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DNS Request Filtering System Logging Error Messages

The message format for system logs related to DNS request filtering differs slightly for the Next Gen Services MX-SPC3 services card versus early services cards. This topic describes the differences in the DNS request filtering related system log messages and provides a description of all fields in these messages.

System Logging for DNS Request Filtering Overview

Next Gen Services DNS request filtering system logging generates these events:

  1. DNS match events (DNS_SR_MATCH_EVENT)

    1. A single syslog is generated for each DNS match to the list of filtered domains.

  2. Per-term statistics (DNS_SR_CUSTOMER_STATS)

    1. Each term in the template represents a customer, enabling you to collect per-customer statistics.

    2. You can configure the interval in which you want to collect statistics in each template.

  3. You can report an event each time a DNS disallow-list file is added or updated (DNS_SR_FILE_UPDATE_NOTICE)

  4. You can collect per-PIC Summary report statistics (DNS_SR_REPORT_STATS)

    1. Statistics are generated every 5 minutes. This interval value is not configurable.

    2. These stats are generated per-PIC basis.

      Note:

      To enable these logs you must configure a syslog for each service-set for which you’ve configured dns-filtering.

      All system log messages for Next Gen Services are configured at the service-set level using the following statement:

      To collect DNS request filtering system log messages, include urlf in the local-category statement:

  5. You can collect per-client IP statistics (DNS_SR_CLIENT_IP_STATS)

    1. This statistics are generated per-profile.

    2. The interval for collecting these statistics is configurable per-profile.

DNS Match-Event Syslog Format

Note:

System system log messages for Next Gen Services DNS request filtering doesn’t include the FPC slot/PIC slot and UTC time.

Table 1 describes the fields contained in DNS request filtering match events.

Table 1: DNS-Match-Event Syslog Format

Field Name

Description

Example

Time Stamp

Time when log entry was generated

Oct 27 10:04:19

Router Name

Host name of the router generating the record

Jnpr-router-01

Log Handle

Log handle to identify the log category

junos-url-filter

Match

Indicates a DNS match was detected.

JSERVICES_URLF_MATCH_EVENT: DNS_SR_MATCH_EVENT

Tag

Log-prefix configured

Tag=<value>

svc-set-name

Service-set name

svc-set-name=<value>

ID

ID assigned to the domain name

(Size of ID is assumed to be a 32-bit number)

ID=12345

IP_Src

Source IP

IP_Src=10.1.5.72

IP_Dst

Destination IP (DNS resolver)

IP_Dst=10.1.1.10

Src_Prt

Source Port

Src_Prt=37344

Dst_Prt

Destination Port

Dst_Prt=53

Sinkhole_IP

IP of sinkhole server from Domain Name Input List

Sinkhole_IP=10.1.50.64

Sinkhole_IPv6

IP of IPv6 sinkhole server from Domain

Name Input List

Sinkhole_IPv6=2001:db8:

1003:1004:1005:1006:1007:1008

Sinkhole_fqdn

Sinkhole FQDN

Sinkhole_fqdn=NA

Count

Counter for match events to accommodate identical event records

Count=54

Replaced

Designates replacement of response domain (i.e. sinkholing)

Replaced=Y

Reason_Mask

Reason for action (if Replaced=N)

[See table below for bit position enumeration]

Reason_Mask=0x0

QType

Query Type of the DNS request (A, AAAA, MX, CNAME, SRV, TXT)

QType=A

Profile

Profile Name

[The Web filter profile name as configured]

Profile=profile_01

Template

Template Name

[The DNS filter template name as configured]

Template=template_01

Term

Term Name

[The DNS filter term name as configured]

Term=term_01

Time

UNIX timestamp

Time=Wed Dec 20 12:25:24 2017

Here’s an example of MX-SPC3 DNS filtering syslog format:

Feb 20 17:06:36 ce-bras-mx480-o junos-url-filter: JSERVICES_URLF_MATCH_EVENT: DNS_SR_MATCH_EVENT, Tag=tag, svc-set-name= s1, ID=1235, IP_SRC=10.2.2.3, IP_DST=10.101.10.100, SRC_PRT=34342, DST_PRT=53, Sinkhole_IP=10.1.1.1, Sinkhole_IPv6=NA, Sinkhole_fqdn=NA, Count=9, Replaced=Y, Reason_Mask=0x0, QType=A, Profile=webf-prof-1, Template=dnsf-temp-1, Term=dnsf-term-1, Time=Tue Jan 23 13:45:52 2018

Here’s an example of MS-MPC DNS filtering syslog format:

