Hi to all,
 
I'm a student finishing a degree in Computer Science (Informatic Engenier)  with a final project with the name "XML - based Logging Platform".
 
The main ideia of the project is to convert the current log's into XML so that they can be kept in disk for future use (backup) and inserted in a Database.
 
I know that most of you may think the use of XML may be unnecessary, but i'm thinking in making a standart so that future student's may upgrade my work and use with other system's.
 
The final part of the project will be making a web interface so that an admin may search the log's for specific information sothat he can compare different services log's to find some sort of information.
 
    - a quick example is to find someone connected in a network by DHCP ( you only know the mac address and the ip that DHCP released) by crossing their ip with the log generated by the pop3d service. with this you can find the username and associate the machine to a person.
 
This is just a quick example of the possibilities of crossing the information in a quick and easy way.
 
The main reason for me to write to this list is my interest in using Syslog-ng to generate (if possible) my XML format and to send the data to a secure machine where the infrormation will be kept.
 
My biggest questions are:
                                    -  can i change the syslog-ng code to a academic work
                                    -  does the team behind syslog-ng intend to make a simmilar system in a near future
                                    -  and if is it viable to use Syslog-ng to write my XML standard and send it to a secure machine
 
Thanks in advance
 
Rui Teixeira