[lug] IPTables and logging...

[jdavis]

On Mon, 2002-12-23 at 13:51, Mr Viggy wrote:
> Hey all,
> 
> Got my router all set up, and I'm wondering what's the best way to log 
> and read the 'iptables' logs?  Right now, it's using the standard kernel 
> logging mechanism, and the log file is rather yucky to read.
> 
> What's everyone's preference?  The machine still has about 1.5GB of free 
> harddrive space, and it's only job in life is to be a router.  So, 
> setting up an "internal" web server is possible...
> 
> Viggy

hello,

im sure there are alot of scripts to parse /var/log/messages  for
the purpose of  seeing  what iptables is logging. If you like I can
send you a script i wrote to make html out of the iptable logs


jd
jd at taproot.bz