Chapter 25 Logs Screens

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 134 LOGS > Log Settings

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

E-mail Log Settings

 

 

 

Mail Server

Enter the server name or the IP address of the mail server for the e-mail

 

addresses specified below. If this field is left blank, logs and alert messages

 

will not be sent via e-mail.

 

 

Mail Subject

Type a title that you want to be in the subject line of the log e-mail message

 

that the ZyWALL sends.

 

 

Mail Sender

Enter the e-mail address that you want to be in the from/sender line of the log

 

e-mail message that the ZyWALL sends. If you activate SMTP authentication,

 

the e-mail address must be able to be authenticated by the mail server as well.

 

 

Send Log To

Logs are sent to the e-mail address specified in this field. If this field is left

 

blank, logs will not be sent via e-mail.

 

 

Send Alerts To

Alerts are sent to the e-mail address specified in this field. If this field is left

 

blank, alerts will not be sent via e-mail.

 

 

Log Schedule

This drop-down menu is used to configure the frequency of log messages

 

being sent as E-mail:

 

Daily

 

Weekly

 

Hourly

 

When Log is Full

 

None.

 

If you select Weekly or Daily, specify a time of day when the E-mail should be

 

sent. If you select Weekly, then also specify which day of the week the E-mail

 

should be sent. If you select When Log is Full, an alert is sent when the log

 

fills up. If you select None, no log messages are sent.

Day for Sending Log

Use the drop down list box to select which day of the week to send the logs.

 

 

Time for Sending Log

Enter the time of the day in 24-hour format (for example 23:00 equals 11:00

 

pm) to send the logs.

 

 

SMTP Authentication

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the message-exchange standard for

 

the Internet. SMTP enables you to move messages from one e-mail server to

 

another.

 

Select the check box to activate SMTP authentication. If mail server

 

authentication is needed but this feature is disabled, you will not receive the e-

 

mail logs.

 

 

User Name

Enter the user name (up to 31 characters) (usually the user name of a mail

 

account).

 

 

Password

Enter the password associated with the user name above.

 

 

Syslog Logging

Syslog allows you to send system logs to a server.

 

Syslog logging sends a log to an external syslog server.

 

 

Active

Click Active to enable syslog logging.

 

 

Syslog Server

Enter the server name or IP address of the syslog server that will log the

 

selected categories of logs.

 

 

Log Facility

Select a location from the drop down list box. The log facility allows you to log

 

the messages to different files in the syslog server. Refer to the documentation

 

of your syslog program for more details.

 

 

Active Log and Alert

 

 

 

Log

Select the categories of logs that you want to record. Logs include alerts.

 

 

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