Re: Firewall froth..

[Brian McKee <map@map-heb.com>]

On 15-Apr-08, at 11:42 AM, Digby Tarvin wrote:
> The problem I am having is that the messages from the firewall really
> flood /var/log/messages to the point where I am concerned they may  
> cause
> me to miss other important things.
> ...
> Perhaps I should redirect the firewall logs to a separate file? Or
> just stick my head in the sand and log nothing - which is presumably
> the situation with my dsl router..

If it's dropped - then the firewall did it's job.
Why look at the results unless you have a problem?
Worry about what's getting through, not what isn't....

Brian

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