SonicWALL ViewPoint - Manual (Page 36)

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ViewPoint Software Components
The ViewPoint software program consists of several differ-
ent components. These components include: MySQL
Database, Tomcat Web server, a syslog server, and
SonicWALL ViewPoint software files.
MySQL Database
MySQL is a relational database management system. It is
open source software that uses SQL, or Structured Query
Language, the most common standardized language used
to access databases. To learn more about the MySQL data-
base system, visit http://www.mysql.com.
Tomcat Web Server
Tomcat is a Web server and Java servlet engine developed
by the Apache Software Foundation. More specifically, Tom-
cat is a Java server that invokes servlets when JSP pages are
requested. To learn more about Tomcat software or the
Apache Software Foundation, visit http://www.apache.org.
SonicWALL ViewPoint Software
SonicWALL ViewPoint software includes proprietary HTML,
Java and servlet files as well as a Syslog Daemon. The
SonicWALL Syslog Daemon receives syslog messages from
a SonicWALL Internet security appliance on UDP port 514
and then forwards the messages to the MySQL database.
ViewPoint software operates on Windows 2000 or Windows
NT 4.0 Service Pack 4 or greater.
Active ViewPoint Services
For maintenance or other reasons, it may be necessary to
start or stop ViewPoint services. ViewPoint-related services
in the "Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Services" direc-
tory include ViewPoint, Syslogd, and MySql.
Processes initiated by ViewPoint that appear in the Win-
dows Task Manager include mysqld-nt.exe, java.exe,
syslogd.exe, and srvany.exe.