Network Connection Information Object

The Network Connection Information object describes characteristics of an OSI Transport Layer communication, including TCP and UDP.
Name Caption Requirement Type Description
boundary Boundary Optional String The boundary of the connection, normalized to the caption of 'boundary_id'. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.

For cloud connections, this translates to the traffic-boundary(same VPC, through IGW, etc.). For traditional networks, this is described as Local, Internal, or External.

This is the string sibling of enum attribute boundary_id.
community_uid Community ID Optional String The Community ID of the network connection.


Source
community_id
direction Direction Optional String The direction of the initiated connection, traffic, or email, normalized to the caption of the direction_id value. In the case of 'Other', it is defined by the event source.
This is the string sibling of enum attribute direction_id.
direction_id Direction ID Required Integer The normalized identifier of the direction of the initiated connection, traffic, or email.
0Unknown
The connection direction is unknown.
1Inbound
Inbound network connection. The connection originated from the Internet or outside network, destined for services on the inside network.
2Outbound
Outbound network connection. The connection originated from inside the network, destined for services on the Internet or outside network.
3Lateral
Lateral network connection. The connection originated from inside the network, destined for services on the inside network.
4Local
Local network connection (localhost). The connection is intra-device, originating from and destined for services running on the same device.
99Other
The direction is not mapped. See the direction attribute, which contains a data source specific value.
This is an enum attribute; its string sibling is direction.
flag_history Connection Flag History Optional String The Connection Flag History summarizes events in a network connection. For example flags ShAD representing SYN, SYN/ACK, ACK and Data exchange.


protocol_ver IP Version Optional String The Internet Protocol version.
This is the string sibling of enum attribute protocol_ver_id.
session Session Optional Session The authenticated user or service session.
tcp_flags TCP Flags Optional Integer The network connection TCP header flags (i.e., control bits).