Event ID 5156
The Windows Filtering Platform has allowed a connection.The Windows Filtering Platform has allowed a connection. Application Information: Process ID: %1 Application Name: %2 Network Information: Direction: %3 Source Address: %4 Source Port: %5 Destination Address: %6 Destination Port: %7 Protocol: %8 Filter Information: Filter Run-Time ID: %9 Layer Name: %10 Layer Run-Time ID: %11
This event generates when Windows Filtering Platform has allowed a connection.
Note: This event has 13 insertion strings but only 11 are displayed on the general tab.
Auditing:
Rarely
It's only recommended to audit this event if every network connection of a process needs to be tracked.
Volume:
High
Very High
This event is logged for every network connection that is associated with a process, as such the volume of events is generally very high.
Microsoft Documentation
Name | Field | Insertion String | OS | Example | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Process ID | ProcessID | %1 | Any | 4556 | ||
Application Name | Application | %2 | Any | \device\harddiskvolume2\documents\listener.exe | ||
Direction | Direction | %3 | Any | %%14592 | ||
Source Address | SourceAddress | %4 | Any | 192.168.0.2 | ||
Source Port | SourcePort | %5 | Any | 3333 | ||
Destination Address | DestAddress | %6 | Any | 192.168.0.1 | ||
Destination Port | DestPort | %7 | Any | 49279 | ||
Protocol | Protocol | %8 | Any | View Codes | ||
Filter Run-Time ID | FilterRTID | %9 | Any | 70201 | ||
Layer Name | LayerName | %10 | Any | 14610 | ||
Layer Run-Time ID | LayerRTID | %11 | Any | 44 | ||
N/A | RemoteUserID | %12 | Any | S-1-0-0 | ||
N/A | RemoteMachineID | %13 | Any | S-1-0-0 |
Lookup Audit Policy Configuration Settings
C:\> AuditPol.exe /get /subcategory:"Filtering Platform Connection"
Operating Systems:
Windows Vista Windows 2008 Windows 2008 R2 Windows 7 Windows 2012 Windows 2012 R2 Windows 8 Windows 8.1 Windows 10 Windows 2016 Windows 2019 Windows 11 Windows 2022Tags:
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