Logging and reporting

Configuring traffic logging

 

 

5Repeat this procedure for each VLAN subinterface for which you want to enable logging.

Enabling traffic logging for a firewall policy

If you enable traffic logging for a firewall policy, all connections accepted by firewall policy are recorded in the traffic log.

1Go to Firewall > Policy.

2Select a policy tab.

3Select Log Traffic.

4Select OK.

Configuring traffic filter settings

Use the following procedure to configure the information recorded in all traffic log messages.

1Go to Log&Report > Log Setting > Traffic Filter.

2Select the settings that you want to apply to all Traffic Log messages.

Resolve IP

Select Resolve IP if you want traffic log messages to list the IP address

 

and the domain name stored on the DNS server. If the primary and

 

secondary DNS server addresses provided to you by your ISP have not

 

already been added, go to System > Network > DNS and add the

 

addresses.

Type

Select Session or Packet. If you select Session, the FortiGate unit records

 

the number of packets sent and received for each session. If you select

 

Packet, the FortiGate unit records the average packet length for each

 

session (in bytes).

Display

Select Port Number if you want traffic log messages to list the port

 

number, for example, 80/tcp. Select Service Name if you want traffic log

 

messages to list the name of the service, for example, TCP.

3Select Apply.

Figure 44: Example traffic filter list

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