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pfSense Integration Guide🔗

pfSense must be configured to send logs via Syslog to the Taegis™ XDR Collector. Logs are filtered and correlated in real-time for various security event observations.

Follow the instructions below to configure logging and enable monitoring by Secureworks® Taegis™ XDR.

Connectivity Requirements🔗

Source Destination Port/Protocol
pfSense Firewall XDR Collector (mgmt IP) UDP/514

Data Provided from Integration🔗

Normalized Data Out-of-the-Box Detections Vendor-Specific Detections
pfSense Firewall Netflow

Note

XDR detectors are not guaranteed to be triggered, even if a data source's logs are normalized to a schema associated with a given detector. However, you can create Custom Alert Rules to generate alerts based on normalized data from a data source.

Configuration Instructions🔗

Within the pfSense console, navigate to Status > System Logs > Settings.

  1. Configure the following for General Logging Options:

    General Logging Options🔗

    • Log Message Format — BSD (RFC 3164, default)

    General Logging Options

  2. Configure the following for Remote Logging Options:

    Remote Logging Options🔗

    • Enable Remote Logging — Checked / selected
    • Source Address — Interface / network with access to XDR Collector
    • IP Protocol — IPv4
    • Remote log servers — The IP address of the XDR Collector
    • Remote Syslog Contents — Firewall Events

    Remote Logging Options

  3. Select Save to save the logging options.

    Your pfSense appliance is now logging to XDR.