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

[TemjinLeow]

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.

[PhoneBoy]

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).

[simonemantovani]

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) 

[Chris_Atkinson]

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