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The purpose of this section is to discuss the parameter settings of the configuration file. The Snare configuration file is located at /etc/audit/snare.conf, and this location may not be changed. If the configuration file does not exist, the audit daemon will not actively audit events until a correctly formatted configuration file is present.

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[Network]

This subkey stores the general network configurations.

CacheSize

Determines the desired count of events in the memory cache. i.e the number of events that Snare should keep if it can't reach at least one of the hosts.If this is set then CacheSizeM cannot be altered.

CacheSizeM

Determines the size of the in memory cache. The value must be between 1 and 1024.If this is set then CacheSize cannot be altered.

CheckTimeNumber of seconds the agent will internally reload its settings, drop and reestablish network connection. Minimum set time is 300 seconds (5 minutes), maximum is 3600 seconds (1 hour).

Destination1Delimiter

This value is of type REG_SZ and is a single separation character of different fields in an event. By default comma is used for this purposeThe delimiter to be used in the events written to this network destination, including, tab, comma, vertical bar, space and any custom character.  By default the delimiter is a tab character.

Destination1Format
The format in which the events are sent to the destination: 
Snare (0), SYSLOG RFC3164 (1), SYSLOG Alt (2), CEF (3), LEEF (4), SYSLOG RFC5424 (5), SNARE V2 (6), SYSLOG JSON (7), DEVO (8), DEVO JSON (9).
Destination1HostThe IP or hostname of the destination server/SIEM.

Destination1mTLSCertID

This value is of type REG_SZ and is the ID of the client's certificate. Client will present the certificate in mutual TLS communication to prove its identity to the server in communication.

Destination1Port

Determines the Destination Port number. This value must be in 1-65535 range. Will default to 514 if a SYSLOG header has been specified.

Destination1SocketTypeDetermines the protocol used (0 for UDP, 1 for TCP, 2 for TLS/SSL, 3 for TLS_AUTH, 4 for mTLS).
Destination1TLSAuthKeyThis value is used when Destination1SocketType is 3 i.e. TLS_AUTH.
FileOutput1DelimiterThis value is of type REG_SZ and is a single separation character of different fields in an event. By default comma is used for this purposeThe delimiter to be used in the events written to this file destination, including, tab, comma, vertical bar, space and any custom character.  By default the delimiter is a tab character.
FileOutput1FileNameThe path and location of the file the events are sent to.  Multiple files may be set.
FileOutput1FormatThe format to write to the log file. Available formats are: 
Snare (0), SYSLOG RFC3164 (1), SYSLOG Alt (2), CEF (3), LEEF (4), SYSLOG RFC5424 (5), SNARE V2 (6), SYSLOG JSON (7), DEVO (8), DEVO JSON (9).

NotifyMsgLimit

Having a value 0 or 1, and determines whether to send or not the EPS notification to server (1 means send and 0 means not to send) whenever agent reaches EPS RateLimit.

NotifyMsgLimitFrequency

Determines the frequency of events per second notification. The value is treated in minutes and only one EPS notification message is sent to server regardless of how many times agent reaches EPS limit during these minutes.

RateLimit

Determines the upper limit for events per second (EPS) that the agent will send to server.

SyslogFacilityRepresents the SYSLOG facility for SYSLOG format


[Config]

This subkey stores the general configuration values.

AgentLog

Sets the level of tracing sent by the agent.  Values include [0-5] where Fatal (0), Error (1), Warning (2), Info (3), Debug (8), Trace (9).

Audit

Determines whether Snare is to automatically set the system audit configuration. Set this value to 0 for no, or 1 for Yes. Will default to TRUE (1) if not set. The audit configuration includes selecting the audit categories and the retention policy on ALL event log files.

CachePath
This is the disk cache path where the agent will temporarily save all unsent events if the 
agent needs to restart. Agent will read and send the events on next start.

Checksum

Determines whether Snare includes an MD5 Checksum of the contents of each audit record, with the record in question. Set this value to 0 for no, or 1 for Yes. Will default to FALSE (0) if not set. Note that the checking application will need to strip the final delimiter, plus the MD5 Checksum, from the record before evaluating the record against the checksum.

Clientname

This is the Hostname of the client and if no value has been set, "hostname" command output will be displayed. Must be no more than 100 chars, otherwise will truncate.

EventSourceIdText

Stores the Event Source Id text/value. If the value in EventSourceIdType is 1 (Free Text), then this text/value is included in each event.

