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Create a Command and Control Profile

You are here: Security Services > Advanced Threat Prevention > SecIntel Profiles.

Create a Command and Control (C&C) profile to provide information on C&C servers that have attempted to contact and compromise hosts on your network. A C&C server is a centralized computer that issues commands to botnets of compromised networks of computers and receives reports back from them.

To create a C&C profile:

  1. Click Create > Command & Control on the upper-right corner of the SecIntel Profiles page.
    The Create Command & Control Profile page opens.
  2. Complete the configuration according to the guidelines provided in Table 1.
  3. Click OK to save the changes. To discard your changes, click Cancel.

    Once you create the C&C profile, you can associate it with the SecIntel profile groups.

    Table 1: Fields on the Create Command & Control Profile page

    Field

    Action

    Name

    Enter a name for the C&C profile.

    The name must be a unique string of alphanumeric and special characters; 63-character maximum. Special characters < and > are not allowed.

    Description

    Enter a description for the C&C profile.

    Default action for all feeds

    Drag the slider to change the action to be taken for all the feed types. Actions are Permit (1 - 4), Log (5-6), and Block (7 - 10).

    Log will have the permit action and also logs the event.

    Feeds & threat score

    Do the following:

    1. Click + to define feeds and threat score to the C&C profile.

      The Add Feeds window appears.

    2. Enter the following details:

      1. Feeds—Select one or more feeds that are known command and control for botnets from the Available column and move it to the Selected column.

      2. Threat score—Drag the slider to change the action to be taken based on the threat score.

    3. Click OK.

    Block action

    Select one of the following block actions from the list:

    • Drop Packets—Device silently drops the session’s packet and the session eventually times out.

    • Close session options—Device sends a TCP RST packet to the client and server and the session is dropped immediately.

    Close session options

    Select one of the following options from the list: None, Redirect URL, Redirect message, or File.

    Redirect URL

    Enter a remote file URL to redirect users when connections are closed.

    Redirect message

    Enter a custom message to send to the users when connections are closed.

    Upload file

    Click Browse to select and upload a file. This file is used to send to the users when connections are closed.

    Note:

    The files must be in .php, .html, or .py format and will be stored in /jail/var/tm

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