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@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html><head>
-<meta content="de" http-equiv="Content-Language"><title>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng - a comparison</title></head>
+<meta content="de" http-equiv="Content-Language"><title>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng - a comparison</title>
+
+</head>
<body>
<h1>rsyslog vs. syslog-ng</h1>
<p><small><i>Written by <a href="http://www.gerhards.net/rainer">Rainer Gerhards</a>
@@ -25,56 +27,72 @@ comparison sheet, so please don't be shy ;)</p>
<td valign="top"><b>rsyslog</b></td>
<td valign="top"><b>syslog-ng</b></td>
</tr>
-
-
<tr>
-<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Input Sources</b><br></td>
+<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br>
+<b>Input Sources</b><br>
+</td>
</tr>
-<tr><td valign="top">UNIX domain socket</td>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top">UNIX domain socket</td>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">UDP</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">TCP</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top"><a href="http://www.librelp.com">RELP</a></td>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td valign="top">no</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">RFC 3195/BEEP</td>
<td valign="top">yes (needs separate build process)</td>
-<td valign="top">no</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">no</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">kernel log</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">file</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
-<td valign="top">mark message generator as an optional input</td>
+<td valign="top">mark message generator as an
+optional input</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">no (?)</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">no (?)</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Windows Event Log</td>
<td valign="top">via <a href="http://www.eventreporter.com">EventReporter</a>
or <a href="http://www.mwagent.com">MonitorWare Agent</a>
(both commercial software)</td>
-<td valign="top">via separate Windows agent, paid edition only</td>
+<td valign="top">via separate Windows agent, paid
+edition only</td>
</tr>
-
-
<tr>
-<td colspan="3" valign="top"><b><br>Network (Protocol) Support</b><br></td>
+<td colspan="3" valign="top"><b><br>
+Network (Protocol) Support</b><br>
+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">support for (plain) tcp based syslog</td>
@@ -104,6 +122,11 @@ based framing on syslog/tcp connections</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
+<td valign="top">syslog over RELP<br>this is a truely reliable solution (plain tcp syslog can lose messages!)</td>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td valign="top">no</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
<td valign="top">on the wire (zlib) message
compression</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
@@ -146,38 +169,46 @@ hostname in NAT environments and relay chains</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
</tr>
-
-
<tr>
-<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Message Filtering</b><br></td>
+<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br>
+<b>Message Filtering</b><br>
+</td>
</tr>
-<tr><td valign="top">Filtering for syslog facility and priority</td>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top">Filtering for syslog facility and
+priority</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Filtering for hostname</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Filtering for application</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Filtering for message contents</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Filtering for sending IP address</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
-<td valign="top">ability to filter on any other message
-field not mentioned above
+<td valign="top">ability to filter on any other
+message
+field not mentioned above
(including substrings and the like)</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">no</td>
@@ -210,8 +241,9 @@ in filters</td>
<td valign="top">support for discarding messages
based on filters</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">powerful BSD-style hostname and
program name blocks for easy multi-host support</td>
@@ -223,10 +255,10 @@ program name blocks for easy multi-host support</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
-
-
<tr>
-<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Supported Database Outputs</b><br></td>
+<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br>
+<b>Supported Database Outputs</b><br>
+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">MySQL</td>
@@ -274,10 +306,10 @@ program name blocks for easy multi-host support</td>
<td valign="top">yes (<a href="omlibdbi.html">omlibdbi</a>)</td>
<td valign="top">no (?)</td>
</tr>
-
-
<tr>
-<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Enterprise Features</b><br></td>
+<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br>
+<b>Enterprise Features</b><br>
+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">support for on-demand on-disk
@@ -292,7 +324,8 @@ by spool files</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