EventSourceIdType

Stores the option related to specifying Event Source Id: 0(NONE) and 1(Free Text)

FileSize This is the maximum generated size of an output file receiving events. The file is rotated upon reaching this maximum.
HeartBeat
This values is the frequency with which a heartbeat is sent, set in minutes.
HeartBeatFileExport
This value determines whether heartbeats are logged to a file. 0 for no, or 1 for Yes. 
HeartBeatOutputPath
This is the path where the heartbeat messages are exported to, if selected.
HostGUID
Set to the GUID of the specific network card. 
HostIP
Set to the IP address of the specific network card.
TLS13Minimum
When disabled (0), Snare Agent supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 for web connections. When enabled (1), TLS 1.2 is explicitly disabled; browsers connecting to the agent website must support at least TLS 1.3 for ssl connections.
UseHostIP
If checkbox set it resolves the machines IP address from the first wired adapter. It will not resolve wireless IP's at present. Set this value to 0 for no, or 1 for Yes.
UseUTC

Determines whether Snare should use UTC timestamps instead of the local system time when sending events. Set this value to 0 for no, or 1 for Yes. Will default to FALSE (0) if not set.



[Remote]

This subkey stores all the web user interface/remote control parameters.

AccessKeyAuth

Stores the actual password to be used, in encrypted format.

Allow

Set to either 0 or 1 to allow the web user interface to be available. If not set or out of bounds, will default to 0/NO (i.e. not able to be browsed to).

LockTimeThis value is of type REG_DWORD and is used to determine the lock duration in minutes after maximum failed login attempts.
MaxFailAttemptThis value is of type REG_DWORD and is used to determine the maximum number of failed login attempts that will be accepted before the agent will be locked for a duration (Duration is defined in LockTime).

Restrict

Set to either 0 or 1 to signal whether the remote users should be restricted via IP address or not. 0 = no restrictions.

RestrictIP

The IP address that is used to remotely control the agent.

WebPort

This value is the web server port, if it has been set to something other than port 6161. If not set or out of bounds, it will default to port 6161.



[SAM]
Stores the Snare Agent Manager settings
SAM1AuthKey
Key used by the agent to communicate with the Snare Agent Manager.
SAM1IP
The IP/hostname of where SAM is installed, that will communicate with the agent.
SAM1Port
The port number the agent uses to communicate with SAM, port 6262.


[State]

This section stores data managed internally by the Agent.

SAMCToken

Token provided by SAM to the agent.

AgentLockedThis value is of type REG_DWORD and is set to either 0 or 1 to indicate whether the agent is locked or not due to reaching maximum failed login attempts.
AgentLockEndTimeThis is of type REG_SZ and is used to store the time when the agent will be back to normal after it has been locked due to reaching maximum failed login attempts.
LoginAttemptsThis value is of type REG_DWORD and is used to determine the number of consecutive failed login attempts.  


[Linux]
AuditBufferSize
Adjustment of audit buffers is required to avoid causing a too heavy audit load on your system.
If the buffers are full then events will not be queued. Default set to 360.
AuditCollectDetermines whether Snare is to automatically set the system auditd configuration. Set this value to 0 for no, or 1 for Yes. Will default to TRUE (1) if not set. The auditd configuration will be modified to have dispatcher set to the agent executable regardless of this setting in order for auditd to still launch the agent.


[Objective]

This subkey stores all the filtering audit policies.

Objective#

(where # is a serial no.)

This section describes the format of the audit policies (formerly known as Objectives).
For example:
"Objective1": "criticality=1,1,1,1,1,1,0,0,0,0\tmatch=\"\"\tevent=execve,fork,exit,kill,tkill,tgkill",



[Watch]

This subkey stores the file watches.

Watch# 
(where # is a serial no.)

This section describes the format of the watches.

For example:
"Watch1": "criticality=2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0\tmatch=\"\"\tpath=\/etc\tperms=wa"



[Filter]

This subkey stores the Log Filter.

Filter# (where # is a serial number)

This section describes the format of the Filters applied to Log file monitors. 
For example:
"Filter1": "criticality=0,5,5,5,0,1,0,0,0,0match=\"*\"regex=0state=1uuid=7e90d723-219c-46a6-943e-55573532e05f"

criticality - ten comma-separated integer values ([0-4],[0-7],[0-7],[0-7],[0-10],[1-10],0,0,0,0) representing event criticality for different event formats. First integer is between 0 and 4 that indicates the severity of the event in Snare format: Critical = 4,  Priority = 3, Warning = 2, Information = 1, Clear = 0. Next 3 values are Syslog for each RFC3164, RFC3164 Alt and RFC5424. Syslog values RFC3164 Alt and RFC5424 are copied from Syslog and not used separately. Values 0-7 denote Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Info, Debug. CEF is  0 - 10, 0 is least severe and 10 is most severe. LEEF is  1 - 10, 1 is least severe and 10 is most severe. Last 4 values 0,0,0,0 are reserved and not in use.
match= - a string (if regex = 0) or a regular expression (if regex = 1) to match and INCLUDE. Events matching this filter will be collected. DOS wildcard characters ("*" and "?") can be used when regex = 0, for example: match="*"
or
match!= - a string (if regex = 0) or a regular expression (if regex = 1) to match and EXCLUDE. Events matching this filter will not be collected.
regex - integer indicating whether the match string is a regular expression: 0 - no; 1 - yes
state - an integer representing the state of Filter configuration: 0 - Disabled; 1 - Enabled; 2 - Requiring Service Restart
uuid - a unique 16-byte identifier of this Filter.
See Log Filter Configuration page in this User Guide for more details.



