cowrie.cfg

#
# Cowrie configuration file (cowrie.cfg)
#

[honeypot]

# Sensor name use to identify this cowrie instance. Used by the database
# logging modules such as mysql.
#
# If not specified, the logging modules will instead use the IP address of the
# connection as the sensor name.
#
# (default: not specified)
#sensor_name=myhostname

# IP addresses to listen for incoming SSH connections.
#
# (default: 0.0.0.0) = any IPv4 address
#listen_addr = 0.0.0.0
# (use :: for listen to all IPv6 and IPv4 addresses)
#listen_addr = ::

# Port to listen for incoming SSH connections.
# To listen to IPv6, set this to "::"
#
# (default: 2222)
#listen_port = 2222

# Source Port to report in logs (useful if you use iptables to forward ports to cowrie)
#reported_ssh_port = 22

# Enable to log the public IP of the honeypot (useful if listening on 127.0.0.1)
# IP address is obtained by querying http://myip.threatstream.com
#report_public_ip = true

# Hostname for the honeypot. Displayed by the shell prompt of the virtual
# environment.
#
# (default: svr04)
hostname = SSG520

# Directory where to save log files in.
#
# (default: log)
log_path = log

# Directory where to save downloaded (malware) files in.
#
# (default: dl)
download_path = dl

# Maximum file size (in bytes) for downloaded files to be stored in 'download_path'.
# A value of 0 means no limit. If the file size is known to be too big from the start,
# the file will not be stored on disk at all.
#
# (default: 0)
#download_limit_size = 10485760

# Directory where virtual file contents are kept in.
#
# This is only used by commands like 'cat' to display the contents of files.
# Adding files here is not enough for them to appear in the honeypot - the
# actual virtual filesystem is kept in filesystem_file (see below)
#
# (default: honeyfs)
contents_path = honeyfs

# File in the python pickle format containing the virtual filesystem.
#
# This includes the filenames, paths, permissions for the whole filesystem,
# but not the file contents. This is created by the createfs.py utility from
# a real template linux installation.
#
# (default: fs.pickle)
filesystem_file = data/fs.pickle

# Directory for miscellaneous data files, such as the password database.
#
# (default: data_path)
data_path = data

# Class that implements the checklogin() method.
#
# Class must be defined in cowrie/core/auth.py
# Default is the 'UserDB' class which uses the password database.
#
# Alternatively the 'AuthRandom' class can be used, which will let
# a user login after a random number of attempts.
# It will also cache username/password combinations that allow login.
#
auth_class = UserDB
# When AuthRandom is used also set the
#  auth_class_parameters: <min try>, <max try>, <maxcache>
#  for example: 2, 5, 10 = allows access after randint(2,5) attempts
#  and cache 10 combinations.
#
#auth_class = AuthRandom
#auth_class_parameters = 2, 5, 10

# No authentication checking at all
# enabling 'auth_none' will enable the ssh2 'auth_none' authentication method
# this allows the requested user in without any verification at all
#
# (default: false)

auth_none_enabled = false

# Directory for creating simple commands that only output text.
#
# The command must be placed under this directory with the proper path, such
# as:
#   txtcmds/usr/bin/vi
# The contents of the file will be the output of the command when run inside
# the honeypot.
#
# In addition to this, the file must exist in the virtual
# filesystem {filesystem_file}
#
# (default: txtcmds)
txtcmds_path = txtcmds

# Public and private SSH key files. If these don't exist, they are created
# automatically.
rsa_public_key = data/ssh_host_rsa_key.pub
rsa_private_key = data/ssh_host_rsa_key
dsa_public_key = data/ssh_host_dsa_key.pub
dsa_private_key = data/ssh_host_dsa_key

# sftp_enabled enables the sftp subsystem
sftp_enabled = true

# IP address to bind to when opening outgoing connections. Used by
# the wget and curl commands.
#
# (default: not specified)
#out_addr = 0.0.0.0

