A Windows Service providing a Central eventlog collection tool via syslog

Snare for Windows is a Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 compatible service that interacts with the underlying Windows Eventlog subsystem to facilitate remote, real-time transfer of event log information. Event logs from the Security, Application and System logs, as well as the new DNS, File Replication Service, and Active Directory logs are supported. Log data is converted to text format, and delivered to a remote Snare Server, or to a remote Syslog server with configurable and dynamic facility and priority settings. Snare is currently used by hundreds of thousands of individuals, and organisations worldwide. Snare for Windows is used by many large Financial, Insurance, Healthcare, Defence, AeroSpace, and Intelligence organisations to meet elements of local and federal security requirements, such as: * ACSI 33 * GLBA (Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act) * Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) * C2 / CAPP * DCID 6/3 * DIAM 50-4 * DDS-2600-5502-87 Chapter 4 * NISPOM Chapter 8 * HIPAA * California Senate Bill 1386 * USA Patriot Act * Danish Standard DS-484:2005 * British Standard BS7799 SNARE for Windows is free software (freeware), released under the terms of the GNU Public Licence (GPL).