Viewing IP Packet Log Information

The IP packet filter logs stored in the sys:\etc\logs\ippktlog directory can be viewed with any text editor.The data in the log file can be imported by most third-party applications for analysis, because the log file conforms to the Microsoft standard format.

Each entry in the log file contains the following fields:

• Date
• Time
• Source IP Address
• Destination IP Address
• Protocol
• Source Port
• Destination Port
• TCP Flags
• Access: 1 indicates accept; 0 indicates deny
• IP Header
• IP Payload

NOTE:  A dash (-) appearing in any of the fields indicates that the information was unavailable or did not apply to the type of packet that was logged.