Argus flow direction

tbh tbh1000 at gmail.com
Tue May 9 19:36:03 EDT 2017


ra -r test.gz -w - | racount
racount   records     total_pkts     src_pkts       dst_pkts
total_bytes        src_bytes          dst_bytes
    sum   5           12             7              5
1919               1512               407
ra -r argus-eth0.20170307*.gz -w - - ipv4 and proto 6 and net 1.2.3.32/32
and port 64453 | racount
racount   records     total_pkts     src_pkts       dst_pkts
total_bytes        src_bytes          dst_bytes
    sum   5           12             7              5
1919               1512               407

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 6:20 PM, tbh <tbh1000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> RHEL 6, argus-clients 3.0.8.2
>
> So if I run it on the test file (which should contain the flows for this
> connection), the -M correct switch works.
>
> racluster -M correct -r test.gz
>
>
>
>          StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport
> Dir            DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State
>    16:04:56.830048  M g         tcp            2.3.4.5.64453
> ->           1.2.3.32.7610         12       1919   RST
>
>  ra -r test.gz
>          StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport
> Dir            DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State
>    16:04:56.830048  M           tcp            2.3.4.5.64453
> ->           1.2.3.32.7610          6       1559   CON
>    16:18:56.837799  M           tcp            2.3.4.5.64453
> <?>           1.2.3.32.7610          2        120   CON
>    16:26:39.835133  M           tcp           1.2.3.32.7610
> <?>            2.3.4.5.64453         2        120   FIN
>    16:31:07.078977  M           tcp            2.3.4.5.64453
> <?>           1.2.3.32.7610          2        120   RST
>
> However, if I run it against the all of files for 3/7, it does not seem to
> correct the flow.
>
> racluster -M correct -m saddr sport daddr dport dir -r
> argus-eth0.20170307*.gz  - ipv4 and proto 6 and  net 1.2.3.32/32 and port
> 64453
>          StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport
> Dir            DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State
>    16:26:39.835133  M           tcp           1.2.3.32.7610
> <?>            2.3.4.5.64453         2        120   FIN
>    16:04:56.830048  M g         tcp            2.3.4.5.64453
> ->           1.2.3.32.7610         10       1799   RST
>
>  ra -r argus-eth0.20170307*.gz -w - - ipv4 and proto 6 and net 1.2.3.32/32
> and port 64453
>          StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport
> Dir            DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State
>    16:04:56.830048  M           tcp            2.3.4.5.64453
> ->           1.2.3.32.7610          6       1559   CON
>    16:18:56.837799  M           tcp            2.3.4.5.64453
> <?>           1.2.3.32.7610          2        120   CON
>    16:26:39.835133  M           tcp           1.2.3.32.7610
> <?>            2.3.4.5.64453         2        120   FIN
>    16:31:07.078977  M           tcp            2.3.4.5.64453
> <?>           1.2.3.32.7610          2        120   RST
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> tbh
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 4:58 PM, Carter Bullard <carter at qosient.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Tbh,
>> Just for sanity sake, I ran this on my Mac OS X Sierra, and got this
>> output using Ra Version 3.0.8.3,
>>
>> apophis:clients carter$ ../bin/racluster -Xr ~/Desktop/test
>>         StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport   Dir
>>     DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State
>>   17:26:39.835133  M           tcp           1.2.3.32.7610     <?>
>>     2.3.4.5.64453         2        120   FIN
>>   17:04:56.830048  M g         tcp            2.3.4.5.64453     ->
>>    1.2.3.32.7610         10       1799   RST
>>
>> apophis:clients carter$ ../bin/racluster -Xr ~/Desktop/test -M correct
>>         StartTime      Flgs  Proto            SrcAddr  Sport   Dir
>>     DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes State
>>   17:04:56.830048  M g         tcp            2.3.4.5.64453     ->
>>    1.2.3.32.7610         12       1919   RST
>>
>> So when I used the correct option, I got correct results.  Did you not
>> get this ???  What version of racluster, and what platform ???
>> Carter
>>
>>
>> > On May 9, 2017, at 5:00 PM, tbh <tbh1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Carter,
>> >
>> > The "-M correct" option didn't fix it. The srcid for both is 0.0.0.0.
>> Perhaps duplicate packets?
>> >
>> > Attached is a file with the data for this traffic. I appreciate you
>> taking the time to take a look!
>> >
>> > tbh
>> >
>> > On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 2:52 PM, Carter Bullard <carter at qosient.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hey Tbh,
>> > racluster.1 does have the ability to ‘correct’ flow records for the
>> direction, and I think that should be the default behavior.  Its possible
>> that the default is being changed (.rarc ??).  Try racluster with the “-M
>> correct” option to see if you can force correction.
>> >
>> > There are exceptions for correction, especially when you are processing
>> flow records from different sources.  Do both of these flow records have
>> the same ‘srcid’ ??
>> > Try “-M correct”, if that doesn’t work, generate a data file with these
>> two records in them, and I’ll take a look …
>> >
>> > Hope all is most excellent,
>> > Carter
>> >
>> >> On May 9, 2017, at 1:29 PM, tbh <tbh1000 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Greetings to the list...
>> >>
>> >> I'm trying to understand why I'm seeing a second flow with an
>> ambiguous direction for this traffic. Given the saddr, sport, daddr, dport,
>> proto are all the same and the start/last times fit within the first line,
>> I would have thought it would have been considered part of that connection.
>> >>
>> >> racluster -m saddr sport daddr dport -r argus-eth0.20170307*.gz -s
>> stime ltime proto saddr sport dir daddr dport pkts bytes dur - ipv4 and
>> proto 6 and  net 1.2.3.0/24
>> >>
>> >>               StartTime                 LastTime
>>  Proto    SrcAddr  Sport   Dir        DstAddr  Dport  TotPkts   TotBytes
>>  Dur
>> >> 17-03-07 16:04:56.830048 17-03-07 16:31:07.160901      6
>>  2.3.4.5.64453     ->         1.2.3.32.7610         10       1799
>> 1570.3308*
>> >> 17-03-07 16:26:39.835133 17-03-07 16:26:39.835244      6
>>  1.2.3.32.7610     <?>       2.3.4.5.64453         2        120     0.000111
>> >>
>> >> Any insight would be appreciated!
>> >>
>> >> Thanks!
>> >>
>> >> tbh
>> >
>> >
>> > <test.gz>
>>
>>
>>
>
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