Viewing Protection Event Logs

Prerequisites

The website to be protected has been connected to WAF.

Constraints

• If the security software installed on your server blocks the event file from being downloaded, close the software and download the file again.
• On the WAF console, you can view the event data for all protected domain names over the last 30 days. You can authorize LTS to log WAF activities so that you can view attack and access logs and store all logs for a long time. For more details, see. Enabling LTS for WAF Logging.
• If you switch the WAF working mode for a website to Suspended, WAF only forwards all requests to the website without inspection. It does not log any attack events neither.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Web Application Firewall under Security.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Events.
5. Click the Search tab. In the website or instance drop-down list, select a website to view corresponding event logs. The query time can be Yesterday, Today, Past 3 days, Past 7 days, Past 30 days, or a time range you configure.
   • Events over Time: displays the WAF protection status of the selected website within the selected time range.
   • Top Tens: WAF displays top 10 attacks, attacked websites, attack source IP addresses, and attacked URLs for a selected time range. You can click to copy the data in the corresponding chart.
   Figure 1 Events
   

6. In the Events area, view the event details.
   • Configure a filter by combining several conditions. Then, click OK. Conditions will be displayed above the event list. Table 2 lists parameters for filter conditions.
   • Click to select fields you want to display in the event lists.
   • To view event details, locate the row containing the event and click Details in the Operation column.

   Table 1 Search condition fields

   Parameter	Parameter
   Event ID	ID of the event.
   Event Type	Type of the attack. By default, All is selected. You can view logs of all attack types or select an attack type to view corresponding attack logs.
   Rule ID	ID of a built-in protection rule in WAF basic web protection
   Protective Action	The options are Block, Log only, and Verification code. Verification code: In CC attack protection rules, you can set Protective Action to Verification code. If a visitor sends too many requests, with the request quantity exceeding the rate limit specified by the CC attack protection rule used, a message is displayed to ask the visitor to provide a verification code. Visitor's requests will be blocked unless they enter a valid verification code.
   Source IP Address	Public IP address of the web visitor/attacker By default, All is selected. You can view logs of all attack source IP addresses, select an attack source IP address, or enter an attack source IP address to view corresponding attack logs.
   URL	Attacked URL

   Table 2 Parameters in the event list

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Time	When the attack occurred	2021/02/04 13:20:04
   Source IP Address	Public IP address of the web visitor/attacker	-
   Domain Name	Attacked domain name	www.example.com
   Rule ID	ID of a built-in protection rule in WAF basic web protection	-
   URL	Attacked URL	/admin
   Event Type	Type of attack	SQL injection
   Protective Action	Protective actions configured in the rule. The options are Block, Log only, and Verification code. NOTE: If an access request matches a web tamper protection rule, information leakage prevention rule, or data masking rule, the protective action is marked as Mismatch.	Block
   Status Code	HTTP status code returned on the block page.	418
   Malicious Load	The location or part of the attack that causes damage or the number of times that the URL was accessed. NOTE: In a CC attack, the malicious load indicates the number of times that the URL was accessed. For blacklist protection events, the malicious load is left blank.	id=1 and 1='1