How to Test the Syslog Server functionality from MetaDefender Core?

Windows

Execute this in PowerShell.

UDP Syslog

Powershell
    
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$syslogServer = "<syslog_server_ip>"$syslogPort = 514$message = "<34>Test Syslog message"​$udpClient = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.UdpClient$udpClient.Connect($syslogServer, $syslogPort)$encodedMessage = [System.Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($message)$udpClient.Send($encodedMessage, $encodedMessage.Length)$udpClient.Close()Write-Output "Syslog message sent."
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TCP Syslog

Powershell
    
 
$syslogServer = "<syslog_server_ip>"$syslogPort = 601$message = "<34>Test Syslog message`n"​$tcpClient = New-Object System.Net.Sockets.TcpClient($syslogServer, $syslogPort)$stream = $tcpClient.GetStream()$writer = New-Object System.IO.StreamWriter($stream)$writer.WriteLine($message)$writer.Flush()$writer.Close()$stream.Close()$tcpClient.Close()Write-Output "Syslog message sent."
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Linux

Using the Linux command below.

UDP Syslog

Bash
    
 
echo "<34>Test Syslog message" | nc -u -w1 <syslog_server_ip> 514
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TCP Syslog

Bash
    
 
echo "<34>Test Syslog message" | nc <syslog_server_ip> 601
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How to Test the Syslog Server functionality from MetaDefender Core?

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