Destination Port
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Kiwi Syslog Daemon can listen for UDP messages and TCP messages. Normally Syslog messages are sent using UDP. Some networking devices such as the Cisco PIX firewall can send messages using TCP to ensure each packet is received by the Syslog Daemon.

When sending messages using UDP the destination port is usually 514
When sending messages using TCP the destination port is usually 1468