Sunday, June 6, 2010

TCPDUMP commands in detail

NAME

tcpdump - dump traffic on a network

SYNOPSIS

tcpdump [ -AdDefIKlLnNOpqRStuUvxX ] [ -B buffer_size ] [ -c count ]

[ -C file_size ] [ -G rotate_seconds ] [ -F file ]

[ -i interface ] [ -m module ] [ -M secret ]

[ -r file ] [ -s snaplen ] [ -T type ] [ -w file ]

[ -W filecount ]

[ -E spi@ipaddr algo:secret,... ]

[ -y datalinktype ] [ -z postrotate-command ] [ -Z user ]
[ expression ]

DESCRIPTION

Tcpdump prints out a description of the contents of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression. It can also be run with the -w flag, which causes it to save the packet data to a file for later analysis, and/or with the -r flag, which causes it to read from a saved packet file rather than to read packets from a network interface. In all cases, only packets that match expression will be processed by tcpdump.
Tcpdump will, if not run with the -c flag, continue capturing packets until it is interrupted by a SIGINT signal (generated, for example, by typing your interrupt character, typically control-C) or a SIGTERM signal (typically generated with the kill(1) command); if run with the -c flag, it will capture packets until it is interrupted by a SIGINT or SIGTERM signal or the specified number of packets have been processed.
When tcpdump finishes capturing packets, it will report counts of:
packets ``captured'' (this is the number of packets that tcpdump has received and processed);
packets ``received by filter'' (the meaning of this depends on the OS on which you're running tcpdump, and possibly on the way the OS was configured - if a filter was specified on the command line, on some OSes it counts packets regardless of whether they were matched by the filter expression and, even if they were matched by the filter expression, regardless of whether tcpdump has read and processed them yet, on other OSes it counts only packets that were matched by the filter expression regardless of whether tcpdump has read and processed them yet, and on other OSes it counts only packets that were matched by the filter expression and were processed by tcpdump);
packets ``dropped by kernel'' (this is the number of packets that were dropped, due to a lack of buffer space, by the packet capture mechanism in the OS on which tcpdump is running, if the OS reports that information to applications; if not, it will be reported as 0).
On platforms that support the SIGINFO signal, such as most BSDs (including Mac OS X) and Digital/Tru64 UNIX, it will report those counts when it receives a SIGINFO signal (generated, for example, by typing your ``status'' character, typically control-T, although on some platforms, such as Mac OS X, the ``status'' character is not set by default, so you must set it with stty(1) in order to use it) and will continue capturing packets.
Reading packets from a network interface may require that you have special privileges; see the pcap (3PCAP) man page for details. Reading a saved packet file doesn't require special privileges.

