GENERIC NETWORK SYSLOG
Sawmill is a Generic Network Syslog log analyzer (it also supports the 1021 other log formats listed to the left).
It can process log files
in Generic Network Syslog format, and generate dynamic statistics from them,
analyzing and reporting events.
Sawmill can parse Generic Network Syslog logs, import them into a MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle database (or its own built-in database),
aggregate them, and generate dynamically filtered reports, all through a web interface.
Sawmill can perform Generic Network Syslog log analysis on any platform, including Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Mac OS, Solaris, other UNIX, and others.
Sawmill stores the following non-numerical fields in its database for Generic Network Syslog, generates reports for each field, and allows dynamic filtering on any combination of these fields:
| Field | | Internal Name |
| date/time | | date_time |
| day of week | | day_of_week |
| hour of day | | hour_of_day |
| type | | type |
| server IP | | server_ip |
| service name | | service_name |
| rule | | rule |
| result | | result |
| protocol | | protocol |
| source IP | | source_ip |
| destination IP | | destination_ip |
| source port | | source_port |
| destination port | | destination_port |
| foundry name | | foundry_name |
| foundry IP | | foundry_ip |
| web server name | | web_server_name |
| user | | user |
| status | | status |
Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for Generic Network Syslog, aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:
| Numerical Field | | Internal Name |
| hits | | hits |
| visitors | | visitors |
See Sawmill Features to learn more about Sawmill's options for viewing, customizing, filtering, exporting and scheduling Generic Network Syslog reports.
Sawmill also supports 1021 other log formats.