 
>>> think there'd be a log somewhere though... 
>>>
>>> > Zoe 
>>> > 
>>> > On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 4:09:17 PM UTC+2, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
>>> >> 
>>> >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Zoe <[email protected]> wrote: 
>>> >> > Thanks for reply. 
>>> >> > 
>>> >> > No, IP is not blocked anywhere else. 
>>> >> > IP is not in firewall, neither in hosts.deny. But is still blocked 
>>> until 
>>> >> > timeout expired. 
>>> >> > After 900s (timeout), IP is allowed, but not before. Evend if 
>>> deleted 
>>> >> > from 
>>> >> > firewall and hosts.deny. 
>>> >> > 
>>> >> > The question : how is defined timeout ? Where or how can i remove 
>>> it 
>>> >> > after 
>>> >> > active-response is applied ? 
>>> >> > 
>>> >> 
>>> >> Remove it from where-ever you set it. The supplied AR scripts don't 
>>> do 
>>> >> anything fancy. Generally if you remove the IP from the firewall 
>>> block 
>>> >> and from the hosts.deny block it'll be allowed. If you remove the 
>>> >> block from every place you have OSSEC set the block, it won't be 
>>> >> blocked (by OSSEC) anymore. It's that simple. 
>>> >> Since you haven't provided any useful information, that's all I can 
>>> >> help with. My guess would be you aren't using your tools correctly, 
>>> >> but that's just a guess. 
>>> >> 
>>> >> > On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 3:28:20 PM UTC+2, dan (ddpbsd) wrote: 
>>> >> >> 
>>> >> >> On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 9:12 AM, Zoe <[email protected]> wrote: 
>>> >> >> > Hi guys, 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > I set up ossec since few months now, but I have some problems 
>>> with 
>>> >> >> > active-responses. 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > Active-responses work well, no problem with it. 
>>> >> >> > When an alert is detected, a lot of failed authentication from 
>>> the 
>>> >> >> > same 
>>> >> >> > IP 
>>> >> >> > for example, IP is blacklisted in the firewall, and all 
>>> connections 
>>> >> >> > are 
>>> >> >> > dropped. 
>>> >> >> > I use a timeout of 900s and repeated_offenders. 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > But, in some cases, it arrived that a legitimate IP was 
>>> blacklisted : 
>>> >> >> > wrong 
>>> >> >> > password or other. It was blacklisted for 900s. 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > I want to manually unblock the IP, so I execute the command : 
>>> >> >> > #  /var/ossec/active-response/bin/host-deny.sh delete 1.1.1.1 
>>> >> >> > # /var/ossec/active-response/bin/firewall-drop.sh delete 1.1.1.1 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > It's ok : 1.1.1.1 is deleted from firewall's IP blacklisted IP 
>>> and is 
>>> >> >> > also 
>>> >> >> > deleted from hosts.deny. 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > But 1.1.1.1 is still not allowing to connect to agent, until 
>>> timeout 
>>> >> >> > of 
>>> >> >> > 900s 
>>> >> >> > expired. 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > My question : is there a way to manually unblock 1.1.1.1 ? 
>>> before 
>>> >> >> > timeout 
>>> >> >> > expiration ? 
>>> >> >> > Did active-response modify anything else, apart of adding a drop 
>>> rule 
>>> >> >> > in 
>>> >> >> > firewall and an IP in hosts.deny in my case ?? 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> 
>>> >> >> How would we know? 
>>> >> >> 
>>> >> >> > I already try a reboot of agent, it doesn't help. 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > I'm using ossec2.6. 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > Thanks for any help. 
>>> >> >> > 
>>> >> >> > Zoe 
>>> >> >> 
>>> >> >> If you remove the IP from the hosts.deny and the firewall block, 
>>> it 
>>> >> >> should be allowed. Unless you've blocked the IP somewhere else. 
>>>
>>  
>>  

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