October 2013 - syslog-ng-announce

syslog-ng 3.5.0rc1 has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 24 Oct '13

24 Oct '13

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 3.5.0rc1 SUMMARY : new release candidate release DATE : Oct 24, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new release candidate of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (3.5.0rc1) has been released. For latest fixes in the 3.5.x feature branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 3.5.0rc1 Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:48:51 +0200 This is the first Release Candidate of the syslog-ng 3.5 development branch, with stability and reliability improvements. Being a release candidate, this release should be very close to production ready. Bugfixes ======== * The program() source and destination now properly terminates child processes on reload and shutdown. * The AMQP, SMTP, MongoDB, Redis and STOMP destinations now work correctly across reloads. * A rare race condition in the log message reference cache was corrected, fixing a crash. * The JSON parser now understands null-typed values, and ignores the whole key silently when it encounters one. * Using the subst() rewrite rule when the same source is present in multiple logpaths does not crash anymore. Miscellaneous ============= * The autogen.sh script is included in the distributed tarball. Known Bugs ========== * The afstreams module is broken, does not compile, and does not work. This will be corrected before the final 3.5.1 release. Credits: ======== syslog-ng is developed as a community project, and as such it relies on volunteers to do the work necessarily to produce syslog-ng. Reporting bugs, testing changes, writing code or simply providing feedback are all important contributions, so please if you are a user of syslog-ng, contribute. These people have helped in this release: Balazs Scheidler <bazsi(a)balabit.hu> Evan Rempel <erempel(a)uvic.ca> Gergely Nagy <algernon(a)balabit.hu> Jose Pedro Oliveira <jpo(a)di.uminho.pt> Michal Privoznik <miso.privoznik(a)gmail.com> Nicolas Szalay <nico(a)rottenbytes.info> Ryan Frederick DOWNLOAD: You can download the source or binary packages from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system… The documentation of the syslog-ng Open Source Edition is available in The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator's Guide at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

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syslog-ng 3.4.4 has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 3.4.4 SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Oct 17, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (3.4.4) has been released. For latest fixes in the 3.4.x feature branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 3.4.4 Thu, 17 Oct 2013 12:16:40 +0200 This is the third bug-fix release for the 3.4.x series, with important fixes over the 3.4.3 release. Upgrading to this release is highly recommended. Bugfixes ======== * Fixed the log message reference counting in the AMQP destination, thus stopping it from crashing. * Fixed a possible crash in the AMQP destination that could be triggered when the AMQP server was unreachable at the time of a syslog-ng reload or shutdown. * pdbtool no longer segfaults when used with the --module switch [#249] * pdbtool test exits with a return value of 2 if the test value matched a different pattern than expected. [#241] * The inherit-properties attribute was added to the patterndb XSD. [#251] * A memory corruption was fixed in the @STRING@ parser of db-parser(). [#254] * Corrected a mistake in the afsocket module that lead to crashes on reload when unix-stream or unix-dgram destinations were in use. * Excludes now work properly with value-pairs(), and they do not get ignored if the value to exclude is in the default set. * The program() source and destination now correctly kill the started child on reload and shutdown. * The file destination does not use lseek() anymore. * When setting default template options, all random memory junk is cleared from the object first. * The order of header include paths was fixed in the test suite, so it should compile cleanly even in the presence of potentially conflicting headers. Features ======== * The $(format-json) template function, and anything else that may use the same value-pairs command line parser now allow specifying multiple scopes separated by commas (as opposed to having to use the --scope switch multiple times) [#248] Credits: ======== syslog-ng is developed as a community project, and as such it relies on volunteers to do the work necessarily to produce syslog-ng. Reporting bugs, testing changes, writing code or simply providing feedback are all important contributions, so please if you are a user of syslog-ng, contribute. These people have helped in this release: Alexandre Biancalana <biancalana(a)gmail.com> Balazs Scheidler <bazsi(a)balabit.hu> Balint Kovacs <blint(a)balabit.hu> Evan Rempel <erempel(a)uvic.ca> Fabien Wernli <cpan(a)faxm0dem.org> Gergely Nagy <algernon(a)balabit.hu> Lucas McLane <lucas(a)clicksecurity.com> Marc Falzon <marc.falzon(a)cloudwatt.com> Michal Privoznik <miso.privoznik(a)gmail.com> Ryan Frederick Valentijn Sessink <valentijn(a)sessink.nl> DOWNLOAD: You can download the source or binary packages from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system… The documentation of the syslog-ng Open Source Edition is available in The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator's Guide at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