OPTIONS

-A
Print each packet (minus its link level header) in ASCII. Handy for capturing web pages.
-B
Set the operating system capture buffer size to buffer_size.
-c
Exit after receiving count packets.
-C
Before writing a raw packet to a savefile, check whether the file is currently larger than file_size and, if so, close the current savefile and open a new one. Savefiles after the first savefile will have the name specified with the -w flag, with a number after it, starting at 1 and continuing upward. The units of file_size are millions of bytes (1,000,000 bytes, not 1,048,576 bytes).
-d
Dump the compiled packet-matching code in a human readable form to standard output and stop.
-dd
Dump packet-matching code as a C program fragment.
-ddd
Dump packet-matching code as decimal numbers (preceded with a count).
-D
Print the list of the network interfaces available on the system and on which tcpdump can capture packets. For each network interface, a number and an interface name, possibly followed by a text description of the interface, is printed. The interface name or the number can be supplied to the -i flag to specify an interface on which to capture.
This can be useful on systems that don't have a command to list them (e.g., Windows systems, or UNIX systems lacking ifconfig -a); the number can be useful on Windows 2000 and later systems, where the interface name is a somewhat complex string.
The -D flag will not be supported if tcpdump was built with an older version of libpcap that lacks the pcap_findalldevs() function.
-e
Print the link-level header on each dump line.
-E
Use spi@ipaddr algo:secret for decrypting IPsec ESP packets that are addressed to addr and contain Security Parameter Index value spi. This combination may be repeated with comma or newline seperation.
Note that setting the secret for IPv4 ESP packets is supported at this time.
Algorithms may be des-cbc, 3des-cbc, blowfish-cbc, rc3-cbc, cast128-cbc, or none. The default is des-cbc. The ability to decrypt packets is only present if tcpdump was compiled with cryptography enabled.
secret is the ASCII text for ESP secret key. If preceeded by 0x, then a hex value will be read.
The option assumes RFC2406 ESP, not RFC1827 ESP. The option is only for debugging purposes, and the use of this option with a true `secret' key is discouraged. By presenting IPsec secret key onto command line you make it visible to others, via ps(1) and other occasions.
In addition to the above syntax, the syntax file name may be used to have tcpdump read the provided file in. The file is opened upon receiving the first ESP packet, so any special permissions that tcpdump may have been given should already have been given up.
-f
Print `foreign' IPv4 addresses numerically rather than symbolically (this option is intended to get around serious brain damage in Sun's NIS server --- usually it hangs forever translating non-local internet numbers).
The test for `foreign' IPv4 addresses is done using the IPv4 address and netmask of the interface on which capture is being done. If that address or netmask are not available, available, either because the interface on which capture is being done has no address or netmask or because the capture is being done on the Linux "any" interface, which can capture on more than one interface, this option will not work correctly.
-F
Use file as input for the filter expression. An additional expression given on the command line is ignored.
-G
If specified, rotates the dump file specified with the -w option every rotate_seconds seconds. Savefiles will have the name specified by -w which should include a time format as defined by strftime(3). If no time format is specified, each new file will overwrite the previous.
If used in conjunction with the -C option, filenames will take the form of `file'.
-i
Listen on interface. If unspecified, tcpdump searches the system interface list for the lowest numbered, configured up interface (excluding loopback). Ties are broken by choosing the earliest match.
On Linux systems with 2.2 or later kernels, an interface argument of ``any'' can be used to capture packets from all interfaces. Note that captures on the ``any'' device will not be done in promiscuous mode.
If the -D flag is supported, an interface number as printed by that flag can be used as the interface argument.
-I
Put the interface in "monitor mode"; this is supported only on IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi interfaces, and supported only on some operating systems.
Note that in monitor mode the adapter might disassociate from the network with which it's associated, so that you will not be able to use any wireless networks with that adapter. This could prevent accessing files on a network server, or resolving host names or network addresses, if you are capturing in monitor mode and are not connected to another network with another adapter.
This flag will affect the output of the -L flag. If -I isn't specified, only those link-layer types available when not in monitor mode will be shown; if -I is specified, only those link-layer types available when in monitor mode will be shown.
-K
Don't attempt to verify IP, TCP, or UDP checksums. This is useful for interfaces that perform some or all of those checksum calculation in hardware; otherwise, all outgoing TCP checksums will be flagged as bad.
-l
Make stdout line buffered. Useful if you want to see the data while capturing it. E.g.,
``tcpdump -l | tee dat'' or ``tcpdump -l > dat & tail -f dat''.
-L
List the known data link types for the interface, in the specified mode, and exit. The list of known data link types may be dependent on the specified mode; for example, on some platforms, a Wi-Fi interface might support one set of data link types when not in monitor mode (for example, it might support only fake Ethernet headers, or might support 802.11 headers but not support 802.11 headers with radio information) and another set of data link types when in monitor mode (for example, it might support 802.11 headers, or 802.11 headers with radio information, only in monitor mode).
-m
Load SMI MIB module definitions from file module. This option can be used several times to load several MIB modules into tcpdump.
-M
Use secret as a shared secret for validating the digests found in TCP segments with the TCP-MD5 option (RFC 2385), if present.
-n
Don't convert addresses (i.e., host addresses, port numbers, etc.) to names.
-N
Don't print domain name qualification of host names. E.g., if you give this flag then tcpdump will print ``nic'' instead of ``nic.ddn.mil''.
-O
Do not run the packet-matching code optimizer. This is useful only if you suspect a bug in the optimizer.
-p
Don't put the interface into promiscuous mode. Note that the interface might be in promiscuous mode for some other reason; hence, `-p' cannot be used as an abbreviation for `ether host {local-hw-addr} or ether broadcast'.
-q
Quick (quiet?) output. Print less protocol information so output lines are shorter.
-R
Assume ESP/AH packets to be based on old specification (RFC1825 to RFC1829). If specified, tcpdump will not print replay prevention field. Since there is no protocol version field in ESP/AH specification, tcpdump cannot deduce the version of ESP/AH protocol.
-r
Read packets from file (which was created with the -w option). Standard input is used if file is ``-''.
-S
Print absolute, rather than relative, TCP sequence numbers.
-s
Snarf snaplen bytes of data from each packet rather than the default of 65535 bytes. Packets truncated because of a limited snapshot are indicated in the output with ``[|proto]'', where proto is the name of the protocol level at which the truncation has occurred. Note that taking larger snapshots both increases the amount of time it takes to process packets and, effectively, decreases the amount of packet buffering. This may cause packets to be lost. You should limit snaplen to the smallest number that will capture the protocol information you're interested in. Setting snaplen to 0 sets it to the default of 65535, for backwards compatibility with recent older versions of tcpdump.
-T
Force packets selected by "expression" to be interpreted the specified type. Currently known types are aodv (Ad-hoc On-demand Distance Vector protocol), cnfp (Cisco NetFlow protocol), rpc(Remote Procedure Call), rtp (Real-Time Applications protocol), rtcp (Real-Time Applications control protocol), snmp (Simple Network Management Protocol), tftp (Trivial File Transfer Protocol),vat (Visual Audio Tool), and wb (distributed White Board).
-t
Don't print a timestamp on each dump line.
-tt
Print an unformatted timestamp on each dump line.
-ttt
Print a delta (micro-second resolution) between current and previous line on each dump line.
-tttt
Print a timestamp in default format proceeded by date on each dump line.
-ttttt
Print a delta (micro-second resolution) between current and first line on each dump line.
-u
Print undecoded NFS handles.
-U
Make output saved via the -w option ``packet-buffered''; i.e., as each packet is saved, it will be written to the output file, rather than being written only when the output buffer fills.
The -U flag will not be supported if tcpdump was built with an older version of libpcap that lacks the pcap_dump_flush() function.
-v
When parsing and printing, produce (slightly more) verbose output. For example, the time to live, identification, total length and options in an IP packet are printed. Also enables additional packet integrity checks such as verifying the IP and ICMP header checksum.
When writing to a file with the -w option, report, every 10 seconds, the number of packets captured.
-vv
Even more verbose output. For example, additional fields are printed from NFS reply packets, and SMB packets are fully decoded.
-vvv
Even more verbose output. For example, telnet SB ... SE options are printed in full. With -X Telnet options are printed in hex as well.
-w
Write the raw packets to file rather than parsing and printing them out. They can later be printed with the -r option. Standard output is used if file is ``-''. See pcap-savefile(5) for a description of the file format.
-W
Used in conjunction with the -C option, this will limit the number of files created to the specified number, and begin overwriting files from the beginning, thus creating a 'rotating' buffer. In addition, it will name the files with enough leading 0s to support the maximum number of files, allowing them to sort correctly.
Used in conjunction with the -G option, this will limit the number of rotated dump files that get created, exiting with status 0 when reaching the limit. If used with -C as well, the behavior will result in cyclical files per timeslice.
-x
When parsing and printing, in addition to printing the headers of each packet, print the data of each packet (minus its link level header) in hex. The smaller of the entire packet or snaplen bytes will be printed. Note that this is the entire link-layer packet, so for link layers that pad (e.g. Ethernet), the padding bytes will also be printed when the higher layer packet is shorter than the required padding.
-xx
When parsing and printing, in addition to printing the headers of each packet, print the data of each packet, including its link level header, in hex.
-X
When parsing and printing, in addition to printing the headers of each packet, print the data of each packet (minus its link level header) in hex and ASCII. This is very handy for analysing new protocols.
-XX
When parsing and printing, in addition to printing the headers of each packet, print the data of each packet, including its link level header, in hex and ASCII.
-y
Set the data link type to use while capturing packets to datalinktype.
-z
Used in conjunction with the -C or -G options, this will make tcpdump run " command file " where file is the savefile being closed after each rotation. For example, specifying -z gzip or -z bzip2 will compress each savefile using gzip or bzip2.
Note that tcpdump will run the command in parallel to the capture, using the lowest priority so that this doesn't disturb the capture process.
And in case you would like to use a command that itself takes flags or different arguments, you can always write a shell script that will take the savefile name as the only argument, make the flags & arguments arrangements and execute the command that you want.
-Z
Drops privileges (if root) and changes user ID to user and the group ID to the primary group of user.
This behavior can also be enabled by default at compile time.
expression
selects which packets will be dumped. If no expression is given, all packets on the net will be dumped. Otherwise, only packets for which expression is `true' will be dumped.
For the expression syntax, see pcap-filter(7).
Expression arguments can be passed to tcpdump as either a single argument or as multiple arguments, whichever is more convenient. Generally, if the expression contains Shell metacharacters, it is easier to pass it as a single, quoted argument. Multiple arguments are concatenated with spaces before being parsed.

