Question about Filtering Argus Data

Chungen Li jiafei427 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 13 02:13:20 EDT 2014


Since I don't know what you exactly meant by "the direction commands in
your .rarc file"

I commented out the all things with direction in rarc, and it turns out
with nothing.

Following is the part from rarc file that I changed.

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# Many ra* clients process flow records based on source and destination
# properties.  TCP and UDP ports values can be used to assign direction,
# and are best used for well-known ports (< 1024), values that
# are in the /etc/services defintions, and the reserved ports (> 1023, <
49151).
#
# The syntax is:
#    RA_PORT_DIRECTION="services"
#    RA_PORT_DIRECTION="services,wellknown"
#    RA_PORT_DIRECTION="services,wellknown,registered"
#
# We recommend the wellknown and services options, as they are a bit more
# discriminating.  If there are ports that you know are services that are in
# the registered port range, we suggest that you add them to your
/etc/services
# file rather than include the registered port range; only because the
# registered range is so large. However, this option is applied only to
# flow in which the direction is ambiguous, and as such, corrections based
# on the logic should have minimum effect on analytics.


*#EDIT HERE*
#RA_PORT_DIRECTION="services,wellknown"


# Sites use locality for a number of features, such as  access control,
# and this support is intended to support visualization, and analytics.
#
# Currently, you can identify a collection of IP addresses that represent
RA_LOCAL,
# and are specified using an iana-address-file formatted file.  (See
ralabel.conf)

#RA_LOCAL=/usr/local/argus/local.addrs

# When locality information is available, programs like ra(), and
# as the assignement of source when there is ambiguity in the
# flow record as to who is the actual initiator or receiver of the flow.
#
# When locality information is available, programs like ra(), and
# ratop() can use that information to make display decisions, such
#
# RA_LOCAL_DIRECTION provides the logic for using the locality
# information to assign flow direction.  You can force the local
# address to be either the source (src) or the destination (dst).
#
# The syntax is:
#    RA_LOCAL_DIRECTION="local:src"
#    RA_LOCAL_DIRECTION="local:dst"
#

#RA_LOCAL_DIRECTION="suggest:src"
*#EDIT HERE*
#RA_LOCAL_DIRECTION="force:src"
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On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Carter Bullard <carter at qosient.com> wrote:

