[ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread blacklight
I just spoke with my boss - the method I ran by you is cumbersome and lacks scalability. Is there a way to get whitelisting implemented at the agent level? On Sep 30, 6:50 pm, "dan (ddp)" wrote: > If you're looking to stop all AR against that host you can whitelist the > IP:http://www.ossec.net/

[ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread blacklight
The scalability problem comes in two ways: (1) While all our OSSEC agent hosts have unique FQDN's, the relative host name i.e. the name that appears in the agent host syslog for example, may not be unique. For example, app01.applesauce.com and app01.bananapeel.com have the same relative host name

[ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread blacklight
If we were to apply the rule method, how do we specify the variable when we have several hosts with the same relative host name e.g. app01 but distinct FQDN's? For example, we want the host app01.applesauce.com to be whitelisted but not any other hosts whose relative host name is app01. And unfort

[ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread blacklight
Yo, you are a pal :) On Oct 1, 1:18 pm, "dan (ddp)" wrote: > Thinking about it a bit more, I don't think it's a bad idea. Just not > sure how it would be implimented. > > I have one idea on how to do it with currently available source, but > I'm not sure it's possible. I've asked though, so hope

[ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-07 Thread blacklight
The paramter is a flop: (1) I tried the following: Existing rule 6203 (in asterisk_rules.xml): 6200 ^ERROR Asterisk error message. Attempt to make sure rule 6203 doesn't fire by inserting rule 206203 in asterisk_rules.xml 6203 acd01.cricketdebt.com Error messa

Re: [ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread Michael Starks
On Fri, 1 Oct 2010 07:36:55 -0700 (PDT), blacklight wrote: > I just spoke with my boss - the method I ran by you is cumbersome and > lacks scalability. Is there a way to get whitelisting implemented at > the agent level? I'm a bit confused. The rule method is easy to implement on the manager and

Re: [ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread dan (ddp)
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 10:36 AM, blacklight wrote: > I just spoke with my boss - the method I ran by you is cumbersome and > lacks scalability. Is there a way to get whitelisting implemented at > the agent level? > I outlined the 2 methods in my last email. To re-iterate: 1. Global whitelisting o

Re: [ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread dan (ddp)
On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 12:40 PM, blacklight wrote: > The scalability problem comes in two ways: > > (1) While all our OSSEC agent hosts have unique FQDN's, the relative > host name i.e. the name that appears in the agent host syslog for > example, may not be unique. For example, app01.applesauce.c

Re: [ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread dan (ddp)
Thinking about it a bit more, I don't think it's a bad idea. Just not sure how it would be implimented. I have one idea on how to do it with currently available source, but I'm not sure it's possible. I've asked though, so hopefully I'll have an answer soon-ish. If it isn't possible to do it in th

Re: [ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-01 Thread dan (ddp)
If you try the location method before I get a chance, let us know if it works or not. On Fri, Oct 1, 2010 at 1:26 PM, blacklight wrote: > Yo, you are a pal :) > > > On Oct 1, 1:18 pm, "dan (ddp)" wrote: >> Thinking about it a bit more, I don't think it's a bad idea. Just not >> sure how it would

Re: [ossec-list] Re: How to get an agent host to whitelist another agent host

2010-10-07 Thread dan (ddp)
It was worth a shot. :) And can also be used with the agent name, just not there. I was hoping that it could: http://www.ossec.net/doc/manual/output/granular-email-output.html On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 5:52 PM, blacklight wrote: > The paramter is a flop: > > (1) I tried the following: > > Existin