[Bro-Dev] Portmapper logging

Vern Paxson vern at icir.org
Mon Dec 6 12:44:53 PST 2010


> I would really like to see any activity logs for policy scripts moved
> out into their own logs.

I like that notion too.  (But still with the don't-fix-what's-not-broke
model of prioritization.)

> At OSU for instance, we didn't even keep the conn.log (we closed the log
> file) because it was mostly repetitive data that we didn't get much benefit
> from keeping.

I find that very surprising.  At LBL, the conn logs are often of crucial
forensic significance.  One form of this comes up when an attacker sets
up a backdoor on port XYZ, which will only appear in the conn logs.  Another
is when the activity involves a service for which there's no Bro analyzer.

		Vern



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