Reptor

What is it?

  Reptor is a utility program written in Perl, intended to aid the analysis of Raptor Firewall logfiles. It can generate traffic summaries and alert messages based on customizable conditions.

What does it do?

  The majority of information recorded in a Raptor Firewall logfile is statistical connection detail. At least one such entry is written to the logfile for each connection that is made through the firewall. These entries contain details such as source host, destination host, time of day, duration of connection, protocol utilized, and number of bytes transferred. Reptor uses this data to generate reports. By default, the Raptor Firewall software creates a new logfile each day, so the normal reporting unit for Reptor is "one day". Unless otherwise directed, Reptor will process the logfile for the previous day. For further details, refer to the About page.

  Note: Reptor has been tested with logfiles generated by Raptor Firewall versions 4, 5, 6, and 6.5.

How much does it cost?

  Reptor is free software, released under the GNU General Public License. If you'd like to show your appreciation, take a look at my CDNOW wish list.

How do I get it?

  Refer to the download page.

How do I install/configure/use it?

  Refer to the setup guide, the configuration documentation, and the helpful hints page. There is also a FAQ. Or is it an FAQ? Whatever.

What if I have a problem?

  Read the documentation. I've spent a lot of time writing documentation for Reptor, so please do me the courtesy of reading it before asking me for help. If you email a question to which the answer is clearly stated in the documentation, it will probably be ignored. The comments in the sample reptor.cfg file that comes with the distribution are very detailed and will answer most questions.

  Consider subscribing to the mailing lists. There are currently two: reptor-announce is a closed list for announcements of new versions and other significant news, and reptor-questions is an open list that provides for discussions concerning general usage.

  See the Reptor home page to subscribe to the mailing lists.

  You can also browse the reptor-questions list archive by date or by thread.