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REFERENCE MANUAL
‘Event-Type’
A textual description of the event:
Blocked: The packet was blocked. The message is colored red.
Accepted: The packet was accepted. The message is colored green.
‘Details’
More details about the packet or the event, such as protocol, IP addresses, ports, etc.
To view or change the security log settings:
1.
Click the ‘Settings’ button that appears at the top of the ‘Firewall Log’ screen. The ‘Security Log Settings’ screen will
appear (see Figure 5.93).
Figure 5.93 Security Log Settings
2.
Select the types of activities for which you would like to have a log message generated:
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‘Accepted Events’
‘Accepted Incoming Connections’ Write a log message for each successful attempt to establish an inbound connection
to the home network.
‘Accepted Outgoing Connections’ Write a log message for each successful attempt to establish an outgoing connection
to the public network.
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‘Blocked Events’
‘All Blocked Connection Attempts’ Write a log message for each blocked attempt to establish an inbound connection to
the home network or vice versa. You can enable logging of blocked packets of specific types by disabling this option,
and enabling some of the more specific options below it.
‘Specific Events’ Specify the blocked events that should be monitored. Use this to monitor specific event such as
SynFlood. A log message will be generated if either the corresponding check-box is checked, or the “All Blocked
Connection Attempts” check-box is checked.
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‘Other Events’
‘Remote Administration Attempts’ Write a log message for each remote-administration connection attempt, whether
successful or not.
‘Connection States’ Provide extra information about every change in a connection opened by the firewall. Use this
option to track connection handling by the firewall and Application Level Gateways (ALGs).
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‘Log Buffer’
‘Prevent Log Overrun’ Select this check box in order to stop logging firewall activities when the memory allocated for
the log fills up.
3.
Click ‘OK’ to save the settings.