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author | mlaier <mlaier@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-02-28 16:52:45 +0000 |
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committer | mlaier <mlaier@FreeBSD.org> | 2004-02-28 16:52:45 +0000 |
commit | 2135f6a83c8e1b39db8af0b470ab6d0349144be9 (patch) | |
tree | 73e1e06a1e5e925889f30ef537d21f7d3edd736d /contrib/pf/pflogd/pflogd.8 | |
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Vendor import of OpenBSD's pf userland as of OpenBSD 3.4
Approved by: bms(mentor), core(in general)
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diff --git a/contrib/pf/pflogd/pflogd.8 b/contrib/pf/pflogd/pflogd.8 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab63259 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/pf/pflogd/pflogd.8 @@ -0,0 +1,179 @@ +.\" $OpenBSD: pflogd.8,v 1.22 2003/06/03 13:16:08 jmc Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 2001 Can Erkin Acar. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. The name of the author may not be used to endorse or promote products +.\" derived from this software without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES +.\" OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. +.\" IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, +.\" INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT +.\" NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, +.\" DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY +.\" THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT +.\" (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF +.\" THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.Dd July 9, 2001 +.Dt PFLOGD 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm pflogd +.Nd packet filter logging daemon +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm pflogd +.Op Fl D +.Op Fl d Ar delay +.Op Fl f Ar filename +.Op Fl s Ar snaplen +.Op Ar expression +.Sh DESCRIPTION +.Nm +is a background daemon which reads packets logged by +.Xr pf 4 +to the packet logging interface +.Pa pflog0 +and writes the packets to a logfile (normally +.Pa /var/log/pflog ) +in +.Xr tcpdump 8 +binary format. +These logs can be reviewed later using the +.Fl r +option of +.Xr tcpdump 8 , +hopefully offline in case there are bugs in the packet parsing code of +.Xr tcpdump 8 . +.Pp +.Nm +closes and then re-opens the log file when it receives +.Va SIGHUP , +permitting +.Xr newsyslog 8 +to rotate logfiles automatically. +.Va SIGALRM +causes +.Nm +to flush the current logfile buffers to the disk, thus making the most +recent logs available. +The buffers are also flushed every +.Ar delay +seconds. +.Pp +If the log file contains data after a restart or a +.Va SIGHUP , +new logs are appended to the existing file. +If the existing log file was created with a different snaplen, +.Nm +temporarily uses the old snaplen to keep the log file consistent. +.Pp +The options are as follows: +.Bl -tag -width Ds +.It Fl d Ar delay +Time in seconds to delay between automatic flushes of the file. +This may be specified with a value between 5 and 3600 seconds. +If not specified, the default is 60 seconds. +.It Fl D +Debugging mode. +.Nm +does not disassociate from the controlling terminal. +.It Fl f Ar filename +Log output filename. +Default is +.Pa /var/log/pflog . +.It Fl s Ar snaplen +Analyze at most the first +.Ar snaplen +bytes of data from each packet rather than the default of 96. +The default of 96 is adequate for IP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP headers but may +truncate protocol information for other protocols. +Other file parsers may desire a higher snaplen. +.It Ar expression +Selects which packets will be dumped, using the regular language of +.Xr tcpdump 8 . +.El +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /var/run/pflogd.pid -compact +.It Pa /var/run/pflogd.pid +Process ID of the currently running +.Nm pflogd . +.It Pa /var/log/pflog +Default log file. +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +Log specific tcp packets to a different log file with a large snaplen +(useful with a log-all rule to dump complete sessions) +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# pflogd -s 1600 -f suspicious.log port 80 and host evilhost +.Ed +.Pp +Display binary logs: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# tcpdump -n -e -ttt -r /var/log/pflog +.Ed +.Pp +Display the logs in real time (this does not interfere with the +operation of pflogd): +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# tcpdump -n -e -ttt -i pflog0 +.Ed +.Pp +Tcpdump has been extended to be able to filter on the pfloghdr +structure defined in +.Aq Ar net/if_pflog.h . +Tcpdump can restrict the output +to packets logged on a specified interface, a rule number, a reason, +a direction, an ip family or an action. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width "reason match " -compact +.It ip +Address family equals IPv4. +.It ip6 +Address family equals IPv6. +.It ifname kue0 +Interface name equals "kue0" +.It on kue0 +Interface name equals "kue0" +.It rulenum 10 +Rule number equals 10. +.It reason match +Reason equals match. +Also accepts "bad-offset", "fragment", "short", "normalize" and "memory". +.It action pass +Action equals pass. +Also accepts "block". +.It inbound +The direction was inbound. +.It outbound +The direction was outbound. +.El +.Pp +Display the logs in real time of inbound packets that were blocked on +the wi0 interface: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# tcpdump -n -e -ttt -i pflog0 inbound and action block and on wi0 +.Ed +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr pcap 3 , +.Xr pf 4 , +.Xr pflog 4 , +.Xr pf.conf 5 , +.Xr newsyslog 8 , +.Xr tcpdump 8 +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm +command appeared in +.Ox 3.0 . +.Sh AUTHORS +Can Erkin Acar |