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syslog-ng Premium Edition 2.1.6 has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 14 Aug '07

14 Aug '07

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng Premium Edition VERSION : 2.1.6 SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Aug 14, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Premium Edition (2.1.6) has been released. For latest fixes in the 2.1.x branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 2.1.6 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:26:32 +0200 Bugfixes: * Fixed a minor memory leak in SIGHUP handling when the persistent configuration file is used. * Fixed a disk-buffer related memory leak problem. * Fixed a possible segmentation fault during configuration reload when an SQL destination is newly introduced in the configuration. * Fixed an SQL related segmentation fault when parsing a configuration file with syntax errors. * Fixed a possible segmentation fault with multiple SQL destinations. Other changes: * HP-UX v11.11 support. * RHEL5 support. DOWNLOAD: Download the latest binaries from: http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/syslog-ng/binaries/premium-edition/ OR, if you have a platform that is supported by apt-get, use the following apt sources to fetch the latest releases: Debian GNU/Linux ---------------- etch: deb https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/premium/ debian-etch/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng-pe RedHat Enterprise Linux ----------------------- RHEL-4 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/premium/ rhel-4/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng-pe SUSE 10 ------- SUSE 10.0 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/premium/ suse-10.0/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng-pe SUSE 10.1 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/premium/ suse-10.1/syslog-ng-2.1 syslog-ng-pe HTTP can also be used in the place of HTTPS if your version of apt-get does not support the HTTPS protocol. When using plain HTTP, the username and password are not be encrypted.

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syslog-ng 2.0.5 has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 26 Jul '07

26 Jul '07

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng VERSION : 2.0.5 SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Jul 26, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (2.0.5) has been released. For latest fixes in the 2.0.x branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 2.0.5 Sun, 22 Jul 2007 15:15:18 +0200 Bugfixes: * Fixed the configure script to automatically detect whether libnet is installed and disable spoof-source support if it is not. * Fixed the processing of the global log_fifo_size() option, in some cases the global option did not have any effect. * Fixed possible blocking on /proc/kmsg during boot, when a great number of kernel messages are generated. * Fixed a possible segfault during the syslog-ng exit procedure, that can be triggered by stopping a syslog-ng instance after it has been reloaded at least once. Other changes: * Increased the default value of max-connections to 256 for UNIX stream sources. * Added support for PIX timestamps that include year information. * Added support for fractions of a second information in BSD timestamps generated by certain Cisco devices. BINARY DOWNLOAD: If you have a binary subscription, you can download the latest binaries from: http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system… OR, if you have a platform that is supported by apt-get, use the following apt sources to fetch the latest releases: Debian GNU/Linux ---------------- sarge: deb https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ debian-sarge/syslog-ng-2.0 syslog-ng etch: deb https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ debian-etch/syslog-ng-2.0 syslog-ng RedHat Enterprise Linux ----------------------- RHEL-4 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ rhel-4/syslog-ng-2.0 syslog-ng SUSE 10 ------- SUSE 10.0 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ suse-10.0/syslog-ng-2.0 syslog-ng SUSE 10.1 rpm https://USERNAME:PASSWORD@apt.balabit.com/syslog-ng/open-source/ suse-10.1/syslog-ng-2.0 syslog-ng HTTP can also be used in the place of HTTPS If your version of apt-get does not support the HTTPS protocol. When using plain HTTP, the username and password will not be encrypted. SOURCE DOWNLOAD: The latest versions of syslog-ng in source format can be found at: http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/syslog-ng/sources/2.0/src/

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syslog-ng Premium Edition 2.1.5a has been released
by devel＠balabit.hu 12 Jul '07

