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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 28, 2020 13:29<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng is ignoring a network source</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="">how do I check that by using netcat?</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b>Von:</b> syslog-ng <syslog-ng-bounces@lists.balabit.hu>
<b>Im Auftrag von </b>Laszlo Szemere (lszemere)<br>
<b>Gesendet:</b> Freitag, 28. August 2020 12:21<br>
<b>An:</b> Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list <syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu><br>
<b>Betreff:</b> Re: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng is ignoring a network source</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> So as a first step I would recommend to clarify that the logs from the second host indeed reaches Syslog-ng. (For UDP logs netcat usually is enough.)</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Arial",sans-serif; color:black"> [2020-08-28T10:09:43.289660] Incoming log entry; line='hello world'</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 28, 2020 11:53<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu">syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu</a> <<a href="mailto:syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu">syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu</a>><br>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal">Hello!</p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">I try to send syslogs from two firewalls to my syslog-ng host. The first one worked immediately, but logs of the second firewall seems to be ignored. Both syslogs come in via UDP on port 514 and I can see them in Wireshark
on my syslog-ng host, but they disappear for my second firewall in a black hole. Both have Logstash as their destination configured. Any ideas? Thanks in advance!</span></p>
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<p class="x_xmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">Cheers, Ben</span></p>
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