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Is there a way to choose the smaller subnet that contains the src_ip?

joock3r
Explorer

Hi,

I have a lookup definition that look like that:

joock3r_2-1676389169438.png

When I'm running this search with looking up in this lookup difinition, I'm getting the wider subnet.

 

 

 

index="FW" action=allowed src_ip=10.0.0.1 sourcetype=fw
| lookup ipam subnet AS src_ip OUTPUT subnet AS "Source Subnet"
| table src_ip "Source Subnet" dest_ip Service Protocol app Rule Device _time 
| sort 0 -_time

 

 

 

The ipam lookup contains amount of subnets that contatining each other (for example 10.0.0.0/16, 10.0.0.0/24).

The results that I'm getting is for the wider subnet, in my example - 10.0.0.0/16.

Is there a way to choose the smaller subnet that contains the src_ip?

Thanks 🙂

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Lookup always return the first match.  Edit the lookup to put the smaller subnets before the larger ones.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Lookup always return the first match.  Edit the lookup to put the smaller subnets before the larger ones.

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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