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syslog-ng Premium Edition 5 LTS (5.0.2) has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng Premium Edition VERSION : 5 LTS (5.0.2) SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Oct 14, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Premium Edition (5 LTS (5.0.2)) has been released. For latest fixes in the 5.0.x branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 5 LTS (5.0.2) Mon, 14 October 2013 13:43:50 +0100 Dear syslog-ng Premium Edition Users, A new long-term supported version of the syslog-ng Premium Edition has been released. To read about the new features of syslog-ng Premium Edition 5 LTS (5.0.2), see the What's New guide at: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/syslog-ng-pe-5.0-guides/en/sys… The main new features include: * Running syslog-ng Premium Edition on Windows platforms * On-the-wire compression The following features have been released since syslog-ng 4 LTS and are now available in a long-term-supported release: * Reliable disk-based buffering * Collecting messages from SQL tables or relational databases * Reliable Log Transfer Protocol™ * New module architecture * Multithreading, scaling, and performance improvements * Sending SNMP traps * Managing complex configurations * Improved decision making logic * Message correlation, triggers, and other pattern database improvements The documentation of syslog-ng Premium Edition, including the installation and user guides is available in PDF, HTML, and single-page HTML format at: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/central-syslog-server/sup… DOWNLOAD: Download the latest binaries from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/central-syslog-server/sup… Note that to download the binaries, you have to login into your MyBalaBit account. Kind Regards, BalaBit IT Security You are receiving this email because you showed interest in our products. Unsubscribe <http://www.balabit.com/newsletter/unsubscribe/4398019b4f2681fdce75b07177a63…> from the syslog-ng Premium Edition Technical Newsletter.

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syslog-ng Agent for Windows 5 LTS (5.0.2) has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng Agent for Windows VERSION : 5 LTS (5.0.2) SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Oct 14, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Agent for Windows (5 LTS (5.0.2)) has been released. For latest fixes in the 5.0.x branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 5 LTS (5.0.2) Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:59:50 +0100 Fixed issues: #29887: security ID not resolved properly on Windows 7 and above For details on the fixed issues see our new issue tracking page at http://www.balabit.com/mybalabit/fixed_bugs/revision/ The documentation of syslog-ng Agent for Windows 5 LTS, including the installation and user guides is available in PDF, HTML, and single-page HTML format at: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/central-syslog-server/sup… HOW TO UPGRADE: WARNING Upgrading to syslog-ng Agent for Windows version 5.0.2 is supported only from syslog-ng Premium Edition version 4.0.x (any release in the 4.0.x line) and from 5.0.1 or above. * When upgrading a machine running version 4.0.x in standalone mode, run the .exe installer and verify that the displayed information is correct. * When upgrading a machine running version 4.0.x in domain mode, follow the steps described in section 'Installing the syslog-ng Agent on the hosts of a domain' of the documentation. The system will automatically recognize that the new package will update the syslog-ng Agent for Windows package. UPGRADE: For details on upgrading and possible upgrade paths, read Section 2.6., Upgrading syslog-ng in the The syslog-ng Agent for Windows 5.0 Administrator Guide: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/syslog-ng-pe-5.0-guides/en/sys… DOWNLOAD: Download the latest binaries from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/central-syslog-server/dow… Note that to download the binaries, you have to login into your MyBalaBit account. The documentation of the syslog-ng Agent for Windows application is available in The syslog-ng Agent for Windows 5 LTS (5.0.2) Administrator Guide at: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/ Kind Regards, BalaBit IT Security You are receiving this email because you showed interest in our products. Unsubscribe <http://www.balabit.com/newsletter/unsubscribe/4398019b4f2681fdce75b07177a63…> from the syslog-ng Premium Edition Technical Newsletter.

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syslog-ng 3.5.0beta3 has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 11 Oct '13

11 Oct '13

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 3.5.0beta3 SUMMARY : new beta release DATE : Oct 11, 2013 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new beta version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (3.5.0beta3) has been released. Being a beta release, testing is most appreciated, but running it in production is not advised. CHANGES: 3.5.0beta3 Fri, 11 Oct 2013 10:21:38 +0200 This is the third BETA release of the syslog-ng 3.5 development branch, with stability fixes and other enhancements. While running in production is still not advised, testing is most appreciated. Incompatible changes ==================== Template escaping ----------------- Template escaping was changed in an incompatible way: previously, both the lexer and the template compiler used the '\' character for escaping, which was confusing. The template compiler uses '$$' to escape the '$' char, and '@@' to escape '@'. If a non-numeric value follows '@', a warning will be printed. Bugfixes ======== * syslog-ng should compile again on non-Linux platforms. * The flush() and fsync() options of the file destination were fixed, and they should work the same way now as they do in 3.3 and 3.4. * The hiredis library should be detected on the default include paths, so one does not necessarily need to specify --with-libhiredis non non-Debian systems. Said option was also made to work. * A memory corruption was fixed in the @STRING@ parser of db-parser(). * Excludes now work properly with value-pairs(), and they do not get ignored if the value to exclude is in the default set. Known Bugs ========== * The afstreams module is broken, does not compile, and does not work. This will be corrected before the final 3.5.1 release. Credits: ======== syslog-ng is developed as a community project, and as such it relies on volunteers to do the work necessarily to produce syslog-ng. Reporting bugs, testing changes, writing code or simply providing feedback are all important contributions, so please if you are a user of syslog-ng, contribute. These people have helped in this release: Balazs Scheidler <bazsi(a)balabit.hu> Cy Schubert <Cy.Schubert(a)komquats.com> Evan Rempel <erempel(a)uvic.ca> Gergely Nagy <algernon(a)balabit.hu> Lucas McLane <lucas(a)clicksecurity.com> Oscar Muñoz Peter Czanik <czanik(a)balabit.hu> Sergey Shuman Viktor Juhasz <jviktor(a)balabit.hu> DOWNLOAD: You can download the source or binary packages from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system… The documentation of the syslog-ng Open Source Edition is available in The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator's Guide at http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

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