Setting Security Logging
What is security logging?
Security logging is a list of events (computer activity and user
activity) that alerts you to potential security issues. Based on the
Level
selected, you can record all or some of these events. It also
lets you examine the effectiveness of your blocking and intrusion
detection. You can set the level of importance of the logged event
and receive alerts if particular IP addresses are trying to gain access
to your network.
To set security logging on, follow these steps:
1
Click
Advanced
Firewall Filter
on the
Router Setup
page.
Then, click the link to
Configure Security Logging
. The
Security Logging
Configuration
page opens:
2
Enable the
Logging Types
that you want and set the
Level
.
You can also print (
Output to
) the information to your
console or to a file (
Event Log
).
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