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PROGRAM:

NAME


nstreams - a tcpdump output analyzer

SYNOPSIS


nstreams [ -v ] [ -c nstreams-services ] [ -n nstreams-networks_file ] [ -N [ -i ] [ -I ]]
[ -r ] [ -O output [ -D iface ] [ -Y ]] [ -u ] [ -U ] [ -B ] [ -f tcpdump_file ] [ -l
<iface> ] [ tcpdump output ]

DESCRIPTION


nstreams is a utility designed to identify the IP streams that are occuring on a network
from a non-user friendly tcpdump output of several megabytes.

This is especially useful when you plan to install a firewall but if you do not know the
nstreams that the network users are generating (http, real audio, and more...). nstreams
can read the tcpdump output directly from stdin, or from a file. It can even generate the
configuration file of your firewall, using the -O option.

OPTIONS


-c <nstreams-services-file>
The path to an alternate nstreams service file. This file is used to identify each
protocol. See the services file section later in this manual page.

-n <nstreams-networks-file>
The path to an alternate nstreams network file. This file is used to identify which
hosts belong to which network. See the networks file section later in this manual
page.

-f <tcpdump output file>
The path to the file to read data from. This file must have been generated using
'tcpdump -w filename'.

-l <iface>
Listen directly on interface <iface>. This avoids the use of tcpdump.

-N print the networks names instead of the hosts IP addresses. The intra-network
traffic will not be shown. Use this option twice to show the networks IP address
instead of their names.

-i Also show the intra-network traffic (must be used with -N)

-I Only show the intra-network traffic (must be used with -N)

-r be redundant. That is, the same streams will be printed each time they appear in
the dump.

-v print version number and exit.

-O <type>
output type. You can use this option to generate your firewall startup script. Do
nstreams -h to see the supported output types.

-D <iface>
interface to apply to output onto. Must be used with -O.

-Y The firewall rules that will be generated will deny all packets coming from the
outside trying to establish connections to the inside. If you system is not serving
anything, then it's safe to turn on this option.

-u Do not print the unknown streams

-U Only print the unknown streams

-B Show broadcasts and networks

USAGE


Let tcpdump(1) run some time on your network (like one week), and save its output in a
file, by doing :
tcpdump -l -n > output
or
tcpdump -w filename

Then, feed nstreams with this output file, and it will turn it into a easily-readable file
which will help you to write efficient firewall filters. You may also do :
tcpdump -l -n | nstreams
or
nstreams -f filename (if you used tcpdump -w)

THE SERVICES FILE


The service file contains the description of each protocol, as well as their name. Its
syntax is :
protocol_name:server_port(s)/{udp,tcp}:client_ports(s)
or :
protocol_name:type(s)/icmp:code(s)

Whereas :

protocol_name
is the name of the protocol described. This name may contain any character,
including space, except ':'.

server_port(s)
is the range of ports used by the server. Usually, you will want to define one
server port only, but you may enter any range you want.

ip_protocol
is the IP protocol that this protocol is lying onto. Acceptable values are tcp and
udp

client_port(s)

is the range of ports that the client may use. You can set this to any or, for more
accurate results, to ports ranges, like '1-1024,2048-4096'.
The rules are : 'first match, first taken'.

SERVICE FILE EXAMPLE


Using this syntax, you would declare the ssh protocol by :
ssh-unix:22/tcp:1000-1023
Because the Unix version of the ssh client uses a privileged port to connect onto the ssh
server which listens on port 22.

THE NETWORKS FILE


The networks file is used to define sets and subsets of hosts (also known as networks).
This avoids redundancy in the output file. The syntax format for this file is :
network name:ip/mask
Whereas the network name is whatever you want, the IP is the ip of the network, and the
mask is the CIDR netmask of the network. The rule is 'first match, first taken'.

NETWORKS FILE EXAMPLE


admin:192.168.19.0/29
whole_subnet:192.168.0.0/16
internet:0.0.0.0/0

LIMITS


· nstreams can only parse the output of 'tcpdump -n'

· Even though the output of nstreams is easier to read than the one of tcpdump, it is
still not easily readable. Use sort(1) on the nstream output to get a more readable file.

· This program could have been written in perl

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