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32 .Nd packet filter logging daemon
46 is a background daemon which reads packets logged by
52 and writes the packets to a logfile (normally
57 These logs can be reviewed later using the
61 hopefully offline in case there are bugs in the packet parsing code of
65 closes and then re-opens the log file when it receives
69 to rotate logfiles automatically.
73 to flush the current logfile buffers to the disk, thus making the most
74 recent logs available.
75 The buffers are also flushed every
79 If the log file contains data after a restart or a
81 new logs are appended to the existing file.
82 If the existing log file was created with a different snaplen,
84 temporarily uses the old snaplen to keep the log file consistent.
87 tries to preserve the integrity of the log file against I/O errors.
88 Furthermore, integrity of an existing log file is verified before
90 If there is an invalid log file or an I/O error, the log file is moved
91 out of the way and a new one is created.
92 If a new file cannot be created, logging is suspended until a
98 The options are as follows:
103 does not disassociate from the controlling terminal.
105 Time in seconds to delay between automatic flushes of the file.
106 This may be specified with a value between 5 and 3600 seconds.
107 If not specified, the default is 60 seconds.
112 .It Fl i Ar interface
121 Writes a file containing the process ID of the program.
122 The file name has the form
123 .Pa /var/run/pidname.pid .
124 If the option is not given,
129 Analyze at most the first
131 bytes of data from each packet rather than the default of 116.
132 The default of 116 is adequate for IP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP headers but may
133 truncate protocol information for other protocols.
134 Other file parsers may desire a higher snaplen.
136 Check the integrity of an existing log file, and return.
138 Selects which packets will be dumped, using the regular language of
142 .Bl -tag -width /var/run/pflogd.pid -compact
143 .It Pa /var/run/pflogd.pid
144 Process ID of the currently running
146 .It Pa /var/log/pflog
150 Log specific tcp packets to a different log file with a large snaplen
151 (useful with a log-all rule to dump complete sessions):
152 .Bd -literal -offset indent
153 # pflogd -s 1600 -f suspicious.log port 80 and host evilhost
158 interface, excluding specific packets:
159 .Bd -literal -offset indent
160 # pflogd -i pflog3 -f network3.log "not (tcp and port 23)"
164 .Bd -literal -offset indent
165 # tcpdump -n -e -ttt -r /var/log/pflog
168 Display the logs in real time (this does not interfere with the
171 .Bd -literal -offset indent
172 # tcpdump -n -e -ttt -i pflog0
175 Tcpdump has been extended to be able to filter on the pfloghdr
177 .In net/pf/if_pflog.h .
178 Tcpdump can restrict the output
179 to packets logged on a specified interface, a rule number, a reason,
180 a direction, an IP family or an action.
182 .Bl -tag -width "ruleset authpf " -compact
184 Address family equals IPv4.
186 Address family equals IPv6.
188 Interface name equals "kue0".
190 Interface name equals "kue0".
192 Ruleset name equals "authpf".
194 Rule number equals 10.
197 Also accepts "bad-offset", "fragment", "bad-timestamp", "short",
198 "normalize", "memory", "congestion", "ip-option", "proto-cksum",
199 "state-mismatch", "state-insert", "state-limit", "src-limit",
203 Also accepts "block".
205 The direction was inbound.
207 The direction was outbound.
210 Display the logs in real time of inbound packets that were blocked on
212 .Bd -literal -offset indent
213 # tcpdump -n -e -ttt -i pflog0 inbound and action block and on wi0
230 .An Can Erkin Acar Aq Mt canacar@openbsd.org .