Working with Syslog

When events occur on a network, networking devices, such as routers, switches, and firewalls, generate log messages with details about the event for the purpose of notifying the administrator. These log messages can contain details about critical and non-critical events. Network professionals use a wide range of tools and options for managing these log messages, such as storing, displaying, interpreting, and normalizing. This helps network professionals focus on the most important log messages to determine event timelines.

Syslog is both a protocol and a standard for accessing, creating, and managing log messages on a computer or network device. Syslog defines how log messages are generated, formatted, shown on a console, and sent over a network.

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Syslog uses UDP port 514 to send event messages across a network to a centralized syslog server for management.

Implementing proper log management on a network has several benefits, such as helping network...