MICROSOFT DNS SERVER
Sawmill is a Microsoft DNS Server log analyzer (it also supports the 1021 other log formats listed to the left).
It can process log files
in Microsoft DNS Server format, and generate dynamic statistics from them,
analyzing and reporting events.
Sawmill can parse Microsoft DNS Server 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 Microsoft DNS Server 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 Microsoft DNS Server, 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 |
| remote IP | | remote_ip |
| domain description | | domain_description |
| location | | location |
| type | | type |
| protocol | | protocol |
| packet ID | | packet_id |
| direction | | direction |
| opcode | | opcode |
| hex flag | | flags_hex |
| flags | | flags |
| response code | | response_code |
| question name | | question_name |
Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for Microsoft DNS Server, aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:
| Numerical Field | | Internal Name |
| lookups | | lookups |
| unique remote IPs | | unique_remote_ips |
See Sawmill Features to learn more about Sawmill's options for viewing, customizing, filtering, exporting and scheduling Microsoft DNS Server reports.
Sawmill also supports 1021 other log formats.