Mailing List Archive: rsyslog/syslog-ng comparison

rsyslog/syslog-ng comparison

Jan 30, 2008, 12:08 AM

Post #1 of 3 (1001 views)

Hi all,

I have added a rsyslog vs. syslog-ng feature comparison sheet to the doc
set:

http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_ng_comparison.html

I would appreciate if those familiar with syslog-ng's features (I am
not!) could have a look at it and tell me which bullet points are
missing. I try to get an as good comparison as possible and specifically
would like to see features listed that rsyslog is currently lacking.
Also, because I'll see if/when I can implement them. As such, I would
also appreciate your personal opinion on how important a missing feature
is.

Thanks,
Rainer

rsyslog/syslog-ng comparison [ In reply to ]

mbiebl at gmail

Jan 30, 2008, 12:48 PM

Post #2 of 3 (983 views)

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2008/1/30, Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards at hq.adiscon.com>:
> Hi all,
>
> I have added a rsyslog vs. syslog-ng feature comparison sheet to the doc
> set:
>
> http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_ng_comparison.html
>
> I would appreciate if those familiar with syslog-ng's features (I am
> not!) could have a look at it and tell me which bullet points are
> missing. I try to get an as good comparison as possible and specifically
> would like to see features listed that rsyslog is currently lacking.
> Also, because I'll see if/when I can implement them. As such, I would
> also appreciate your personal opinion on how important a missing feature
> is.

The feature to include config files based on name, directory or wild
cards is missing in the list ;-)

Michael

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rsyslog/syslog-ng comparison [ In reply to ]

rgerhards at hq

Jan 31, 2008, 12:36 AM

Post #3 of 3 (1009 views)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Michael Biebl
> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 8:49 PM
> To: rsyslog-users
> Subject: Re: [rsyslog] rsyslog/syslog-ng comparison
>
> 2008/1/30, Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards at hq.adiscon.com>:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I have added a rsyslog vs. syslog-ng feature comparison sheet to the
> doc
> > set:
> >
> > http://www.rsyslog.com/doc-rsyslog_ng_comparison.html
> >
> > I would appreciate if those familiar with syslog-ng's features (I am
> > not!) could have a look at it and tell me which bullet points are
> > missing. I try to get an as good comparison as possible and
> specifically
> > would like to see features listed that rsyslog is currently lacking.
> > Also, because I'll see if/when I can implement them. As such, I
would
> > also appreciate your personal opinion on how important a missing
> feature
> > is.
>
> The feature to include config files based on name, directory or wild
> cards is missing in the list ;-)

Could I miss this feature? ;) Well, I thought it is added by this bullet
point:

"config file includes, also full directory includes"

But that is probably a bit cryptic. Will see that I change the text.

And while we are at it: would a similar directive for $ModLoad make
sense (easy, but a bit doubtful from security perspective, malicious
users could just simply drop a Trojan on the well-known location and
know it'll get activated by rsyslogd on next system startup...).

Rainer