[logback-user] how to append logs to syslog without opening udp ports

Hello, I am trying to use logback logging functionality on our java code and am trying to use syslog appender. Basically I want all the logs to get logged into the syslog(in my own machine) without syslog opening the udp ports! Is there any way of doing it? In the documentation for syslog appender, it is mentioned to verify whether the remote syslog daemon accepts request from an external source! But I do not want the logging to take place in a remote syslog. I want it to be logged in my own machine's syslog daemon without explicitly having to open up the udp ports for that! Is there a way of doing it? Or should I use syslog4j for doing it? Please do suggest! Thanks & Best Regards Sumanth