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Sample Rule for sshd

<Traverse>
<message-handler>
 <ruleset type="file" name="*">
  <rule>
   <description>SSH: Break-In Attempt as ROOT</description> <pattern>:\d+\s+(\S+)\s+(\S+)\[\d+\]:\s+.*\s+root\s+from\s+(.*)\s+ssh2</pattern>
   <action>accept</action>
   <mapping>
    <field name="device_name" match="1"/>
    <field name="process_name" match="2"/>
    <field name="remote_host" match="3"/>
   </mapping>
   <severity>critical</severity>
   <show-message>true</show-message>
   <auto-clear>1800</auto-clear>
   <transform>${process_name}: break-in attempt as "root" from ${remote_host}</transform>
  </rule>
 </ruleset>
</message-handler>
</Traverse>