EXAMPLES

To print all packets arriving at or departing from sundown:
tcpdump host sundown 
To print traffic between helios and either hot or ace:
tcpdump host helios and \( hot or ace \) 
To print all IP packets between ace and any host except helios:
tcpdump ip host ace and not helios 
To print all traffic between local hosts and hosts at Berkeley:
tcpdump net ucb-ether 
To print all ftp traffic through internet gateway snup: (note that the expression is quoted to prevent the shell from (mis-)interpreting the parentheses):
tcpdump 'gateway snup and (port ftp or ftp-data)' 
To print traffic neither sourced from nor destined for local hosts (if you gateway to one other net, this stuff should never make it onto your local net).
tcpdump ip and not net localnet 
To print the start and end packets (the SYN and FIN packets) of each TCP conversation that involves a non-local host.
tcpdump 'tcp[tcpflags] & (tcp-syn|tcp-fin) != 0 and not src and dst net localnet' 
To print all IPv4 HTTP packets to and from port 80, i.e. print only packets that contain data, not, for example, SYN and FIN packets and ACK-only packets. (IPv6 is left as an exercise for the reader.)
tcpdump 'tcp port 80 and (((ip[2:2] - ((ip[0]&0xf)<<2))>>2)) != 0)' 
To print IP packets longer than 576 bytes sent through gateway snup:
tcpdump 'gateway snup and ip[2:2] > 576' 
To print IP broadcast or multicast packets that were not sent via Ethernet broadcast or multicast:
tcpdump 'ether[0] & 1 = 0 and ip[16] >= 224' 
To print all ICMP packets that are not echo requests/replies (i.e., not ping packets):
tcpdump 'icmp[icmptype] != icmp-echo and icmp[icmptype] != icmp-echoreply' 

OUTPUT FORMAT

The output of tcpdump is protocol dependent. The following gives a brief description and examples of most of the formats.
Link Level Headers
If the '-e' option is given, the link level header is printed out. On Ethernets, the source and destination addresses, protocol, and packet length are printed.
On FDDI networks, the '-e' option causes tcpdump to print the `frame control' field, the source and destination addresses, and the packet length. (The `frame control' field governs the interpretation of the rest of the packet. Normal packets (such as those containing IP datagrams) are `async' packets, with a priority value between 0 and 7; for example, `async4'. Such packets are assumed to contain an 802.2 Logical Link Control (LLC) packet; the LLC header is printed if it is not an ISO datagram or a so-called SNAP packet.
On Token Ring networks, the '-e' option causes tcpdump to print the `access control' and `frame control' fields, the source and destination addresses, and the packet length. As on FDDI networks, packets are assumed to contain an LLC packet. Regardless of whether the '-e' option is specified or not, the source routing information is printed for source-routed packets.
On 802.11 networks, the '-e' option causes tcpdump to print the `frame control' fields, all of the addresses in the 802.11 header, and the packet length. As on FDDI networks, packets are assumed to contain an LLC packet.
(N.B.: The following description assumes familiarity with the SLIP compression algorithm described in RFC-1144.)
On SLIP links, a direction indicator (``I'' for inbound, ``O'' for outbound), packet type, and compression information are printed out. The packet type is printed first. The three types are ip, utcp, and ctcp. No further link information is printed for ip packets. For TCP packets, the connection identifier is printed following the type. If the packet is compressed, its encoded header is printed out. The special cases are printed out as *S+n and *SA+n, where n is the amount by which the sequence number (or sequence number and ack) has changed. If it is not a special case, zero or more changes are printed. A change is indicated by U (urgent pointer), W (window), A (ack), S (sequence number), and I (packet ID), followed by a delta (+n or -n), or a new value (=n). Finally, the amount of data in the packet and compressed header length are printed.
For example, the following line shows an outbound compressed TCP packet, with an implicit connection identifier; the ack has changed by 6, the sequence number by 49, and the packet ID by 6; there are 3 bytes of data and 6 bytes of compressed header:
O ctcp * A+6 S+49 I+6 3 (6) 
ARP/RARP Packets
Arp/rarp output shows the type of request and its arguments. The format is intended to be self explanatory. Here is a short sample taken from the start of an `rlogin' from host rtsg to host csam:
arp who-has csam tell rtsg arp reply csam is-at CSAM  
The first line says that rtsg sent an arp packet asking for the Ethernet address of internet host csam. Csam replies with its Ethernet address (in this example, Ethernet addresses are in caps and internet addresses in lower case).
This would look less redundant if we had done tcpdump -n:
arp who-has 128.3.254.6 tell 128.3.254.68 arp reply 128.3.254.6 is-at 02:07:01:00:01:c4 
If we had done tcpdump -e, the fact that the first packet is broadcast and the second is point-to-point would be visible:
RTSG Broadcast 0806  64: arp who-has csam tell rtsg CSAM RTSG 0806  64: arp reply csam is-at CSAM  
For the first packet this says the Ethernet source address is RTSG, the destination is the Ethernet broadcast address, the type field contained hex 0806 (type ETHER_ARP) and the total length was 64 bytes.
TCP Packets
(N.B.:The following description assumes familiarity with the TCP protocol described in RFC-793. If you are not familiar with the protocol, neither this description nor tcpdump will be of much use to you.)
The general format of a tcp protocol line is:
src > dst: flags data-seqno ack window urgent options  
Src and dst are the source and destination IP addresses and ports. Flags are some combination of S (SYN), F (FIN), P (PUSH), R (RST), W (ECN CWR) or E (ECN-Echo), or a single `.' (no flags).Data-seqno describes the portion of sequence space covered by the data in this packet (see example below). Ack is sequence number of the next data expected the other direction on this connection.Window is the number of bytes of receive buffer space available the other direction on this connection. Urg indicates there is `urgent' data in the packet. Options are tcp options enclosed in angle brackets (e.g., ).
Src, dst and flags are always present. The other fields depend on the contents of the packet's tcp protocol header and are output only if appropriate.
Here is the opening portion of an rlogin from host rtsg to host csam.
rtsg.1023 > csam.login: S 768512:768512(0) win 4096  csam.login > rtsg.1023: S 947648:947648(0) ack 768513 win 4096  rtsg.1023 > csam.login: . ack 1 win 4096 rtsg.1023 > csam.login: P 1:2(1) ack 1 win 4096 csam.login > rtsg.1023: . ack 2 win 4096 rtsg.1023 > csam.login: P 2:21(19) ack 1 win 4096 csam.login > rtsg.1023: P 1:2(1) ack 21 win 4077 csam.login > rtsg.1023: P 2:3(1) ack 21 win 4077 urg 1 csam.login > rtsg.1023: P 3:4(1) ack 21 win 4077 urg 1  
The first line says that tcp port 1023 on rtsg sent a packet to port login on csam. The S indicates that the SYN flag was set. The packet sequence number was 768512 and it contained no data. (The notation is `first:last(nbytes)' which means `sequence numbers first up to but not including last which is nbytes bytes of user data'.) There was no piggy-backed ack, the available receive window was 4096 bytes and there was a max-segment-size option requesting an mss of 1024 bytes.
Csam replies with a similar packet except it includes a piggy-backed ack for rtsg's SYN. Rtsg then acks csam's SYN. The `.' means no flags were set. The packet contained no data so there is no data sequence number. Note that the ack sequence number is a small integer (1). The first time tcpdump sees a tcp `conversation', it prints the sequence number from the packet. On subsequent packets of the conversation, the difference between the current packet's sequence number and this initial sequence number is printed. This means that sequence numbers after the first can be interpreted as relative byte positions in the conversation's data stream (with the first data byte each direction being `1'). `-S' will override this feature, causing the original sequence numbers to be output.
On the 6th line, rtsg sends csam 19 bytes of data (bytes 2 through 20 in the rtsg -> csam side of the conversation). The PUSH flag is set in the packet. On the 7th line, csam says it's received data sent by rtsg up to but not including byte 21. Most of this data is apparently sitting in the socket buffer since csam's receive window has gotten 19 bytes smaller. Csam also sends one byte of data to rtsg in this packet. On the 8th and 9th lines, csam sends two bytes of urgent, pushed data to rtsg.
If the snapshot was small enough that tcpdump didn't capture the full TCP header, it interprets as much of the header as it can and then reports ``[|tcp]'' to indicate the remainder could not be interpreted. If the header contains a bogus option (one with a length that's either too small or beyond the end of the header), tcpdump reports it as ``[bad opt]'' and does not interpret any further options (since it's impossible to tell where they start). If the header length indicates options are present but the IP datagram length is not long enough for the options to actually be there, tcpdump reports it as ``[bad hdr length]''.
Capturing TCP packets with particular flag combinations (SYN-ACK, URG-ACK, etc.)
There are 8 bits in the control bits section of the TCP header:
CWR | ECE | URG | ACK | PSH | RST | SYN | FIN
Let's assume that we want to watch packets used in establishing a TCP connection. Recall that TCP uses a 3-way handshake protocol when it initializes a new connection; the connection sequence with regard to the TCP control bits is
1) Caller sends SYN
2) Recipient responds with SYN, ACK
3) Caller sends ACK

