What is it about?
Well the idea is to have a program to parse the logs, for specific data, usually security related, then a nice formated report is given, so what is interesting about that? Well the admin will be able to use the program to monitor the whole network and receive a report detailing the findings, or he might just configure it to collect the info and send it to a central server for backup or whatever.
The program is being coded in Perl, we are using a modular design so that a person with Perl knowledge, will be able to either use the individual modules or hack the program how he see fit.
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If you're a C programmer with some spare time, take a look at the mod_virgule project page and help us with one of the tasks on the ToDo list!