Oops, hit send too soon

On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:34 PM, dan (ddp) <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 1:15 PM, Colin Bruce <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Dear Dan,
>>
>> I am pretty sure I know what is wrong. We don't put compilers on production 
>> servers so I've built it on a development server, created a package to 
>> install it and copied that to the production server. Now, my guess is that 
>> the name of the server where it was built is built into the system and it 
>> uses that when coding or decoding the key.
>>
>
> Where in the code do you see that? I haven't looked at that area of
> the tree very much.
>
>> What I wonder is can it be built on one server and run on another. Obviously 
>> the agent can but what about the server?
>>
>
> Never tried it.
>

Since there are RPM and deb packages for OSSEC, I'd assume it's possible.

>> Best wishes....
>> Colin
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>> Behalf Of dan (ddp)
>> Sent: 21 November 2014 17:40
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] Cant Get it Working
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Colin Bruce <[email protected]> 
>> wrote:
>>> Dear Dan,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the suggestion. I get a lot of information in the logs now and 
>>> when I start one of the clients I get this in the file:
>>>
>>> ossec-remoted(1403): ERROR: Incorrectly formatted message from 
>>> '192.168.30.221'.
>>>
>>> It is repeated many times. That is the address of the client. I have 
>>> created key on the server using that address and installed it on the 
>>> client. If fact I just did it again just to be sure.
>>>
>>
>> So it seems like something is wrong with the key. I haven't really seen any 
>> complaints about this not working for anyone else. What SSH client/terminal 
>> are you using? Perhaps you can visually compare the keys on the manager and 
>> the agent. Also make sure the manager's ossec processes stopped. Stop them, 
>> make sure they're stopped (`ps auxww | grep ossec` should probably be 
>> enough), then start them again. I've seen that be the issue in the past.
>>
>>> Best wishes....
>>> Colin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
>>> On Behalf Of dan (ddp)
>>> Sent: 21 November 2014 16:22
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] Cant Get it Working
>>>
>>> On Fri, Nov 21, 2014 at 11:11 AM, Colin Bruce <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>> Dear Dan,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the reply. Sadly the answer to each of your questions is
>>>> yes. I just double checked to make sure.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Does the manager respond to the packets?
>>> Try turning debug on on the manager (`/var/ossec/bin/ossec-control enable 
>>> debug && /var/ossec/bin/ossec-control restart`), and check the logs for 
>>> more information.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> As a last attempt I am going to delete everything and start again.
>>>> After that I think I'll give up.
>>>>
>>> Good luck
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Best wishes...
>>>>
>>>> Colin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: [email protected]
>>>> [mailto:[email protected]]
>>>> On Behalf Of dan (ddp)
>>>> Sent: 21 November 2014 16:00
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [ossec-list] Cant Get it Working
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Nov 21, 2014 10:46 AM, "Colin Bruce" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have been trying to get this to work for a couple of months now
>>>>> and have got absolutely nowhere. I see lots of people with questions
>>>>> which suggests that they have it running. I just don't understand
>>>>> what I am doing wrong,
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've started again untarred the file ossec-hids-2.8.1.tar.gz, run
>>>>> install.sh using all the defaults and whe I run it I do get a
>>>>> notification by e-mail that it has started. However, the log file 
>>>>> includes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Why is the socket not available? Surely if it is required it should
>>>>> either be in the install.sh or documented somewhere.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I've installed two agents - one on a windows server and one on a
>>>>> Linux server. Neither of them connect to the ossec server. On both I get 
>>>>> this:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The log on the ossec server shows absolutely no attempt to connect
>>>>> from anywhere. It just ignores everything. All the servers are on
>>>>> the same network 192.168.30.0/24 and I've given them keys. There is
>>>>> no firewall of any kind between the servers and all other communications 
>>>>> works fine.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> This is an absolutely out of the box install with no configuration
>>>>> other than what install.sh does and it doesn't work.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any idea what is wrong or even where to look.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Is ossec-remoted working?
>>>> Are udp packets making it to the manager?
>>>> Are the keys and ips for the agents unique?
>>>> Did you restart the manager's ossec processes after adding the agents?
>>>> Are you sure you gave each agent the correct key?
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes....
>>>>>
>>>>> Colin
>>>>>
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