Watchguard Firebox X1000, User Manual

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Chapter 8: Configuring Filtered Services
128 WatchGuard Firebox System
Customizing logging and notification
The WatchGuard Firebox System allows you to create cus-
tom logging and notification properties for each filtered
service, proxied service, and blocking option. This level of
flexibility allows you to fine-tune your security policies,
logging only those events that require your attention and
limiting notification to truly high-priority events.
You use the Logging and Notification dialog box to config-
ure the services, blocking categories, and packet handling
options you want. Consequently, once you master the con-
trols for one type of service, the remainder are easy to con-
figure.
From the Properties dialog box:
1
Click the Incoming tab.
2
Click Logging .
The Logging and Notification dialog box appears, as shown in the
following figure.
3 Enable the options you want, as described below.
The Logging and Notification dialog box contains the fol-
lowing controls:
Category
The list of event types that can be logged by the
service or option. This list changes depending on