
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 (not yet implemented in 1.4.x)
	* portability
	* better network forwarding

Version numbering is similar to that of Linux kernels, odd numbers denote
unstable or development versions, even numbers denote stable, production use
releases. 1.0.x code was based on Darren Reed's nsyslog, and it was
completely rewritten during 1.1.x - 1.3.x. 

1.4.x is the current stable version of syslog-ng.

Copyright
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Syslog-ng and the corresponding documentation is 

Copyright (c) 1999 Balzs Scheidler
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.

Documentation
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See the files under the /doc directory.

Support
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You can report problems via email directly to me at: bazsi@balabit.hu, or
the syslog-ng mailing list at syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu.

Support contracts are available, please write to me at bazsi@balabit.hu for
details.
