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Platform alert pack: Port Scan Detection

Purpose

This Alert Pack is a single alert for detecting DoS attacks used for testing a Port Scan Use Case.

Included alerts

Port Scan Detection

This alert detects an IP that is suspicious of doing a port scan attack in sending requests to more than 100 different ports in a period of 5 minutes.

from firewall.juniper.ssg.traffic where ispublic(srcIp) where action = "Accept" select str(srcIp) as sourceIP group every 1m by sourceIP every 1m select hllppcount(dstPort) as dstPorthll where dstPorthll >= 10 select round(dstPorthll) as dstPortRound

Prerequisites

When installed as part of the use case mentioned above, everything will be sorted automatically.

When installed as an independent item, you must have the following data source available in your domain:

Open alert pack

Once you have installed the desired alerts individually, you can use the Open button at the top right of the card in Exchange to access the Alert configuration, where you can apply filters to find them and later manage them as required. You can also access this area via the Navigation pane (Administration → Alert Configuration → Available alerts).

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Use alert pack

The alerts installed are deactivated by default. Access the Alert configuration area to activate those you need and assign sending policies to receive them through the desired channels.