
This is syslog-ng. Welcome.
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What is syslog-ng?
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Syslog-ng tries to fill the gaps original syslogd's were lacking:
	* powerful configurability
	* filtering based on message content
	* message integrity, message encryption
	* portability
	* better network forwarding

Please note that this bransh of syslog-ng is BETA software, since it is
under a massive rewrite. If you need a more stable environment, please stick to
version 1.0.xx, although that version has some braindamage built in.

Copyright
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Syslog-ng and the corresponding documentation is 

Copyright (c) 1999 BalaBit Computing.

You can use and redistribute this program under the terms of the GNU Public
License version 2 or later, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

See the enclosed file COPYING for more information.

Getting syslog-ng
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The official homepage of syslog-ng is:

	http://www.balabit.hu/products/syslog-ng/

Installing syslog-ng
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For installation instructions please refer to the file INSTALL.















