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Donald A. Tevault
Donald A. Tevault
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Donald A. Tevault

Donald A. Tevault - but you can call him Donnie - got involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3-Security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room. He's also a Linux security researcher for an IoT security company.
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Maintaining Logs in Large Enterprises

Any large enterprise will have a diverse mix of network end-points. In addition to Linux servers, there will also be various brands of switches and routers, firewalls, Windows servers, Windows or Linux workstations, network-connected printers, and various forms of network-attached storage devices. Most of these devices generate system logs, and administrators need a convenient way to review logs for the gear that they administer. Sadly, using only the logging systems that come with these devices is anything but convenient for a large enterprise.

Collecting log files from such a diverse collection of end-points isn’t the real challenge. The real challenge is twofold:

  • To transform the log files from the various end-points, which all have their own unique log file formats, into a common format that can be read and parsed by a centralized logging program.
  • To parse and display log data in a way that allows administrators...
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Donald A. Tevault

Donald A. Tevault - but you can call him Donnie - got involved with Linux way back in 2006, and has been working with it ever since. He holds the Linux Professional Institute Level 3-Security certification, and the GIAC Incident Handler certification. Donnie is a professional Linux trainer, and thanks to the magic of the internet, teaches Linux classes literally the world over from the comfort of his living room. He's also a Linux security researcher for an IoT security company.
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