Firewall questions

[w652tac]

In my Windows directory I have 2 firewall enteries....
pfirewall.log - 1,421,004 dated 12/1/05 and
pfirewall.log.old - 2,080,627 dated 7/1/05

My qustion is this.... Do I need to keep either one or both of these or
must I watch them grow and grow.?

Any help would be most welcome

David

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

In my Windows directory I have 2 firewall enteries....
pfirewall.log - 1,421,004 dated 12/1/05 and
pfirewall.log.old - 2,080,627 dated 7/1/05

My qustion is this.... Do I need to keep either one or both of these or
must I watch them grow and grow.?

The OLD file is the previous log file. As you can see, the log file
will not grow beyond 2MB in size.

 

[Blair]

The OLD file is the previous log file. As you can see, the log file
will not grow beyond 2MB in size.

When I did a search for pfirewall.log I found no entry. I have ticked the
Firewall facility. Does this mean it is not working?
Blair

 

[Thorsten Matzner]

When I did a search for pfirewall.log I found no entry. I have ticked the
Firewall facility. Does this mean it is not working?

You can test the firewall on the website of Gibson Research
(http://grc.com/default.htm). The PFIREWALL.LOG file is found in the
WINDOWS folder by default.