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Checkpoint : Checkpoint - Critical Files



Below are some of the various files and commands which you may find useful on a Checkpoint.

Smart Centre Server

$CPDIR/conf - Contains parts of the CPShared system
* cp.license - license of machine
* sic_cert.p12 - SIC certificate
$FWDIR/lib - .def files which are used when the rulebase is complied into inspection code for Enforcement points.
$FWDIR/conf - the rule base and the rest of the security policy can be found here.
* rulebases_5_0.fws - Contains rulebases and duplicate in *.w files
* objects_5.0.C - Contains all the objects. objects.C is created when sent to the Enforcement Points
$FWDIR/conf/fwauth.* - User Database, main file being fwauth.NDB
$FWDIR/conf/masters - Defines the local log definition in Dashboard
$FWDIR/database/fwauth.* - User Datbase, main file being fwauth.NDB
$FWDIR/log - Logs

Enforcement Point

$CPDIR/conf - Contains parts of the CPShared system
* cp.license - license of machine
* sic_cert.p12 - SIC certificate
$FWDIR/conf/discntd.if - Add interfaces you want to show as disconnected for ClusterXL.
Misc

/etc/sysconfig/netconf.C - Used to configure interface as down, this is useful for ClusterXL when interfaces have no link.

Checkpoint : Checkpoint secureplatform Commands


Checkpoint commands generally come under,

cp - general
fw - firewall
fwm - management

CP, FW & FWM Commands

cphaprob stat List cluster status

cphaprob -a if List status of interfaces

cphaprob syncstat shows the sync status

cphaprob list Shows a status in list form

cphastart/stop Stops clustering on the specfic node

cp_conf sic SIC stuff

cpconfig config util

cplic print prints the license

cprestart Restarts all Checkpoint Services

cpstart Starts all Checkpoint Services

cpstop Stops all Checkpoint Services

cpstop -fwflag -proc Stops all checkpoint Services
but keeps policy active in kernel

cpwd_admin list List checkpoint processes

cplic print Print all the licensing information.

cpstat -f all polsrv Show VPN Policy Server Stats

cpstat Shows the status of the firewall

fw tab -t sam_blocked_ips Block IPS via SmartTracker

fw tab -t connections -s Show connection stats

fw tab -t connections -f Show connections with IP instead of HEX

fw tab -t fwx_alloc -f Show fwx_alloc with IP instead of HEX

fw tab -t peers_count -s Shows VPN stats

fw tab -t userc_users -s Shows VPN stats

fw checklic Check license details

fw ctl get int [global kernel parameter] Shows the current value
of a global kernel parameter

fw ctl set int [global kernel parameter] [value] Sets the current value of
a global keneral
parameter. Only Temp;
Cleared after reboot.
fw ctl arp Shows arp table

fw ctl install Install hosts internal interfaces

fw ctl ip_forwarding Control IP forwarding

fw ctl pstat System Resource stats

fw ctl uninstall Uninstall hosts internal interfaces

fw exportlog .o Export current log file to ascii file

fw fetch Fetch security policy and install

fw fetch localhost Installs (on gateway) the last installed policy.

fw lichosts Display protected hosts

fw log -f Tail the current log file

fw log -s -e Retrieve logs between times

fw logswitch Rotate current log file

fw lslogs Display remote machine log-file list

fw monitor Packet sniffer

fw printlic -p Print current Firewall modules

fw printlic Print current license details

fw putkey Install authenication key onto host

fw stat -l Long stat list, shows which policies are installed

fw stat -s Short stat list, shows which policies are installed

fw unloadlocal Unload policy

fw ver -k Returns version, patch info and Kernal info

fwstart Starts the firewall

fwstop Stop the firewall

fwm lock_admin -v View locked admin accounts

fwm dbexport -f user.txt used to export users , can also use dbimport

fwm_start starts the management processes

fwm -p Print a list of Admin users

fwm .a Adds an Admin

fwm .r Delete an administrator

Provider 1

mdsenv [cma name] Sets the mds environment

mcd Changes your directory to that of the environment.

mds_setup To setup MDS Servers

mdsconfig Alternative to cpconfig for MDS servers

mdsstat To see the processes status

mdsstart_customer [cma name] To start cma

mdsstop_customer [cma name] To stop cma

cma_migrate To migrate an Smart center server to CMA

cmamigrate_assist If you dont want to go through the pain
of tar/zip/ftp and if you wish to enable FTP
on Smart center server


VPN

vpn tu VPN utility, allows you to rekey vpn


vpn -vs <vsid> tu (this only for VSX)

vpn ipafile_check ipassignment.conf detail‏ Verifies the ipassignment.conf file

dtps lic show desktop policy license status

cpstat -f all polsrv show status of the dtps

vpn shell /tunnels/delete/IKE/peer/[peer ip] delete IKE SA

vpn shell /tunnels/delete/IPsec/peer/[peer ip] delete Phase 2 SA

vpn shell /show/tunnels/ike/peer/[peer ip] show IKE SA

vpn shell /show/tunnels/ipsec/peer/[peer ip] show Phase 2 SA

SPLAT Only

router Enters router mode for use on Secure Platform Pro for advanced routing options
patch add cd Allows you to mount an iso and upgrade your checkpoint software (SPLAT Only)

backup Allows you to preform a system operating system backup
restore Allows you to restore your backup
snapshot Performs a system backup which includes all Checkpoint binaries. Note : This issues a cpstop.


