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      oisec
      last edited by oisec

      Hi all, does anyone know how to make sure that aliases are used in the firewall logfiles instead of IP addresses ?

      • What I did: create an alias for some hosts that I see in my firewall logs regularly.
      • What I expected: logfile that only shows the alias name instead of the IP address. Not just for specific firewall rules, but also for default deny rules on an interface.

      Would be especially convenient for IPv6 hosts because of the address length/complexity. Not sure if this is how pfSense is supposed to work though, I'm quite new to the software.

      And to state the obvious: it doesn't work as I expected :-)

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        stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
        last edited by

        No, aliases do not work in reverse like that.

        You can use the 'i' icon next to IP addresses in the firewall log to do a reverse look-up. I don't know of any way to do that by default but it would probably intriduce unacceptable delays anyway.

        Steve

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