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Old 01-09-2006, 10:37 AM   #1
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Shorewall not logging messages


Hello Friends!
Recently I installed shorewall firewall on my Fedora core4 machine. My /var/log/messages has no logs about the packets except the shorewall start and stop messages.
I tried to change the default logging file with the /etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf
and entering a different file location
LOGFILE=/var/log/messages
to
LOGFILE=/var/log/shore

still no logs

My /etc/shorewall/policy has these entries

#SOURCE DEST POLICY LOG LIMIT:BURST
# EVEL
fw net ACCEPT -
net all DROP info
all all REJECT info


I had few logs just after installing and configuring it and then i installed PSAD, but since then I have no logs w.r.t. packets is this related to PSAD's configuration?
thanks and regards
Anuj

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Old 01-10-2006, 02:43 AM   #2
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Hey Anuj,
I just looked up shorewall on google and find its a frontend for iptables . That means that logging is going to tak eplace the same way iptables logs stuff .Now I believe that the logs for iptables are stored in /var/log/iptables but Im not sure . I think you should find your shorewall logs also in the same place .

Why are you using shorewall anyway in the first place? I believe iptables is good enough ; try learning the basics of iptables first and then use GUI to maintain stuff instead of GUI ing right away. Thats what I wud du anyway if I wanted to learn iptables which I want to do one of these days

I dont believe /var/log/messages is going to give you anything else apart from what you have described ; its the place where the system logs messages ; individual program logs are stored elsewhere..

Cheers
Arvind

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Old 01-10-2006, 06:46 AM   #3
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Hello Arvind!
Shorewall is a powerful, high level tool for configuring Netfilter. Linux is sexy in cui mode.

Ok today I uninstalled shorewall and re-installed the latest version. Same thing is happening . After configuring and starting shorewall gave me logs in my /var/log/messages.

But after restarting it NO LOGS again. WHY??
I am using Fedora Core4. I tried the same thing on RHEL4.

thanks in advance!
 
Old 01-10-2006, 07:34 AM   #4
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Read what Ive written dude...the logs will not be stored in /var/log/messages...those r only 4 system logs..and logs will be generated only when certain rules are triggered...not just any time..try writing a couple of basic rules with IPtables and see what happens ..look up where IPtables logs its traffic ..
Shorewall also should log it in the same place..

Cheers
Arvind
p.s...IPtables is also based on Netfilter if Im not mistaken....
 
Old 01-10-2006, 09:01 AM   #5
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If you redirect messages to another file you're using Ulogd, right? (http://www.shorewall.net/shorewall_logging.html)
Was Ulogd installed?
Does "/sbin/iptables -n -L -v|grep -i log", show rules with .LOG targets?
 
Old 01-10-2006, 11:54 AM   #6
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Old 01-11-2006, 03:05 AM   #7
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Hello unSpawn!
I am not redirecting my firewall logs and it is default (/var/log/messages) by shorewall configuration file (/etc/shorewall/shorewall.conf)
The ouptput of
#iptables -n -L -v|grep -i LOG is

PHP Code:
 0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix `Shorewall:FORWARD:REJECT:'
    0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix 
`Shorewall:INPUT:REJECT:'
    0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix `Shorewall:OUTPUT:REJECT:'
    
0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix `Shorewall:all2all:REJECT:'
    0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       192.162.192.255      0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix 
`Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:'
    0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       172.16.1.255         0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix `Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:'
    
0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       172.16.0.255         0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix `Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:'
    0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       255.255.255.255      0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix 
`Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:'
    0     0 LOG        all  --  *      *       224.0.0.0/4          0.0.0.0/0         LOG flags 0 level 6 prefix `Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:' 
Thanks in advance!
 
Old 01-11-2006, 10:36 AM   #8
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What your post confirms is that LOG target rules are loaded, but looking at the empty packet and byte counters they are unused.
I'd like you to post your ruleset: "/sbin/iptables-save > /tmp/iptables.tmp". That should help.
 
