NETFILTER IPTABLES
Sawmill is a Netfilter IPtables log analyzer (it also supports the 1021 other log formats listed to the left).
It can process log files
in Netfilter IPtables format, and generate dynamic statistics from them,
analyzing and reporting events.
Sawmill can parse Netfilter IPtables 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 Netfilter IPtables 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 Netfilter IPtables, generates reports for each field, and allows dynamic filtering on any combination of these fields:
| Field | | Internal Name |
| source | | src |
| source port | | spt |
| destination | | dst |
| destination port | | dpt |
| in | | in |
| out | | out |
| mac | | mac |
| protocol | | proto |
| type of service | | tos |
| TCP flags | | tcp_flags |
| IP flags | | ip_flags |
| TTL | | ttl |
| prec | | prec |
| window | | window |
| rule | | rule |
| result | | result |
Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for Netfilter IPtables, aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:
| Numerical Field | | Internal Name |
| packets | | packets |
| length | | len |
See Sawmill Features to learn more about Sawmill's options for viewing, customizing, filtering, exporting and scheduling Netfilter IPtables reports.
Sawmill also supports 1021 other log formats.