PIX Firewall Syslog Server
PIX Firewall Syslog Server (PFSS) lets you view PIX Firewall event information from a
Windows NT system. It includes special features not found on other syslog servers:
■ The ability to receive syslog messages by TCP or UDP
■ Full reliability, because messages can be sent using TCP
PFSS can receive syslog messages from up to ten PIX units. You can install this product for
use with any model of Cisco PIX Firewall. If you have specified that the PIX send syslog
messages using TCP, the Windows NT disk might become full and the PIX unit stops its
traffic. If the Windows NT file system is full, the Windows system beeps, and the PFSS
disables all TCP connections from the PIX unit(s) by closing its TCP listen socket. The PIX
tries to reconnect to the PFSS five times, and during the retry it stops all new connections
through the PIX.
NOTE PFSS does not support the ASA Security Appliance.