Network Fields

network.application

When a specific application or service is identified from network connection details (source/dest IPs, ports, certificates, or wire format), this field captures the application’s or service’s name.

For example, the original event identifies the network connection being from a specific web service in a https network connection, like facebook or twitter.

The field value must be normalized to lowercase for querying.

type: keyword

example: aim

extended

network.bytes

Total bytes transferred in both directions.

If source.bytes and destination.bytes are known, network.bytes is their sum.

type: long

example: 368

core

network.community_id

A hash of source and destination IPs and ports, as well as the protocol used in a communication. This is a tool-agnostic standard to identify flows.

Learn more at https://github.com/corelight/community-id-spec.

type: keyword

example: 1:hO+sN4H+MG5MY/8hIrXPqc4ZQz0=

extended

network.direction

Direction of the network traffic.

When mapping events from a host-based monitoring context, populate this field from the host’s point of view, using the values "ingress" or "egress".

When mapping events from a network or perimeter-based monitoring context, populate this field from the point of view of the network perimeter, using the values "inbound", "outbound", "internal" or "external".

Note that "internal" is not crossing perimeter boundaries, and is meant to describe communication between two hosts within the perimeter. Note also that "external" is meant to describe traffic between two hosts that are external to the perimeter. This could for example be useful for ISPs or VPN service providers.

Expected values for this field:

type: keyword

example: inbound

core

network.forwarded_ip

Host IP address when the source IP address is the proxy.

type: ip

example: 192.1.1.2

core

network.iana_number

IANA Protocol Number (https://www.iana.org/assignments/protocol-numbers/protocol-numbers.xhtml). Standardized list of protocols. This aligns well with NetFlow and sFlow related logs which use the IANA Protocol Number.

type: keyword

example: 6

extended

network.inner

Network.inner fields are added in addition to network.vlan fields to describe the innermost VLAN when q-in-q VLAN tagging is present. Allowed fields include vlan.id and vlan.name. Inner vlan fields are typically used when sending traffic with multiple 802.1q encapsulations to a network sensor (e.g. Zeek, Wireshark.)

type: object

extended

network.name

Name given by operators to sections of their network.

type: keyword

example: Guest Wifi

extended

network.packets

Total packets transferred in both directions.

If source.packets and destination.packets are known, network.packets is their sum.

type: long

example: 24

core

network.protocol

In the OSI Model this would be the Application Layer protocol. For example, http, dns, or ssh.

The field value must be normalized to lowercase for querying.

type: keyword

example: http

network.protocol.name

core

network.transport

Same as network.iana_number, but instead using the Keyword name of the transport layer (udp, tcp, ipv6-icmp, etc.)

The field value must be normalized to lowercase for querying.

type: keyword

example: tcp

network.transport

core

network.type

In the OSI Model this would be the Network Layer. ipv4, ipv6, ipsec, pim, etc

The field value must be normalized to lowercase for querying.

type: keyword

example: ipv4

network.type

core

network.inner.vlan.*

vlan

Fields to describe observed VLAN information.

network.vlan.*

vlan

Fields to describe observed VLAN information.