Zeek - Adding GeoIP to 'conn.log'

Since I’m a fan of seeing things, why not identify where the network connections are coming from. In the previous post, I talked about one of the strengths of Zeek which is the availability of packages. Precisely in the case that interests us, we will use the one named “geoip-conn”.

One of the best ways to install a package if not the best is to use the binary called “zkg” and provided with “Zeek”.

Note: I had to install two “Python” packages to make it working. Here’s the way to do it with “OpenBSD”.

$ doas pkg_add py3-semantic_version
$ doas pkg_add py3-GitPython

Once zkg is working, let’s use it.

$ zkg install geoip-conn
The following packages will be INSTALLED:
  zeek/brimsec/geoip-conn (master)

Proceed? [Y/n] y
Installing "zeek/brimsec/geoip-conn"..............
Installed "zeek/brimsec/geoip-conn" (master)
Loaded "zeek/brimsec/geoip-conn"

“geoip-conn” being installed, let’s see what features it offers us. Let’s check this by performing a simple query.

$ wget amazon.ca

Let’s check the presence of this one in the “http.log” file.

$ grep amazon http.log              
1662498988000.561481       CI1YUq1RjPi0dRtF5f      162.212.157.188 13994   52.94.225.242   80      1       GET     amazon.ca       /       -       1.1    Wget/1.21.3      -       0       163     301     Moved Permanently       -       -       (empty) -       -       -       -       -       -       FAtLMn2fTyT1NqmdVc      -       text/html       -       -

Let’s take the identifier CI1YUq1RjPi0dRtF5f corresponding to the connection then look for a match in the “conn.log” file.

$ grep CI1YUq1RjPi0dRtF5f conn.log                                                                                                               
1662498988000.536651       CI1YUq1RjPi0dRtF5f      162.212.157.188 13994   52.94.225.242   80      tcp     http    0.233515        124     350     SF     TF       0       ShADdFf 6       388     4       522     -       US      -       -       37.751  -97.822 US      VA      Ashburn 39.0469 -77.4903

We have the information you want:

Country: US

State: VA

City: Ashburn

Regards