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Source: Linux Server Security Secrets and Administration - Posted by Bill Keys
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Part of the security and sysadmins tasks is the log analysis and decision taking. There is plenty of information in http://www.linux.org/apps/all/Administration/Log_Analyzers.html.
The tools I recommend is called "Lire", this tool permits the creation of several reporting formats, including html, pdf, xml, between others. It also permits to analyze many log file formats, which include MySQL, Iptables, BIND, Apache, Qmail, Postfix, Syslog and more. Lire is GPL'ed Free Software (and Open Source), built around the idea of extendibility.
This article looks at a tool called Lire" for analyzing your logs. I feel looking at your system's logs is an important security practice that users should do. By looking at your log you can find holes in your system which you should plug. Do you think analyzing your log files is a good security practice?
Read this full article at Linux Server Security Secrets and Administration
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