Configuring NetScreen Firewall

Firewall Analyzer supports most versions of NetScreen Firewall Appliance (OS 3.x, 4.x, 5.x,...). You can either enable WELF or Syslog format.

Enable Syslog Messages and Disable WebTrends Messages using the NetScreen Administration Tools Console

1. Log in to the NetScreen GUI.
2. Click Configuration> Report Settings> Syslog in the left pane of the NetScreen GUI.
3. Select the Enable Syslog Messages check box.
4. Select the Trust Interface as Source IP for VPN and Include Traffic Log check box.
5. Type the IP address of the Firewall Analyzer server and syslog port (514) in the Syslog Host Name / Port text box.
6. All other fields will have default values.
7. Click Apply to save the changes.
8. Click Configuration> Report Settings> WebTrends in the left pane of the NetScreen GUI
9. Clear the Enable WebTrends Messages check box.
10. Click Apply to save the changes.
    
    

In certain versions of NetScreen firewall there is an option to record the completion of a transaction. Please select this option (if available) in the NetScreen firewall to enable Firewall Analyzer to measure the sent and received bytes from the firewall traffic logs.

If you would like to send NetScreen logs in WELF to Firewall Analyzer, the you need to Disable Syslog Messages and Enable WebTrends Messages in the above steps. For more information, refer the NetScreen documentation.