| Measurement |
Description |
Measurement
Unit |
Interpretation |
| Pkt_processing_rate
|
This measure
indicates the rate at which the packets are being handled by the
firewall. |
Pkts/Sec
|
A high value
indicates an increasing load on the firewall. |
| Pct_accepted_pkts
|
Indicates the
percentage of packets that have been permitted to pass through by the
firewall. |
Percent
|
A value much
lower than 100% may indicate a problem with the firewall policy
configured or that the eBusiness site may be under attack. |
| Pct_rejected_pkts
|
Indicates the
percentage of packets that have been rejected by the firewall. |
Percent
|
A high value is
indicates that one or more rules of the firewall policy are causing
rejection of packets. A review of the firewall logs will provide more
details regarding the details of the rejections. |
| Pct_dropped_pkts
|
Indicates the
percentage of packets that have been dropped by the firewall. Note
that when a firewall rejects a packet, it generates an explicit
rejection message to the sender, whereas when the firewall drops a
packet, no explicit message is sent back. |
Percent
|
A high value
denotes that unauthorized accesses may be attempted and hence the
corresponding packets are being dropped by the firewall. |