Why is there no Firewall logs in High sierra?
Looking at the Apple forum posts this problem existed in the previous O.S. and still has not been corrected. Perhaps Apple should hold off on new versions and fix some major problems before continuing to a new O.S.
MacBook Pro, macOS High Sierra (10.13.5)
macfrombrampton wrote:
that site you provided is on how to configure and use the firewall. i did not ask for that information.
You asked Why is there no Firewall logs in High sierra which cannot be answered because it is a false assertion. Firewall logging has been improved and needs to be enabled and configured for whatever specific purpose you require.
Logging in macOS Sierra and HS is explained in man log. For help regarding the application firewall specifically, use /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw -h
Firewall logging options are set with --setloggingopt
In addition to being much more efficient it provides far greater detail than was available in previous macOS versions.
macfrombrampton wrote:
that site you provided is on how to configure and use the firewall. i did not ask for that information.
You asked Why is there no Firewall logs in High sierra which cannot be answered because it is a false assertion. Firewall logging has been improved and needs to be enabled and configured for whatever specific purpose you require.
Logging in macOS Sierra and HS is explained in man log. For help regarding the application firewall specifically, use /usr/libexec/ApplicationFirewall/socketfilterfw -h
Firewall logging options are set with --setloggingopt
In addition to being much more efficient it provides far greater detail than was available in previous macOS versions.
Cannot be answered because it is a false assertion?
Here is some simple pictures to show you logs exist for all clients and that no user should go through a man pages which is a help information for something that already exists for L2TP VPN built in client. If it exists for one client it should exist for all VPN clients.
https://www.techonia.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/setup-l2tp-vpn-macos-sierra- 05.jpg
Notice how the use verbose logging exists for L2TP? Why should logs exist for L2TP and not for IKE client?
The purpose and use of the macOS application firewall is explained here: About the application firewall.
What do you expect it to accomplish for you? If you are having problems with it, please explain.
When I was using Yosemite I could see connections times disconnect times and few other items. I cannot find any logs on high sierra.
that site you provided is on how to configure and use the firewall. i did not ask for that information.
How do I view connection times, disconnect times, protocol used? This issue did not exist since Sierra I understand.
High sierra Firewall logs
