On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:35 PM, frwa onto <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Dan,
>                Ok so to test it you created a file called xxx and you let
> the ossec engine to run through it to decode the message rite. Please

Essentially, yes.

> correct me if my understanding is wrong here. Do you think for the two rules
> Rule id: '30101' and '30112' should I increase the Level: '0' for the email
> trigger as I have set now to 5 for email triggering?
>

30101 is very generic. I would not increase the level of that rule,
only use it as a parent rule for more specific rules.
If 30112 is something you want to be notified of, you should increase the level.

>
> On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 2:26 AM, dan (ddp) <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 1:22 PM, frwa onto <[email protected]> wrote:
>> > Dear Dan,
>> >               So meaning that the existing apache rules wont trigger
>> > this as
>> > an alert is it ? How to create new rules and are we allowed to add
>> > existing
>>
>> I provided the output from ossec-logtest. That output tells you
>> exactly what OSSEC does with the log messages you provided.
>>
>> > rules? Does it need any compilation or just some xml documents? You
>> > added
>>
>> Just xml documents. You'll have to restart the ossec processes on the
>> server after modifying the rules.
>>
>> > these what are these actually
>>
>> Those are not rules, that is the output from ossec-logtest
>>
>> > *Phase 1: Completed pre-decoding.
>> >        full event: '[Sun Oct 13 12:33:29 2013] [error] [client
>> > 103.246.38.196] Directory index forbidden by Options directive:
>> > /var/www/html/*******/'
>> >        hostname: 'arrakis'
>> >        program_name: '(null)'
>> >        log: '[error] [client 103.246.38.196] Directory index forbidden
>> > by Options directive: /var/www/html/*******/'
>> >
>> > **Phase 2: Completed decoding.
>> >        decoder: 'apache-errorlog'
>> >        srcip: '103.246.38.196'
>> >
>> > **Phase 3: Completed filtering (rules).
>> >        Rule id: '30101'
>> >        Level: '0'
>> >        Description: 'Apache error messages grouped.'
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 11:24 PM, dan (ddp) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 10:20 AM, frwa onto <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> > Dear Dan,
>> >> >                The log message is from the httpd error log. Here is
>> >> > the
>> >> > part
>> >> > of the log where I notice.
>> >> >
>> >> > [Sun Oct 13 12:33:29 2013] [error] [client 103.246.38.196] Directory
>> >> > index
>> >> > forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/*******/
>> >> > [Sun Oct 13 12:33:30 2013] [error] [client 103.246.38.196] File does
>> >> > not
>> >> > exist: /var/www/html/images
>> >> > [Sun Oct 13 12:33:30 2013] [error] [client 103.246.38.196] Directory
>> >> > index
>> >> > forbidden by Options directive: /var/www/html/******/images/
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> The rules that match these log messages won't trigger an email or
>> >> anything. So you'll have to create better rules for them.
>> >>
>> >> /tmp/xxx contains the log messages above.
>> >>
>> >> # cat /tmp/xxx | /var/ossec/bin/ossec-logtest
>> >> 2013/11/07 10:23:20 ossec-testrule: INFO: Reading local decoder file.
>> >> 2013/11/07 10:23:21 ossec-testrule: INFO: Started (pid: 16416).
>> >> ossec-testrule: Type one log per line.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> **Phase 1: Completed pre-decoding.
>> >>        full event: '[Sun Oct 13 12:33:29 2013] [error] [client
>> >> 103.246.38.196] Directory index forbidden by Options directive:
>> >> /var/www/html/*******/'
>> >>        hostname: 'arrakis'
>> >>        program_name: '(null)'
>> >>        log: '[error] [client 103.246.38.196] Directory index forbidden
>> >> by Options directive: /var/www/html/*******/'
>> >>
>> >> **Phase 2: Completed decoding.
>> >>        decoder: 'apache-errorlog'
>> >>        srcip: '103.246.38.196'
>> >>
>> >> **Phase 3: Completed filtering (rules).
>> >>        Rule id: '30101'
>> >>        Level: '0'
>> >>        Description: 'Apache error messages grouped.'
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> **Phase 1: Completed pre-decoding.
