[Security-discuss] Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-10 Thread James Dickens
On 6/9/06, Gavin Maltby wrote: > On 06/09/06 11:31, Darren Reed wrote: > > To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is > > more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like > > to propose a project to upgrade it. > > > > Tasks currently scoped out for this projec

[Security-discuss] Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-10 Thread Darren Reed
Nicolas Williams wrote: >On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 04:58:27PM -0400, James Carlson wrote: > > >>It depends on whether there is in fact a solid problem out there that >>this solves. I'm unconvinced on that. Giving message integrity to >>syslog seems a bit wobbly to me, but I guess I can see why s

[Security-discuss] Re: [networking-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-10 Thread Darren Reed
Nicolas Williams wrote: >On Fri, Jun 09, 2006 at 05:53:17PM -0400, James Carlson wrote: > >>>Oh! Well then... But those deal in structured data also... >>> >>It's a bit different in that you have to specify enterpriseId in order >>to get to a parsed message content, as opposed to just meta >>inf

[Security-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd

2006-06-10 Thread Darren Reed
Torrey McMahon wrote: > Darren Reed wrote: > >> To bring the syslogd shipped with Solaris up to a level that is >> more in line with what is found in other systems today, I'd like >> to propose a project to upgrade it. >> >> Tasks currently scoped out for this project include: >> - introduce some

[Security-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Proposal for new OpenSolaris project: modernise syslogd (aside)

2006-06-10 Thread Darren Reed
Henry B. Hotz wrote: > > On Jun 9, 2006, at 7:58 AM, Darren Reed wrote: > >> If there is any evolution of the log file format, it will >> be to use XML. XML and structured data have featured >> heavily in discussions about advancing syslog and the >> benefits are clear: data gets typed. If the p