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.\" -*- nroff -*-
.TH CHECK-IPTABLES-LOGS 8 "21 February 2015" "Debian Linux"
.SH NAME
check-iptables-logs \- check iptables logs for intrusion attempts
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B check-iptables-logs
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.B check-iptables-logs
is a plugin run by the
.B checksecurity
.B checksecurity
command. It scans system logs and makes a summary of intrusion attempts
that have been logged through the use of 
.B iptables

The information extracted is printed on the standard output.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /etc/checksecurity.conf
The configuration file for the 
.B checksecurity
program. This file defines whether this plugin will be run or not
and how often will be executed.

.TP
.I /var/log/messages
The log file used (by default) to extract information from iptables logs.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
See also
.BR checksecurity (8),
.BR iptables (8)