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diff --git a/doc/features.html b/doc/features.html index 2b3b31d9..336b31cc 100644 --- a/doc/features.html +++ b/doc/features.html @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html><head><title>rsyslog features</title> - </head> <body> +<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">back</a> <h1>RSyslog - Features</h1> <p><b>This page lists both current features as well as those being considered for future versions of rsyslog.</b> If you @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ easy multi-host support</li> <li> massively multi-threaded with dynamic work thread pools that start up and shut themselves down on an as-needed basis (great for high log volume on multicore machines)</li> -<li>very experimental and volatile support for <a href="syslog-protocol.html">syslog-protocol</a> +<li>very experimental and volatile support for <a href="syslog_protocol.html">syslog-protocol</a> compliant messages (it is volatile because standardization is currently underway and this is a proof-of-concept implementation to aid this effort)</li> @@ -94,13 +94,14 @@ loadable plug-in</li> via custom plugins</li> <li> an easy-to-write to plugin interface</li> <li> ability to send SNMP trap messages</li> +<li> ability to filter out messages based on sequence of arrival</li> <li>support for arbitrary complex boolean, string and arithmetic expressions in message filters</li> </ul> <h2>World's first</h2> Rsyslog has an interesting number of "world's firsts" - things that were implemented for the first time ever in rsyslog. Some of them are still features not available elsewhere.<br><ul> -<li>world's first implementation of IETF I-D syslog-protocol (February 2006, version 1.12.2 and above)</li><li>world's first implementation of dynamic syslog on-the-wire compression (December 2006, version 1.13.0 and above)</li><li>world's first open-source implementation of a disk-queueing syslogd (January 2008, version 3.11.0 and above)</li> +<li>world's first implementation of IETF I-D syslog-protocol (February 2006, version 1.12.2 and above), now RFC5424</li><li>world's first implementation of dynamic syslog on-the-wire compression (December 2006, version 1.13.0 and above)</li><li>world's first open-source implementation of a disk-queueing syslogd (January 2008, version 3.11.0 and above)</li> <li>world's first implementation of IETF I-D syslog-transport-tls (May 2008, version 3.19.0 and above)</li> </ul> @@ -115,6 +116,13 @@ submit feature requests there (or via our forums). If we like them but they look quite long-lived (aka "not soon to be implemented"), they will possibly be migrated to this list here and at some time moved back to the bugzilla tracker.</p> +<p><b>Note that we also maintain a +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/sponsor_feature">list of features that are looking for sponsors</a>. +If you are interested in any of these features, or any other feature, you may consider sponsoring +the implementation. This is also a great way to show your commitment to the open source +community. Plus, it can be financially attractive: just think about how much less it may +be to sponsor a feature instead of purchasing a commercial implementation. Also, the benefit +of being recognised as a sponsor may even drive new customers to your business!</b> <ul> <li>port it to more *nix variants (eg AIX and HP UX) - this needs volunteers with access to those machines and knowledge </li> @@ -133,4 +141,15 @@ future of RFC 3195 in rsyslog</a>.</li> <p>To see when each feature was added, see the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Topic4.phtml">rsyslog change log</a> (online only).</p> + +<p>[<a href="manual.html">manual index</a>] +[<a href="rsyslog_conf.html">rsyslog.conf</a>] +[<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog site</a>]</p> +<p><font size="2">This documentation is part of the +<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/">rsyslog</a> project.<br> +Copyright © 2008 by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a> and +<a href="http://www.adiscon.com/">Adiscon</a>. Released under the GNU GPL +version 2 or higher.</font></p> + </body></html> + |