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 of the more modern aspects of syslog.conf such as >> the use of '*' and '!' >> - filling out the list of facilities defined where there is common >> usage of undefined ones in the opensource community >> - implement the IETF TLS transport mapping for syslog >> - supporting explicit IPv6 destinations >> - adding support for specifying extra log devices >> > > I'll ask this for the unquestioning masses: How does this project > compare with something like syslog-ng? Or taking syslog-ng and adding > support for the above?
I am are not attempting to replace the syslog.conf file with another new format (while retaining the old for backward compatibility), rather to enhance what we have to bring it up to speed with what is found elsewhere. The owner of syslog-ng is actively involved in the syslog IETF WG, so I can see no reason why we would want to do the above. Darren
