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

>