SOURCEFIRE SNORT (SYSLOG REQUIRED)
Sawmill is a Sourcefire Snort (syslog required) log analyzer (it also supports the 1021 other log formats listed to the left).
It can process log files
in Sourcefire Snort (syslog required) format, and generate dynamic statistics from them,
analyzing and reporting events.
Sawmill can parse Sourcefire Snort (syslog required) 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 Sourcefire Snort (syslog required) 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 Sourcefire Snort (syslog required), generates reports for each field, and allows dynamic filtering on any combination of these fields:
| Field | | Internal Name |
| source IP | | source_ip |
| destination IP | | destination_ip |
| source port | | source_port |
| destination port | | destination_port |
| classification | | classification |
| snort priority | | snort_priority |
| protocol | | protocol |
| rule | | rule |
| message | | message |
Sawmill stores the following numerical fields in its database for Sourcefire Snort (syslog required), aggregating them and including them as columns in most reports:
| Numerical Field | | Internal Name |
| events | | events |
See Sawmill Features to learn more about Sawmill's options for viewing, customizing, filtering, exporting and scheduling Sourcefire Snort (syslog required) reports.
Sawmill also supports 1021 other log formats.