Tool announce : LogAgent 3.0 (Open source and Pro versions)

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Tool Announce : LogAgent 3.0 Free (Open Source) and Pro

LogAgent 3.0 is the latest version of my popular log monitoring tool, and 
also the first version available for commercial use.  I would like to think 
of LogAgent as the "Holy Grail of Windows logging", you tell me if I'm 
wrong.  With version 3.0, you now have the ability to monitor your Event 
Viewer logs in real-time just like any normal log file, and the data is 
sent in ASCII format to the central location(s) (local or remote) you 
specified.  Also new with this version, you can specify NULL directories 
for greater flexibility with the too's behavior, and output data can be 
sent to a printer (this is still considered beta, see documentation for 
more details).

LogAgent 3.0 Pro sports the same features, but also take some steps to keep 
log filesize low enough to keep LogAgent performance optimal (flushed data 
is then kept in a backup-log file (.blg)), and offers complete Event Viewer 
log maintenance, in order to avoid omission of log entry or duplication of 
reporting the same event.  But the main feature of LogAgent 3.0 Pro is the 
ability to run as a Windows Service, hiding from view, making it ideal to 
run on your users desktop to monitor their local log files.

LogAgent is also ideal for monitoring and centralizing ComLog log files.

This tool is Open Source, and you can freely download the source code (Free 
version only), the binary and the documentation (all in 1 .zip file) from 
my website http://securit.iquebec.com.  LogAgent 3.0 Pro ships with a 
5-machines evaluation license (no time limit).

Version History:
Changes from version 3.0 Free to 3.0 Pro include:

- ability to run LogAgent as a Windows service (no console), or as a normal 
program

- complete management of monitored log files and Event Viewer logs, 
ensuring that all records are accounted for, for better performance and 
easier management (since no assumptions can be made of LogAgent's 
configuration, purged data is kept in a local back-up file with a .blg 
extension (for Backed-up LoG))

- binary available for free, with a 5-users evaluation 
license.  Additionnal licenses can be purchased at my website 
http://securit.iquebec.com

Changes from version 2.1 to 3.0 Free include:

- ability to monitor the Event Viewer logs (always on) just like any normal 
ASCII log file

- ability to send output to the printer (this feature is still considered 
beta, see Known Issues for more details)

- ability to specify NULL directories in config.txt and mondir.txt, for a 
more flexible behavior

- now reports it's own activity (Starting and Shutting down) in the Event 
Viewer, then reporter by LogAgent itself, making it possible to detect if 
it's been disabled on a computer, for example

- configuration files are locked during execution

- fixed the bug that made LogAgent react to changes made to binary files 
present in monitored directories

- some minor bugs have been fixed

- different installation procedure

Changes from version 2.0 beta to 2.1 include:

- you can specify filenames instead of simply its path, which allows for 
keeping track of linecount.  If you only wnat to specify a logfile path 
without the actual filename (which is how LogAgent used to work), simply 
put a *

- keeping track of linecount allows to fix the line-drop problem previous 
versions encountered.  If the filename is omitted, linecount is still taken 
care of.  If lines are deleted from a file when it is being monitored, 
LogAgent will reset the linecount to 0 and redump the whole file.

Changes from version 1.0 to 2.0 beta include:

- the configuration is now independant of source-code (big 
improvement).  The configuration is now handled by two files, config.txt 
and mondir.txt

- the programming style is procedural, so it makes it for simpler code to read

- Lots of comments in the code to make it easier to understand how the 
program works

- checks the config files for empty spaces, empty lines, bad characters, 
switch '/' to '\', ...

- can have as many output directories (local or remote) as you want (one 
directory path per line in mondir.txt)

- can have as many monitored directories (local) as you want, listed one 
directory path by line after the fourth line in config.txt

- the ability to switch on and off the logging of the IP, hostname and 
username (first 3 lines of config.txt)

- the ability to switch on and off the display of information on the 
console (the fourth line of config.txt)

- using the SHOWCONSOLE option, you can actively keep an eye on the 
activity in your log files by monitoring your central log directory with 
LogAgent

Adam Richard, aka Floydman
SecurIT Informatique Inc.


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