Jan 23 13:45:52 cliq (FPC Slot 1, PIC Slot 1) 2018-01-23 21:45:52: {s1}[jservices-urlf]: JSERVICES_URLF_MATCH_EVENT: DNS_SR_MATCH_EVENT ID=1235, IP_SRC=10.2.2.3, IP_DST=10.101.10.100, SRC_PRT=34342, DST_PRT=53, Sinkhole_IP=10.1.1.1, Sinkhole_IPv6=NA, Sinkhole_fqdn=NA, Count=9, Replaced=Y, Reason_Mask=0x0, QType=A, Profile=webf-prof-1, Template=dnsf-temp-1, Term=dnsf-term-1, Time=Tue Jan 23 13:45:52 2018

Reason Mask Values & Interpretations for DNS Filtering

Table 2 describes the reason mask value fields and interpretations for MX Next Gen Services DNS filtering.

Table 2: Reason Mask Values & Interpretations for DNS Filtering

Bit Position

Hex Value

Interpretation

Additional Comments

0x0

Replaced

0

0x1

Reason Other

Examples:Fragmented packets, malformed packets

1

0x2

Not a supported DNS request type

Examples: SRV, TXT

2

0x4

Indicator action set to “Report-Only”

This is to enable testing of new indicators before putting them into Production.

3

0x8

Replace A/AAAA record error

4

0x10

Replacement information not available

The domain name entry is marked “replace” but the sinkhole-ip/sinkhole-ipv6/sinkhole-fqdn is not provided.

Here’s an example of MX Next Gen Services syslog format for DNS filtering showing the reason mask and interpretation:

Feb 20 17:06:36 ce-bras-mx480-o junos-url-filter: JSERVICES_URLF_MATCH_EVENT: DNS_SR_MATCH_EVENT, Tag=tag, svc-set-name= s1, ID=1235, IP_SRC=10.2.2.3, IP_DST=10.101.10.100, SRC_PRT=34342, DST_PRT=53, Sinkhole_IP=10.1.1.1, Sinkhole_IPv6=NA, Sinkhole_fqdn=NA, Count=9, Replaced=Y, Reason_Mask=0x0, QType=A, Profile=webf-prof-1, Template=dnsf-temp-1, Term=dnsf-term-1, Time=Tue Jan 23 13:45:52 2018

Here’s an example of MS-MPC DNS filtering syslog format:

Jan 23 13:45:52 cliq (FPC Slot 1, PIC Slot 1) 2018-01-23 21:45:52: {s1}[jservices-urlf]: JSERVICES_URLF_MATCH_EVENT: DNS_SR_MATCH_EVENT ID=1235, IP_SRC=10.2.2.3, IP_DST=10.101.10.100, SRC_PRT=34342, DST_PRT=53, Sinkhole_IP=10.1.1.1, Sinkhole_IPv6=NA, Sinkhole_fqdn=NA, Count=9, Replaced=Y, Reason_Mask=0x0, QType=A, Profile=webf-prof-1, Template=dnsf-temp-1, Term=dnsf-term-1, Time=Tue Jan 23 13:45:52 2018

Per-Term Statistics Syslog Format

Table 3 describes the fields for MX Next Gen Services DNS filtering per-term statistics syslog format.

Table 3: Per-Term Statistics Syslog Format

Field Name

Description

Example

Time Stamp

Time when log entry was generated

Oct 27 10:04:17

Router Name

Host name of the router generating the record

Jnpr-router-01

Log Handle

Log handle to identify the log category

junos-url-filter

Match

A term(customer) statistics record

JSERVICES_URLF_CUSTOMER_STATS: DNS_SR_CUSTOMER_STATS

Tag

Log-prefix configured

Tag=<value>

svc-set-name

Service-set name

svc-set-name=<value>

Profile

Profile Name

[The Web filter profile name as configured]

Profile=profile_01

Template

Template Name

[The DNS filter template name as configured]

Template=template_01

Term

Term Name

[The DNS filter term name as configured]

Term=term_01

Packets_Processed

Total DNS Requests Processed

Requests_Processed=200

DNS_UDP_Packets_Processed

DNS UDP Requests Processed

DNS_UDP_Requests_Processed=98

DNS_TCP_Packets_Processed

DNS TCP Requests Processed

DNS_TCP_Requests_Processed=35

DNS_UDP_Requests_sinkholed

DNS UDP Requests sink-holed

DNS_UDP_Requests_Sinkholed =50

DNS_TCP_Requests_sinkholed

DNS TCP Requests sink-holed

DNS_TCP_Requests_Sinkholed =50

DNS_UDP_Requests_reported

DNS UDP Requests reported

DNS_UDP_Requests_Reported =50

DNS_TCP_Requests_reported

DNS TCP Requests reported

DNS_TCP_Requests_Reported =50

Time

UNIX timestamp

Time=Wed Dec 20 12:25:24 2017

Count

Counter to accommodate identical event records

Count=10

Here’s an example of MX-SPC3 DNS filtering syslog format for per-term statistics:

