Netgear STM300 ProSecure Web and Email Threat Management Appliance Reference Manual

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Monitoring System Access and 

Performance

This chapter describes the system monitoring features of the STM. You can be alerted to 
important events such as attacks and login failures. You can also view the system status and 
real-time traffic and security information. In addition, the diagnostics utilities are described.

All email notification functions that are part of the Logs, Reports, 

and Alerts menus, and some of the functions that are part of the 
Diagnostics configuration menu require that you configure the email 
notification server—see 

This chapter contains the following sections:

•     Configuring Logging, Alerts, and Event Notifications 

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•     Monitoring Real-Time Traffic, Security, Statistics, and Web Usage 

•     Viewing System Status 

•     Querying Logs 

•     Viewing, Scheduling, and Generating Reports 

•     Viewing and Managing the Quarantine Files 

•     Using Diagnostics Utilities 

Configuring Logging, Alerts, and Event Notifications

You can configure the STM to email logs and alerts to a specified email address. For 
example, the STM can email security-related events such as malware incidents, infected 
clients, and failed authentications. By default, the STM logs content filtering events such as 
attempts to access blocked sites and URLs, unwanted email content, spam attempts, and 
many other types of events.

For you to receive the logs in an email message, the STM’s notification server needs to be 
configured and email notification needs to be enabled. If the notification server is not 
configured or email notification is disabled, you can still query the logs and generate log 
reports to view on the Web Management Interface or to save in CSV format.