LinuxSecurity: Remote Syslog with MySQL and PHP

“Msyslog has the ability to log syslog messages to a database.
This allows for easier monitoring of multiple servers and the
ability to be display and search for syslog messages using PHP or
any other programming language that can communicate with the
database.

“‘Since the beginning, life has relied upon the transmission of
messages. For the self-aware organic unit, these messages can relay
many different things. The messages may signal danger, the presence
of food or the other necessities of life, and many other things. In
many cases, these messages are informative to other units and
require no acknowledgement. As people interacted and created
processes, this same principle was applied to societal
communications. As an example, severe weather warnings may be
delivered through any number of channels–a siren blowing, warnings
delivered over television and radio stations, and even through the
use of flags on ships. The expectation is that people hearing or
seeing these warnings would realize their significance and take
appropriate action. In most cases, no responding acknowledgement of
receipt of the warning is required or even desired.’

“I never would have guessed that this message came from the
Introduction of RFC 3164 The BSD Syslog Protocol…”

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