References for More Information

Essential System Administration, (2nd Edition), by Æleen Frisch (O’Reilly, 1995) has a good, short intro to syslog.
http://www.heysoft.de/index.htm is the home of Frank Heyne software, a provider of Win32 Event Log-parsing software. Also has a good Event Log FAQ list.
http://www.le-berre.com/is Philippe Le Berre’s home page, and contains an excellent write-up on the use of Win32::EventLog and other Win32 packages.
“Managing NT Event Logs with Perl for Win32,” Bob Wells, Windows NT Magazine, February/March 1998.
Practical Unix & Internet Security, (2nd Edition), by Simson Garfinkel and Gene Spafford (O’Reilly, 1996). Another good (and slightly more detailed) intro to syslog, also includes tcpwrappers information.
Windows NT Event Logging, by James D. Murray (O’Reilly, 1998).

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