[CS-FSLUG] Firewall fights

[Ritchie, Josiah S.]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christiansource-bounces at ofb.biz [mailto:Christiansource-
> bounces at ofb.biz] On Behalf Of Ed Hurst
> 
> Ritchie, Josiah S. wrote:
> 
> > A little grep work against the log should strip it out of view so
you
> > don't see it and still provide you with everything else. This would
also
> > allow you to add other things that you decide you can ignore over
time
> > to reduce the time it takes to review. You know how to use grep?
> 
> LOL
> 
> Silly boy! I want to stop adding so much junk to the log, because it
> takes up too much space. I've been grepping firewall logs for the last
> two years; that's how I know to get a good sample against IPs for
> complaints.

Sorry, misunderstood your intentions. I was surprised you hadn't thought
of it yourself, which is why I though maybe you hadn't run into this
powerful tool. :-) I stand corrected though. I'm spoiled too, hard
drives on the systems I run firewalls are usually overkill so log space
is not a concern.

JSR/