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How do i search for Sql injection or XSS in IIS log. Can any body give me example too

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sdaniels
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This blog entry has details for you on how to address SQL injections with Splunk.

http://blogs.splunk.com/2010/02/04/sql-injections-the-splunk-method-for-auditing-your-application-se...

You may just want to search for web log events with a standard deviation of greater than the average like len(_raw) with greater than 2.5 Std deviation.

Example using standard deviation here - http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/stats

Hopefully somebody else can help with the cross sight scripting details and if that is possible to determine from within an IIS Log.

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