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Syslog Ports Explained: UDP 514, TCP, and TLS 6514
A syslog port number only tells you where to send traffic if the receiver is listening there. You also need to match the transport: sending UDP to a TCP listener on the same numbered port will not work. The traditional syslog default is UDP 514 . Syslog over TLS uses TCP 6514 by default. Plain TCP…