Session logs in eSafe are essential for debugging . By default ,nevertheless each Session log file is limited to 100 megabytes in size , after reaching this limit eSafe stops writing the Session logs until the next log rotation – that is midnight.
To fix this , edit the file /opt/eSafe/esafecfg.ini:
[ALERT GENERAL]
Size limit=2
Last overflow=0
Minimum free [...]
Dec
14
2009
14
2009
Increase log size in eSafe
Sep
18
2009
18
2009
SSH login alert by mail Linux or Unix based systems
As you may have noticed many security-related software/appliances are based on Linux or Unix operating
systems in their variety. And as the logical consequence of that remote managing of such devices is done with OpenSSH
package . What is lacking in these applications built on Linux/Unix platforms is alerting in real–time on successful
SSH login to the system [...]
Sep
8
2009
8
2009
eSafe has iptables too ….
Did you know that eSafe software is based on RedHat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) ? Of course you did.
But what does it mean? It means that all (or almost all) tools/utilities/programming logic of the Linux is at your fingertips.
Let’s take for example software eSafe runs on the boot
[root@esafe root]# chkconfig –list
rdisc 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off [...]
Jun
12
2009
12
2009
Website/malware categorization in eSafe
If some website gets blocked by eSafe for being categorized wrongly you
may fix it actually very simple. You enter the link below and change the website category; this takes some time , usually from few hours up to a day,for the change to take effect. If website has no category already then [...]
Mar
7
2009
7
2009
eSafe Certified Professional
Recently I’ve taken the 2-day course and then successfully passed eSCP certification and here are some impressions about that. First, for serial certification obtainers,for the main question – what is the gain here? – I will frankly say – I don’t know. This cert isn’t found under ‘most wanted/hot/industry leading’ headings anywhere, so whether it’s [...]
Jan
28
2009
28
2009
eSafe download – demo, docs
Today newcomer to our department asked me how he should start learning eSafe – should he install Mail or Gateway on VMware ? Erm … May be docs and manuals (as I did) ? No ,old-fashioned, in our age of
CBTs/virtualization/Camtasia-everywhere buzzwords it needs to be with GUI and interactive, so …
The best way to start [...]
Sep
6
2008
6
2008
Esafe defaults and some debug commands
As any other box esafe comes with some default configs , to much of my surprise it takes too long to find them in the Esafe docs, so here they are:
eConsole TCP port: 43970
eConsole UDP port: 43982
Webmin TCP port: 37233 - https to eSafe, when installed on linux [last eSAfe to support
Windows was eSafe 6 FR2] [...]