---
name: "Lire::Firewall::FortigateDlfConverter"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "lire"
version: "2.1.1-8"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/Lire::Firewall::FortigateDlfConverter"
---

# Lire::Firewall::FortigateDlfConverter(3pm)

convert FortiGate syslog logs to firewall DLF

## NAME

FortigateDlfConverter - convert FortiGate syslog logs to firewall DLF

## DESCRIPTION

**FortigateDlfConverter** converts FortiGate 3.x packet log into firewall DLF format.  FortiGate is a security solution by Fortinet, a provider of Unified Threat Management security systems, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California,

## LIMITATIONS

To be discovered

## EXAMPLES

FortigateDlfConvertor will be rarely used on its own, but is more likely called by lr\_log2report:

```
 $ lr_log2report Fortigate < /var/log/Fortigate.log > report
```

## SEE ALSO

FortiGate user manual. Syslog output from Fortigate

## AUTHORS

Jean Benoit Marzio \<jbmarzio@netstaff.fr\>

## VERSION

`$Id:` FortigateDlfConverter.pm,v 1.3 2009/01/13 11:26:35 wraay Exp $

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Stichting LogReport Foundation LogReport@LogReport.org

Copyright (C) 2008 Jean Benoit Marzio

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

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.