Description | This article describes how to enable DoS logs in FortiGate. |
Scope | FortiGate. |
Solution |
GUI: Navigate to Policy & Objects -> IPV4 DoS Policy, select the DoS Policy, enable logging in the Anomalies (i.e tcp_syn_flood, tcp_port_scan, icmp_flood).
CLI:
config firewall DoS-policy edit 1 set name "DOS" set interface "port2" set srcaddr "all" set dstaddr "all" set service "ALL" config anomaly edit "tcp_syn_flood" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 2000 next edit "tcp_port_scan" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 1000 next edit "tcp_src_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 5000 next edit "tcp_dst_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 5000 next edit "udp_flood" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 2000 next edit "udp_scan" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 2000 next edit "udp_src_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 5000 next edit "udp_dst_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 5000 next edit "icmp_flood" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 50 next edit "icmp_sweep" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 100 next edit "icmp_src_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 300 next edit "icmp_dst_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 1000 next edit "ip_src_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 5000 next edit "ip_dst_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 5000 next edit "sctp_flood" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 2000 next edit "sctp_scan" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 1000 next edit "sctp_src_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 5000 next edit "sctp_dst_session" set status enable set log enable set action block set threshold 5000 next end next end
To view the DoS log, navigate to Security Events -> Logs and select the subtype as Anomaly:
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