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Archive for the ‘Log File Analysis’ Category

Vantage Video Series: #4 Profiles & Site Categorization

Monday, April 4th, 2011

This is the fourth of a series of videos showing you how to configure Vantage in detail.

This video follows on from #3, and will cover the Profiles section of the software, and how to use site categorization.


Vantage Video Series: #3 Importing, Summaries & Aliases

Monday, April 4th, 2011

This is the third of a series of videos showing you how to configure Vantage in detail.

In this video we’ll look at how to import some data into a storage, use the Summaries section, and start customizing Aliases.


Vantage Video Series: #2 Preflight & Installation

Monday, April 4th, 2011

This is the second of a series of videos showing you how to configure Vantage in detail.

This video will take you through the system requirements, and the installation of Vantage and the Web Module.


Vantage Video Series: #1 Overview

Monday, April 4th, 2011

This is the first of a series of videos showing you how to configure Vantage in detail.

This video is a high level overview, giving you a general insight into the software and its different parts.


Creating and Analyzing SonicWALL Log Files

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

I’ve put together a couple of quick videos to show you how to configure logging on your SonicWALL appliance, and how to import and analyze these log files in WebSpy Vantage.

You can also read through these steps on this page: Analyzing SonicWALL log files with WebSpy.

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Detecting a distributed reflected DNS attack

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The other night as I was getting ready to sleep, I received an email from the host of my personal Linux VPS saying that I had exceeded my monthly transfer quota. I didn’t pay much mind to the warning, as the excess transfer was insignificant, and at that time I was too tired to care. I closed my email, got into bed and fell asleep.

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Reporting on Astaro Security Gateway

Friday, December 10th, 2010

Astaro Security Gateway devices are capable of producing some very detailed log files including full URLs, usernames, categories, block action and reason which gives you some great reporting options in WebSpy Vantage.

Take a look at our dedicated Astaro pages to get an idea of what can be achieved when analyzing Astaro Web Gateway log files with WebSpy Vantage.

I’ve created some quick videos to show you how to enable the correct logging options on the Astaro Security Gateway appliance, how to import these log files into Vantage, and analyze the data on the Summaries screen. (more…)