> Are you using any of the direction commands in your .rarc file ???
> If you are, turn them off, to see if things get better.
>
> Because you only have unidirectional data, there maybe issues with
> src and dst operations ???
>
> Carter
>
> On Jun 13, 2014, at 12:29 AM, Chungen Li <jiafei427 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi, Dear Carter,
>
> I just downloaded the latest version from your link which is
> argus-client-3.0.7.34 and I think the problems are not solved.
>
> First, I just added sbytes and dbytes to check whether there are
> argus-data that fits the condition "bytes gt 100"
>
> Following are the result from ra:
>
> $ ra -s +sbytes +dbytes -S 127.0.0.1:3434
>          StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport   Dir
>      DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State     SrcBytes     DstBytes
>    13:10:01.726715  *           udp       147.46.66.83.26283     ->
>  203.218.216.240.27754         2        152   INT          152            0
>    13:10:01.726943  *           tcp     164.125.53.178.sais      ->
>  74.125.128.94.http          4       1275   CON         1275            0
>    13:10:01.726981  *           tcp     203.250.10.234.54653     ->
>  173.194.127.230.http          1         58   CON           58            0
>    13:10:01.727066  *           udp      143.248.30.28.20576     ->
>  223.205.207.168.16471         1         66   REQ           66            0
>    13:10:01.727144  *           udp     203.253.206.11.6881      ->
>  183.179.233.176.9043          1        368   REQ          368            0
>    13:10:01.727443  *           udp     210.119.13.116.52472     ->
> 171.6.102.51.24302         2        132   REQ          132            0
>    13:10:01.727603  *           tcp     164.125.53.178.infor*    ->
>  74.125.128.94.http          5       1158   CON         1158            0
>    13:10:01.727619  *           tcp      147.47.241.31.63705     ?>
>  173.194.117.217.http          1         58   CON           58            0
>    13:10:01.727730  *           tcp       147.46.17.88.iee-q*    ->
> 173.194.72.125.xmpp-*        1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:10:01.727882  *           tcp       147.46.6.168.58296     ->
>  173.194.117.193.https         2        140   RST          140            0
>    13:10:01.727984  *           tcp     164.125.53.178.mloadd    ->
>  74.125.128.94.http          5       1613   CON         1613            0
>    13:10:01.728311  *           tcp    164.125.129.188.57351     ->
> 74.125.128.136.https        13       1910   CON         1910            0
>    13:10:01.728810  *           tcp      143.248.60.99.49702     ->
> 74.125.128.157.http          2        128   CON          128            0
>    13:10:01.728838  *           udp       203.250.1.11.51731     ->
>  192.221.77.23.domain        1        105   INT          105            0
>    13:10:01.728919  *           tcp       163.152.3.57.27812     ->
>  173.194.117.250.http         13       2110   FIN         2110            0
>
> As you can see there are many of them that SrcBytes greater than 100.
>
> So I ran the following command,
>
> $ ra -s +sbytes +dbytes -S 127.0.0.1:3434 - src bytes gt 100
>
> And it just stuck there without any result.
>
> So I checked the argus server side to see the log, and it came up with
> nothing.
>
> But, here's the weirdest thing.
>
> When I use the option "bytes lt 100" it just works like a charm.
>
> Here are some result from the command:
>
> $ ra -s +sbytes +dbytes -S 127.0.0.1:3434 - src bytes lt 100
>          StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport   Dir
>      DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State     SrcBytes     DstBytes
>    13:26:43.539575  *           tcp     210.107.236.96.6901      ->
>  173.194.127.129.https         1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:26:43.539988  *           tcp     164.125.150.36.50026     ->
>  74.125.128.19.https         1         58   CON           58            0
>    13:26:43.540055  *           tcp      147.46.238.80.63363     ->
>  74.125.128.17.https         1         58   CON           58            0
>    13:26:43.540231  *           tcp    164.125.141.132.icpv2     ->
> 74.125.128.113.https         1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:26:43.541930  *           tcp     143.248.53.100.53629     ->
> 74.125.128.148.http          1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:26:43.542199  *           tcp     143.248.15.107.60584     ->
>  74.125.31.104.https         1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:26:43.543277  *           tcp     210.218.201.19.58711     ->
>  173.194.127.188.http          1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:26:43.543386  *           tcp      147.46.131.85.56737     ->
>  173.194.117.199.http          1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:26:43.543612  *           tcp    210.125.122.102.51756     ?>
>  173.194.126.168.https         1         58   FIN           58            0
>    13:26:43.543727  *           tcp    210.125.122.102.51755     ?>
>  173.194.126.168.https         1         58   FIN           58            0
>    13:26:43.544334  *           tcp       147.46.60.47.icp       ->
>  74.125.203.94.https         1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:26:43.544637  *           udp      147.46.61.186.62348     ->
> 42.3.104.118.ansof*        1         66   REQ           66            0
>    13:26:43.544638  *           tcp     168.188.15.212.53359     ?>
> 74.125.235.150.https         1         58   RST           58            0
