Sounds like you just need to turn off "Resolve IP" in your checkpoing log viewer. Checkpoint only records ip's in it's log files.
Craig -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Owens, Blaine C - Eastman Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 7:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [FW-1] DNS Overhead I've noticed that there is a lot of DNS traffic from our Checkpoint firewall simply doing reverse lookups, I assume in order to log IP names in the logs. Logging IP addresses would be fine for us. Is there a way in Checkpoint to turn this off and eliminate this DNS overhead? Thanks. Blaine Owens Eastman Chemical Company Phone - (423)-229-3579 Cell Phone - (423)-292-5360 Fax - (423)-229-1188 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] ================================================= * EMAIL DISCLAIMER AND TERMS OF USE * The information transmitted is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. If you have received an email in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] and then delete all copies of it from your systems. Any use of, or any action relying upon, information in an email by persons other than the intended recipient is prohibited. Although Hilite International scans incoming and outgoing emails and email attachments for viruses we cannot guarantee a communication to be free of all viruses nor accept any responsibility for viruses. Although Hilite International monitors incoming and outgoing emails for inappropriate content, Hilite International cannot be held responsible for the views or expressions of the author. The views expressed may not necessarily be those of Hilite International and Hilite International cannot be held responsible for any loss or injury resulting from the contents of a message. ================================================= To set vacation, Out-Of-Office, or away messages, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the BODY of the email add: set fw-1-mailinglist nomail ================================================= To unsubscribe from this mailing list, please see the instructions at http://www.checkpoint.com/services/mailing.html ================================================= If you have any questions on how to change your subscription options, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] =================================================
