On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 4:49 PM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckin...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hi, > > Does anyone have decent experience with sysloggers other than syslog-ng, > and > be willing to share experiences? > > I'm especially interested in some of the advanced features of syslog-ng > Premium from Balabit.com (based on and extending their open source > version): > > SSL-encrypted traffic over the network > Disk-based buffering on the client > Windows agents > Timezone aware (which syslog doesn't do and syslog-ng only partially) > Encrypted disk files > Filter, parse and rewrite incoming logs (vital if you need the auth log > over > here and the password field stored over there, without jumping through > hoops > first) > High scalability - 2000 Cisco devices and 200+ servers to start, > distributed > country wide > > -- > alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com > > syslog-ng is the de facto standard. Metalog is fine for desktops, but I use syslog-ng on all my servers. Nearly all programs that can process log files are compatible with it. -- - Mark Shields
