topic What's the difference between ingesting TCP as TCP vs. Syslog TCP in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/What-s-the-difference-between-ingesting-TCP-as-TCP-vs-Syslog-TCP/m-p/760937#M120508 <P>We recently found out that we couldn't send TCP data as Syslog because it didn't have the proper header, but streaming it as TCP works perfectly fine. What are the best practices surrounding a native TCP port vs. Syslog?&nbsp;</P> Wed, 13 May 2026 18:48:31 GMT spl_aficionado 2026-05-13T18:48:31Z What's the difference between ingesting TCP as TCP vs. Syslog TCP https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/What-s-the-difference-between-ingesting-TCP-as-TCP-vs-Syslog-TCP/m-p/760937#M120508 <P>We recently found out that we couldn't send TCP data as Syslog because it didn't have the proper header, but streaming it as TCP works perfectly fine. What are the best practices surrounding a native TCP port vs. Syslog?&nbsp;</P> Wed, 13 May 2026 18:48:31 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/What-s-the-difference-between-ingesting-TCP-as-TCP-vs-Syslog-TCP/m-p/760937#M120508 spl_aficionado 2026-05-13T18:48:31Z