Viewing Protection Event Logs

Prerequisites

The website to be protected has been connected to WAF.

Procedure

1. Log in to the management console.
2. Click in the upper left corner of the management console and select a region or project.
3. Click in the upper left corner and choose Web Application Firewall (Dedicated) under Security.
4. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Events.
5. Click the Search tab. In the website or instance drop-down list, select a website to view corresponding event logs. The query time can be Yesterday, Today, Past 3 days, Past 7 days, Past 30 days, or a time range you configure. Table 2 lists related parameters.
   Figure 1 Viewing protection events
   

   Table 1 Event parameters

   Parameter	Parameters
   Event Type	Type of the attack. By default, All is selected. You can view logs of all attack types or select an attack type to view corresponding attack logs.
   Protective Action	The options are Block, Log only, and Verification code.
   Source IP Address	Public IP address of the web visitor/attacker By default, All is selected. You can view logs of all attack source IP addresses, select an attack source IP address, or enter an attack source IP address to view corresponding attack logs.
   URL	Attacked URL.
   Event ID	ID of the event.

   Table 2 Parameters in the event list

   Parameter	Description	Example Value
   Time	When the attack occurred	2021/02/04 13:20:04
   Source IP Address	Public IP address of the web visitor/attacker	None
   Geolocation	Location where the IP address of the attack originates from	-
   Domain Name	Attacked domain name	www.example.com
   URL	Attacked URL	/admin
   Malicious Load	The location or part of the attack that causes damage or the number of times that the URL was accessed. NOTE: In a CC attack, the malicious load indicates the number of times that the URL was accessed. For blacklist protection events, the malicious load is left blank.	id=1 and 1='1
   Event Type	Type of attack	SQL injection
   Protective Action	Protective actions configured in the rule. The options are Block, Log only, and Verification code. NOTE: If an access request matches a web tamper protection rule, information leakage prevention rule, or data masking rule, the protective action is marked as Mismatch.	Block
   Status Code	HTTP status code returned on the block page.	418

   

   To view event details, click Details in the Operation column of the event list.