The categories is open-ended and the format of the list is defined allowing any administrator to add, delete or modify the list contents. Blocking of ActiveX, cookies This is integrated into the HTTP proxy server. The Installation and Administration Guide is available as a PDF document that can be browsed and searched using the Adobe Acrobat reader. Report programs Report programs are included that can produce 52 reports which summarize activity by application. Real Time monitoring Real time displays of the syslog, Security Alerts and HTTP activity can be displayed on the firewall console or on a remote host.
Systems monitoring The portusmonitor manages specialized daemons the monitor firewall activity.
The SYN flood monitor checks for SYN flood attacks. A kernel extension is available for AIX 4.2 that improves resistance to SYN Flood denial of service attacks. Procmon counts the number for each of the specified processes and issues a Security Alert if the number falls outside of the specified range. When a file systems utilization crosses a user defined threshold an appropriate message is delivered to a list of recipients. As the messages increase in severity the message router will send the message to additional persons.