Syslog Watcher Personal Edition Review

Syslog Watcher Personal Edition is a free software application that allows you to monitor and review syslog messages from Windows, Linux, and Unix devices. It also includes trend graphics and email alerts for important events, like hardware failures or unauthorized login attempts.

The tool’s dashboard is customizable, which makes it easy to find logs that are useful for your company. It gives you the option to archive logs, which is a good space-saving feature. You can also use the tool to filter and sort Syslog data.

It is compatible with both ipv4 and ipv6 networks, supports UDP and TCP syslog protocols, and offers a host of functions including statistical reports, popup notifications, hex-view, custom filtering and storing time, exporting to CSV or XML files, and e-mail alerts. It also supports SNMP Traps, which are device-originated alert messages.

Besides being able to collect Syslog data, the utility also has a logging engine that allows you to specify a severity level and automatically record all messages with that level or higher. This way, you can get a complete picture of what is happening on your network at any given time.

You can also set up rules to trigger emails based on specific logs. This will alert you to critical conditions before they become problems for your organization.

EventLog Analyzer is another useful tool, which collects and analyzes syslog messages in real time from a variety of sources. It’s free for up to five log sources, and you can use it to find any suspicious logs quickly. It also lets you build custom rules to trigger alerts when a certain condition occurs, or when a log looks like a security threat.