Safeguard for Privileged Sessions On Demand Hosted - Safeguard Desktop Player User Guide

You can choose to "convert" audit trails to packet capture (PCAP) format, which is a common file format for storing network traffic.

The following describes how to export raw network traffic in PCAP format using the command line.

To export raw network traffic in PCAP format using the command line

Start a command prompt and navigate to the installation directory of Safeguard Desktop Player. By default, it is C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Software\Safeguard\Safeguard Desktop Player\ on Microsoft Windows platforms, ~/SafeguardDesktopPlayer on Linux, and /Applications/Safeguard Desktop Player.app/Contents/Resources/ on MacOS.

1. List the channels in the audit trail, and find the one(s) you want to export. Note down the ID number of the channel(s) as it will be required later on (it is 3 in the following example).

   Windows: adp.exe --task channel-info --file <path/to/audit-trail.zat>

   Linux or MacOS: ./adp --task channel-info --file <path/to/audit-trail.zat>

   If the audit trail is encrypted, use the --key <keyfile.pem:passphrase> option. Repeat the option if the audit trail is encrypted with multiple keys. Include the colon (:) character even if the key is not password-protected. Example output:

   Channel information : ssh-session-exec-scp:3

2. Export the channel(s) from the audit trail. Use the ID number(s) of the channel(s) from the previous step.

   Windows: adp.exe -f <path/to/audit-trail.zat> -c <channel id> -t indexer --export-pcap output.pcap

   Linux or MacOS: adp -f <path/to/audit-trail.zat> -c <channel id> -t indexer --export-pcap output.pcap

   If the audit trail is encrypted, use the --key <keyfile.pem:passphrase> option. Repeat the option if the audit trail is encrypted with multiple keys. Include the colon (:) character even if the key is not password-protected.

3. Check the output directory for the exported files.

The following describes how to export the channels stored in the audit trail using the GUI.

To export the channels stored in the audit trail using the GUI

1. Open the audit trail in the Safeguard Desktop Player application.

   If the audit trail is encrypted, you need the appropriate decryption keys to open it. For details, see Replay encrypted audit trails.

2. Click EXPORT > Export pcap.

   A Select folder dialog box pops up.

3. Select the directory where you want to save the file(s). Click Choose.

   Once the export process has completed, a FILES dialog box pops up, indicating the number of files exported in brackets and listing the files that have been exported.

   Files have a number in their names, used for identifying the channels.

The following describes how to export screen content text from text-based protocols (that is, terminal-based protocols and HTTP) in TXT format. Screen content text is saved into files as UTF-8 encoded text with UNIX timestamps.

To export screen content text from text-based protocols (that is, terminal-based protocols and HTTP) in TXT format

1. Open the audit trail in the Safeguard Desktop Player application.

   If the audit trail is encrypted, you need the appropriate decryption keys to open it. For details, see Replay encrypted audit trails.

2. Click EXPORT > Export screen content text.

   A Select folder dialog box pops up.

3. Select the directory where you want to save the file(s). Click Choose.

   Once the export process has completed, a FILES dialog box pops up, indicating the number of files exported in brackets and listing the files that have been exported.

   Filenames follow a pattern. Take the following example:

   1415176790.648000-1415176793.926000.txt

   Where:

   • the numbers before the hyphen (-) indicate the beginning of the interval in the session where the screen content text occurred

   • the numbers after the hyphen (-) indicate the end of the interval in the session where the screen content text occurred

   • the numbers are provided in UNIX timestamp format