Old 01-12-2006, 02:53 AM   #9
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Hello unSpawn!
The output of my /sbin/iptables-save /tmp/iptabls.tmp
is
PHP Code:
# Generated by iptables-save v1.3.0 on Thu Jan 12 14:14:22 2006
*raw
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [1713:187210]
:
PREROUTING ACCEPT [34070:26147350]
COMMIT
# Completed on Thu Jan 12 14:14:22 2006
# Generated by iptables-save v1.3.0 on Thu Jan 12 14:14:22 2006
*mangle
:FORWARD ACCEPT [30456:25314670]
:
INPUT ACCEPT [1642:631087]
:
OUTPUT ACCEPT [1713:187210]
:
POSTROUTING ACCEPT [32223:25506660]
:
PREROUTING ACCEPT [34070:26147350]
:
tcfor - [0:0]
:
tcout - [0:0]
:
tcpost - [0:0]
:
tcpre - [0:0]
-
A FORWARD -j tcfor 
-A OUTPUT -j tcout 
-A POSTROUTING -j tcpost 
-A PREROUTING -j tcpre 
COMMIT
# Completed on Thu Jan 12 14:14:22 2006
# Generated by iptables-save v1.3.0 on Thu Jan 12 14:14:22 2006
*nat
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [79:5311]
:
POSTROUTING ACCEPT [82:5491]
:
PREROUTING ACCEPT [2260:241851]
:
eth0_masq - [0:0]
:
eth2_masq - [0:0]
:
loc_dnat - [0:0]
:
net_dnat - [0:0]
-
A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j eth0_masq 
-A POSTROUTING -o eth2 -j eth2_masq 
-A PREROUTING -i eth0 -j net_dnat 
-A PREROUTING -i eth1 -j loc_dnat 
-A eth0_masq -s 172.16.1.0/255.255.255.0 -j MASQUERADE 
-A eth2_masq -s 172.16.1.0/255.255.255.0 -j MASQUERADE 
-A eth2_masq -s 192.192.192.0/255.255.255.0 -j MASQUERADE 
-A loc_dnat -s 172.16.1.3 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 1241 -j DNAT --to-destination 192.192.192.15 
-A net_dnat -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j DNAT --to-destination 172.16.0.1:8892 
-A net_dnat -s 192.192.192.0/255.255.255.0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j DNAT --to-destination 172.16.1.3 
COMMIT
# Completed on Thu Jan 12 14:14:22 2006
# Generated by iptables-save v1.3.0 on Thu Jan 12 14:14:22 2006
*filter
:Drop - [0:0]
:
FORWARD DROP [0:0]
:
INPUT DROP [0:0]
:
OUTPUT DROP [0:0]
:
Reject - [0:0]
:
all2all - [0:0]
:
blacklst - [0:0]
:
dropBcast - [0:0]
:
dropInvalid - [0:0]
:
dropNotSyn - [0:0]
:
dynamic - [0:0]
:
eth0_fwd - [0:0]
:
eth0_in - [0:0]
:
eth1_fwd - [0:0]
:
eth1_in - [0:0]
:
eth2_fwd - [0:0]
:
eth2_in - [0:0]
:
fw2inet - [0:0]
:
fw2loc - [0:0]
:
fw2net - [0:0]
:
inet2all - [0:0]
:
inet2fw - [0:0]
:
inet2loc - [0:0]
:
inet2net - [0:0]
:
loc2fw - [0:0]
:
loc2inet - [0:0]
:
loc2net - [0:0]
:
net2fw - [0:0]
:
net2inet - [0:0]
:
net2loc - [0:0]
:
reject - [0:0]
:
shorewall - [0:0]
:
smurfs - [0:0]
-
A Drop -p tcp -m tcp --dport 113 -j reject 
-A Drop -j dropBcast 
-A Drop -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 3/-j ACCEPT 
-A Drop -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 11 -j ACCEPT 
-A Drop -j dropInvalid 
-A Drop -p udp -m multiport --dports 135,445 -j DROP 
-A Drop -p udp -m udp --dport 137:139 -j DROP 
-A Drop -p udp -m udp --sport 137 --dport 1024:65535 -j DROP 
-A Drop -p tcp -m multiport --dports 135,139,445 -j DROP 
-A Drop -p udp -m udp --dport 1900 -j DROP 
-A Drop -p tcp -j dropNotSyn 
-A Drop -p udp -m udp --sport 53 -j DROP 
-A FORWARD -i eth0 -j eth0_fwd 
-A FORWARD -i eth1 -j eth1_fwd 
-A FORWARD -i eth2 -j eth2_fwd 
-A FORWARD -j Reject 
-A FORWARD -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:FORWARD:REJECT:" --log-level 6 
-A FORWARD -j reject 
-A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT 
-A INPUT -i eth0 -j eth0_in 
-A INPUT -i eth1 -j eth1_in 
-A INPUT -i eth2 -j eth2_in 
-A INPUT -j Reject 
-A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:INPUT:REJECT:" --log-level 6 
-A INPUT -j reject 
-A OUTPUT -o lo -j ACCEPT 
-A OUTPUT -o eth0 -j fw2net 
-A OUTPUT -o eth1 -j fw2loc 
-A OUTPUT -o eth2 -j fw2inet 
-A OUTPUT -j Reject 
-A OUTPUT -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:OUTPUT:REJECT:" --log-level 6 
-A OUTPUT -j reject 
-A Reject -p tcp -m tcp --dport 113 -j reject 
-A Reject -j dropBcast 
-A Reject -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 3/-j ACCEPT 
-A Reject -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 11 -j ACCEPT 
-A Reject -j dropInvalid 
-A Reject -p udp -m multiport --dports 135,445 -j reject 
-A Reject -p udp -m udp --dport 137:139 -j reject 
-A Reject -p udp -m udp --sport 137 --dport 1024:65535 -j reject 
-A Reject -p tcp -m multiport --dports 135,139,445 -j reject 
-A Reject -p udp -m udp --dport 1900 -j DROP 
-A Reject -p tcp -j dropNotSyn 
-A Reject -p udp -m udp --sport 53 -j DROP 
-A all2all -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A all2all -j Reject 
