6.0 Common Event Format (CEF)

With OES 2018 SP2, the Storage Services Auditing Client Logger (VLOG) supports output in Common Event Format. This output can be integrated with third-party auditing software that supports CEF.

The following table displays the CEF key names and their description.

Table 6-1 CEF Key Names with Description

CEF Key Name

Description

deviceCustomDate2,deviceCustomDate2Label

Access time of the file

not mapping

Application registered for events

sourceProcessName

Users who are registered for the application

deviceCustomNumber1

File close with flags such as delete on close

destinationProcessName

Process name who access the files

deviceCustomNumber3

File access protocol connection ID

DeviceCustomNumber2

File creation or open mode/flags

fileCreateTime

Time when the file was created or time when the file was created from protocols.

filePermission

Access rights request to open a file by protocols

or

File permission to rename the flags or rights permission request for the file.

destinationUserName

Users FQDN

deviceEventClassId, name

Actual file operations event from NSS, NCP, CIFS, and VIGIL (vigil events)

deviceCustomeNumber4

File handle state during the file close (such as modify, snapshot and so on)

deviceCustomNumber1

Flag to indicate delete a file on close

fileSize

Size of the file

fileType

The type of the file such as datastream and socket

deviceCustomString2

Linux file system user ID

deviceCustomString1

Linux file system user name

deviceCustomDate2,deviceCustomDate2Label

Last accessed time of a file through NCP

fileModificationTime

Time when the file was last modified through NCP

filePath

Full path to the file or NSS file path or data target of the file

or

Rename - destination path of the file

OES

Linux file handle

fileModificationTime

Data modified time of deleted time of a file

deviceCustomString5

File modifier GUID

deviceCustomString6

File modifier DN

message

Modifying the file mask

sourceAddress

File access client IP address

eventOutcome

Operation return status or data status output

deviceCustomString3

File owner GUID

deviceCustomString4

File owner DN

deviceProcessId

Process PID that performs the operation

DeviceCustomNumber2

File Sgid's GUID

flexString2

File Sgid name or file Sgid (folder) name

deviceCustomNumber3

File Suid's GUID

flexString1

File Suid name or file Suid (folder) name

flexnumber1

File TaskID's GUID

deviceReceiptTime

Time of the event occurred

deviceEventCategory (only NSS info)

Data type or application type

sourceUserId

File UID's GUID

sourceUserName

File UID name or file UID (folder) name

destinationUserName

File user DN

destinationUserId

Data userid suid of suid

fileId

Data ZID ID of the file

flexnumber2

File key's GUID

oldFilePath

Data source path of old file

filePath

Data target path of the file

The following CEF key names are OES specific attributes and hence they are preceded with OES.

OESEgid

Linux Effective group ID

OESEgidName

Linux Effective group name

OESEuid

Linux Effective user ID

OESEuidName

Linux Effective user name

OESFileAttributes

File attributes such as archive, hidden, and system while open, close, and modify

OESFileAttributesModMask

Modifying file attributes MASK

OESParentFileId

Parent file (folder) ZID

OESFileHandle

Virtual file handle for the file opened

OESRetOpenCreateAction

Operation return status for file create

OESSearchAttributes

File search (folder) attributes

OESMetaDataModified

The metadata modified time of a file

OESFileNameType

The name formats are Long, UNIX, and DOS

OESVolumeDn

FQDN of the data volume

OESVolumeId

Data volid ID of the device

OESVigilRecNo

vigilrec no id of the file

OESvlogRecNo

vlogrec no id of the file

OESFsgid

Linux file system group ID

OESFsgid_Name

Linux file system group name

OESFsguid_Name

Linux file system group name

OESGid

Linux group ID

OESGidName

Linux group name

OESGidName

Linux group name

OESPurgedFileFlag

OES specific attributes

OESFileExectueType

OESElementType

OESPrimaryNameSpaceID

OESFinderInfo

OESProDOSInfo

OESFiller

OESDirRightsMask

OESFMode

OESRdev

OESMyFlags

OESNfsUID

OESNfsGID

OESNwUID

OESNwGID

OESNwEveryone

OESNwUIDRights

OESNwGIDRights

OESNwEveryoneRights

OESAcsFlags

OESFirstCreated

OESVariableSize

OESVariableData

OESExtAttrUserFlags

OESVolFeaturesEnabled

OESVolFeaturesEnableModMask

OESVolNdsObjectId

OESVolNdsObjectIdDn

OESVolSalvageMinKeepSeconds

OESVolSalvageMaxKeepSeconds

OESVolSalvageLowWaterMark

OESVolSalvageHighWaterMark

OESPoolFeaturesEnabled

OESPoolFeaturesEnableModMask

OESPoolNdsObjectId

OESVolDataShreddingCount

OESVolTotalSpaceQuota

OESDirQuotQuota

OESReadAheadBlocks

OESNumOfTrustees

OESMetaDataModifier

OESMetaDataModifierDn

OESArchived