Proactively Create and Allow Whitelist

  1. Log in to the LogRhythm NDR UI.

  2. Point to the Settings tab, click Policy Management, and then click Whitelist.
    The Whitelist page appears.

  3. To create a Proactive Whitelist, enter your data into the relevant fields.

    For a plain text match, enter your plain text in the field and leave the check box unchecked.

    For a regular expression match, enter your regex in the field and click the check box.


    Field

    Description

    Source

    Source IP address of the security event

    Expiry Date

    Expiry date for this whitelist rule

    Source Host

    Source host name of the security event

    Source User

    Source user name of the security event

    Destination

    Destination IP address of the security event

    Destination Host

    Destination host name of the security event

    Destination User

    Destination user name of the security event

    Entry Source

    Entry source of the security event

    Entry Origin

    Engine that has created this security event

    Indicator

    Intel event's indicator

    Indicator Type

    Intel event's indicator type

    Threat Level

    Indicates the threat level in green, orange, etc.

    Exclude Internal

    Excludes security events which are internal to a network

    URL

    URL of the security event

    Event Category

    Event category of the security event

    Event Attribute

    Event attribute of the security event

    Trigger

    Event trigger of the security event

    Trigger_id

    Event trigger id of the security event

    Path

    The file path in case of smbfiles or IP addresses involved in transmission in case of smtp logs.

    Site

    The website involved with logs and event.

    Query

    The DNS query involved in the security event.

    Status Code

    The status code returned to the request/response for a HTTP request.

    Dest_port

    The port number of the destination machine to which the data is routed. 

    Src_port

    The port number of the source machine from where the data is sent.

    Event_extra_attributes

    The extra attributes related to an event.

    Application

    Application used by the security event

    User Agent

    User agent used by the security event

    Protocol

    Protocol used by the security event

    Reason

    Reason for creating this whitelist rule

    xff_ip

    HTTP header used to track the original IP address of a user connecting to a web server through a proxy or load balancer.


  4. Click Add.
    The message "Whitelist Inserted Successfully" appears.

  5. To confirm that the Whitelist is successfully added, check the whitelist list at the bottom of the page.