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Archive for the ‘Log File Analysis’ Category

What is Productivity?

Sunday, May 12th, 2013

A lot of the sample reports that come with WebSpy Vantage have a section of the report for Productivity, so what does this mean and how can you customize it?
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Video: Reporting on Keywords Typed Into Search Engines

Saturday, May 11th, 2013

In this video we will look at how to report on the search terms that users have typed into search engines.

You can also view this information in a text article here:
http://www.webspy.com/blogs/index.php/reporting-on-keywords-typed-into-search-engines/


Vantage Update 2.2.0.90

Wednesday, May 8th, 2013

Release Date: 3rd April 2013

Changes since 2.2.0.84:

Log Formats:
Apache: Alteration to Apache IBM format (duration field)
Astaro: Fixed Date/Time field (time missing)
ContentKeeper: Added support for new ContentKeeper syslog format
IronPort: Added Ironport W3C format
IronPort: Fixed Bounce Mail detection & importing
IronPort: Renamed Ironport ‘C350 mail’ to ‘C-series mail’
IronPort: Improved C-Series Mail to import more C370 & C650 logs
IronPort: Fixed some Ironport object out of bounds issues (WSA format)
IronPort: Altered Ironport WSA schema so that groups are now a string list
Juniper: Added Juniper SRX loader
Smoothwall: Improved Smoothwall Guardian 3 support
Sonicwall: Improved site information for Sonicwall loader
Symantec: Added Symantec Cloud loader

Reports:
Fixed Template string casting issue

Aliases/Organization:
Fixes/Improvements to LDAP
​Added: LDAP SSL
Altered: LDAP radio box removal (Microsoft by default or Novell via settings)
Altered: LDAP quick queries
LDAP type UI added in options dialog
Added new LDAP catches to allow for better error messages

Tasks:
Fix: Input reader now checks for null schemas (task file not opening task)
Fix: Resolve IP tasks; selection of schemas from a yet to be created storage

Web Module:
Fixed char / problem in web module permissions
Fix: WM Test Permissions UI
Fix: common dll for WM login

General:
Added trace logging on/off option in the application
Added trace log UI; 1) Open Tracelog location. 2) Email it to support
Added more trace logging
Added email SSL support
Added Tool tip for ftp input
Added skip line back in default xml database input
Fixed system configuration trace logging
Updated copyright to 2013


Reporting on Keywords Typed Into Search Engines

Saturday, April 27th, 2013

WebSpy Vantage is able to report on the search words that users typed into search engines. This article will show you how to create a report that shows this information or add it to an existing report template.
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Increase Report Speed : Reduce What You Import

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013

Vantage is designed to import everything from your log files, but if you are not interested in looking all of the fields available, then this could be slowing down your reports.
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How To: Reporting On File or Folder Accesses

Monday, April 22nd, 2013

This article is designed to provide information about reporting on file and/or folder access. Confidential files that require protection generally require a sophisticated end point security or file auditing solution, however Microsoft provides a Windows Security Event log that can be configured to report on this information.
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Vantage Update 2.2.0.83

Thursday, December 13th, 2012

We have released an automatic update for the Vantage range of applications. This update includes some new loader formats as well minor fixes and improvements.

Of note, this release includes support for the new format of IronPort, Palo Alto Threat and URL filtering, Clearswift Email Appliance, and Infoblox NIOS DNS queries; as well as improvements for SonicWALL, Barracuda and Fortinet loaders. (more…)