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QRadar: Windows forwarder causes excessive "TcpSyslog read failed, connection reset from 127.0.0.1" messages in logs

Troubleshooting


Problem

A windows forwarder causes excessive number of messages to be received with an error "read failed, connection reset" are coming in from TCP syslog log sources.

Symptom

Look in /var/log/qradar.log for messages similar to:
Aug 28 11:00:56 127.0.0.1 [TcpSyslog(0.0.0.0/514) Protocol Provider Thread
: class com.q1labs.semsources.
sources.tcpsyslog.TcpSyslogProvider0] com.q1labs.semsources.sources.tcpsyslog.TcpSyslogProvider: 
[INFO][NOT:0000006000][10.10.x.x/- -] [-/- -]TcpSyslog(0.0.0.0/514) read failed, 
connection reset from 10.10.x.x

Document Location

Worldwide

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Document Information

Modified date:
28 July 2020

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ibm16240910