Re: [loganalysis] Central Syslog Server, Actual Best Choice ?

From: arkat_private
Date: Thu Aug 16 2001 - 14:13:53 PDT

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    nuqneH,
    
    Do you use it on heavy load?
    
    I've noticed it leaks memory sometimes. Does not really matter if you
    restart it daily, but i'd like to fix it. Still working on that..
    
    YOU (Matt Bing) WROTE:
    >  
    >  Eric Vanborren said:
    >  > Which one "Central Syslog Server" (OpenSource on Solaris) should I
    >  > install ?
    >  >   - msyslog
    >  >   - syslog-ng
    >  >   - anything else ?
    >  >      - Does anything exist such as "log Viewer" of checkPoint FW1 ?
    >  
    >  You also might want to look at Darren Reed's nsyslog:
    >  
    >  http://cheops.anu.edu.au/~avalon/nsyslog.html
    >  
    >  Beyond vanilla syslogd, it includes support for:
    >  
    >  - transport over TCP (and SSL)
    >  - regex filtering
    
    >  - log hash chaining (a big win for the paranoid)
    >  - maintains priority when writing logs
    >  
    >  I've had nothing but positive experiences using it in production.
    
    
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