Logging Security Events on Your System

The Log File tab (click to view image) provides a central location to manage the logs for the Personal Firewall. You can determine the standard log size for each log, as well as specify how many days of entries are recorded in each log. For more information on logs and how they work, see "Monitoring Your System: Logs." You can also toggle whether or not logs are kept for each type of log.

To Set Log Size

  1. Click the appropriate Maximum Log File Size field and enter a size, in kilobytes, of the maximum size for the log file.

  2. Click OK.

To Set Log Days

  1. Click the appropriate Save Log File for the Past field for the log you want to configure.

  2. Enter a number of days.

  3. Click OK.

To Clear the Log

To clear a log from the Log File tab:

To Enable the Security Log

  1. Click Enable Security Log to enable this choice.

  2. Select a maximum file size (512 Kb is the default setting).

  3. Enter a number of days for which the Personal Firewall should save the log file entries.

  4. Click OK.

To Enable the System Log

  1. Click Enable System Log to enable this choice.

  2. Select a maximum file size (512 Kb is the default setting).

  3. Enter a number of days for which the Personal Firewall should save the log file entries.

  4. Click OK.

To Enable the Traffic Log

  1. Click Enable Traffic Log to enable this choice.

  2. Select a maximum file size (512 Kb is the default setting).

  3. Enter a number of days for which the Personal Firewall should save the log file entries.

  4. Click OK.

To Enable the Packet Log

  1. Click Enable Full Packet Logging to enable this choice.

  2. Select a maximum file size (1024 Kb is the default setting).

  3. Enter a number of days for which the Personal Firewall should save the log file entries.

  4. Click OK.