Splunk Enterprise Security

Splunk Enterprise Security: What does the error tag mean?

danielbb
Motivator

We see many events tagged as error.
What does it mean?
index=bluecoat has quite a bit of them, for example.

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sumanssah
Communicator

@danielbb , please share more details or error screenshot.

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danielbb
Motivator

Really interesting, messages such as Sent a DHCP NAK message to client or Sent a DHCP ACK message assigning IP address. Tiny messages and weird that they are assigned the error tag...

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