Xp firewall log

Hi,

How can i view the log file of the ICS firewall built in
XP professional or home edition. I have XP professional
and the firewall is turned on and i don't know how to
view it's log file.

Any reply will be appreciated
Thanks
Amanda

anonymous
Tue Dec 16 21:34:38 CST 2003

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To view the security log file
Open <<<Network Connections>>>
Click the connection for which Internet Connection
Firewall is enabled, and then, under Network Tasks, click
Change settings of this connection.
On the Advanced tab, click Settings
On the Security Logging tab, under Log file options,
under Name, click Browse.
Scroll to pfirewall.log, right-click pfirewall.log, and
then click Open.
Double-click the log file to open it, and view the
contents.
Notes

To open Network Connections, click Start, click Control
Panel, and then double-click Network Connections.
The default name for the firewall log is pfirewall.log
and the location is in the Windows folder.
If the maximum allowable size for pfirewall.log is
exceeded, the information that the log file contains is
written to a new file and saved as pfirewall.log.1. The
new information is saved in pfirewall.log.
Internet Connection Sharing, Internet Connection
Firewall, Discovery and Control, and Network Bridge are
not available on Windows XP 64-Bit Edition.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi,
>
>How can i view the log file of the ICS firewall built in
>XP professional or home edition. I have XP professional
>and the firewall is turned on and i don't know how to
>view it's log file.
>
>Any reply will be appreciated
>Thanks
>Amanda
>.
>

Bill
Tue Dec 16 22:33:40 CST 2003

Here's a shortcut I keep on my desktop, but use rather infrequently--too
much reading of firewall logs can be deleterious to your health!

%windir%\System32\notepad.exe %windir%\pfirewall.log

Here's a similar shortcut for the IPV6 firewall log, for those reading who
may make use of IPV6:

%windir%\System32\notepad.exe %windir%\pfirewall-v6.log


"amanda" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:057401c3c445$5eafc170$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> Hi,
>
> How can i view the log file of the ICS firewall built in
> XP professional or home edition. I have XP professional
> and the firewall is turned on and i don't know how to
> view it's log file.
>
> Any reply will be appreciated
> Thanks
> Amanda