zeek July 2020

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[Bro] Bro with PF_RING receive repeating data packets

by Bowen Li

Hi all, Recently I have some problems with Bro and PF_RING in cluster. On my server, when I have less than 32 worker threads(rings), everything is okay, but when I use worker threads more than 32, pf_ring start to receive repeating data packets. For example, rings less than 32, I send 400000 packets to server and pf_ring info in /proc shows there is 400000 packets in rings, but when rings greater than 32, I can get 800000 packets when 33 rings and 1200000 packets when 34 rings and so on. I guess if there is some rules that a pf_ring or a bro cluster can only support less than 32 rings or worker threads on a server or some other reasons? Any insight would be helpful.

5 months

Any news about netmap plugin?

by Carlos Lopez

Good morning, Any news about this plugin to test it in FreeBSD/HardenedBSD systems? Regards, C. L. Martinez

1 year, 9 months

Worker vs Proxy load

by Mauricio Tavares

Using the drawing from https://docs.zeek.org/en/current/cluster/ as reference, I have some workers which are being used for other tasks. As such, I would like to offload as much as I can to the proxies as I can build them to fit my needs instead of just riding on an already running server (the workers). How can I tune the analysis done at worker vs the proxy to fit my need?

1 year, 9 months

PostgreSQL traffic analyzer script

by Yuval Khalifa

Hi, I'm using Zeek for quite some time now and I must say that it is one of the best IDSs out there today. Thanks a lot for a the hard work!! I know and use Zeek's ability to extract mysql commands, users, rows count and status from the network traffic. Is it possible to do the same for PostgreSQL? If not, how complicated do you think it would be for me to implement it? Thanks in advance, Yuval.

1 year, 9 months

Error with bro-doctor package with 3.0.8 release

by Carlos Lopez

Hi all. After update my Zeek 3.0.7 cluster to 3.0.8, when I try to make “zeekctl deploy” the following error is returned: checking configurations ... logger scripts failed. fatal error in /opt/zeek/share/zeek/site/packages/__load__.zeek, line 4: can't find ./bro-doctor manager scripts failed. fatal error in /opt/zeek/share/zeek/site/packages/__load__.zeek, line 4: can't find ./bro-doctor proxy scripts failed. fatal error in /opt/zeek/share/zeek/site/packages/__load__.zeek, line 4: can't find ./bro-doctor idps-prod-dmz scripts failed. fatal error in /opt/zeek/share/zeek/site/packages/__load__.zeek, line 4: can't find ./bro-doctor This error seems to be for 3.0.8, because in 3.0.7 works without problems. Comparing packages.zeek file between 3.0.7 and 3.0.8, there is one difference: 3.0.8: # WARNING: This file is managed by zkg. # Do not make direct modifications here. @load ./add-node-names @load ./bro-doctor @load ./dovehawk @load ./hassh @load ./ja3 @load ./zeek-af_packet-plugin @load ./zeek-community-id 3.0.7: # WARNING: This file is managed by zkg. # Do not make direct modifications here. @load ./add-node-names @load ./dovehawk @load ./hassh @load ./ja3 @load ./zeek-af_packet-plugin @load ./zeek-community-id As you can see there is no an entry for bro-doctor … And it makes sense … In zeek 3.1.4 packages.zeek is configured as in 3.0.7 … Any idea? Regards, C. L. Martinez

1 year, 10 months

[Reminder] - Zeek From Home - Ja3 and More - with Jeff Atkinson

by Amber Graner

Just a reminder that tomorrow's (29 July from 2-3pm Eastern) Zeek From Home Webinar is about JA3 and will be hosted by Jeff Atkinson one of the authors of JA3. Jeff will be going over a review of JA3 TLS fingerprinting and how to use it better. Reminders, warnings and applying the fingerprint technique to SSH and Remote Desktop. Registration link - https://corelight.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Gjh6eHImT56SUHP6XSs7BA Thanks, ~Amber

