Just because you make something "binary" does not mean it is inherently secure. As pointed out elsewhere, syslogd is a pretty reliable, simple and flexible foun

Just because you make something "binary" does not mean it is inherently secure. As pointed out elsewhere, syslogd is a pretty reliable, simple and flexible foundational piece of infrastructure. Changing this with something un-tested and not entirely understood would, imho, be a Very Bad Thing(TM).