Chapter 7

Monitoring System Activity

Viewing Server Activity & Statistics

 

3Use the play and pause buttons in the upper left corner to start and pause the message display.

During peak periods of activity, messages may scroll at a high rate. To pause the display to allow you to select a particular message to examine in detail, click the pause button. When the display is paused, the number of messages waiting to be shown appears in parentheses above the button. For example, if RiverMaster received five messages since you paused the display, (5) appears above the button.

Table 9 System Activity Display

Heading

Meaning

T

Message type; possible values are:

 

Authorization message resulting from a remote client’s

 

attempt to authenticate.

 

Accounting and billing message indicating a remote

 

client logging into or out of the VPN.

 

Problem notification message signaling a connection

 

problem at the Aurorean Network Gateway or the remote

 

client.

 

Activity trace message providing details on tunnel

 

protocol negotiation and showing remote client session

 

reports sent in by Aurorean Client software.

 

Message from the Tunnel or Aurorean Policy Server

 

indicating an alarm condition has occurred such as a

 

server reboot or El Gamal key pair reissuance.

 

 

Date

The time and date RiverMaster received the message (based on the

Received

RiverMaster PC’s clock).

 

 

Originator

The source of the message. Messages originating from the Tunnel or

 

Aurorean Policy Server display the originator as “N/A.” If the

 

message was generated by Aurorean Client software, the remote

 

client’s user name appears in this column.

 

 

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