[fpc-pascal] IPTables log parser?

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Reinier Olislagers wrote:
> Hi list,
> 
> I noticed ik has started a project to manipulate Linux iptables firewall
> rules... which got me thinking.
> 
> Is there any FreePascal/Delphi code lying around to parse IPtables log
> output (e.g. in the /var/log/messages syslog file), e.g. into CSV format?

Not when I last looked, but that wasn't recent. I presume you're aware 
of logging via ulogd, which at least helps split things out a bit.

One marginally-related thing is visualising iptables' connection 
tracking using Doomcube, that could be improved enormously using an 
Elite-style display.

[Grumble] Command-line handling of iptables can be irritating since 
setting up a rule doesn't give you a unique tag you can use to delete 
it. I've had a situation in the past where I no longer knew the 
addresses etc. when it came to tearing a rule down, which caused problems.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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