-A all2all -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:all2all:REJECT:" --log-level 6 
-A all2all -j reject 
-A dropBcast -m pkttype --pkt-type broadcast -j DROP 
-A dropBcast -m pkttype --pkt-type multicast -j DROP 
-A dropInvalid -m state --state INVALID -j DROP 
-A dropNotSyn -p tcp -m tcp ! --tcp-flags SYN,RST,ACK SYN -j DROP 
-A eth0_fwd -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j dynamic 
-A eth0_fwd -o eth1 -j net2loc 
-A eth0_fwd -o eth2 -j net2inet 
-A eth0_in -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j dynamic 
-A eth0_in -j net2fw 
-A eth1_fwd -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j dynamic 
-A eth1_fwd -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j blacklst 
-A eth1_fwd -o eth0 -j loc2net 
-A eth1_fwd -o eth2 -j loc2inet 
-A eth1_in -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j dynamic 
-A eth1_in -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j blacklst 
-A eth1_in -j loc2fw 
-A eth2_fwd -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j dynamic 
-A eth2_fwd -o eth0 -j inet2net 
-A eth2_fwd -o eth1 -j inet2loc 
-A eth2_in -m state --state INVALID,NEW -j dynamic 
-A eth2_in -j inet2fw 
-A fw2inet -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A fw2inet -j ACCEPT 
-A fw2inet -j reject 
-A fw2inet -j all2all 
-A fw2loc -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A fw2loc -j ACCEPT 
-A fw2loc -j reject 
-A fw2loc -j all2all 
-A fw2net -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A fw2net -j ACCEPT 
-A fw2net -j reject 
-A fw2net -j ACCEPT 
-A inet2all -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A inet2all -j Drop 
-A inet2all -j DROP 
-A inet2fw -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A inet2fw -j DROP 
-A inet2fw -j reject 
-A inet2fw -j inet2all 
-A inet2loc -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A inet2loc -j DROP 
-A inet2loc -j reject 
-A inet2loc -j inet2all 
-A inet2net -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A inet2net -j DROP 
-A inet2net -j reject 
-A inet2net -j inet2all 
-A loc2fw -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A loc2fw -s 172.16.1.3 -d 172.16.1.2 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT 
-A loc2fw -s 172.16.1.3 -d 192.192.192.15 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 1241 -j ACCEPT 
-A loc2fw -j reject 
-A loc2fw -j all2all 
-A loc2inet -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A loc2inet -j ACCEPT 
-A loc2inet -j reject 
-A loc2inet -j all2all 
-A loc2net -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A loc2net -j ACCEPT 
-A loc2net -j reject 
-A loc2net -j all2all 
-A net2fw -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A net2fw -p icmp -j DROP 
-A net2fw -j reject 
-A net2fw -j all2all 
-A net2inet -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A net2inet -d 172.16.0.1 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 8892 -j ACCEPT 
-A net2inet -j reject 
-A net2inet -j all2all 
-A net2loc -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT 
-A net2loc -s 192.192.192.0/255.255.255.0 -d 172.16.1.3 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT 
-A net2loc -j reject 
-A net2loc -j all2all 
-A reject -m pkttype --pkt-type broadcast -j DROP 
-A reject -m pkttype --pkt-type multicast -j DROP 
-A reject -s 192.192.192.255 -j DROP 
-A reject -s 172.16.1.255 -j DROP 
-A reject -s 172.16.0.255 -j DROP 
-A reject -s 255.255.255.255 -j DROP 
-A reject -s 224.0.0.0/240.0.0.0 -j DROP 
-A reject -p tcp -j REJECT --reject-with tcp-reset 
-A reject -p udp -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-port-unreachable 
-A reject -p icmp -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-unreachable 
-A reject -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited 
-A smurfs -s 192.192.192.255 -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:" --log-level 6 
-A smurfs -s 192.192.192.255 -j DROP 
-A smurfs -s 172.16.1.255 -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:" --log-level 6 
-A smurfs -s 172.16.1.255 -j DROP 
-A smurfs -s 172.16.0.255 -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:" --log-level 6 
-A smurfs -s 172.16.0.255 -j DROP 
-A smurfs -s 255.255.255.255 -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:" --log-level 6 
-A smurfs -s 255.255.255.255 -j DROP 
-A smurfs -s 224.0.0.0/240.0.0.0 -j LOG --log-prefix "Shorewall:smurfs:DROP:" --log-level 6 
-A smurfs -s 224.0.0.0/240.0.0.0 -j DROP 
COMMIT
# Completed on Thu Jan 12 14:14:22 2006 
Thanks in advance!
 
