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    Recommend a good free syslog server with a gui?

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      newbieuser1234
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      Have you had good luck with security onion? do you like the snort interface on that better than the one integrated into pfsense?  Would I set the security onion box as a proxy to the pfsense wan?

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      • jimpJ
        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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        I haven't used it much myself, but cmb does and loves it. We use it internally here but I haven't had my hands on it that much, I just know it comes highly recommended for pretty much anything along those lines.

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          craigduff
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          Solar winds!

          Kind Regards,
          Craig

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          • stephenw10S
            stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
            last edited by

            For an extremely simple syslog server or for temporary use, to solve a specific problem for example, I have used this:
            http://tftpd32.jounin.net/tftpd32.html
            Of course it only runs under Windows and doesn't have any features at all but sometimes it's all you need.  ;)

            Steve

            Edit: Now I remember where I first discovered tftpd32 had a syslog server:  ::)
            http://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Copying_Logs_to_a_Remote_Host_with_Syslog#Windows

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              craigduff
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              Good shout Steve!

              Kind Regards,
              Craig

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                @craigduff:

                Solar winds!

                It is nice, but it's also not free (see the title of the thread :-)

                Looks like they bought the old Kiwi syslog server and now want $300 for it.

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                  craigduff
                  last edited by

                  No way! Sorry i thought it was free! Sorry guys! But i can tell you its good! Even Steve uses it

                  Kind Regards,
                  Craig

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                  • stephenw10S
                    stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                    last edited by

                    I may have once tested the Solar Winds server, the name sounds familiar, but I don't use it now.
                    Tftp32 is free, and open source.

                    Steve

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                      biggsy
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                      It is nice, but it's also not free (see the title of the thread :-)

                      I've used Kiwi syslog server for about 10 years.

                      If you don't buy, after 14 days the full-featured trial version continues to run but drops back to to the limited feature set of the free version but even that is still pretty good.  Depends what you need.

                      Down side is that you have to give Solar Winds an email so they can spam you  :(

                      EDIT: Just re-read the original post and thought the feature comparison (image below) from the readme file might help.

                      ![2013-05-31 17-45-54.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/2013-05-31 17-45-54.png)
                      ![2013-05-31 17-45-54.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/2013-05-31 17-45-54.png_thumb)

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                        Nachtfalke
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                        This looks free. I am using it not that much but it was the "best" I could find for windows and for free:
                        http://www.whatsupgold.com/free-software/network-tools/syslog-server.aspx

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                          newbieuser1234
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                          i setup security onion.  i was a bit confused on the setup. how can it block port scans, etc via snort if it's on the local network and not in bridge mode between the isp and the router.  jimp, do you guys just use the elsa piece of it or do you use snort with it.  I thought pfsense was far easier to configure.

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                          • jimpJ
                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                            @newbieuser1234:

                            i setup security onion.  i was a bit confused on the setup. how can it block port scans, etc via snort if it's on the local network and not in bridge mode between the isp and the router.  jimp, do you guys just use the elsa piece of it or do you use snort with it.  I thought pfsense was far easier to configure.

                            I don't think we use it for snort, but for other things. I'm not 100% clear on how snort works with it in that kind of setup.

                            The ELSA part is of more interest than snort on there for me.

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