[logs] New easy to use library for syslog/tcp via RFC 3195

rgerhardsat_private

Hi list,

As promised, I have worked on an easy to use library for logging
purposes.

I am happy to announce that we have an intial version of that library
available. It is open source, comes with a BSD license and compiles both
under Win32 and Linux (verified with Red Hat 8.0).

So far, it implements RFC 3195 RAW only. The main difference to the
existing BEEP libraries supporting the same profile is ease of use. We
have a very simple API (just 6 methods) and require no specifc threading
model (at least not for the initiator).

See http://www.monitorware.com/liblogging/doc/srAPI_8c.html for a quick
overview.

Interoperability testing has been done with SDSC syslogd and went well.

The lib is far from being completed, but it may even be useful in its
current form, so I thought I release the news. We will continue to work
on this library and I hope to have major updates available the coming
weeks. It is our goal to provide a production-strength 1.0.0 version
within the next few weeks (anyhow, I don't like to specify a certain
date ;)).

The project home page is available at

http://www.monitorware.com/liblogging/

Special thanks go the Marshall T. Rose who insisted on the fact that
"BEEP can be done simple" (the "just say no" approach) and Devin Kowatch
who provided code for the Linux port as well as motivated me to do it
quickly.

I hope that the library will help to bring us closer to reliable
logging. The library will be integrated into all of our products - you
should expect beta versions of the whole product line soon.

Rainer Gerhards
_______________________________________________
LogAnalysis mailing list
LogAnalysisat_private
http://lists.shmoo.com/mailman/listinfo/loganalysis