SDSC Secure Syslog - San Diego Secure Syslog

The SDSC Secure Syslog (also known as High Performance Syslog) is a project to build a next-generation system audit and logging facility.

The goal is to build a system logging facility that addresses these problems with UDP "syslog classic".

high volume of system logs at medium and large sites (such as e-commerce sites or ISPs) can easily overwhelm "classic" syslog and its UDP transport mechanism
this encourages sites to either not create some logs or to frequently roll them over and discard old log messages
even when used as well as possible, UDP syslog has no integrity or security features
which makes it difficult to conduct investigations of computer-related crime and related incidents.