Auditd 1.0.15 in RHEL4 U4

I have a requirement to stream audit logs from RHEL 4. The product will have to be deployed before RHEL 4.5 is likely to be released, so I expect I will have to import the 4.5 rpm into U4. Will this work without any other 4.5 updates? Also, I had a quick flick through the dispatcher example. I note that it's shipping binary logs. This is great from a storage POV, however it wasn't clear to me how this would tie in with the existing audit tools. If I simply dump the binary data to a file, can I easily: * Turn it into text? * Process it with aureport/ausearch? Also, that you're aware of, has anybody already implemented the simplest possible centralised log server. ie: * Stream uncompressed, unencrypted, unauthenticated audit logs to server * Write 1 log file per client audit daemon * Rotate on signal, respecting message boundaries I'll be writing this if not. Thanks, Matt -- Red Hat, Global Professional Services M: +44 (0)7977 267231 GPG ID: D33C3490 GPG FPR: 3733 612D 2D05 5458 8A8A 1600 3441 EA19 D33C 3490