VSX

vsx get [vsys name/id] get the current context

vsx set [vsys name/id] set your context

fw -vs [vsys id] getifs show the interfaces for a virtual device

fw vsx stat -l shows a list of the virtual devices and installed policies

fw vsx stat -v shows a list of the virtual devices and installed policies (verbose)

reset_gw resets the gateway, clearing all previous virtual devices and settings.

SOME MORE.............


>fwstop
Stops the FireWall-1 daemon, management server (fwm), SNMP (snmpd)
and authentication daemon (authd).
(To stop Firewall-1 NG and load the default filter: fwstop –default, fwstop –proc)
>fwstart
Loads the FireWall-1 and starts the processes killed by fwstop.
>cpstop
Stops all Check Point applications running, except cprid.
>cpstart
Starts all Check Point applications.
>cpconfig
In NT, opens Check Point Configuration Tool GUI. (licenses, admins …)
>cpstat options
Provides status of the target hosts.
Usage: cpstat [-h host][-p port][-f flavour][-o polling [-c count] [-e period]]
[-d] application_flag
-h A resolvable hostname, a dot-notation address, or a DAIP object name.
Default is localhost.
-p Port number of the AMON server.
Default is the standard AMON port (18192).
-f The flavour of the output (as appears in the configuration file).
Default is to use the first flavour found in the configuration file.
-o Polling interval (seconds) specifies the pace of the results.
Default is 0, meaning the results are shown only once.
-c Specifying how many times the results are shown.
Default is 0, meaning the results are repeatedly shown.
-e Period interval (seconds) specifies the interval over which "statistical" oids are computed.
Ignored for regular oids.
-d Debug mode
Available application_flags:
Flag Flavours
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
fw default, policy, perf, hmem, kmem, inspect, cookies, chains, fragments, totals,
ufp, http, ftp, telnet, rlogin, smtp, sync, all
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ha default, all
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ls default
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
mg default
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os default, routing, memory, old_memory, cpu, disk, perf, all, average_cpu,
average_memory, statistics
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persistency product, TableConfig, SourceConfig
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
polsrv default, all
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
vpn default, product, IKE, ipsec, traffic, compression, accelerator, nic, statistics,
watermarks, all
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FireWall-1 Commands
>fw ver [-h] ..
Display version
This is Check Point VPN-1(TM) & FireWall-1(R) NG Feature Pack 3 Build 53920
>fw kill [-sig_no] procname
Send signal to a daemon
>fw putkey –n ip_address_host ip_address_of_closest_interface
Client server keys; helpful if you are integrating an NG Management Server
with 4.x enforcement modules. Will install an authenticating password; used
to authenticate SIC between the Management Server and the module.
>fw sam (Suspicious Activities Monitoring)
Usage:
sam [-v] [-s sam-server] [-S server-sic-name] [-t timeout] [-l log] [-f fw-host]
[-C] -((n|i|I|j|J)
sam [-v] [-s sam-server] [-S server-sic-name] [-f fw-host] -M -ijn
sam [-v] [-s sam-server] [-S server-sic-name] [-f fw-host] -D
Criteria may be one of:
src
dst
any
subsrc
subdst
subany
srv
subsrv
subsrvs
subsrvd
dstsrv
subdstsrv
srcpr
dstpr
subsrcpr
subdstpr
>fw fetch ip_address_management_station
Used to fetch Inspection code from a specified host and install it to the
kernel of the current host.
>fw tab [-h] ...
Displays the contents of FireWall-1's various tables
>fw tab –t connections –s tells how many connections in state table
>fw monitor [-h] ...
Monitor VPN-1/FW-1 traffic
>fw ctl [args] install, uninstall, pstat, iflist, arp, debug, kdebug, chain, conn
Control kernel
>fw ctl pstat shows the internal statistics – memory/connections
>fw ctl arp shows firewall's ARP cache – IP addresses via NAT
>fw lichosts
Display protected hosts
>fw log [-h] ...
Display logs
>fw logswitch [-h target] [+|-][oldlog]
Create a new log file; the old log is moved
>fw repairlog ...
Log index recreation
>fw mergefiles ...
log files merger
>fw lslogs ...
Remote machine log file list
>fw fetchlogs ...
Fetch logs from a remote host
FireWall Management Server Commands
>fwm ver [-h] ...
Display version
>fwm load [opts] [filter-file|rule-base] targets
Will convert the *.W file from the GUI to a *.pf file and compile into
Inspection code, installing a Security Policy on an enforcement module.
>fwm load Standard.W all.all@localgateway
>fwm unload [opts] targets
Uninstall Security Policy from the specified target(s).
>fwm dbload [targets]
Download the database
>fwm logexport [-h] ...
Export log to ascii file
>fwm logexport [-d delimiter] [-i filename] [-o filename] [-n] [-f] [-m
] [-a]
Where:
-d - Set the output delimiter. Default is ;
-i - Input file name. Default is the active log file, fw.log
-o - Output file name. Default is printing to the screen
-n - No IP resolving. Default is to resolve all IPs
-f - In case of active file (fw.log), wait for new records and export them
-m - Unification mode. Default is initial order.
Initial - initial order mode
Raw - No unification
Semi - Semi-unified mode
-a - Take account records only. Default is export all records
Once your logs files have been written to a backup file you can begin to export them into an
ASCII format so you may begin to analyze them. The command that accomplishes this is
the fw logexport command. The format of this command is as follows:
C:\WINNT\FW1\NG\log>fwm logexport -d , -i 2003-03-19_235900_1.log -o fwlog2003-03-
19.txt
The –d switch specifies a delimiter character with the default being the semi-colon.
The –i switch specifies the input file and the –o switch specifies the output file. The –n
switch tells the program to not perform any name resolution on the IP addresses. This will
greatly speed up the export process. If you have the time and want to see the domain
names instead of IP addresses you may omit this switch. One word of caution though, the
size of the output files that get created grow an average of 2.5 times the input file.
>fwm gen [-RouterType [-import]] rule-base
Generate an inspection script or a router access-list
>fwm dbexport [-h] ...
Export the database
>fwm ikecrypt
Crypt a secret with a key (for the dbexport command)
>fwm dbimport [-h] ...
Import to database
SmartUpdate commands – Requires license
>cppkg add
>cppkg del [vendor] [product] [version] [os] [sp]
>cppkg print
>cppkg setroot
>cppkg getroot

Checkpoint : How to check what is happening in my checkpoint firewall??

FW MONITOR - Monitor your KERNEL..
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Purpose:

Many People have problems with their daily life, is just bcoz they dont know what is/was happening INSIDE, I could never trouble shoot the KERNEL of Mine, but definitely did in my Favorite Product CheckPoint..

