
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 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.















