Advanced Reporting and Usage information.

Hi Rick,

You may wish to investigate the Altair Technologies FireGen for PIX Log Analyzer 2.0:

Its purpose is to replicate the steps that a "real world" firewall administrator would take in analyzing firewall logs.

It helps you consolidating the messages recorded by the firewall, filter these messages, quickly obtain information about protocols, IP addresses or hosts listed in the logs.

It also links to our central database with the latest information about various types of messages generated by the firewall.

FireGen for PIX supports logs from the Cisco PIX/FWSM/ASA* firewalls version 5.x, 6.3.x and 7.x.

As a beta implementation, FireGen supports logs from Cisco routers (using Kiwi or WinSyslog syslog server logs).

The FireGen for PIX configuration analysis engine supports config files from the Cisco PIX/FWSM* firewalls version 6.x.

"Wow! Finally a no-nonsense log analyzer for those interested in what's happening in their logs!" - Marius Mocanu, CISSP

"I was very happy to find FireGen. While my customers typically use the likes of CiscoWorks VMS, netForensics, etc., some of them could also get good use out of FireGen for quick looks into what's going on on an individual PIX. I love the way it's so light-weight, fast, and self-contained." - Anonymous,CCIE,CISSP

"FireGen has saved so much time and money. I can nail down issues in minutes rather then days. I read the logs from all 3 PIX firewalls everyday looking for anomalies. It's the best product we got, it never fails. We are parsing 600Meg - 1Gig log files every night with this and it rocks." - Ryan Jacobson, Senior Network Engineer

"I did not have much experience with firewall log interpreters, but FireGen worked very well for me. In a short time, I managed to isolate and repair firewall issues with the help of the reports generated by FireGen." - Victor Terblanche, CEO, Daily Tenders

"I think your product is outstanding. Every morning, I have two emails waiting for me. One for the Event Logs (MoniLog), and the other for the PIX logs (FireGen). I recommend you guys every chance I get. You make my life MUCH easier." - Eric B. Rux, Information Systems Manager, Microsoft MVP, Pearson Packaging Systems

Hope this helps.

Brad Reese BradReese.Com - Cisco Repair