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ProSecure Web/Email Security Threat Management (STM) Appliance Reference Manual

Monitoring System Access and Performance 6-27

v1.0, September 2009

4. Click one of the following action buttons:

• Search. Query the log according to the search criteria that you specified and view the log

through the Web Management Interface, that is, on screen.

• Download. Query the log according to the search criteria that you specified and download

the log to a computer.

Example: Using Logs to Identify Infected Clients

You can use the STM logs to help identify potentially infected clients on the network. For

example, clients that are generating abnormally high volumes of HTTP traffic might be infected

with spyware or a virus.

Search Criteria

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URL The URL that is queried.

This field is available only for the Content filters log.

Category The Web or application category that is queried.

This field is available for the following logs:

Content filters and Application.

Size The file’s minimum and maximum size (in bytes) that are queried.

This field is available only for the Traffic log.

Type Select one or more checkboxes to specify the system event types

that are queried: error (all system errors), info (all informational

messages), conf. (all configuration changes), and update (all

system software updates).

This field is available only for the System log.

Event The description of the event incident that is queried.

This field is available only for the System log.

Section The application group (Instant Messaging. Media Applications,

Peer to Peer, or Tools) that is queried.

This field is available only for the Application log.

Display The maximum number of pages that are displayed. The default setting is 15 entries.