Please Xuri, (or anyone) contribute a* "nifty netflow-to-syslog utility"*?
What is possible with latest Rsyslog and compatible netflow utilities?
...implementation referenced in previous message threads (below ):


* Thanks,*




*Kendall________*


   - [rsyslog] Off-Topic: rsyslog-like equivalent for NetFlow?
   <http://lists.adiscon.net/pipermail/rsyslog/2014-January/035794.html>

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....or maybe share/integrate it as an input module to rsyslog?!

*salivate*


On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 6:52 PM, Xuri Nagarin <secsubs at gmail.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>> wrote:

>* Let me check with my co-worker who wrote a nifty netflow-to-syslog utility
*>* in C. Maybe we can share it as open source.
*>>>>>* On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 1:20 PM, David Lang <david at lang.hm
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>> wrote:
*>>* > what sort of throughput can you get from logstash getting netflow logs
*>* and
*>* > delivering them to rsyslog?
*>* >
*>* > David Lang
*>* >
*>* > On Fri, 10 Jan 2014, Mike Hoskins (michoski) wrote:
*>* >
*>* >  Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 20:58:03 +0000
*>* >> From: "Mike Hoskins (michoski)" <michoski at cisco.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >> Reply-To: rsyslog-users <rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >>
*>* >> To: rsyslog-users <rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Off-Topic: rsyslog-like equivalent for NetFlow?
*>* >>
*>* >> Logstash setup itself is straightforward (their docs are great), and I
*>* can
*>* >> attach the full config referenced below + patterns file specific to
*>* Cisco,
*>* >> minus my IPs and rabbitmq passwords of course...if that's helpful.  ;-)
*>* >> Nothing too exotic really.
*>* >>
*>* >> Right now I've got netflow in each colo going through logstash ->
*>* rabbitmq
*>* >> <- central rabbitmq -> elasticsearch -> kibana to make infosec happy.
*>*  The
*>* >> bulk of the work is on es/kibana side to make pretty dashboards people
*>* >> like, though they can tweak quite a bit themselves.
*>* >>
*>* >> I actually use rsyslog for an entirely different use case (high volume
*>* >> application logs), but was thinking the above could be
*>* >> modified...inserting rsyslog in the middle so you could output/archive
*>* to
*>* >> flat file as well as es.  That way people who prefer traditional methods
*>* >> like grep aren't left in the cold.  Elasticsearch is amazing, but this
*>* >> would give users a choice of interface.
*>* >>
*>* >> -----Original Message-----
*>* >> From: Nick Syslog <rsyslog at nanoscopic.net
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >> Reply-To: rsyslog-users <rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >> Date: Friday, January 10, 2014 2:34 PM
*>* >> To: rsyslog-users <rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] Off-Topic: rsyslog-like equivalent for NetFlow?
*>* >>
*>* >>  I'm also interested in this solution as I'm about to implement
*>* something
*>* >>> similar in our enterprise as well...
*>* >>>
*>* >>> Either that or work on paying to develop something native to rsyslog to
*>* >>> accept the traffic and redistribute it.
*>* >>>
*>* >>>
*>* >>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 11:51 AM, Mike Hoskins (michoski) <
*>* >>> michoski at cisco.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>> wrote:
*>* >>>
*>* >>>  Still working out all the details, but have had luck using logstash
*>* >>>> behind
*>* >>>> lb to accept netflow inpup, then filter/output as desired...even back
*>* >>>> into
*>* >>>> rsyslog.  ;-)
*>* >>>>
*>* >>>> input {
*>* >>>>
*>* >>>>   # Syslog inputs
*>* >>>>   udp {
*>* >>>>     host => "a.b.c.d"
*>* >>>>     port => 514
*>* >>>>     type => "syslog"
*>* >>>>   }
*>* >>>>   tcp {
*>* >>>>     host => "a.b.c.d"
*>* >>>>     port => 514
*>* >>>>     type => "syslog"
*>* >>>>   }
*>* >>>>
*>* >>>>   # Netflow input
*>* >>>>   udp {
*>* >>>>     host => "a.b.c.d"
*>* >>>>     codec => netflow {}
*>* >>>>     port => 2055
*>* >>>>     type => "netflow"
*>* >>>>   }
*>* >>>>
*>* >>>>   # Dummy TCP ports for load balancer probes
*>* >>>>   tcp {
*>* >>>>     host => "a.b.c.d"
*>* >>>>     port => 514
*>* >>>>     type => "dummy"
*>* >>>>   }
*>* >>>>   tcp {
*>* >>>>     host => "a.b.c.d"
*>* >>>>     port => 2055
*>* >>>>     type => "dummy"
*>* >>>>   }
*>* >>>> }
*>* >>>>
*>* >>>>
*>* >>>> Last tcp bits being a hack to keep random garbage showing up from lb
*>* >>>> probes (my filters drop type dummy).
*>* >>>>
*>* >>>> -----Original Message-----
*>* >>>> From: Robert McIntyre <rjmcinty at hotmail.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >>>> Reply-To: rsyslog-users <rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >>>> Date: Friday, January 10, 2014 1:36 PM
*>* >>>> To: "rsyslog at lists.adiscon.com
<http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>" <rsyslog at
lists.adiscon.com <http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog>>
*>* >>>> Subject: [rsyslog] Off-Topic: rsyslog-like equivalent for NetFlow?
*>* >>>>
*>* >>>>  Hello, folks!  Apologies for this question; I know that it's
*>* off-topic,
*>* >>>>> but hope that it's not too far off. :)
*>* >>>>>
*>* >>>>> I have an infrastructure using rsyslog to receive, write to text
*>* file,
*>* >>>>> and forward syslog traffic.  I now need to figure out a way to do the
*>* >>>>> same things with NetFlow data.  I'm querying the internet, but
*>* haven't
*>* >>>>> found anything as turnkey as rsyslog is for syslog.
*>* >>>>>
*>* >>>>> Any suggestions?
*>* >>>>>
*>* >>>>> Thanks!
*>* >>>>> Robert*


On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 10:22 PM, masoom alam <[email protected]> wrote:

> Any activity on this thread.
>
> We are trying to get rid of Logstash. Netflow management is another strong
> point that Logstash can manage.
>
> Thanks
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