N2H2 SMARTFILTER (BESS EDITION)
Sawmill is a N2H2 SmartFilter (Bess Edition) log analyzer (it also supports the 1021 other log formats listed to the left).
It can process log files
in N2H2 SmartFilter (Bess Edition) format, and generate dynamic statistics from them,
analyzing and reporting events.
Sawmill can parse N2H2 SmartFilter (Bess Edition) 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 N2H2 SmartFilter (Bess Edition) 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 N2H2 SmartFilter (Bess Edition), 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 |
| URL | | url |
| file type | | file_type |
| worm | | worm |
| screen dimensions | | screen_dimensions |
| screen depth | | screen_depth |
| source IP | | source_ip |
| domain description | | domain_description |
| location | | location |
| authenticated user | | authenticated_user |
| server response | | server_response |
| result | | result |
| category | | category |
Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for N2H2 SmartFilter (Bess Edition), aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:
| Numerical Field | | Internal Name |
| accesses | | accesses |
| page views | | page_views |
| unique source IPs | | unique_source_ips |
See Sawmill Features to learn more about Sawmill's options for viewing, customizing, filtering, exporting and scheduling N2H2 SmartFilter (Bess Edition) reports.
Sawmill also supports 1021 other log formats.