Syngress Security Log Management: Identifying Patterns in the Chaos 2006

In
these times of cheap storage and increased processing power and network
traffic, asking a question to �the log� becomes more and more similar
to executing a data-mining query. Most of the times �the log� does
contain the answers you are looking for, but they�re buried under
countless useless entries, and scattered across countless,
heterogeneous log files; as Jake Babbin, the lead author of this book,
elegantly puts it, the answers you are looking for are patterns in
chaos. And the news is that someone has to find those patterns. And it
might be you. The purpose of this book is to show you exactly how to do
that, tackling at the same time all the various problems pertinent to
log generation, storage, processing, and reporting.

Whether
or not you are the one charged with asking questions to �the log,�
after reading this book, you will agree that finding the patterns in
chaos is actually not as daunting as you would have believed, and that
creative solutions like the ones adopted by Jake will go a long way in
making your job�and your quest�easier.

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