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Secure logging using SSL/TLS

Log messages may contain sensitive information that should not be accessed by third parties. Therefore, syslog-ng Premium Edition uses the Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol to encrypt the communication. TLS also allows the mutual authentication of the host and the server using X.509 certificates.

Reliable log transfer

The syslog-ng application enables you to send the log messages of your hosts to remote servers. The logs of different servers can be collected and stored centrally on dedicated log servers. Transferring log messages using the TCP protocol ensures that no messages are lost.

Disk-based message buffering

The Premium Edition of syslog-ng stores messages on the local hard disk if the central log server or the network connection becomes unavailable. The syslog-ng application automatically sends the stored messages to the server when the connection is reestablished, in the same order the messages were received. The disk buffer is persistent - no messages are lost even if syslog-ng is restarted.

Log collector agent for several platforms

SSB uses the syslog-ng Premium Edition application to collect logs from different operating systems and hardware platforms, including Linux, Unix, BSD, Sun Solaris, HP-UX, IBM AIX, IBM System i, as well as Microsoft Windows XP, Server 2003, Vista, and Server 2008.

Agent for Microsoft Windows platforms

The syslog-ng Agent for Windows is a log collector and forwarder application for Microsoft Windows platforms, including Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. It collects the log messages from eventlog groups and log files and forwards them to a syslog-ng server using regular or TLS-encrypted TCP connections. The syslog-ng Agent can be managed from a domain controller using group policies, or run as a standalone application.

Agent for IBM System i platforms

The syslog-ng agent for IBM System i is a system log collector and forwarder application for the IBM System i (formerly known as AS/400 and IBM iSeries) platform. It collects application and system messages, as well as messages from the System i security audit journal (QAUDJRN) and the operator message queue (QSYSOPR). The collected messages are forwarded to a syslog-ng server using regular or TLS-encrypted TCP connections. The syslog-ng server can run on a separate machine, or directly on IBM System i in the Portable Application Solutions Environment (PASE). The syslog-ng Agent for IBM System i is available as a standalone product and must be licensed independently from syslog-ng Store Box.

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