SonicOS

Rule Function

This rule sets up SonicWall meta tags and normalizes the date/time from the message portion of the logged event.

Vendor Documentation

SonicWall™ SonicOS 6.2.5 / 6.2.7 / 6.2.9 Log Events

Incoming Log Format

The log format is comprised of space-separated key-value fields.

User Tags

Tagged	Tag Name	Field Name	Example	Description
☑	`appcat`	`appcat`	`eth0`	application category
☑	`appName`	`appName`	`General TCP`	application name
☑	`msg`	`msg`	`Connection Closed`	message type
☑	`fw_action`	`fw_action`	`NA`	action taken by the firewall
☑	`Category`	`Category`	`Online Banking`	category of request
☑	`rule`	`rule`	`22 (LAN->WAN)`	firewall rule match
		`src`	`192.168.168.10:52589:X0`	source IP address
		`dst`	`172.27.14.5:53:X0-V51`	destination IP address
		`srcMac`	`98:90:96:de:f1:78`	source MAC address
		`dstMac`	`ec:f4:bb:fb:f7:f6`	destination MAC address
		`proto`	`udp/dns`	connection protocol
		`time`	`2018-02-06 16:11:09`	datetime of request

SonicWall does not provide documentation for the following fields:

Tagged	Tag Name	Field Name	Example	Description
		`sn`	`0017C5178994`
		`fw`	`64.107.153.15`
		`pri`	`6`
		`c`	`1024`
		`m`	`537`
		`app`	`48`
		`f`	`2`
		`n`	`11782330`
		`op`	`1`
		`rcvd`	`146`
		`result`	`403`
		`dstname`	`www.suntrust.com`
		`arg`	`/favicon.ico`
		`code`	`20`

Log Examples

TCP connection opened

sn=C0EAE48F5084 fw=209.106.205.33 pri=6 c=262144 m=98 msg="Connection Opened" app=49169 appName="General DNS" n=1157227522 src=10.10.24.11:63045:X16-V5 dst=8.8.8.8:53:X1 dstMac=04:62:73:2c:02:00 proto=udp/dns sent=120 dpi=1 rule="22 (LAN->WAN)" fw_action="NA"

TCP connection closed

sn=0017C5178994 time="2018-02-06 16:11:09" fw=64.107.153.15 pri=6 c=1024 m=537 msg="Connection Closed" f=2 n=11782330 src=192.168.97.214:60622:X0-V999 dst=172.27.14.5:53:X0-V51 proto=udp/dns sent=56 rcvd=146

Forbidden HTTPS request

sn=18B1690729A8 time="2016-06-16 17:21:40 UTC" fw=10.205.123.15 pri=6 c=1024 m=97 app=48 n=9 src=192.168.168.10:52589:X0 dst=69.192.240.232:443:X1:a69-192-240-232.deploy.akamaitechnologies.com srcMac=98:90:96:de:f1:78 dstMac=ec:f4:bb:fb:f7:f6 proto=tcp/https op=1 sent=798 rcvd=12352 result=403 dstname=www.suntrust.com arg=/favicon.ico code=20 Category="Online Banking"