Yes.. Always monitor the each points (don't simply believe ALL IZZZ WELL..) Nothing gonna be Well untill and unless you have the control on each point of the Process..

Here we go,, FW Monitor,

Why fw monitor?

The fw monitor utility is similar to 'snoop' and 'tcpdump' in being able to capture and display packet information. Unlike snoop or tcpdump, fw monitor is always available on FW-1, can show all interfaces at once and can have insertion points between different Check Point modules. The fw monitor commands are the same on every platform.

Fw monitor syntax:

There are many options for the fw monitor command and these can be seen by typing fw monitor –h on the command line;



fw monitor -h

Usage: fw monitor [- u|s] [-i] [-d] <{-e expr}+|-f > [-l len] [-m mask] [-x offset[,len]] [-o ] <[-pi pos] [-pI pos] [-po pos] [-pO pos] | -p all [-a ]> [-ci count] [-co count]

Each option is fully explained in the Check Point document How to use fw monitor.

Brief option description:

-u|s, is used to show the uuid which is the same number during the entire connection
-i, is used to make sure that all info is written to standard output immediately
-d|D, is used to put fw monitor in debug or more Debug modes
-e, is used for the user defined expressions
-f, for the filter file
-l, is used to limit the packet length captured
-m, is a mask of interface such as the default mask of iIoO
-x, prints the packet data to the screen
-o, output file
-p[x] pos, is used to set the insertion point of the monitor
-p all, places insertion points between each module
-ci count, is used to break out of fw monitor after incoming packets
-co count, is used to break out of fw monitor after outgoing packets

Reading the output:

El59x1:i[48]: 10.10.10.20 -> 192.168.10.95 (TCP) len=48 id=944



TCP: 1034 -> 21 .S.... seq=78caaa74 ack=00000000

Filter expressions:

A great reference for filter expressions is the tcpip.def file located at $FWDIR/lib.
In this document we will just describe a few and how they work.
#define ip_tos [ 1 : 1]
#define ip_len [ 2 : 2, b]
#define ip_id [ 4 : 2, b]
#define ip_off [ 6 : 2, b]
#define ip_ttl [ 8 : 1]
#define ip_p [ 9 : 1]
#define ip_sum [ 10 : 2, b]
#define ip_src [ 12 , b]
#define ip_dst [ 16 , b]
#define PROTO_icmp 1
#ifdef IPV6_ENABLED
#define PROTO_icmp6 58

Nokia : How to check MAC address on Nokia IP / IPSO??


I was thinking how to get the cluster mac address of Nokia IP Cluster with out logging into switches/router after my firewall.. More over I wanted to implement my new decision to Reduce Dependency..

So the command is simple,

######################################

ifconfig -a | grep -i mac

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ofcoz you have to try in master box which configured in forwarding mode..

You will find the cluster mac address just after clustermac

One more thing you might have noticed, "grep -i", Take it as a home work!!! :)))

Traceroute in Unix

I went thru the MAN pages of traceroute and found an option at last.. YESSSS..

"-I" was that option, thank god, this switch will instruct traceroute to use ICMP instead of UDP..


so syntax it is as follows..

root@V-PAR1# traceroute -I "DST IP"

Finally he got the trace and I got the way out of FW.. :) but I was whispering that "UNIX is a real STUFF....":)

Checkpoint Logging Issue / no logs are coming to smart center server from firewall gateway


The following article is a list of steps one should go through when troubleshooting logging related issues in a distributed setup.

1. Ensure that you have not run out of disk space on the hard disk that the logs are being sent to. If this is the case, delete or move the logs to an external storage device.

2. Is there communication between the MS and the Module? Test using ping to the MS from the module and then from the Module to the MS (your rules must allow for this). If this fails, and your rules allow for this, then it is most likely a routing issue.

3. Check to see if the fw.log file is growing on the module. It should be if the logs are not going to the MS. From the console run these commands:


ls -la

ls -la



Verify that the fw.log file is increasing. If it is increasing then the modules are logging locally instead of forwarding the traffic to the MS. This could be a connectivity issue, or it could be the way the logging is setup. Check the FW object to ensure it is setup to send logs to the MS.


4. Can you fetch a policy? Verify that you can fetch using the hostname and IP address. If this fails then you probably have a SIC issue. To test this run the following commands:

fw fetch hostname_of_MS

fw fetch IP_Addr_of_MS (fetch by IP address also to ensure it is not a DNS issue)

5. Check the masters file. The hostname or IP address of the management station should be listed in there. To check this run the following commands:

cd $FWDIR/conf

cat masters

It should be look like this:

[Policy]

hostname_of_MS

[Log]

hostname_of_MS

[Alert]

hostname_of_MS

6. Run tcpdumps on the module, listening for port 257 on the interface facing the MS, to see if it is attempting to send logs. To check this run the following command:

tcpdump -i eth-facing-MS port 257 (use the Ctrl+C to break out of the dump)

You should see traffic leaving the FW and heading to the IP address of the MS.

You should also see traffic coming back from the MS.


7. The log file may have gotten corrupt. Run a log switch on the MS and reboot the MS to create a new log file. If logswitch does not work, move all contents of the log directory (do not move the directory itself) to a temp folder outside of the log directory. Reboot and see if the logs start again.

8. Delete the $FWDIR/log files and $FWDIR/state directory files on the module; reboot the module.

Reboot and see if the logs start again.

9. Look to see if there is a listening port for logging. Run the following command on the MS and the module:

netstat -na

You should see the *.257 LISTEN for logging connections. You should also see the IP address of the MS :257 associated with the IP address of each module, and showing an ESTABLISHED connection.
10. Check the log settings for the FW object and make sure the 'Log Server' is set to the MS that should be receiving the logs. This is usually done by default, but may have been changed by a user.


If after going through these steps you are still experiencing logging issues, please open a ticket with Corresponding TAC for further troubleshooting and ofcoz try your way with help of our all time Gaint Mr. Google.. :-)

Checkpoint : How to change Date and time in Secureplatform from CLI??


Login to Linux box as root and enter root's password:
[me@mybox me]$ su
password:

Check the current date and time of the Linux box by entering:
[root@mybox me]# date
Linux yields the current settings:

[root@mybox me]# Wed Apr 7 12:03:45 EDT 2004
Change the current time and date of the Linux box by entering:
[root@mybox me]# date 040713032004
would change the time and yield:
[root@mybox me]$ Wed Apr 7 13:03:00 EDT 2004


====================================================


One more option:

Linux Set Date

Use the following syntax to set new data and time:date set="STRING"

For example, set new data to 2 Oct 2006 18:00:00, type the following command as
root user:# date -s "2 OCT 2006 18:00:00"


Checkpoint : Finding Smartcenter Server - from Checkpoint Gateway


It will be easy for you when you troubleshoot / isolate issues, ofcourse you will be knowing your object name of your smartcenter server in small deployments, but what about big deployements,

Attimes we may need to issue "fw fetch [SCSobjectname]" from your gateway..

how we can find the SCS (SmartCenter Server) object name from gateway..