Feb 25 14:25:45 curve junos-url-filter: JSERVICES_URLF_CUSTOMER_STATS: DNS_SR_CUSTOMER_STATS, Tag , svc-set-name s1, Profile=DNS_CUSTOMER-A, Template=DNS_CUSTOMER-A, Term=DNS_CUSTOMER-A, Requests_Processed=0, DNS_UDP_Requests_Processed=0, DNS_TCP_Requests_Processed=0, DNS_UDP_Requests_Sinkholed=0, DNS_TCP_Requests_Sinkholed=0, DNS_UDP_Requests_Reported=0, DNS_TCP_Requests_Reported=0, Time=Mon Feb 25 14:25:45 2019, Count=13

Here’s an example of MS-MPC DNS filtering syslog format:

Mar 8 12:16:05 iphone3gs (FPC Slot 5, PIC Slot 0) 2019-03-08 20:16:04: {ATT-Zone5}[jservices-urlf]: JSERVICES_URLF_CUSTOMER_STATS: DNS_SR_CUSTOMER_STATS, Profile=ATT-Profile-5-Zone5, Template=ATT-Profile-5-Zone5-Area1, Term=ATT-Profile-5-Zone5-Area1-Customer3, Requests_Processed=0, DNS_UDP_Requests_Processed=0, DNS_TCP_Requests_Processed=0, DNS_UDP_Requests_Sinkholed=0, DNS_TCP_Requests_Sinkholed=0, DNS_UDP_Requests_Reported=0, DNS_TCP_Requests_Reported=0, Time=Fri Mar 08 12:16:05 2019, Count=111

DNS Filtering Disallow-List File Add/Change Syslog Format

Table 4 describes the fields for MX Next Gen Services DNS filtering disallow-list file additions and updates syslog format.

Table 4: Disallow-List File Add/Change Syslog Format

Field Name

Description

Example

Time Stamp

Time when log entry was generated

Oct 27 10:04:17

Router Name

Host name of the router generating the record

Jnpr-router-01

Log Handle

Log handle to identify the log category

junos-url-filter

Match

The domain disallow-list file updated for the template.

.

JSERVICES_URLF_FILE_UPDATE_NOTICE: DNS_SR_FILE_UPDATE_NOTICE

Tag

Log-prefix configured

Tag=<value>

svc-set-name

Service-set name

svc-set-name=<value>

File Name

Name of the file

File_Name=shdb.txt

File Version

Version of the file

File_Version=20170314_01

Updated

File Update Time

Domain_Filter_File_Updated=Fri Oct 27 10:56:42 2017

Profile

Profile Name

[The Web filter profile name as configured]

Profile=profile_01

Template

Template Name

[The DNS filter template name as configured]

Template=template_01

Domains

Number of Domains in the file

Domains=12

Report-Only-Domains

Number of Report-Only domains in the file

Report_Only_Domains=3

Here’s an example of the syslog format for MX-SPC3 DNS filtering disallow-list add/change file updates:

Feb 25 14:36:47 curve junos-url-filter: JSERVICES_URLF_FILE_UPDATE_NOTICE: DNS_SR_FILE_UPDATE_NOTICE, Tag=, svc-set-name=s1, File_Name=test_dns_sink.txt, File_Version=20180911 01, Domain_Filter_File_Updated=Mon Feb 25 14:36:47 2019 Profile=DNS_CUSTOMER-A, Template=DNS_CUSTOMER-A, Domains=18, Report_Only_Domains=0

Here’s an example of the syslog format for DNS filtering disallow-list file changes with the MS-MPC services card:

Jan 23 13:34:34 cliq (FPC Slot 1, PIC Slot 1) 2018-01-23 21:34:33: {s1}[jservices-urlf]: JSERVICES_URLF_FILE_UPDATE_NOTICE: DNS_SR_FILE_UPDATE_NOTICE, File_Name=dnsf1_hashed.txt, File_Version=20170314_01, Domain_Filter_File_Updated=Tue Jan 23 13:34:34 2018 Profile=webf-prof-1, Template=dnsf-temp-1, Domains=4, Report_Only_Domains=1

DNS Filtering Summary Report Statistics Syslog Format

Summary report statistics syslog format Stats will be reported in syslog with the following format:

Here’s an example summary report syslog message for MX-SPC3 Next Gen Services DNS filtering:

Feb 25 11:50:39 curve junos-url-filter: JSERVICES_URLF_REPORT_STATS: DNS_SR_REPORT_STATS, Tag=, svc-set-name=s1, TCP_DNS_Packets=0, TCP_DNS_Non_Segmented=0, TCP_DNS_Segmented=0, Count=1

