On Fri, 2 May 2008, Martin Schütte wrote:
I am taking part in this year's Google Summer of Code for NetBSD and want to
implement the upcoming IETF Syslog standards for BSD's syslogd(8). The most
important improvements will be an extended message format, TLS network
transport, and digital signatures.
I hope these new functions will later be ported to benefit all BSD variants
(as their syslogds are similar). So everyone interested is invited to take a
look at the project pages now and then. Naturally any feedback is welcome.
The official project's homepage is at
http://netbsd-soc.sourceforge.net/projects/syslogd/ and for developing I
maintain a Trac at http://barney.cs.uni-potsdam.de/trac/syslogd/
Dear Martin,
This sounds like an exciting project -- while I recognize the concerns other
have expressed about complexity, I think that complexity can be managed if
done carefully. I'm not sure if you've looked at Apple's extended syslog,
which among other things, includes a binary log file format making it more
mechanically searched and managed, do take a look if you haven't.
thanks,
Robert N M Watson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
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