Setting up Log Viewer Options

In the Outpost Viewer, you can customize the display of several common log parameters:

  1. From Outpost Firewall's menu, select Tools.

  2. Select Log Viewer. For details see also Viewing logs.

  3. Select View in the Outpost Viewer's menu.

  4. Select Customize.

  5. You will see the Customize dialog.

In the Customize dialog, the following selections are available:

 

Parameter

Choices Available

Description

Display host as

Domain name

Select to display hosts in terms of Domain Name. For example: www.agnitum.com

IP number

Select to display hosts as numerical IP addresses. Example: 64.176.127.178

Show port as

Number

Select to display ports as numbers. Example: 80

Name

Select to display ports as the names of data types. Example: HTTP

Application name

Show icon

Select this checkbox to display the icon assigned to an application.

Show path

Select this checkbox to display the path of an application.

Display traffic as

Auto

Select to let the program automatically choose its way of displaying traffic (bytes, kilobytes or megabytes) depending on how large the number is.

Bytes

Select to show traffic in bytes.

Kbytes

Select to show traffic in kilobytes.

Mbytes

Select to show traffic in megabytes.

Table grid

Show grid lines

Check the box to show the table grid or uncheck it to hide the grid.

Note

You can also press F2 to access the Customize dialog window.

Related Topics

Hiding or displaying columns

Reordering columns

Specifying a sort order