Here’s an example summary report syslog message for MS-MPC services card DNS filtering:

Mar 8 12:20:41 iphone3gs (FPC Slot 5, PIC Slot 1) 2019-03-08 20:20:40: {ATT-Zone1}[jservices-urlf]: JSERVICES_URLF_REPORT_STATS: DNS_SR_REPORT_STATS, TCP_DNS_Packets=0, TCP_DNS_Non_Segmented=0, TCP_DNS_Segmented=0, Count=169

DNS Filtering Per-Client-IP Statistics Syslog Format

Table 5 describes the syslog fields for MX-SPC3 DNS filtering per-client-IP statistics that is reported per-PIC, per-profile for all known client IP addresses known to the system.

Table 5: Per-Client-IP Statistics Syslog Format

Field Name

Description

Example

Time Stamp

Time when log entry was generated

Oct 27 10:04:17

Router Name

Host name of the router generating the record

Jnpr-router-01

Log Handle

Log handle to identify the log category

junos-url-filter

Match

Log for per-Client IP stats

JSERVICES_URLF_CLIENT_IP_STATS: DNS_SR_CLIENT_IP_STATS

Tag

Log-prefix configured

Tag=<value>

svc-set-name

Service-set name

svc-set-name=<value>

Client-IP

IP address of the client

Client-IP=10.1.1.1

Profile

Profile Name

[The Web filter profile name as configured]

Profile=profile_01

Template

Template Name

[The DNS filter template name as configured]

Template=template_01

Term

Term Name

[The DNS filter term name as configured]

Term=term_01

A_Req

DNS A-Record Requests Processed

A_Req=10

AAAA_Req

DNS AAAA-Record Requests Processed

AAAA_Req=10

MX_Req

DNS MX-Record Requests Processed

MX_Req=4

CNAME_Req

DNS CNAME-Record Requests Processed

CNAME_Req=4

SRV_Req

DNS SRV-Record Requests Processed

SRV_Req=4

TXT_Req

DNS TXT-Record Requests Processed

TXT_Req=4

ANY_Req

DNS ANY-Record Requests Processed

ANY_Req=4

A_Req_SH

DNS A-Record Requests sink-holed

A_Req_SH =5

AAAA_Req_SH

DNS AAAA-Record Requests sink-holed

AAAA_Req_SH=5

MX_Req_SH

DNS MX-Record Requests Sink-holed

MX_Req_SH=4

CNAME_Req_SH

DNS CNAME-Record Requests Sink-holed

CNAME_Req_SH=4

SRV_Req_SH

DNS SRV-Record Requests Sink-holed

SRV_Req_SH=4

TXT_Req_SH

DNS TXT-Record Requests Sink-holed

TXT_Req_SH=4

ANY_Req_SH

DNS ANY-Record Requests Sink-holed

ANY_Req_SH=4

Req_Rep

DNS Requests reported

Req_Rep=5

Here’s an example per-client-IP-statitics for MX-SPC3 DNS filtering:

Feb 25 11:50:39 curve junos-url-filter: JSERVICES_URLF_CLIENT_IP_STATS: DNS_SR_CLIENT_IP_STATS, Tag=tag, svc-set-name=s1, Client-IP=10.2.2.3, Profile=webf-prof-1, Template=dnsf-temp-1, Term=dnsf-term-1, A_Req=0, AAAA_Req=0, MX_Req=0, CNAME_Req=0, SRV_Req=0, TXT_Req=0, ANY_Req=2, A_Req_SH=0, AAAA_Req_SH=0, MX_Req_SH=0, CNAME_Req_SH=0, SRV_Req_SH=0, TXT_Req_SH=0, ANY_Req_SH=0, Req_Rep=2

Here’s an example syslog message for DNS filtering client-IP statistics on MS-MPC services cards:

Mar 7 17:58:54 iphone3gs (FPC Slot 5, PIC Slot 3) 2019-03-08 01:58:54: {dns}[jservices-urlf]: JSERVICES_URLF_CLIENT_IP_STATS: DNS_SR_CLIENT_IP_STATS, Client-IP=2008:db8:2228:8001::1, Profile=dns-profile1, Template=dns1, Term=3, A_Req=19, AAAA_Req=19, MX_Req=0, CNAME_Req=0, SRV_Req=0, TXT_Req=0, ANY_Req=0, A_Req_SH=19, AAAA_Req_SH=19, MX_Req_SH=0, CNAME_Req_SH=0, SRV_Req_SH=0, TXT_Req_SH=0, ANY_Req_SH=0, Req_Rep=0