Configure Network Device - Cisco IOS Device

This article will walk through the steps to configure Cisco IOS devices to send syslog messages to the RocketAgent Syslog Server

To send syslog messages from Cisco IOS-based devices, connect to the device via SSH or telnet and run enable to become administrator.

Enter the following commands:

configure terminal
logging host <ip_address> transport udp port 514
logging facility syslog
logging trap debugging
exit
write memory

Replace <ip_address> with the IP address of the RocketAgent Syslog Server

Ensure these events are enabled:

Cisco IOS event ID

        Description

%IDS-4-IPFRAG_ATTACK_SIG

IP Fragment Attack

%IDS-4-IP_IMPOSSIBLE_SIG

IP Impossible Packet Attack

%IDS-4-ICMP_FRAGMENT_SIG

            Fragmented ICMP Traffic Attack

%IDS-4-ICMP_TOOLARGE_SIG

Large ICMP Traffic Attack

%IDS-4-ICMP_PING_OF_DEATH_SIG

Ping of Death Attack Attack

%IDS-4-TCP_FRAG_SYN_FIN_SIG

TCP SYN+FIN flag Attack

%IDS-4-TCP_FIN_ONLY_SIG

            TCP FIN only flags Attack

%IDS-4-RPC_CALLIT_REQUEST

Proxied RPC Request

%IDS-4-UNAVAILABLE

            FTP Improper Port Specified

%IDS-4-UDP_BOMB_SIG

UDP Bomb attack

%IDS-4-UDP_SNORK_SIG

          UDP Snork attack

%IDS-4-UDP_CHARGEN_DOS_SIG

UDP Chargen DoS attack

%SEC-6-IPACCESSLOGP

            Reputation lookup on connecting IPs

%IDS-4-TCP_FRAG_NULL_SIG

TCP NULL flags Attack

%SEC_LOGIN-5-LOGIN_SUCCESS

Successful User login

%SEC_LOGIN-4-LOGIN_FAILED

Failed User login