[Log]

This subkey stores the Log Monitors.

Log# (where # is a serial number)

This section describes the format of the log file monitors.
For example: 

"Log1": "logtype=0logval=\"\"linetype=1lineval=\"1\"watchtype=0watchval=\"1\"dirfilter=\"\/var\/log\"filefilter=\"*.log\"features=0state=1uuid=8b5678d1-abc2-467c-af05-5318b9d1c94d"

Note: ( '\' is an escape character meaning that the next character is interpreted literally, as part of string.


logtype - an integer representing the type of logs being collected: 0 - Generic log format(default); 1 - Apache web logs;  2 - Exchange message tracking logs pre 2007; 3 - Exchange message tracking logs 2007; 4 - Exchange message tracking logs 2010/2013; 5 - Microsoft IIS web server logs; 6 - Microsoft ISA firewall logs; 7 - Microsoft ISA web logs; 8 - Microsoft proxy server logs; 9 - Microsoft SMTP logs; 10 - Squid proxy logs; 11 - VMS Security Logs; 12 - Custom Event log; 13 - Microsoft DNS server logs; 14 - NCR ATM Journal Logs; 15 - DHCP Logs
logval - user-defined string that will be used as a log type in the event header if the logtype = 12 - Custom Event Log.
linetype - an integer defining what comprises a single event: 0 - Single Line (every line in the monitored file is converted to a separate event); 1 - Fixed Number of Lines; 2 - Line separating events (a line specified in lineval acts as event separator)
lineval - if linetype = 1, a string representing the number of lines to be read as one event; if linetype = 2, this is the line that separates events, for example, "<end>". 
watchtype - an integer indicating which files should be monitored in the given directory: 0 - All matching files; 1 - Last matching file (alphabetically); 2 - First matching file (alphabetically); 3 - Fixed number of first matching files; 4 - Fixed number of last matching files
watchval - if watchtype = 3 or 4, a string representing the number of first/last matching files, otherwise "1"
dirfilter - a string representing fully qualified path to the desired log file or the directory containing the target log files
filefilter - a string representing the file name or file name pattern to monitor for new logs
features - an integer representing a bitmap of extra features, such as comments inclusion, date-based or regex-based file matching, etc. This value is set programmatically based on other selections.
state - an integer representing the state of Log file monitor configuration. Disabled = 0, Enabled = 1, Requiring Service Restart = 2.
uuid - a unique 16-byte identifier of this Log file monitor.

See Log Configuration page in this User Guide for more details. 


[FIM]

This subkey stores the file integrity monitoring configuration values.

FIM#

(where # is a serial no.)

This section describes the format of FIM configurations. This is composed of the following string:

type=[0|1],alg=[0|1],criticality=[0-4],[0-7],[0-7],[0-7],[0-10],[1-10],0,0,0,0,schedule=<CRON_FORMAT>,dirfilter=<DIR_PATH>,filefilter=<INCLUDE_FORMAT>,exclusions=<EXCLUDE_FORMAT>,features=<VALUE>,state=[0|1|2},uuid=<UUID>

type: integer 0 or 1 where 0 indicates File type and 1 indicates Registry type

alg: integer 0 or 1 and indicates the algorithm used to hash the data. SHA256 = 0, SHA512 = 1

criticality: integer between 0 and 4 that indicates the severity of the event. Critical = 4, Priority = 3, Warning = 2, Information = 1, Clear = 0. Next 3 values are Syslog for each RFC3164, RFC3164 Alt and RFC5424. Syslog values RFC3164 Alt and RFC5424 are copied from Syslog and not used separately. Values 0-7 denote Emergency, Alert, Critical, Error, Warning, Notice, Info, Debug. CEF is  0 - 10, 0 is least severe and 10 is most severe. LEEF is  1 - 10, 1 is least severe and 10 is most severe. Last 4 values 0,0,0,0 are reserved are reserved and not in use.

CRON_FORMAT: a string in the CRON format to indicate when the system is to scan. Can be of the form CRON(<min>, <hour>, <day_of_month>, <month>, <day_of_week>) or of one of @hourly or @daily.

DIR_PATH: the full path of the directory from which to start scanning. A terminating path delimiter followed by a * denotes a recursive scan.

INCLUDE_FORMAT: the format of the files to include in the scan. The character * denotes the use of wildcards.

EXCLUDE_FORMAT: the format of the files to exclude from the scan. The * character denotes the use of wildcards.

features: an integer representing a bit-wise set of features.

state: an integer representing the state of FIM configuration. Disabled = 0, Enabled = 1, Requiring Service Restart = 2.

UUID: a string representation of a unique 16-byte value used to identify the configuration.

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