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Matching events with same values across different fields

devak
Engager

HI All

I have IP flow based information being ingested into Splunk, which consists of source_ip, source_port, destination_ip, destination_port. 

Occasionally, due to the environmental factors, we get a duplicate log of the flow in the reverse direction. 

E.g.

source_ip                   source_port                    destination_ip                  destination_port

1.1.1.1                        42000                                  2.2.2.2                                     80                     <-  Keep this

2.2.2.2.                        80                                         1.1.1.1                                       42000            <- I would like to discard this 

1.1.1.5                       42300                                  2.2.2.2                                      80

3.3.3.3                       134                                       5.5.5.5.                                      80       

My goal is to identify and ultimately filter out the duplicated entries.

What I am having trouble with is coming up with a query to flag events where there is a duplicate entry (in reverse direction).

I can then filter out the “flagged” duplicate entries where say source_port < destination_port.

I am trying to avoid using computational heavy commands such as nested searches as the data set is quite large. 

Would greatly appreciate some ideas or assistance on how this can be tackled.

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If this isn't sufficient

| where source_port>destination_port

try this

| makeresults
| eval _raw="source_ip                   source_port                    destination_ip                  destination_port
1.1.1.1                        42000                                  2.2.2.2                                     80
2.2.2.2                        80                                         1.1.1.1                                       42000
1.1.1.5                       42300                                  2.2.2.2                                      80
3.3.3.3                       134                                       5.5.5.5                                      80"
| multikv forceheader=1
| table source_ip                   source_port                    destination_ip                  destination_port
| eval highport=if(source_port>destination_port,source_ip.":".source_port.",".destination_ip.":".destination_port,destination_ip.":".destination_port.",".source_ip.":".source_port)
| eventstats count by highport
| where count=1 OR highport=source_ip.":".source_port.",".destination_ip.":".destination_port

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If this isn't sufficient

| where source_port>destination_port

try this

| makeresults
| eval _raw="source_ip                   source_port                    destination_ip                  destination_port
1.1.1.1                        42000                                  2.2.2.2                                     80
2.2.2.2                        80                                         1.1.1.1                                       42000
1.1.1.5                       42300                                  2.2.2.2                                      80
3.3.3.3                       134                                       5.5.5.5                                      80"
| multikv forceheader=1
| table source_ip                   source_port                    destination_ip                  destination_port
| eval highport=if(source_port>destination_port,source_ip.":".source_port.",".destination_ip.":".destination_port,destination_ip.":".destination_port.",".source_ip.":".source_port)
| eventstats count by highport
| where count=1 OR highport=source_ip.":".source_port.",".destination_ip.":".destination_port
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devak
Engager

Thats fantastic, thank you. 
I really like the way you have solved it.

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