No remote log destination enabled
At a glance
Base severity
Area
Platform
Evidence level
Benchmark reference
Reads the export, not the device
ConfigProof reads a configuration export. This control is evaluated against the objects in that file, and it reports what the file says. It does not connect to the device and sees no traffic, so a finding here describes the configuration, not what the firewall is doing right now.
Why it matters
Logs kept only on the device are lost with it and can be altered by whoever controls it. A remote destination keeps the record an investigation needs.
How to fix it
Web interface
The steps below are written for the web interface. A finding raised on your own export carries the same steps with your object names filled in.
- Enable a FortiAnalyzer or syslog destination (config log fortianalyzer setting, or config log syslogd setting), with encrypted transport.
Command line
FortiOS CLI
config log syslogd settingset status enableset server <log-server>set mode reliableset enc-algorithm highend
An example. Values in angle brackets are yours to supply; a finding on your own export fills in the names it read. FortiOS saves a change when you type next or end, with no separate commit. Read every line first.
Read it back
show log syslogd settingValues to fill in1
- <log-server>
- The syslog server's address
Before you type it2
- Written from the FortiOS CLI Reference, not yet run on a device. Read each line before typing it.
- On a device with VDOMs, type these inside the VDOM (config vdom, edit the VDOM) or inside config global for a global setting.
How to confirm the fix
- Confirm logs from the device appear at the destination.
Limits
- A setting the backup does not write is read as FortiOS's documented default for the device's release.
Compliance references
CIS FortiGate 7.4.x Benchmark v1.0.1
Covers part of the recommendation
Where a control aligns with a recommendation of the CIS FortiGate 7.4.x Benchmark v1.0.1, that recommendation is cited as a reference. Only that version was checked. A reference is not a certification.
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