Here is the magic..

go to gateway and issue

more $FWDIR/conf/masters

You will find the policy server, logserver and alert server.. Happy???

Checkpoint : SPLAT - Forgot Standard Password / How to recover password in checkpoint secureplatform


SecurePlatform Administrator password (Standard mode) lost Cannot reboot SecurePlatform to Standard mode ??

Note: Following steps are not used for recovering "Expert Password"

Solution

Maintenance mode should be used in rare system emergencies, such as when there is a problem rebooting the system, or the standard Administrator password is lost.

To reboot in this mode:

1) Select "SecurePlatform with Application Intelligence [Maintenance Mode]" at the boot-loader screen, after SecurePlatform reboots.

2) Enter Expert password.

The Maintenance Mode boot option in SecurePlatform is known on UNIX systems as "single-user mode". In this mode, SecurePlatform boots to runlevel 1. The local file systems will be mounted, but the network will not be activated. The SecurePlatform Administrator can have an usable system-maintenance shell.

In Maintenance mode, the Administrator password can be reset as follows:

1) At the bash shell prompt, type "passwd ":

sh-2.05#passwd newadmin (The name 'newadmin' is an example).
Changing password for user newadmin
New UNIX password:
Retype new UNIX password:

The message "passwd: all authentication tokens updated successfully" appears.

2) After the new Administrator password is reset, reboot the SecurePlatform machine (as follows), and log in to Standard mode using the new password:

sh-2.05#reboot

3) When the boot-loader menu appears, select the default option.

4) Enter Administrator name and new password to log in to Standard mode.

Checkpoint : Know what is fw ctl pstat??

what is fw ctl pstat??
According to me, its nothing but a fw command with which we can monitor the heath of your CP box., especially Syc Status.. Am sure that you will love this command and say thanks for CP for this……


Am taking an example to explain the same.. here we go…….

Sync:
Version: new
Status: Able to Send/Receive sync packets
Sync packets sent:
total : 466729198, retransmitted : 241305, retrans reqs : 6089, acks : 809
Sync packets received:
total : 77283541, were queued : 6715, dropped by net : 6079
retrans reqs : 37462, received 175 acks
retrans reqs for illegal seq : 0
dropped updates as a result of sync overload: 0
Delta Sync memory usage: currently using XX KB mem
Callback statistics: handled 138 cb, average delay : 2, max delay : 34
Number of Pending packets currently held: 1
Packets released due to timeout: 18


Explanation:

Version: new
This line must appear if synchronization is configured (versions above 4.1)

Status: Able to Send/Receive sync packets
If sync is unable to either send or receive packets, there is a problem

Sync packets sent:
total : 466729198, retransmitted : 241305, retrans reqs : 6089, acks : 809
TOTAL number of sync packets is non-zero and increasing
RETRANS REQS may increase under load

Sync packets received:
total : 77283541, were queued : 6715, dropped by net : 6079
QUEUED value never decreases - A non-zero value does not indicate a problem
DROPPED BY NET number may indicate network congestion

The "dropped by net" counter is incremented when the cluster member receives a sync packet with a sequence number which is higher than the expected seq num. This means packets with lower seq where lost somewhere along the way, and we need to find out where.

retrans reqs : 37462, received 175 acks
RETRANS REQS growing very fast may indicate that the load is becoming too high

retrans reqs for illegal seq : 0
May indicate a sync problem

dropped updates as a result of sync overload: 0
In a heavily loaded system, the cluster member may drop synchronization updates sent from another cluster member

Delta Sync memory usage: currently using XX KB mem
This statistic only appears for a non-zero value.
It requires memory only while full sync is occurring at other times, Delta sync requires no memory

Callback statistics: handled 138 cb, average delay : 2, max delay : 34
This statistic only appears for a non-zero value.
AVERAGE DELAY should be 1-5 packets, otherwise indicates an overload of sync traffic

Number of Pending packets currently held: 1
This statistic only appears for a non-zero value.

Packets released due to timeout: 18
This statistic only appears for a non-zero value.
If the it is large (more than 100 pending packets), and the "Number of Pending packets currently held" is small, you should take action to reduce the number of pending packets.
To tackle this problem, try google "Reducing the Number of Pending Packets".

Checkpoint : Why GRE is needed on IPSec for dynamic routing? and What is GRE??

Its nothing but IPSec doesnt support Multicast Traffic.. I recalled my routing KB, yeas,,, most of the routing updates are done with Multicast.. So they needed a work around, and hence GRE into the scene... Now what is GRE....??

GRE is nothing but, type of a VPN, which create a virtual tunnel towards the destination from a particular source..

It hides the Multicast Packets, generated by your D. Routing Protocol and fools IPSEC, pretending that its a normal IP Packet.. I felt GRE is just like sea, hiding so many things in them and pretends everything normal...

Now, is GRE is only meant for IPSEC?? Answer is simple.. NO.. whenever you want to hide something from your transit path, can do the same..

It seems nothing wrong in hiding something and fooling someone .... here is the twist, there will be overheads for these type of packets.. Did you forget the MSS value... ?? So beware those who fools someone.. there will be twists in the Story...

Checkpoint : How to Find the the Manage interfaces on secureplatform from CLI?

It will be gud if you know the one who controls you.. So I was thinking how to get it in SPLAT and I was sure that they are storing it somewhere as they ask during configuration...

Finally I found the file:

more /etc/sysconfig/external.if

Checkpoint Troubleshooting - Debugging


Checkpoint Common debugging

Kernel debugging

Usage

% fw ctl debug -buf [buffer size]
% fw ctl debug [-x] [-m ] [+|-]
% fw ctl kdebug –f >
To disable the Kernel debugging, execute:
% fw ctl debug –buf 0
% fw ctl debug x
Common Syntax
% fw ctl debug –buf 12288
% fw ctl debug –m fw conn drop ld packet if
% fw ctl kdebug –f >

The ld option may cause high CPU usage. It is advised to use it for short session debugging
only.
To execute the kernel you can also use fw ctl zdebug to allocate the buffer (where the
buffer can only be 1024).

% fw ctl zdebug
% fw ctl kdebug -f > TDERROR_ALL_ALL=
CPD is treated differently from the other User Mode processes and will be executed
differently

Debugging CPD
CPD is a high in the hierarchichal chain and helps to execute many services, such as Secure

Internal Communcation (SIC), Licensing and status report.
For CPD debug, execute: % cpd_admin debug on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
The debug file is located under $CPDIR/log/cpd.elg
To stop the CPD debug, execute: % cpd_admin debug off TDERROR_ALL_ALL=1

Debugging FWM
The FWM process is responsible for the execution of the database activities of the

SmartCenter server. It is; therefore, responsible for Policy installation, Management High
Availability (HA) Synchronization, saving the Policy, Database Read/Write action, Log
Display, etc.

