<![CDATA[Remote syslog over WAN]]>I'm curious to hear opinions about using remote syslog services like papertrail or loggy (free plans) for a home network. My main concern is about sending the logs unencrypted since pfSense's syslog doesn't support encryption. What do you think?

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/topic/73245/remote-syslog-over-wanRSS for NodeMon, 13 Apr 2026 14:47:16 GMTThu, 04 Sep 2014 18:31:10 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Remote syslog over WAN on Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:40:44 GMT]]>Thanks for the suggestions. At the end, even if I liked the idea of the online syslog service, the lack of encryption dissuaded me. Maye in the future it would be nice to have rsyslog with TLS support in pfSense.

I opted for a bit of an unorthodox solution. I had my old Nexus S phone just sitting in a drawer so I tried installing the Server Unlimited Pro app on it, set up a syslog server and smb share, power it with a usb cable from the Alix box and it worked. Now I have a very small power efficient syslog server that I can access from my Windows clients :)

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/481998https://forum.netgate.com/post/481998Fri, 05 Sep 2014 14:40:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remote syslog over WAN on Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:45:33 GMT]]>Another possibility is to send it over an OpenVPN connection. You can select a source address in the syslog settings and have it just use the OpenVPN interface.

]]>https://forum.netgate.com/post/481819https://forum.netgate.com/post/481819Thu, 04 Sep 2014 19:45:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Remote syslog over WAN on Thu, 04 Sep 2014 18:47:46 GMT]]>The lack of encryption alone would give me pause.  Perhaps go get a Raspberry Pi and make a local Syslog server out of it, or an old PC?

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