# Fake address displayed as the address of the incoming connection.
# This doesn't affect logging, and is only used by honeypot commands such as
# 'w' and 'last'
#
# If not specified, the actual IP address is displayed instead (default
# behaviour).
#
# (default: not specified)
#fake_addr = 192.168.66.254

# The IP address on which this machine reachable on from the internet.
# Useful if you use portforwarding or other mechanisms. If empty, cowrie
# will determine by itself. Used in 'netstat' output
#
#internet_facing_ip = 9.9.9.9

# SSH Version String
#
# Use this to disguise your honeypot from a simple SSH version scan
# frequent Examples: (found experimentally by scanning ISPs)
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5
# SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_4.3
# SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_4.7
# SSH-1.99-Sun_SSH_1.1
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.2p1 Debian-7ubuntu3.1
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.3
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_4.6
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.1p1 Debian-5
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.1p1 FreeBSD-20080901
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu5
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu6
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.3p1 Debian-3ubuntu7
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.5p1 Debian-6
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.5p1 Debian-6+squeeze1
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.5p1 Debian-6+squeeze2
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.8p2_hpn13v11 FreeBSD-20110503
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.9p1 Debian-5ubuntu1
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2
# SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_5.9
#
# (default: "SSH-2.0-SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2")
ssh_version_string = SSH-2.0-NetScreen

# Banner file to be displayed before the first login attempt.
#
#banner_file = DEPRECATED; always '/etc/issue.net' in honeyfs

# Session management interface.
#
# This is a telnet based service that can be used to interact with active
# sessions. Disabled by default.
#
# (default: false)
interact_enabled = false
# (default: 5123)
interact_port = 5123


# XMPP Logging
# Log to an xmpp server.
#
#[database_xmpp]
#server = sensors.carnivore.it
#user = anonymous@sensors.carnivore.it
#password = anonymous
#muc = dionaea.sensors.carnivore.it
#signal_createsession = cowrie-events
#signal_connectionlost = cowrie-events
#signal_loginfailed = cowrie-events
#signal_loginsucceeded = cowrie-events
#signal_command = cowrie-events
#signal_clientversion = cowrie-events
#debug=true


# Text based logging module
#
# While this is a database logging module, it actually just creates a simple
# text based log. This may not have much purpose, if you're fine with the
# default text based logs generated by cowrie in log/
#
#[database_textlog]
#logfile = log/cowrie-textlog.log


# JSON based logging module
#
[output_jsonlog]
logfile = log/cowrie.json


# Supports logging to elasticsearch
# This is a simple early release
#
#[output_elasticsearch]
#host = localhost
#port = 9200
#index = cowrie
#type = cowrie


# Send login attemp information to SANS DShield
# See https://isc.sans.edu/ssh.html
# You must signup for an api key. 
# Once registered, find your details at: https://isc.sans.edu/myaccount.html
#
#[output_dshield]
#userid = userid_here 
#auth_key = auth_key_here 
#batch_size = 100 


# Local Syslog output module
#
# This sends log messages to the local syslog daemon.
# Facility can be:
# KERN, USER, MAIL, DAEMON, AUTH, LPR, NEWS, UUCP, CRON, SYSLOG and LOCAL0 to LOCAL7.
#
#[output_localsyslog]
#facility = USER


# MySQL logging module (output)
# Identical functionality as [database_mysql] but with different internals
# Database structure for this module is supplied in doc/sql/mysql.sql
#
#[output_mysql]
#host = localhost
#database = cowrie
#username = cowrie
#password = secret
#port = 3306


# Splunk SDK output module - EARLY RELEASE NOT RECOMMENDED
# This sends logs directly to Splunk using the Python REST SDK
#
#[output_splunk]
#host = localhost
#port = 8889
#username = admin
#password = password
#index = cowrie


#[database_hpfeeds]
#server = hpfeeds.mysite.org
#port = 10000
#identifier = abc123
#secret = secret
#debug=false