On Dec 10, 2007 8:51 AM, Aaron Gee-Clough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've seen this as well. In the PIX/ASA config you can assign names to > IPs like > > name 10.0.0.1 testbox > > That will then cause all syslog messages that might use 10.0.0.1 to > instead print testbox. For example: > > %PIX-5-106100: access-list inside permitted tcp inside/testbox(2186) > -> > outside/192.168.5.100(100) hit-cnt 1 (first hit) > > The problem is, the name in the PIX/ASA config doesn't have to be a > hostname...it's any text the admin chooses to assign to that IP. > > aaron >
The PIX/ASA can be configured to *not* use the name when logging with the command: no names It still keeps the names in the config and allows you to see them in the PDM/ASDM if that's what you use to configure the device. It simply tells the FW to use the IP when logging. JM
