CHAPTER 11 Setting Up Logging and

Notification

Logging and notification are crucial to an effective network security policy. Together, they make it possible to monitor your network security, identify both attacks and attackers, and take action to address security threats and challenges.

Logging occurs when the firewall records the occurrence of an event to a log file. Notification occurs when the firewall sends e-mail, pops up a window on the Event Processor, or dials a pager to notify an administrator that WatchGuard detected a triggering event.

WatchGuard logging and notification features are both flexible and powerful. You can configure your firewall to log and notify on a wide variety of events, including specific events at the level of individual services.

Ensure logging with failover logging

WatchGuard relies on failover logging to minimize the possibility of missing log events. With failover logging, you configure a list of Event Processors to accept logs in the event of a failure of the primary Event Processor. By default, the Firebox sends log messages to the primary Event Processor. If for any reason the Firebox cannot establish communication with the primary Event Processor, it automatically sends

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