Old 01-12-2006, 09:37 AM   #10
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Hello Friends!
Thankyou unSpawn and everyone else!
Now I have logs of traffic in my /var/log/messages

I made a change in my /etc/shorewall/rules file as follows:

PREVIOUS (when I was not getting logs)


[HTML]#################################################################################################### #########
#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST SOURCE ORIGINAL RATE USER/
# PORT PORT(S) DEST LIMIT GROUP
#SECTION ESTABLISHED
#SECTION RELATED
ACCEPT fw net
ACCEPT fw loc
ACCEPT fw inet
ACCEPT loc net
ACCEPT loc inet
DNAT net inet:172.16.0.1:8892 tcp 80
[/HTML]

NEW (I have logs with this config)


[HTML]#################################################################################################### #########
#ACTION SOURCE DEST PROTO DEST SOURCE ORIGINAL RATE USER/
# PORT PORT(S) DEST LIMIT GROUP
#SECTION ESTABLISHED
#SECTION RELATED
ACCEPT fw net
ACCEPT fw loc
ACCEPT fw inet
ACCEPT loc net
ACCEPT:info loc inet
DNAT:info net inet:172.16.0.1:8892 tcp 80
[/HTML]

conclusion:
In the ACTION column I supposed to add the log level ":info" just after the corresponding ACTION.

My previously policy file is also configured for LOGs but the thing is if no rule matches with configuration in /etc/shorewall/rules file then packet filtering is done according to the configuration in /etc/shorewall/policy.
In my case all the packet filtering was already finishing with configuration in /etc/shorewall/rules before the need of /etc/shorewall/policy rules.
The packet doesn't match a rule so it is handled by a policy defined in /etc/shorewall/policy. These may be logged by specifying a syslog level in the LOG LEVEL column of the policy's entry (e.g., “loc net ACCEPT info”).



thanks and regards
Anuj
 
Old 01-12-2006, 12:05 PM   #11
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Nice you got it working all by yourself. Well done!
 
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Hello unSpawn!
It is not done by myself, but with the help provided by you and shorewall documenation by Thomas M. Eastep.
Shorewall Documentation
Thanks!

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