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Glossary: Security Operations and Incident Response

Syslog

Also written: RFC 5424, RFC 5425, UDP 514, TCP 6514

The standard message format for sending log events over the network to a collector. It traditionally uses UDP port 514, which is cleartext; TLS on TCP port 6514 protects the messages.

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Related terms

Priority (syslog)Facility (syslog)Device logsUDP (User Datagram Protocol)