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Security Mechanisms
7
7.1 Activity Monitoring
A major requirement for a high degree of security is the possibility of monitoring
all activities on and over the router. BinTec Communications AG provides a va-
riety of facilities for this purpose.
7.1.1 Syslog Messages
All major events on X3200 ’s various subsystems (
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ISDN ,
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PPP ,
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CAPI , etc.) are logged in the form of syslog messages (system logging
messages).
The number of details visible depends on the level set (eight steps from critical
and information to debug). The logged data are saved by X3200 in a list of ad-
justable length. All information can be and should be passed to one or more ex-
ternal computers for saving and further processing, e.g. to the system
administrator’s computer. The internally saved syslog messages are lost when
you restart X3200 .
Syslog Demon All Unix operating systems support the recording of syslog messages (for set-
ting up a Syslog Demon in Unix, see the Software Reference). For Windows
PCs, the Syslog Demon included in DIME Tools can record the data and dis-
tribute to various files depending on the contents (see BRICKware for Win-
dows).
Avoid forwarding syslog messages to log hosts reached over a dialup connec-
tion. This raises your telephone bill unnecessarily.
Make sure you only pass syslog messages to a safe computer. Check the data
regularly and ensure that there is always enough spare capacity available on
the hard disk of your PC.