icmplog(8)

icmplog8

Icmp packet logger.

Usage

icmplog [-f, --file filename] [-n, --no-resolve] [-v, --version]

Overview

icmplog , a ICMP packet logger, is a part of the jail (just another ip logger) package.

icmplog is a small (daemon) process which logs all ICMP packets to the local host. The syslog level at which a given packet is logged is configurable depending on the ICMP type of the message. Packets from specific hosts can be ignored, and a default log level can be specified.

icmplog can be useful in detecting attempted denials of service, and monitoring network traffic, especially when used in conjunction with tcplog(8).

The configuration is explained in the icmplog.conf(5) manual page.

Options

-f, --file [ filename ]

Use filename as the configuration file instead of the default (/etc/icmplog.conf).

-n, --no-resolve

Do not resolve IP addresses to hostnames.

-v, --version

Display icmplog(8) version.

Distribution

jail is distributed under the Artistic License.

Releases

6 releases since Debian 2.0 (Hamm); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 2.0
  2. 2.1–2.2
  3. 3.0
  4. 3.1–4.0

--no-resolve since Debian 2.1 (Slink); --version since Debian 2.1 (Slink); -n since Debian 2.1 (Slink); -v since Debian 2.1 (Slink).

Author

Abhijit Menon-Sen <[email protected]>

$Id: icmplog.8,v 1.7 2001/02/19 10:06:17 ams Exp $

From jail 1:1.6-6 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.