>> >>        full event: '[Sun Oct 13 12:33:30 2013] [error] [client
>> >> 103.246.38.196] File does not exist: /var/www/html/images'
>> >>        hostname: 'arrakis'
>> >>        program_name: '(null)'
>> >>        log: '[error] [client 103.246.38.196] File does not exist:
>> >> /var/www/html/images'
>> >>
>> >> **Phase 2: Completed decoding.
>> >>        decoder: 'apache-errorlog'
>> >>        srcip: '103.246.38.196'
>> >>
>> >> **Phase 3: Completed filtering (rules).
>> >>        Rule id: '30112'
>> >>        Level: '0'
>> >>        Description: 'Attempt to access an non-existent file (those are
>> >> reported on the access.log).'
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> > What should I look for the ossec.log for the syscheckd ? What is the
>> >> > command
>> >> > to turning the debug for syscheckd ?
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >> Kill ossec-syscheckd, then run `/var/ossec/bin/ossec-syscheckd -d`
>> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 11:45 PM, dan (ddp) <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:39 AM, frwa onto <[email protected]>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> > Dear Dan,
>> >> >> >                Which log sample you prefer to have the apache
>> >> >> > error
>> >> >> > log
>> >> >> > or
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Which log messasge do you want to trigger an alert? That is the
>> >> >> important one here, right? In your original message you mentioned a
>> >> >> log message containing "Directory index forbidden by Options
>> >> >> directive:," but did not include the entire log message. I assume
>> >> >> this
>> >> >> is the log message you want an alert on?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> > the ossec log ? Are the rules need tweaking too? How can I be sure
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > rootkit is running any log to check on it?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Check the ossec.log. If there is no mention of it, try turning on
>> >> >> debug for syscheckd.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 10:58 PM, dan (ddp) <[email protected]>
>> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:54 AM, frwa onto <[email protected]>
>> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> > Dear Dan,
>> >> >> >> >               If I look into my ossec.conf I can see this both
>> >> >> >> > these
>> >> >> >> > apache_rules.xml and web_appsec_rules.xml and I can see it
>> >> >> >> > monitors
>> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> > /var/log/httpd/error_log. What else do I need to check on ? Is
>> >> >> >> > monitoring
>> >> >> >> > just fine or must I still create rules sorry I am newbie into
>> >> >> >> > this.
>> >> >> >> > Besides
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> You didn't provide a log sample, so I cannot determine whether
>> >> >> >> the
>> >> >> >> log
>> >> >> >> will be identified by OSSEC or not.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > that when will the rootkit check will be done on a period basic
>> >> >> >> > or
>> >> >> >> > launch
>> >> >> >> > manually ?
>> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> It should scan periodically.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> > On Wednesday, November 6, 2013 12:29:02 AM UTC+8, dan (ddpbsd)
>> >> >> >> > wrote:
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 12:51 PM, frwa onto <[email protected]>
>> >> >> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >> >> >> > Dear All,
>> >> >> >> >> >             I am new to ossec. I am still learning how it
>> >> >> >> >> > works
>> >> >> >> >> > just
>> >> >> >> >> > wondering can it detect scraper activities because I have
>> >> >> >> >> > banned
>> >> >> >> >> > directory
>> >> >> >> >> > traversing but I notice yet the scrapper manage to get to
>> >> >> >> >> > some
>> >> >> >> >> > of
>> >> >> >> >> > the
>> >> >> >> >> > directories but got this error Directory index forbidden by
>> >> >> >> >> > Options
>> >> >> >> >> > directive:
>> >> >> >> >> >
>> >> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >> >> Are these logs being monitored by OSSEC? You should be able to
>> >> >> >> >> create
>> >> >> >> >> a rule looking for the log message.
>> >> >> >> >>
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