Hi Johannes,

We can do some debugging against a single session that you have
control of - and hence know what to expect in terms of tcp flags.
And if you pass me the pcap trace privately i can also reproduce
in lab. Let me know how this sounds.

Cheers,
Paolo

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 05:50:16AM +0200, Johannes Formann wrote:
> Hi Paolo,
> 
> Using normal pmacctd.
> 
> If I understand you correctly, number 27 in the database means the following 
> flags are set:
> ACK (16)
> PSH (8)
> (NO RST)
> SYN (2)
> FIN (1)
> 
> Which is a strange combination, considering that according to the database is 
> set in about 20% of the packets …
> Or is my mapping of the flags to numbers wrong?
> 
> greetings
> 
> Johannes
> 
> 
> > Am 22.07.2015 um 05:20 schrieb Paolo Lucente <[email protected]>:
> > 
> > Hi Johannes,
> > 
> > Yes, the flags are OR'ed on that field as they come. Don't know which
> > daemon you are using; if nfacctd then that is the standard way a
> > NetFlow metering process accounts for TCP flags. pmacctd and the
> > other daemons have inherited such a behaviour. So you should test
> > presence (boolean and) of the flag you are looking for rather than
> > equal to.
> > 
> > If not using nfacctd, I know this may not be ideal for some use-cases
> > - especially in the area of security and forensics - and hence i'm
> > open to feedback.
> > 
> > Cheers,
> > Paolo
> > 
> > On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 09:54:51PM +0200, Johannes Formann wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> I have a question: how are the different Flags stored in the tcp_flags 
> >> column of the mysql-Database (int(4))?
> >> The common mapping (SYN=2, ACK=16) doesn’t seem to match. I get these 
> >> TCP-Flags for 90% of the traffic: 27, 223, 31
> >> 
> >> That means 90% of the traffic have SYN, ACK AND FIN set…
> >> 
> >> Am I matching the wrong bits or is the problem somewhere else?
> >> 
> >> greetings
> >> 
> >> Johannes
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