depends on the volume, its only writing to a text file. It does use syslog, here's an example, hope it helps..
-A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT -A INPUT -m state --state NEW -m tcp -p tcp --dport 443 -j LOG --log-level 7 --log-prefix "**---- SSL Connection: " in the /etc/syslog.conf file: #Log iptables stuff to iptables log kern.7 /var/log/iptables On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Marco Shaw <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm looking at turning on iptables logging to capture most of the > traffic hitting my RHEL4 and 5 servers. > > -Is anyone aware of the potential performance impacts of logging all > traffic? (I know it depends on what level of traffic is involved, but > I thought I'd ask.) > -Does it involve syslog? > -Is there any known issues with running log rotation on the logs? > (Does iptables properly handle things when the current log file is > removed to be rotated and compressed?) > > Marco > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