For FWM debug, execute:

% fw debug fwm on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
% fw debug fwm on OPSEC_DEBUG_LEVEL=9
The debug file is located under $FWDIR/log/fwm.elg
To stop the FWM debug, execute:
% fw debug fwm off TDERROR_ALL_ALL=1
% fw debug fwm off OPSEC_DEBUG_LEVEL=1

Debugging FWD

The FWD process is responsible for logging. It is executed in relation to logging, Security
Servers and communication with OPSEC applications.
For FWD debug, execute: % fw debug fwd debug on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
The debug file is located under $FWDIR/log/fwd.elg
To stop the FWD debug, execute: % fw debug fwd off TDERROR_ALL_ALL=1

FireWall Monitor Network Capturing

The FireWall Monitor is responsible for packet flow analysis.
To execute: % fw monitor –e "accept;" –o

Security Server debugging

Debugging User Authentication

Usage


Debugging is done on the service itself (in.ahttpd, in.atelnetd, in.aftpd etc.)
% fw debug on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
The debug file is located under: $FWDIR/log/ahttpd.elg* or $FWDIR/log/aftpd.elg* or
$FWDIR/log/atelnetd.elg* depending on the service that you are debugging.

HTTP Security Server

For HTTP Security Server debug, execute:
% fw debug in.ahttpd on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
% fw debug in.ahttpd on OPSEC_DEBUG_LEVEL=3
The debug file is located under: $FWDIR/log/ahttpd.elg*
If more than one HTTP Security Server process is running, execute:
% fw kill fwd
% setenv TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
% setenv OPSEC_DEBUG_LEVEL=3
% fwd –d >& &
Note - The setenv commands used above correlate with Unix environment. For other platforms, execute
the relevant command.

SMTP Security Server

To debug the SMTP Security Server, execute:
% fw debug in.asmtpd on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5.
The debug file is located under $FWDIR/log/asmtpd.elg*
To debug the mdq, execute the following commands:
% fw debug mdq on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5.
The debug file is located under $FWDIR/log/mdq.elg*

Debugging Session Authentication

To debug Session Authentication, execute:
% fw debug in.asessiond on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
The debug file is located under: $FWDIR/log/asessiond.elg*

Debugging Client Authentication

For HTTP to port 900, execute:
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% fw debug in.ahclientd on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
For Telnet to port 259, execute:
% fw debug in.aclientd on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
The debug file is located under: $FWDIR/log/ahclientd.elg*

VPN debugging
On the Module


To start, execute:

% vpn debug trunc.
This command is equivalent to these two commands: vpn debug on, vpn debug ikeon.
To stop, execute:
% vpn debug off; vpn debug ikeoff.
The debug file is located under $FWDIR/log/ike.elg and $FWDIR/log/vpnd.elg

FireWall Monitor for packet flow analysis
% fw monitor –e "accept;" –o

Client Side

The Client side can only run under the root directory (C :/…)
To start, execute:
% sc debug on
To stop, execute:
% sc debug off
The debug file is located under sr_service_tde.log, under the SecuRemote installation
folder, for example: C:\Program files\CheckPoint\SecuRemote.
For packet capture from the Client side, execute:
% srfw monitor -e "accept;" -o

Provider-1 debugging

MDS Level

Most of the MDS actions are performed by the MDS's fwm process, execute:
% mdsenv
% fw debug mds on TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
% fw debug mds on OPSEC_DEBUG_LEVEL=9
The debug file is located under /opt/CPsuit-R60/fw1/log/mds.elg
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ClusterXL debugging

For ClusterXL debugging for Clustering, Synchronization, High Availability, Fail-over,
execute:
% cphaprob state
% cphaprob -ia list
% cphaprob -a if
% fw ctl pstat
Kernel debug for packet filter analysis
% fw ctl debug –buf 12288
% fw ctl debug –m fw conn drop packet if sync
% fw ctl debug –m cluster all
% fw ctl kdebug –f >

Connectra debugging

For Connectra debugging issues relating to Web, files, Webmail, OWA, iNotes, Citrix, the
httpd process should be debugged:
To turn the debug on, under: $CVPNDIR/conf/httpd.conf change LogLevel to debug.
You should execute the process: cvpnrestart
The output is located at: $CVPNDIR/log/httpd.log
For debugging authentication issues, execute: Debug cvpnd
Run: cvpnd_admin debugset TDERROR_ALL_ALL=5
To start, execute: % cvpnrestart
The debug file is located under $CVPNDIR/log/cvpnd.elg
To stop debug, run:
% cvpnd_admin debug off

FireWall-1 GX debugging

Kernel debug for packet filter analysis
Check Point Troubleshooting and Debugging Tools for Faster Resolution.

% fw ctl debug –buf 12288
% fw ctl debug –m fw conn drop ld packet filter
% fw ctl kdebug –T –f >

InterSpect debugging

Kernel debug for packet filter analysis
% fw ctl debug –buf 12288
% fw ctl debug –m fw conn drop packet if
% fw ctl kdebug –f >
Additional kernel debug options for InterSpect:
• portscan, for port scanning issues
• dynlog, for dynamic logging
• mail, for mail security in the kernel
• sam, for SAM IP address blocking
Kernel debug for Packet Drop, execute:
% fw ctl zdebug + drop
Kernel debug for SmartDefense TCP Streaming, execute:
% fw ctl zdebug + tcpstr + cifs
Kernel debug for Dynamic list (SAM), execute:
% fw tab -t sam_requests_v2 -u -f
% fw samp

SNX – SSL Network Extender debugging

Server Side

% vpn debug trunc
% vpn debug on slim=5
Debug can be found at $FWDIR/log/vpnd.elg.
You should execute vpn debug on [DEBUG_TOPIC=5]. The relevant debug topics are:
proxy, rasta, rasta_protocol and slim.)

Client Side

For the service:
Type regedit at the command prompt and set:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\cpextender\parameters\d
bg_level to 5
Open the Command Line interface window and execute:
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% net stop cpextender
% net start cpextender (or kill slimsvc.exe)
The debug file is located under:
%Program Files%\CheckPoint\SSL Network Extender\slimsvc.log
For the ActiveX: (only when using ActiveX with Internet Explorer), type regedit at the
command prompt and set the following:
% set HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\CheckPoint\SSL Network
Extender\parameters\dbg_level to 5
The debug file is located under %APPDATA%\Check Point\extender\activex.log.
For the Applet: (when using the Applet version) SNX can be used by Microsoft JVM or by
other vendors (SUN, IBM…). To view the Java console when using Microsoft JVM you
need to check Java console enabled (requires restart) in the Internet Options Advanced tab
and restart Internet Explorer. You can also switch between the different JVMs (in case you
have two or more) in the same tab.

Further Debugging – Memory Diagnostics

The following utilities applies to all non-Windows systems supported by Check Point:
% free
% vmstat 2 10
% sar –k 2 10
% top
% ps -auxw
% cat /proc/meminfo
% cat /proc/slabinfo

Routing information
% arp –a

% netstat –ie
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