Security

Logs are encrypted

changhieuzi
New Member

Hi,
I collect logs from Checkpoint firewall and these logs are encrypted. How do Splunk read and analyze this log ?

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sowings
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee
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changhieuzi
New Member

Hi !
I will explain in detail my network diagram and my problem below
Network diagram
Checkpoint FW >> Syslog server >> Splunk
(mean: The first Checkpoint FW generates logs >> These logs are forwarded to syslog server which is Windows server 2k8(then user copies these logs to storage device) >> upload offline to Splunk server to index).
My problem is the logs data which is encrypted when they came out from FW
How do I do to read the logs?
Thank you !!

There are 2 pics which are logs in display. I uploaded they to my dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/iyoht5ttyz02w9k/logviewer1.png
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qftwn15y12bguws/logviewer2.png

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changhieuzi
New Member

There are 2 pics which are logs in display. I uploaded they to my dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/iyoht5ttyz02w9k/logviewer1.png

https://www.dropbox.com/s/qftwn15y12bguws/logviewer2.png

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changhieuzi
New Member

Hi !
I will explain in detail my network diagram and my problem below

Network diagram
Checkpoint FW >> Syslog server >> Splunk
(mean: The first Checkpoint FW generates logs >> These logs are forwarded to syslog server which is Windows server 2k8(then user copies these logs to storage device) >> upload offline to Splunk server to index).

My problem is the logs data which is encrypted when they came out from FW

How do I do to read the logs?

Thank you !!

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Ayn
Legend

Really encrypted or just in Checkpoint's binary format?

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can write a decrypting script and run it as a scripted input.

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