Looks like you have the wrong OSSEC key on the OSSEC Client.
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 5:21 PM, dkoleary <
dkol...@olearycomputers.com> wrote:
> Hey;
>
> I'm suspecting a firewall issue, but there's an odd twist. We installed the
> ossec agent on an aix 5.3 box; but, it's not able to connect to the ossec
> server. On the client, we're getting the typical:
>
> 2012/08/31 16:01:21 ossec-agentd(4101): WARN: Waiting for server reply (not
> started). Tried: '111.22.33.444'.
> 2012/08/31 16:01:23 ossec-agentd: INFO: Trying to connect to server
> (111.22.33.444:1514).
> 2012/08/31 16:01:23 ossec-agentd: INFO: Using IPv4 for: 111.22.33.444 .
>
> We verified that the client.keys file has the right information in it,
> restarted the service looking for any errors and nothing. Screen output was
> clean; ossec.log file is clean.
>
> The twist, though, is that the ossec server is clocking errors:
>
> ossec-remoted(1403): ERROR: Incorrectly formated message from '111.77.88.99'
>
> I asked the client to verify the firewall port 1514 is open stateful to the
> server; however, I'm not sure that's it. If the firewall were blocking the
> traffic, I wouldn't expect to see anything on the server... should I be
> looking somewhere else?
>
> Any hints/tips/suggestions greatly appreciated.
>
> Doug O'Leary
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