-<td valign="top">each action can use its own, independant
+<td valign="top">each action can use its own,
+independant
set of spool files</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">no</td>
@@ -314,10 +347,10 @@ syslog/database servers </td>
<td><a href="professional_support.html">yes</a></td>
<td>yes</td>
</tr>
-
-
<tr>
-<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Config File</b><br></td>
+<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br>
+<b>Config File</b><br>
+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">config file format</td>
@@ -338,37 +371,40 @@ existing in a specific directory</td>
<td height="25" valign="top">yes</td>
<td height="25" valign="top">no</td>
</tr>
-
-
-
<tr>
-<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Extensibility</b><br></td>
+<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br>
+<b>Extensibility</b><br>
+</td>
</tr>
<tr>
-<td valign="top">Functionality split in separately loadable
+<td valign="top">Functionality split in separately
+loadable
modules</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">no</td>
</tr>
<tr>
-<td valign="top">Support for third-party input plugins</td>
+<td valign="top">Support for third-party input
+plugins</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">no</td>
</tr>
<tr>
</tr>
-<tr><td valign="top">Support for third-party output plugins</td>
+<tr>
+<td valign="top">Support for third-party output
+plugins</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
<td valign="top">no</td>
</tr>
-
-
-
<tr>
-<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br><b>Other Features</b><br></td>
+<td colspan="3" valign="top"><br>
+<b>Other Features</b><br>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
</tr>
<tr>
-</tr><tr>
<td valign="top">ability to generate file names and
directories (log targets) dynamically</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
@@ -440,8 +476,9 @@ reduction ("last message repeated n times") on a per selector-line basis</td>
<td valign="top">supports multiple actions per
selector/filter condition</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
-<td valign="top">yes</td><td>
-</td></tr>
+<td valign="top">yes</td>
+<td></td>
+</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">web interface</td>
<td valign="top"><a href="http://www.phplogcon.org">phpLogCon</a><br>
@@ -469,8 +506,11 @@ system stress</td>
<tr>
<td height="43" valign="top">flow control
(slow down message reception when system is busy)</td>
-<td height="43" valign="top">yes (advanced, with multiple ways to slow down inputs depending on individual input capabilities, based on watermarks)</td>
-<td height="43" valign="top">yes (limited? "stops accepting messages")</td>
+<td height="43" valign="top">yes (advanced,
+with multiple ways to slow down inputs depending on individual input
+capabilities, based on watermarks)</td>
+<td height="43" valign="top">yes (limited?
+"stops accepting messages")</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">rewriting messages</td>
@@ -504,8 +544,6 @@ Solaris; compilation and basic testing done on HP UX</td>
<td valign="top">no</td>
<td valign="top">yes</td>
</tr>
-
-
</tbody>
</table>
<p>While the <span style="font-weight: bold;">rsyslog</span>
diff --git a/doc/status.html b/doc/status.html
index c6901fb9..bfced290 100644
--- a/doc/status.html
+++ b/doc/status.html
@@ -2,18 +2,26 @@
<html><head><title>rsyslog status page</title></head>
<body>
<h2>rsyslog status page</h2>
-<p>This page reflects the status as of 2008-03-31.</p>
+<p>This page reflects the status as of 2008-04-02.</p>
<h2>Current Releases</h2>
-<p><b>development:</b> 3.13.0-dev0 -
-<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article201.phtml">change log</a> -
-<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-92.phtml">download</a></p>
+<p><b>development:</b> 3.15.0 -
+<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article203.phtml">change log</a> -
+<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-93.phtml">download</a></p>
+
+<p><b>v3 stable:</b> 3.14.0 - <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article205.phtml">change log</a> -
+<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-94.phtml">download</a>
+
+<br><b>v2 stable:</b> 2.0.4 - <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article197.phtml">change log</a> -
+<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-90.phtml">download</a>
+<br>v0 and v1 are depricated and no longer supported. If you absolutely do not like to
+upgrade, you may consider purchasing a
+<a href="professional_support.html">commercial rsyslog support package</a>. Just let us point
+out that it is really not a good idea to still run a v0 version.
+
<p><a href="v3compatibility.html">If you updgrade from version 2, be sure to read the rsyslog v3
compatibility document.</a></p>
-
-<p><b>stable:</b> 2.0.4 - <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Article197.phtml">change log</a> -
-<a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/Downloads-index-req-getit-lid-90.phtml">download</a></p>
-<p>&nbsp;(<a href="version_naming.html">How are versions named?</a>)</p>
+<p>(<a href="version_naming.html">How are versions named?</a>)</p>
<h2>Platforms</h2>
<p>Thankfully, a number of folks have begin to build packages and