topic Re: No direct log forwarding to third party syslog server for Checkpoint Firewall v81.20 in Firewall and Security Management

No direct log forwarding to third party syslog server for Checkpoint Firewall v81.20

TemjinLeow — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:33:42 GMT

Hi Guys,

Can anyone confirm if, starting from version R81.20, direct log forwarding to external SIEMs, third-party syslog servers, or other log collectors is no longer supported?

My customer mentioned that Check Point TAC informed them of this.

This came as a surprise to me.

Can anyone verify whether this is accurate?

Thank you.

Re: No direct log forwarding to third party syslog server for Checkpoint Firewall v81.20

PhoneBoy — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:03:29 GMT

It does seem to be supported by the following SK, which does not list R81.20 and above as supported versions: https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk87560
Having said that, I believe the functionality is still there (wasn't removed).

Re: No direct log forwarding to third party syslog server for Checkpoint Firewall v81.20

simonemantovani — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:37:17 GMT

Hello

the feature is still working, some of my customer with R81.20 are using it to forward traffic logs to a syslog collector (we use it, in some cases, as an alternative solution to the Log Exporter from Management)

Re: No direct log forwarding to third party syslog server for Checkpoint Firewall v81.20

Chris_Atkinson — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:50:08 GMT

Context is perhaps key were they asking for Firewall logs only or also other TP blades and was it understood that way?