Athena NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall)

Athena NGFW (previously known as Network Secure) provides comprehensive protection for every network perimeter, ensuring the safety of your valuable assets, data, and users from emerging threats.
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Session Logs

{{ $t('productDocDetail.updateTime') }}: 2026-01-06

Session logs are used to check which application control policy the traffic matches to facilitate troubleshooting. See the figure below.

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Session Logs Retrieval Case

In an enterprise's network, it is required to specify a policy, with certain access ports determined. Therefore, after enabling Log events in the firewall Application Control Policy, search logs in the Session Logs.

Step 1.Click Filter to perform Src/Dst IP filtering according to needs, as shown in the figure below.

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Step 2.According to the results, determine whether the port and service are normal, as shown in the figure below.

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How to enable Application Control Policy:

1. Navigate to Monitor > Settings > Logging Options > Logging and Archiving, Enable the Application Control Logs, and check Local. You can choose other storage methods if there are external devices.

2. Navigate to Policies > Access Control > Application Control > Policies, select the corresponding application control policies and enable the Log events function.