--- src/logfile.c	2003-01-20 10:57:50.000000000 -0800
+++ src/logfile.c	2005-06-09 08:43:31.000000000 -0700
@@ -41,6 +41,72 @@
 {
     int fd;
     Logfile *lf;
+    
+    int rc,len;
+    char hostbuf[256];
+    unsigned short int port;
+    char * position;
+    struct hostent *h;
+    struct sockaddr_in cliAddr;
+
+    if (strncmp(path,"udp://",6) == 0) { /* The notation for a udp network socket is udp://hostname:port */
+	if ((position = rindex(path + 6,':')) != NULL) {
+	    len = position - path - 6;
+	    if (len > 255) {
+	    	fatalf("Cannot open socket '%s' because\n"
+			"\ta port number was not specified.\n", path);
+	    }
+    	    strncpy(hostbuf,path + 6,len);
+	    hostbuf[len] = 0; /* We don't want buffer overflows */
+
+	    port = atoi(position + 1); /* At worst this should give us a pointer to the end of string 
+					character which will be detected below */
+	    
+	    
+	    /* get server IP address (no check if input is IP address or DNS name */
+            h = gethostbyname(hostbuf);
+	    if (h==NULL) {
+	    	fatalf("Could not resolve host '%s' while\n"
+			"\tattempting to open logging socket.\n",hostbuf);
+	    }
+	    /* make sure a port # is specified */
+    	    if (port == 0) {
+	    	fatalf("Invalid port specified while opening socket '%s'\n"
+			"\tplease specify a port number from 1-65536.\n",path);
+	    }
+ 	    /* allocate memory now, we're going to need it right away */
+	    lf = xcalloc(1, sizeof(*lf));
+	    /* bufsize should never be > 65000, which is a little less than the maximum UDP packet size */
+	    //lf->bufsz = 65000;
+            
+	    /* some voodoo to set up the remote socket address */
+	    lf->remoteServer.sin_family = h->h_addrtype;
+  	    memcpy( (char *) &(lf->remoteServer.sin_addr.s_addr), 
+	            h->h_addr_list[0], h->h_length);
+            lf->remoteServer.sin_port = htons(port);
+            /* socket creation */
+	    lf->socket = socket(AF_INET,SOCK_DGRAM,0);
+	    
+	    if(lf->socket < 0) {
+	    	fatalf("Cannot open udp socket to host '%s' on port '%u'\n", hostbuf, port);
+            }
+  
+            /* bind any port */
+            cliAddr.sin_family = AF_INET;
+            cliAddr.sin_addr.s_addr = htonl(INADDR_ANY);
+            cliAddr.sin_port = htons(0);
+  
+            rc = bind(lf->socket, (struct sockaddr *) &cliAddr, sizeof(cliAddr));
+            if(rc < 0) {
+	    	fatalf("Cannot bind a random local udp porte\n");
+  	    }
+	} else {
+	    fatalf("Cannot open socket '%s' because\n"
+		"\ta port number was not specified.\n", path);
+	}
+	return lf;
+    } 
+    
     fd = file_open(path, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_TEXT);
     if (DISK_ERROR == fd) {
 	if (ENOENT == errno && fatal_flag) {
@@ -73,7 +139,11 @@
 logfileClose(Logfile * lf)
 {
     logfileFlush(lf);
-    file_close(lf->fd);
+    if (lf->socket) {
+        close(lf->socket);
+    } else {
+    	file_close(lf->fd);
+    }
     if (lf->buf)
 	xfree(lf->buf);
     xfree(lf);
@@ -88,6 +158,9 @@
     int i;
     char from[MAXPATHLEN];
     char to[MAXPATHLEN];
+    if (lf->socket) {
+     return; /* You can't rotate a socket */
+    }
     assert(lf->path);
 #ifdef S_ISREG
     if (stat(lf->path, &sb) == 0)
@@ -185,6 +258,11 @@
 logfileWriteWrapper(Logfile * lf, const void *buf, size_t len)
 {
     int s;
+    if (lf->socket) {
+	s = sendto(lf->socket, buf, len, 0, &(lf->remoteServer), sizeof(struct sockaddr_in));
+	/* We're going to lose packets with UDP, so who cares how many actually got sent. */
+	return;
+    }
     s = FD_WRITE_METHOD(lf->fd, buf, len);
     fd_bytes(lf->fd, s, FD_WRITE);
     if (s == len)
--- src/structs.h	2005-02-22 16:06:35.000000000 -0800
+++ src/structs.h	2005-06-09 08:40:53.000000000 -0700
@@ -2180,6 +2180,8 @@
 
 struct _Logfile {
     int fd;
+    int socket; /* socket descriptor */
+    struct sockaddr_in remoteServer; /* Host to log to */
     char path[MAXPATHLEN];
     char *buf;
     size_t bufsz;