| Syslog |
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Description | Glossary | RFCs | Publications | Obsolete RFCs |
| Protocol suite: | TCP/IP. |
| Protocol type: | Application layer protocol. |
| Ports: | 514 (UDP) server.
601 (TCP) syslog-conn. 6514 (TCP) over TLS. |
| SNMP MIBs: | iso.org.dod.internet.mgmt.mib-2.syslogTCMIB (1.3.6.1.2.1.173). |
| Working groups: |
sip, Session Initiation Protocol. syslog, Security Issues in Network Event Logging. |
| Links: |
The total length of the packet MUST be 1024 bytes or less. There is no minimum length of the syslog message although sending a syslog packet with no contents is worthless and SHOULD NOT be transmitted.
| MAC header | IP | IPv6 header | UDP header | Syslog message | Data ::: |
Packet format:
ASCII text.
RFCs:
[RFC 3195] Reliable Delivery for syslog.
[RFC 5424] The Syslog Protocol.
[RFC 5425] Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog.
[RFC 5426] Transmission of Syslog Messages over UDP.
[RFC 5427] Textual Conventions for Syslog Management.
[RFC 6587] Transmission of Syslog Messages over TCP.
[RFC 3164] The BSD syslog Protocol.
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