RSA NetWitness Logs
Event Source Log Configuration Guide
Tripwire Enterprise
Last Modified: Friday, November 3, 2017
Event Source Product Information:
Vendor: Tripwire
Event Source: Tripwire Enterprise
Versions: 5.4, 5.5, 7.x, 8.x
Note: RSA is qualifying support for the major version. In case of any configuration changes
or logs not parsing in a minor version, please open a case and we will add support for it.
Supported Platforms: Microsoft Windows and Linux
Additional Downloads: sftpagent.conf.tripwire
RSA Product Information:
Supported On: NetWitness Suite 10.0 and later
Event Source Log Parser: tripwire
Collection Method: File, Syslog
Note: Syslog collection only supported on version 8.x.
Event Source Class.Subclass: Network.Configuration Management
RSA NetWitness Suite supports Tripwire Enterprise running on Microsoft Windows or
Linux platforms. Additionally,RSA enVision supports collection via File Collection and
Syslog (versions 8.0 and later).
l To collect audit messages, RSA recommends that you set up Syslog collection.
l Configure File Collection to collect configuration-change related messages.
There are several tasks to set up Tripwire Enterprise:
I. Configure Tripwire
II. Set Up File Collection
III. Configure Syslog Collection (version 8.x only)
Configure Tripwire
To log detailed data from Tripwire you must configure an execute action and enable the
action on each rule. This action creates a copy of the XML output from a scan to be picked
up and processed by the File Service in RSA NetWitness Suite.
To configure Tripwire Enterprise to work with RSA NetWitness Suite:
1. In Tripwire Enterprise, configure a new Tripwire action as follows:
a. Use the web interface to select Actions > New Action > Execute Action.
b. Complete the fields as follows:
Field Value
Name NetWitness
Description Use to archive for RSA NetWitness
Command line (on %SystemRoot%\system32\cmd.exe /c copy "%f"
Windows platforms) "%f.nic"
Replace SystemRoot with the system root for your
Tripwire server. F
or example:
C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
/c copy "%f" "%f.nic"
Note: If the above command does not work, enter the
last part of the command o nly:
copy "%f" "%f.nic"
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Field Value
Command line (on cp "%f" "%f.nic"
Linux platforms)
c. Click Finish.
2. In Tripwire Enterprise, click on the Rules tab to access the Rules groups. M
odify
each rule to enable the RSA NetWitness Suite action you created in step 1.
3. Set up File Collection
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Set up File Collection
Perform the following steps to configure File Collection:
l Configure the Log Collector for File Collection
l Set up the SFTP Agent
Configure the Log Collector for File Collection
Perform the following steps to configure the Log Collector for File collection.
To configure the Log Collector for file collection:
1. In the NetWitness menu, select Administration > Services.
2. In the Services grid, select a Log Collector, and from the Actions menu, choose View
> Config > Event Sources.
3. Select File/Config from the drop-down menu.
The Event Categories panel displays the File event sources that are configured, if any.
4. In the Event Categories panel toolbar, click +.
The Available Event Source Types dialog is displayed.
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5. Select the correct type from the list, and click OK.
Select tripwire from the Available Event Source Types dialog.
The newly added event source type is displayed in the Event Categories
panel.
Note: The image below uses Apache as an example only. Your screen
will look different, depending on which Event Source type you are
configuring.
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6. Select the new type in the Event Categories panel and c lick + i n the Sources panel
toolbar.
The Add Source dialog is displayed.
Note: Again, the image below uses Apache as an example only. Your screen will
look different, depending on which Event Source type you are configuring.
7. Add a File Directory name, modify any other parameters that require changes, and
click OK.
8. Stop and Restart File Collection. After you add a new event source that uses file
collection, you must stop and restart the NetWitness File Collection service. This is
necessary to add the key to the new event source.
Set Up the SFTP Agent
To set up the SFTP Agent Collector, download the appropriate PDF from RSA Link:
l To set up the SFTP agent on Windows, see Install and Update SFTP Agent
l To set up the SFTP agent on Linux, see Configure SFTP Shell Script File Transfer
To set up the SFTP Agent for RSA NetWitness Suite, follow these instructions:
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Configure Syslog Collection (version 8.x only)
To set up Syslog collection:
I. Configure the Tripwire Enterprise Syslog Collection Service
II. Ensure the Required Parser is Enabled in RSA NetWitness Suite
III. Configure RSA NetWitness Suite for Syslog Collection
Configure the Tripwire Enterprise Syslog Collection Service
For Tripwire version 8.x, you can collect audit messages through Syslog. To collect
configuration-change related messages please configure File Collection.
To configure the Syslog Collection Service:
1. In Tripwire Enterprise, click Settings from the top navigation bar.
2. From the left-hand menu, expand System > Log Management.
3. Check the Forward TE log messages to syslog box.
4. For TCP Host, enter the IP address of the RSA NetWitness Log Decoder or Remote
Log Collector.
5. For TCP Port, enter 514.
6. Click Apply.
Ensure the Required Parser is Enabled in RSA NetWitness
Suite
If you do not see your parser in the list while performing this procedure, you need to
download it in RSA NetWitness Suite Live.
Ensure that the parser for your event source is enabled:
1. In the NetWitness menu, select Administration > Services.
2. In the Services grid, select a Log Decoder, and from the Actions menu, choose
View > Config.
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3. In the Service Parsers Configuration panel, search for your event source, and ensure
that the Config Value field for your event source is selected.
Note: The required parser is tripwire.
Configure RSA NetWitness Suite for Syslog Collection
If you are configuring the Remote Log Collector for syslog, select syslog-tcp in step 5
below. The Tripwire event source sends Syslog over TCP only.
Note: You only need to configure Syslog collection the first time that you set up an event
source that uses Syslog to send its output to NetWitness.
You should configure either the Log Decoder or the Remote Log Collector for Syslog. You
do not need to configure both.
To configure the Log Decoder for Syslog collection:
1. In the NetWitness menu, select Administration > Services.
2. In the Services grid, select a Log Decoder, and from the Actions menu, choose View
> System.
3. Depending on the icon you see, do one of the following:
l If you see , click the icon to start capturing Syslog.
l If you see , you do not need to do anything; this Log Decoder is
already capturing Syslog.
To configure the Remote Log Collector for Syslog collection:
1. In the NetWitness menu, select Administration > Services.
2. In the Services grid, select a Remote Log Collector, and from the Actions menu,
choose View > Config > Event Sources.
3. Select Syslog/Config from the drop-down menu.
The Event Categories panel displays the Syslog event sources that are configured, if
any.
4. In the Event Categories panel toolbar, click +.
The Available Event Source Types dialog is displayed.
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5. Select either syslog-tcp or syslog-udp. You can set up either or both, depending on
the needs of your organization.
6. Select the new type in the Event Categories panel and c lick + i n the Sources panel
toolbar.
The Add Source dialog is displayed.
7. Enter 514 for the port, and select Enabled. Optionally, configure any of the
Advanced parameters as necessary.
Click OK to accept your changes and close the dialog box.
Once you configure one or both syslog types, the Log Decoder or Remote Log Collector
collects those types of messages from all available event sources. So, you can continue
to add Syslog event sources to your system without needing to do any further
configuration in NetWitness.
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