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epernot
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Malformated CEF

Hello, 

 

From FortiWEB 5.4 to 5.8  the CEF  logs has been changed. 

The FortiWEB is sending the destination hostname with  " in the field, this is not supposed to be done that way because then arcsight doesnt eliminate the " from the hostname.  

 

Another issue it the fact that destination hostname sometime is a IP when there's already an IP in the destination address field.  

 

The CEF field "request" is supposed to contain the protocol, hostname/IP, port and path but now there's only the path in it. 

 

FortiWEB in the version 5.4 was way better than 5.8, is there a way to get the reasons why the logs are gettings such bad quality now ?  

 

 

Thanks 

Sad User

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emnoc
Esteemed Contributor III

Have you open a case with FTNT-support ? They could address the issues, and I'm assuming the format was different before the upgrade?

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epernot
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I should ask my customer to open a ticket, he's doing it already , lets see the answer.

I was open to see someone from fortinet replying because this is impacted many more customer. 

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