First you will have to log the data via syslog. I reccomend kiwi syslog
daemon for windows. The pro version is cheap and it can do compression,
rotation, and filtering. It can also do email based alerting.
Syslog-ng for*NIX is by far the most extensable and advanced daemon for
*NIX.
Now that you have the files, I would reccomend the following products:
http://www.sawmill.net/
Sawmill not only processes PIX easily, but it can also process anything
from sendmail, to IIS logs. Its a great tool. Well priced, and
processes hundreds and hundreds of different logfiles.
http://www.surfstats.com/sla_pro.asp
Decent product, haven't used it much
http://www.softland.com.ar/info/eiqnetworks/firewallan/submain.htm
Expensive last time I looked, never used it.
http://tud.at/programm/fwanalog/
Free logfile processor, the reports are pretty basic.
http://perlmonks.thepen.com/123707.html
Script to monitor a log and page/email.
http://www.itefix.no/phpws/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=21&MMN_position=21:21
Never used this one/
There are a couple other ones too, but these are some of the main ones.
good luck, email with any additional questions.
-jk
Carey Heck wrote:
Hi folks. I love the ability in the Checkpoint firewall logging
applet that allows me to load up any former saved log file, and filter
according to any criteria I set.
Lets use an example:
I want to show an auditor what exactly went through my firewall,
to/from a specific DMZ host, between the hours of 1 and 3pm GMT, on
July 8th, 2003.
In checkpoint, if I had correctly configured my ruleset, and archived
my log files properly, I could provide this answer within 30 minutes.
Fast forward to my current company, which went with a Cisco PIX
solution based on the up front cost. I can log all the connections to
my heart content, but boy mining the data to help show what happened
in my above example has been tiresome at best.
Can anyone here please suggest to me some type of logging and more
relevantly, a data mining product that can help me achieve this end?
Currently I am logging all my PIX traffic to a host running Kiwi
syslog daemon, which archives each days logs into a separate folder in
the dated logs directory, creating a new directory named for each date
in the year.
I am looking for a less clunky solution.
Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks!
