Logging – D-Link DFL-700 User Manual

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Logging

Click on System in the menu bar, and then click Logging below it.

Logging, the ability to audit decisions made by the firewall, is a vital part in all network

security products. The D-Link DFL-700 provides several options for logging its activity. The D-
Link DFL-700 logs its activities by sending the log data to one or two log receivers in the
network.

All logging is done to Syslog recipients. The log format used for syslog logging is suitable

for automated processing and searching.

The D-Link DFL-700 specifies a number of events that can be logged. Some of those

events, for instance, startup and shutdown events, are mandatory, and will always generate
log entries. Others, for instance to log if when allowed connections are opened and closed, is

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