I would suggest leaving them in your directory. In a past I had the problems when some of them were deleted (especially, it's important for the UNIX-based OS).
Best regards, Roman M. Zeltser, Sr. LAN/WAN Engineer @National Computer Center DPCP/DPCMB/DOCPM, RSIS 410-966-6192 Information Security Index -----Original Message----- From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edouard Zorrilla Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 5:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [FW-1] Logs Thanks a lot to all. Regards ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cassell, Damon Z." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 9:02 AM Subject: Re: [FW-1] Logs > Checkpoint #skI4457 describes (briefly) what these logs are. They are > pointers to logs, chains and accounting records. I would not delete > them. They are generally pretty small compared to actual log files, so > why bother? You can always compress them (gzip) and move them somewhere > else until you need them, which is what I do. > > Damon > MITRE > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mailing list for discussion of Firewall-1 > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sergio > Alvarez > Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 8:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FW-1] Logs > > I still don't have clear what exactly resides on each one of the files > generated in the log folder (maybe someone else can help us with > details), > but you for sure need them all if you plan to keep old logs for future > audit > of forensic procedures. So be careful not to delete any files you might > consider "useless". > > I had a case in which a customer made backups of the old log files and > at > some point he needed to check logs from a couple of months ago and just > moving back the .log files to the SmartCenter was not enough to be able > to > open them, he had to move all corresponding files in a set before he > was > able to do so. > > Regards > > > On 12/31/06, Edouard Zorrilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Hello People, >> >> Does any one know why do I need the logs names *.logptr, > *.loginitial_prt >> and so on If I just need the extencion¨*.log ? Can I erase them with > out any >> problems ahead ? >> >> Regards >> >> PS: Best wishes for the 2007 !!! >> >> ================================================= >> 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] >> ================================================= >> > > > > -- > Sergio Alvarez > (506)8301342 > > ================================================= > 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] > ================================================= > > ================================================= > 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] > ================================================= > > ================================================= 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] ================================================= ================================================= 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] =================================================
