############################################################################################## # # In addition to writing to the standard textual W3C logs, Windows Firewall connections, port # bindings, and dropped packets can be logged to the Windows event logs too, such as for # troubleshooting or incident response. Log events for successful connections and port bindings # will include information about the associated process (name, path, PID, etc). If even more # information is required, install Microsoft Message Analyzer for a GUI to capture, filter and # analyze events from the protocol stack. # # Requires at least Windows Vista or Server 2008. # # Author: Jason Fossen, Enclave Consulting LLC, https://www.sans.org/sec505 # Updated: 6-Sep-2016 # ############################################################################################## ########################################### # # View Current Audit Policies # ########################################### auditpol.exe /get /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Connection' | Select-String -Pattern 'Filtering Platform' auditpol.exe /get /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Packet Drop' | Select-String -Pattern 'Filtering Platform' ########################################### # # Log Successful Connections: 5156 # Log New Listening Port: 5158 # ########################################### # Security 5156: The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a connection. # Security 5158: The Windows Filtering Platform has permitted a bind to a local port. auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Connection' /success:enable /failure:disable ########################################### # # Log Blocked Connections: 5157 # Log Blocked New Listening Port: 5159 # ########################################### # Security 5157: The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a connection. # Security 5159: The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a bind to a local port. auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Connection' /success:disable /failure:enable ########################################### # # Log All Connection Events # Log All Listening Port Events # ########################################### # All of the above: Security 5156, 5158, 5157, and 5159: auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Connection' /success:enable /failure:enable ########################################### # # Log Dropped Packets: 5152,5153 # ########################################### # Security 5152: The Windows Filtering Platform has blocked a packet. auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Packet Drop' /success:disable /failure:enable # Security 5153: A more restrictive Windows Filtering Platform filter has blocked a packet. # (Note: 5153 is for MAC address filtering at layer 2, which is not exposed in the Windows Firewall tool.) auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Packet Drop' /success:enable /failure:disable # All of the above: Security 5152 and 5153: auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Packet Drop' /success:enable /failure:enable ########################################### # # Query Packets Dropped by Firewall # ########################################### $xpath = @' '@ Get-WinEvent -LogName Security -FilterXPath $xpath -MaxEvents 100 ########################################### # # Query Connections Blocked By Firewall # ########################################### $xpath = @' '@ Get-WinEvent -LogName Security -FilterXPath $xpath -MaxEvents 100 ########################################### # # Query Successful Connections # ########################################### $xpath = @' '@ Get-WinEvent -LogName Security -FilterXPath $xpath -MaxEvents 100 ########################################### # # Disable All Firewall Audit Logging # ########################################### auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Connection' /success:disable /failure:disable auditpol.exe /set /subcategory:'Filtering Platform Packet Drop' /success:disable /failure:disable