Date parsed: 7/24/2000 10:18:13 PM
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2000 21:18:13 +0200


"Franz Krainer" <franzk@netal.com> wrote in message
news:3A25DBCDF73F2245957BD0B041BEDAF0015E05@is1.netal.com...
> > 1. Ability to break message text into multiple fields for the ODBC =
log
> > target.
>
> Is on the current feature list for the next version.
>
> > 2. Perfmon user definable counters measuring velocity and counts of
> > specific message text patterns.
>
> Please explain in more detail.
>

I may really be trying to piggyback on your Perfmon integration bug... =
I
write an entry to the log and every request to invoke a server method. =
I'd
like to be able to use Perfmon to chart invocation velocities and =
response
times.

> > 3. Some basic authentication for access to the Telnet (Viewer);
Ideally
> > linked to an NT Authentication role. Authentication should be =
required
> > either globally and/or by Viewer channel.
>
> I would be wary of using name and password, being sent in the clear, =
of a
> user for authentication purposes.
> What I can imagine is: To be able to assign a password to a channel,
without
> regard to a specific user.
>

I'd be happy to have even a password per channel.

> > 4. Dynamic selection of Viewer channel based on information in the
> message
> > text.
>
> Please explain in more detail.
>

We include a session identifier with our log messages. On a busy =
system, it
is difficult to view log message associated with just one session when =
the
messages of many session are interleaved (especially in the Viewer). =
I'd
like to either specify the channel within the message or configure the
logger to identify my session identifier and maintain a mapping between =
it
and a dynamically allocated Viewer channel.

>
> > 5. COM component log target (plug-in) for custom extensibility. If =
I
had
> > this, I could implement #1 and #2 myself.
>
> There are currently no plans for implementing #5. But if you are =
looking
for
> a way to process syslog messages without any limitations, you should =
take
a
> look at our other product, System Script Host, which includes a =
built-in
> syslog server (a sample syslog server script is provided).
>
> Franz
>