the pix firewall sends messages in tcp and udp syslog messages to any existing syslog server and provides a syslog server for use on a windows nt system. the windows nt syslog server can provide time-stamped syslog messages, accept messages on alternate ports, and be configured to stop pix firewall traffic if messages cannot be received. you can also configure the windows nt syslog server to stop pix firewall connections if the windows nt log disk fills or if the server goes down.