And the winner is ......Christian ! 
Thanks !

On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 7:12:55 PM UTC+2, Zoe wrote:
>
> I have 52 agents, is there possible as Christian said, that I have to 
> unblock IP on all agents before it's unblocked on just one ?
>
> Regards.
>
> Zoe
>
> On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 6:10:21 PM UTC+2, Zoe wrote:
>>
>> 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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