in reply to remote logchecker

Due to my recent readings (including Intrusion Detection An Analyst's Handbook) and general paranoia I can't help but comment:

Do not use Telnet! Even inside a firewalled network it compromises security a lot. You may want to check Net-SSH-W32Perl and its requirements to see if you can get the same functionality out of it.

Otherwise a cool idea :-)
regards,
tomte