Re: real time firewall log

[Leonard Isham <leonard isham gmail com>]

On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 14:17:30 +0100 (CET), hicham <hichamlinux yahoo fr> wrote:
>  --- Leonard Isham <leonard isham gmail com> a écrit :
> 
> 
> 
> > On Sun, 31 Oct 2004 13:22:10 +0100 (CET), hicham
> > <hichamlinux yahoo fr> wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > does anyone know of a good program for displaying
> > > firewall log in real time ?
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > just do a tail -f of the log
> >
> > man tail for more info.
> >
> 
> thanks for the tip :)
> but aren't somethin that may give more meaningfull
> information and resolve ip adress
> 

The IP are not resolved for a reason.  Most are not relevant, and even
if they are they are usually spoofed IPs, dial-up IPs or from a
university.  If you ever experienced a DOS or DDOS attack attempting
to resolve names during the attack could contribute to the DOS.
-- 
Leonard Isham, CISSP 
Ostendo non ostento.