>    13:26:43.544851  *          icmp     150.183.95.135.0x0008    ->
> 130.126.57.173.0x0db0        1         62   ECO           62            0
>    13:26:43.545332  *           tcp    143.248.150.125.50392     ->
>  74.125.31.125.xmpp-*        1         58   CON           58            0
>    13:26:43.545535  *           udp     155.230.24.235.menta*    ->
>  74.125.23.127.19302         1         66   REQ           66            0
>    13:26:43.545731  *           tcp       14.44.126.17.60481     ?>
> 74.125.31.95.https         1         58   CON           58            0
>    13:26:43.547221  *           tcp     203.237.41.198.56537     ->
> 74.125.128.113.https         1         59   CON           59            0
>    13:26:43.547258  *           udp       134.75.151.8.domain    ->
> 74.125.186.215.33670         1         95   INT           95            0
>    13:26:43.547381  *           tcp      209.85.215.36.61758     ->
> 155.230.11.8.pop3        218     276543   FIN            0       276543
>
>
> What can I do for the next?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Carter Bullard <carter at qosient.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Chungen Li,
>> The filter “ bytes gt 10 “ , like all metrics, is decomposed to “ src
>> bytes gt 10 or dst bytes gt 10”.
>> You should print the sbytes and dbytes fields to see that their values
>> are either in or out of
>> the filter range.
>>
>> If your filter is not working, what version of argus-clients are you
>> running ???
>> The best version to use, currently, is argus-clients-3.0.7.34, which is
>> about
>> to be released as argus-clients-3.0.8.   You can get the latest version
>> here.
>>
>>    http://qosient.com/argus/dev/argus-clients-latest.tar.gz
>>
>> When you connect to a remote argus data source, your client sends its
>> filter to the remote
>> data server where the filtering takes place.  As a result, filter failure
>> may be at the argus data
>> source.  argus and argus-clients are designed to detect when there are
>> filter problems
>> locally or remotely, but it is still a good exercise to check the logs of
>> the remote
>> argus data source, to see if it reports filter issues.
>>
>> Be sure and upgrade to the latest code, and if you are still having
>> problems,
>> send more email.
>>
>>
>> Carter
>>
>> On Jun 12, 2014, at 10:11 PM, Chungen Li <jiafei427 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Now I'm developing a system using the ARGUS Framework and I got trouble
>> when I try to use the filtering option in the RA (Argus Client).
>>
>> Following are some results from RA.
>>
>> $ ../../argus/argus-clients-3.0.6.2/bin/ra -S 127.0.0.1:3434
>>          StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport   Dir
>>      DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State
>>    11:01:56.368794  *           tcp     147.46.112.192.ici       ->
>>  173.194.72.84.https         1         59   CON
>>    11:01:56.369780  * s         tcp     147.46.208.185.57788     ->
>> 61.239.168.101.16057         6        440   FIN
>>    11:01:56.370350  *           tcp       210.98.16.36.15890     ->
>>  173.194.127.133.https         1         59   CON
>>    11:01:56.370355  *           tcp     163.152.69.238.hpvro*    ->
>> 203.84.208.52.https         1         59   CON
>>    11:01:56.370415  *           tcp      223.195.2.196.59281     ->
>> 173.194.127.73.http          6        593   CON
>>    11:01:56.370575  *           tcp        210.98.50.5.46496     ->
>> 173.194.127.85.https         5       2511   CON
>>    11:01:56.370666  *           tcp     163.152.34.179.54862     ->
>> 74.125.128.139.https         1         59   CON
>>    11:01:56.370982  *           tcp     147.46.188.242.49245     ->
>> 74.125.204.188.hpvro*        1         59   CON
>>    11:01:56.371008  *           udp       147.46.81.23.33782     ->
>> 219.79.58.17.osmos*        3        267   REQ
>>    11:01:56.371503  *           tcp     117.16.196.145.40337     ->
>>  173.194.38.70.http          3       1619   CON
>>    11:01:56.372168  *           tcp       147.46.39.53.qsm-p*    ->
>> 199.59.148.139.https         4        232   CON
>>    11:01:56.372620  *           udp     203.241.84.210.48613     ->
>>  216.239.32.10.domain        1         93   INT
>>    11:01:56.373037  *           tcp    163.152.105.227.43465     ->
>>  74.125.203.95.http          1         70   CON
>>    11:01:56.373097  *           tcp    164.125.174.109.5194      ->
>> 74.125.128.101.https         9       1312   CON
>>    11:01:56.374016  *           tcp    203.247.182.211.35832     ->
>>  173.194.38.71.https         1         59   CON
>>
>> Here I just want the Argus record with the packet-bytes greater than 100,
>> So I set the filtering option at the end of the command like this
>>
>> $ ../../argus/argus-clients-3.0.6.2/bin/ra -S 127.0.0.1:3434 - bytes gt
>> 10
>>
>> But this never returns me any results, and I don't know why.
>>
>> Plz tell me where did I get wrong with that filtering option.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>> Chungen, Li
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
>
> * Best Regards Li  ChunGen , 李 春根, 리 춘근 Department of Computer Science,
> POSTECH          PIRL 323
>       Mobile  : +82-10-7522-5977 <%2B82-10-7522-5977>    San 31,
> Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu
> Email   :  jiafei427 at postech.ac.kr <khaqanshati at postech.ac.kr> Pohang
> 790-784, Republic of Korea*
>
>
>


-- 

*Best RegardsLi ChunGen, 李 春根, 리 춘근Department of Computer Science, POSTECH
      PIRL 323
  Mobile  : +82-10-7522-5977   San 31, Hyoja-dong, Nam-gu
          Email   :  jiafei427 at postech.ac.kr
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