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there many more services that require a notification policy,
the high number of routes through the Firebox increases
the likelihood that the log host will issue frequent notifica-
tions. If you set up a very accommodating firewall, be pre-
pared to spend a large amount of time interacting with
your security system or fixing security breaches.
To formulate a notification policy, look at the number and
nature of the services enabled for the Firebox, and how
open or limited each service is. In general, for the high-traf-
fic proxies such as SMTP and FTP, you might activate a
repeat notification if the service rejects five to ten packets
within 30 seconds. If you have set up a specialized service
limited to traffic between two or three hosts using a high
port number, you might want to activate notification on
this service whenever it denies
or
passes a packet.
Failover Logging
WatchGuard uses failover logging to minimize the possi-
bility of missing log events. With failover logging, you con-
figure a list of log hosts to accept logs in the event of a
failure of the primary log host. By default, the Firebox
sends log messages to the primary log host. If for any rea-
son the Firebox cannot establish communication with the
primary log host, it automatically sends log messages to
the second log host. It continues through the list until it
finds a log host capable of recording events.
Multiple log hosts operate in failover mode, not redun-
dancy mode–that is, events are not logged to multiple log
hosts simultaneously; they are logged only to the primary
log host unless that host becomes unavailable. The logs are
then passed on to the next available log host according to
the order of priority.
Except where Syslog is used, the WatchGuard Security
Event Processor software must be installed on each log
Summary of Contents for Firebox X10E
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Page 44: ...Chapter 2 Service and Support 22 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 61: ...Cabling the Firebox User Guide 39 ...
Page 68: ...Chapter 3 Getting Started 46 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 78: ...Chapter 4 Firebox Basics 56 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 156: ...Chapter 8 Configuring Filtered Services 134 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 182: ...Chapter 9 Configuring Proxied Services 160 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 220: ...Chapter 11 Intrusion Detection and Prevention 198 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 242: ...Chapter 12 Setting Up Logging and Notification 220 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
Page 256: ...Chapter 13 Reviewing and Working with Log Files 234 WatchGuard Firebox System ...
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