Firewall Rules Report

The Firewall Rules Report shows the top firewall rules triggered on this firewall, grouped by different categories.

The Show bar lets you choose the level of detail in the reports. By default, the top five values are shown. To show more than ten values, the report uses only tables. Click on the icon to export this report to PDF. Click on the icon to export this report to CSV format (comma separated values).

Below each graph click the Hide Table link to hide the table. Click the Show Table link to see the table again.

The Top Used Rules table shows the used Firewall rules and number of log counts that have triggered the firewall rules. The table shows the Rule Number or ID of the used rule, and the Count of log entries that have triggered the paritcular rule. Drill down from the rule to see the hosts, protocols, user, status, message, and count that triggered the firewall rule.

The Top Unused Rules table shows the Firewall rules that have not triggered. The table shows the Rule Number or ID of the unused rule. Drill down from the rule to see the description of the unused rule.

The Top Rules - Protocol Group Based graph shows the top protocol groups that have triggered firewall rules. The table below the graph shows the protocol group, the rule triggered, and the number of hits. Drill down from this graph to see the top hosts, the top protocols and the top conversations that triggered the firewall rule in that protocol group.

The Top Rules - Host Based graph shows the top hosts that have triggered firewall rules. The table below the graph shows the host, the rule triggered, the number of hits. Drill down from this graph to see the top destinations accessed, the top protocols and the top conversations for each host that triggered the firewall rule.

The Top Rules - Destination Based graph shows the top destinations for which firewall rules have been triggered. The table below the graph shows the destination host name or IP address, the rule triggered, and the number of hits. Drill down from this graph to see the top hosts, the top protocols and the top conversations that triggered the firewall rule.

The Top Rules table shows the overall top firewall rules that have been triggered across this firewall. The table below the graph shows the rule triggered, and the number of hits. Drill down from this graph to see the top hosts, the top protocols and the top conversations that triggered the firewall rule.