SYSLOG-module
The SYSLOG service provides the option of collecting status messages from the network centrally. The fact that status messages are transferred in plain text makes SYSLOG clearly more flexible than solutions that use SNMP traps, since SNMP only offers a small number of standardized traps and an MIB always has to be provided for the translation of device-specific traps.
What's more, with its option of categorizing messages according to priority and facility, SYSLOG offers the option of sending or suppressing specific messages.
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