Chapter 20 Logs
The first log item is recorded upon reception of a DNS request (the DNS forwarder has not found requested DNS record in its cache). The log provides:
•DNS name from which IP address is being resolved,
•description of the packet with the corresponding DNS query (protocol, source IP address, source port, destination IP address, destination port),
•name of the line to be dialed.
Another event is logged upon a successful connection (i.e. when the line is dialed, upon authentication on a remote server, etc.).
5.
[15/Mar/2004 15:53:42] | Packet | |
TCP 192.168.1.3:8580 | ||
initiated dialing of | line | "Connection" |
[15/Mar/2004 15:53:53] | Line | "Connection" successfully connected |
The first record is logged when WinRoute finds out that the route of the packet does not exist in the routing table. The log provides:
•description of the packet (protocol, source IP address, destination port, destina- tion IP address, destination port),
•name of the line to be dialed.
Another event is logged upon a successful connection (i.e. when the line is dialed, upon authentication on a remote server, etc.).
6.Connection error (e.g. error at the modem was detected,
[15/Mar/2004 15:59:08] DNS query for "www.microsoft.com" (packet UDP 192.168.1.2:4579
[15/Mar/2004 15:59:12] Line "Connection" disconnected
The first record represents a DNS record sent from the local network, from that the line is to be dialed (see above).
The second log item (immediately after the first one) informs that the line has been