1 year, 11 months

Re: Zeek mailing list move (zeek.org -> lists.zeek.org)

by Johanna Amann

Hi everyone, The move is now done and all functionality should work as before. The user-interface for the mailing lists, and the archives are now located at https://lists.zeek.org If you notice anything amiss - please let me know. Johanna On 22 Jul 2020, at 11:36, Johanna Amann wrote: > Hello everyone, > > We are going to switch the zeek.org mailing lists to a new provider on > Monday the 27th. This change means that the domain-part of all > zeek.org > mailing lists is going to change from “zeek.org” to > “lists.zeek.org”. > > What changes does this entail / what does this mean for you: > > * All zeek.org mailing list domains will switch to lists.zeek.org. So, > “zeek(a)zeek.xn--org-9o0a will be “zeek(a)lists.zeek.xn--org-9o0a afterwards. > However, you will still be able to send messages to the old list > address for the foreseeable future - they will automatically be > forwarded to the new address > If you are using mailing list filters to automatically sort Zeek > mailing lists into folders, you will probably have to update them. > > * The mailing list archives and administrative interface will move to > https://lists.zeek.org/. The old interface at > http://mailman.icsi.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo will no longer be > available; archives will also no longer be available at the old > address. > > * Your subscription will automatically move, you do not have to take > any > action. > > When will this happen: > > * This change will happen on Monday the 27th of July, starting at > approximately 9am PDT/noon EDT/4pm GMT/5pm BST/6pm CEST. > Messages sent to the Zeek mailing lists during this time will be > held. We will try to make sure that any messages that happen to be > sent > during this timeframe will make it over after the migration, but your > message will probably make it faster if you wait till we are done. > > * The change will take a few hours; I will send another message to the > individual lists once migration is done. > > Why are we moving the mailing lists: > > The current setup that we are using is being retired and we have to > switch to a new provider. We are switching to a new domain because > this > makes our setup easier to maintain. > > If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. > > Johanna > _______________________________________________ > Zeek-Announce mailing list > Zeek-Announce(a)zeek.org > http://mailman.ICSI.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/zeek-announce

1 year, 11 months

Zeek 3.2.0 Release Candidate 1 now available

by Jon Siwek

A Release Candidate for Zeek 3.2.0 is now available for testing: https://download.zeek.org/zeek-3.2.0-rc1.tar.gz See the following blog post for further details about this upcoming release: https://zeek.org/2020/07/27/zeek-3-2-release-candidate-available-and-zeek-3…

1 year, 11 months

Zeek 3.0.8 and 3.1.5 released (security + bug fixes)

by Jon Siwek

Downloads for Zeek 3.0.8 (LTS) and Zeek 3.1.5 are available: https://zeek.org/get-zeek See the release notes for details of the security/bug fixes: https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v3.0.8 https://github.com/zeek/zeek/releases/tag/v3.1.5 Binary packages for the new releases will also be available shortly: https://old.zeek.org/download/packages.html

1 year, 11 months

None

by None

files, our CPU utilization is generally 99%, and the packet filter seems to be dropping a high percentage of packets. We are going to re-design our Bro architecture and are seeking recommendations for hardware and OS. We are currently considering running FreeBSD 6.0 instead of RedHat if that will provide better performance. We are also considering splitting the collecting and initial log creation from the subsequent log processing we perform to retain data in our database. We suspect we will need stronger machines for the initial collection/log creation than for the subsequent processing, which is primarily parsing the various log files. We are looking at Sun Fire X4100 servers with our existing SK-9844 cards for the "collector" systems. However, it appears that we cannot run FreeBSD on the X4100 machines due a lack of support for the LSI SAS (serial attached SCSI) HBA. So, we would instead keep RedHat. As an alternative, we could use Sun Fire X2100 servers with SK-9E92 cards for the collectors, running FreeBSD, as long as these would provide sufficient performance. We may run 4 collector machines, each listening to its own tap. We were also thinking of using the Sun Fire X2100s for the secondary log parsing. I suppose our questions are: 1) Which OS should we use - FreeBSD or RedHat? 2) Can anyone recommend using the Sun Fire X2100s or X4100s? 3) Does anyone have advice regarding the Syskonnect SK-9844 or SK-9E92 cards? 4) Is it reasonable to assume that the most intensive part of this process is the initial collection and analysis by Bro which results in the various Bro log files? 5) Are there other hardware or OS recommendations? I'm sure I omitting something, but this is a good start. Thanks in advance for your advice! Joncarlo Ruggieri University of CA, Davis Data Center & Client Services jruggieri(a)ucdavis.edu

1 year, 11 months

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