pfSense packet filter

pfSense packet filter. filterlog emits a syslog envelope followed by packet-filter CSV.

pfsense csv network perimeter

Source and collection

Device logging subsystem / configured remote syslog or vendor export.

Record firmware version, enabled log categories, forwarding template, time zone and reliable transport settings.

Native example and provenance

upstream test fixture. Published example; no independent capture provenance claimed.

Original publisher / pinned upstream fixture — line 1

One complete record selected; values unchanged.

Pinned source commit: 9ae756f00f82786ac3496ce99c2dd288c5a5c031

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SHA-256: 5da4285e4bd41d947b96765f5e26e2308a594ed8ffc1b788cfd0fc4bc81f4b08

<134>Jul  3 19:10:30 filterlog[72237]: 146,,,1535324496,igb1.12,match,block,in,4,0x0,,63,12617,0,DF,6,tcp,60,10.170.12.50,175.16.199.1,49724,853,0,S,1891286705,,64240,,mss;sackOK;TS;nop;wscale

Structure and field interpretation

Observed structure in this specific sample
Field/pathSerialized type
raw recordcsv
Envelope
Priority, timestamp and hostname depend on the transport format.
Message payload
Use the exact vendor message type and version, not a generic whitespace split.

Investigation uses

Validation boundaries

Field positions after the common prefix depend on IP version and protocol.

This text sample passed byte-integrity and record-framing checks. Its field interpretation follows the cited format; a vendor-specific semantic parser has not been certified.

For a simulation, first parse this fixture offline, then create a separately labelled synthetic variant and test it against the intended collector in an isolated lab. Never replay public example identities or destinations into production.

Ecosystem connections

References

Sample provenance is linked above. Field availability and product behavior must be checked against the deployed version.