Now you're ready for the next step: configuring the firewall rule-set, or policy file. A rule-set specifies what services to let through your firewall, and which ones to keep out. A rule defines the ...

Two research studies have shown there is a direct correlation between firewall rule set complexity and the likelihood of configuration errors. One study shows most firewalls are badly configured and ...

In this episode of eSpeaks, Jennifer Margles, Director of Product Management at BMC Software, discusses the transition from traditional job scheduling to the era of the autonomous enterprise. eSpeaks’ ...

As the complexity of the IT topography continues to increase along with the number of firewalls deployed, the typical enterprise firewall rule set stands as a confusing rat's nest of contradictions ...

For many people network security starts and stops with firewalls. The foundational technology of perimeter based security, firewalls have grown more complex and sophisticated over the years. Today ...

RANCID can monitor a firewall/router/switch and email you any changes to the config... I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for or not, but it monitors my PIX and all my switches.

In my googling I have not found anything that really helps me with this. I know that, in theory, show log firewall name <ruleset_name> should show me log messages for a firewall rule set. When this ...