Looking at the source, it looks like no one ever picked this up? Would be really useful to be able to pick up AppLocker violations using this method.
Anyone made any progress with this before I start getting my hands dirty? On Friday, 23 November 2012 13:26:51 UTC, Nick Davies wrote: > > I'm contemplating it but my C is rusty to say the least, I haven't needed > to use it for over a decade. I'll have a hack and see what turns up. > > Regards, > > Nick > > > On 23 November 2012 13:15, dan (ddp) <ddp...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 11:30 AM, Nick Davies >> <ni...@badhedgehog.co.uk<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> > AND... >> > >> > I've downloaded and installed 2.7 but am getting the same results. >> Looking >> > at read_win_el.c (line 57 this time) it looks to still be using >> OpenEventLog >> > rather than EvtOpenLo. >> > >> > Is my diagnosis of the problem correct? If so, are there any plans to >> > migrate to the new Windows API? >> > >> >> Not that I know of. Have a patch? >> >> > Regards, >> > >> > Nick >> > >> > >> > >> > On 22 November 2012 15:42, Nick Davies >> > <ni...@badhedgehog.co.uk<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> Or maybe I could just read the release notes <sigh> >> >> http://www.ossec.net/?p=577 >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> >> >> Nick >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 22 November 2012 15:38, Nick Davies >> >> <ni...@badhedgehog.co.uk<javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> Talking to myself a little it looks like the problem could be due to >> >>> read_win_el.c using OpenEventLog (line 56) which is the pre-Vista >> flavour. >> >>> I'm guessing it's having problems coping with the new format log >> files hence >> >>> failing with a %4 in the event log name and falling back to >> monitoring the >> >>> application log (as per >> >>> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/aa363672%28v=vs.85%29.aspx >> ). >> >>> >> >>> There's a thread on problem (but with python) at >> >>> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-win32/2012-May/012292.htmlwhich >> >>> seems to suggest that EvtOpenLog would be needed >> >>> ( >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/aa385447%28v=vs.85%29.aspx >> ) >> >>> to cope with the newer event logs. >> >>> >> >>> Are there any plans to add this to OSSEC? I would try myself but I'm >> a >> >>> read-only 'C' coder. >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> >> >>> Nick >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> On 22 November 2012 13:28, Nick Davies >> >>> <nick.badhed...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> This appears to be a bit of a FAQ but I can't find anywhere that it's >> >>>> been answered. >> >>>> >> >>>> I want to monitor additional Windows events logs, specifically the >> >>>> Windows print operational log. >> >>>> >> >>>> I've added a new localfile directive: >> >>>> >> >>>> <localfile> >> >>>> <location>Microsoft-Windows-PrintService Operational</location> >> >>>> <log_format>eventlog</log_format> >> >>>> </localfile> >> >>>> >> >>>> But don't seem to be getting anything in the archive log (logall >> being >> >>>> enabled). >> >>>> >> >>>> I've tried a number of things in the <location> tag (restarting the >> >>>> agent after each change), including (with results) >> >>>> >> >>>> Microsoft-Windows-PrintSrvice Operational: >> >>>> The ossec agent log entry for this was "2012/11/22 13:09:17 >> >>>> ossec-agent(1907): INFO: Non-standard event log set: >> >>>> 'C:\windows\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-PrintSrvice >> >>>> Operational'." but was followed with a later "2012/11/22 13:09:20 >> >>>> ossec-agent(1951): INFO: Analyzing event log: >> >>>> 'C:\windows\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-PrintSrvice >> >>>> Operational'." >> >>>> >> >>>> Microsoft-Windows-PrintService%4Operational >> >>>> This gave the agent log entry: "2012/11/22 13:23:58 >> ossec-agent(1906): >> >>>> ERROR: Error parsing file: >> 'Microsoft-Windows-PrintService%4Operational'." >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-PrintService%4Operational >> >>>> This gave the agent log entry: "2012/11/22 13:08:13 >> ossec-agent(1906): >> >>>> ERROR: Error parsing file: >> >>>> >> 'C:\windows\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-PrintService%4Operational'." >> >>>> >> >>>> %SystemRoot%\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-PrintService >> >>>> Operational >> >>>> This gave the agent log entry: "2012/11/22 13:17:59 >> ossec-agent(1907): >> >>>> INFO: Non-standard event log set: >> >>>> 'C:\windows\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-PrintService >> >>>> Operational'." "2012/11/22 13:18:02 ossec-agent(1951): INFO: >> Analyzing event >> >>>> log: 'C:\windows\System32\Winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-PrintService >> >>>> Operational'." >> >>>> >> >>>> In all cases no archive log entries were seen that matched up with >> >>>> entries in the corresponding Windows log (as seen by event view). I >> seem to >> >>>> be lacking the appropriate incantations to get this working. Has >> anyone had >> >>>> any joy with this sort of thing? >> >>>> >> >>>> Regards, >> >>>> >> >>>> Nick >> >>> >> >>> >> >> >> > >> > > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ossec-list" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to ossec-list+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.