Technical Documentation

Understanding sctop Flow Table Reports

Table 1 is a sample sctop flow table report.

Table 1: sctop Flow Table Report

Source-IP

Port

Destination-IP

Port

Flag

Direction

State

Service

Timeout

10.150.98.62

4137

10.150.20.43

139

R----

->>

Ltn

SMB

30/30

10.150.20.43

139

10.150.98.62

4137

R----

<<-

Close

-

30/30

10.150.73.39

6000

10.150.20.242

43117

R----

->>

Ltn

-

30/30

The Flag column includes 5 bits. Table 2 describes the sctop flow table flag column.

Table 2: sctop Flow Table: Flag Column

Position 1

Position 2

Position 3

Position 4

Position 5

Flow state. One of the following:

  • R (ready)
  • A (anticipated)
  • V (virtual)
  • X (rejected)
  • U (unknown)

Management flow. One of the following:

  • m (management flow)
  • – (not management flow)

Auxiliary flow. One of the following:

  • a (auxiliary flow)
  • - (not auxiliary flow)

Packet logging. One of the following:

  • P (packet logging)
  • - (not packet logging)

Flow sync. One of the following:

  • - (normal flow)
  • f (flow from failover)
  • s (flow synced from another IDP device)

For example, the flag R– – – – signifies ready, nonmanagement, nonauxiliary, no packet logging, normal; the flag A--ps signifies anticipated, nonmanagement, nonauxiliary, with packet logging, and synced over from another IDP.


Published: 2010-01-12