MS_ISA2DLF.IN(1)

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🎀 NAME 🎀

okay so welcome to the ms_isa2dlf manual page from LogReport's Lire Documentation, bestie. This one is lowkey niche but highkey useful: ms_isa2dlf — convert Microsoft ISA server logs to DLF. That's it. That's the whole NAME section, and it ate. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ms_isa2dlf [file]

It takes an optional file, and yes, that's the entire synopsis. Short and iconic. 🦋

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

ms_isa2dlf converts Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server log files in the W3C Extended Log Format to the proxy DLF. No cap. 🫶

The ISA log files are documented in the section on "Firewall and Web Proxy log fields" in the document "Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server Enterprise Edition" at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc723430.aspx. That's the receipt, bestie. 🧾

🛠️ DEBUGGING 🛠️

Like any Lire 2dlf program, this one needs adjusted LR_DBDIR, LR_DBFILE, LR_ID, and PATH variables. These are set in .../etc/lire/defaults and .../etc/lire/profile_lean. Get those vibes in order first. 💅

After manually source-ing these files, you can run this program as a standalone application by invoking it as e.g.:

zcat ms_isa.log.gz | LR_ID=`date +%Y%m%d.%H%M%S` ./ms_isa2dlf > /tmp/dlf

(And yes, the original page has a tiny lone . after this — preserving it for the detail girlies: . 😌)

🎀 EXAMPLES 🎀

To process a log as produced by the Microsoft ISA Server:

$ ms_isa2dlf < ms_isa.log

ms_isa2dlf will be rarely used on its own, but is more likely called by lr_log2report:

$ lr_log2report ms_isa < /var/log/ms_isa.log

Like, it can stand alone, but it's usually the supporting character in a bigger lr_log2report moment. Main character energy either way. 👑

💖 THANKS 💖

Big thanks to Chainsaw on OPN irc, for supplying log files. Absolute legend behavior. 🫶

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

iykyk. 💜

⭐ VERSION ⭐

$Id: ms_isa2dlf.in,v 1.16 2008/11/19 12:16:05 vanbaal Exp $

Version check: slay. This is the exact ID string, no cap. 🔥

Copyright (C) 2001 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

This program is part of Lire. 💖

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This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program (see COPYING); if not, check with http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html.

Legal bestie moment, but make it cute. 🎀

💜 AUTHOR 💜

Joost van Baal <joostvb@logreport.org>, heavily inspired by Francis J. Lacoste's w3c_extended2dlf(1). Respect the lineage, bestie. 🌈

💖 cute sign-off: this page is from Lire 2.1.1, dated 2025-09-28. mwah, bye bestie! 💖

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