12 Jul '07

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PACKAGE : syslog-ng Premium Edition VERSION : 2.1.5a SUMMARY : new stable release DATE : Jul 12, 2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ DESCRIPTION: A new stable version of syslog-ng Premium Edition (2.1.5) has been released. For latest fixes in the 2.1.x branch you are recommended to upgrade to this version. CHANGES: 2.1.5a Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:06:10 +0200 Bugfixes: * Fixed keyword conflict between SQL destination "user" option and the facility named "user" by renaming the SQL option to "username". 2.1.5 Tue, 26 June 2007 13:20:55 +0200 Bugfixes: * Fixed incorrect loading of disk-queue spool files in case no entries were saved from the output queue. * Do not create a disk spool file if its size is set to 0. * Cleaned up startup messages to keep boot output clean. * Clarified the severity of various log messages (disk-buffer, tcp-wrapper). Features: * Added support for output rate limiting (throttle). * Added support for SQL destinations, enabling logging directly into a database. Other changes: * Increased default connection limit for unix-stream() connections to 256 instead of the previous limit of 100. * Added support for PIX timestamps. * Added 'stored' counters for disk-buffers into log statistics. * Changed the default console log level to 4. DOWNLOAD: Download the latest binaries from: http://www.balabit.com/downloads/files/syslog-ng/binaries/premium-edition/d… The updated version of The syslog-ng Administrator Guide is available in PDF and HTML format at: http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/

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Download location change
by Balazs Scheidler 24 May '07

24 May '07

Dear syslog-ng users, The download location for syslog-ng sources is being changed due to internal web reorganization. In the future, syslog-ng sources will be available from: http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog-ng/sources/ instead of the old download location. The location of the upgrade summary page will not be changed, and will remain: http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog-ng/opensource/upgrades/ Sorry, for the possible inconvinience. -- Balazs Scheidler <bazsi(a)balabit.hu>

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syslog-ng 2.0.4 has been released
by Balazs Scheidler 19 May '07

19 May '07

Dear syslog-ng users, A new stable version of syslog-ng has been released. The list of user-visible changes are summarized below. For more information, visit our just-updated website at http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog-ng/ 2.0.4 Mon, 14 May 2007 11:47:48 +0200 IMPORTANT NOTES: * This version of syslog-ng fixes a bug in enforcing the max-connections() limit for various stream-like sources (unix-stream and tcp). Previously this limit was not enforced, thus production environments may use an inadequate value. Validate your max-connection() settings before upgrading and check your logs for rejected connections. Bugfixes: * Fixed configuration parsing of the localport() and port() parameters. * Fixed template_escape() for non-ASCII characters. * Fixed facility() filter evaluation problems. * Fixed a possible segmentation fault during shutdown, when pending messages were still present in the destination queue of a flow-controlled destination. * Fixed sign of timezone when parsed from the configuration file. * Fixed counting the number of established connections, the value used when comparing against the max-connections() parameter. Features: * Added support for rotated source files. * Added support for perl-like regexp flags to make it possible to specify case-insensitive regular expressions. -- Bazsi

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syslog-ng experimental git tree
by Balazs Scheidler 21 Apr '07

21 Apr '07

Dear syslog-ng users, I have started migrating syslog-ng from an internal GNU arch repository to a new version control system, also used by the Linux kernel project called git. For more information on git, please check out the git homepage at: http://git.or.cz/ and the numerous git tutorials available on the web. I'm still getting familiar to git, so mistakes might happen. Thus contents of this git tree are considered experimental, if something goes wrong I might need to rebuild this repository. Please take that into consideration when cloning my repository. git-web and other fancies are not yet available, just a plain dummy HTTP transport, this will change in the future. The URL of my public repository is: http://people.balabit.hu/bazsi/git/syslog-ng-2.0.git/ To clone this repository to your local hard-drive, issue the following command: git clone http://people.balabit.hu/bazsi/git/syslog-ng-2.0.git syslog-ng-2.0 -- Bazsi

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syslog-ng Premium Edition
by Balazs Scheidler 03 Apr '07

03 Apr '07

Dear syslog-ng users, As some of you might already know from my blog, BalaBit has started working on a commercial fork of syslog-ng, named "syslog-ng Premium Edition". While the number of differences between the current premium and open source versions is marginal, it is expected to grow over time. We are planning to use dual-licensing: * the free edition will be available under the GPL, just as it's been in the past, * the commercial edition will be covered by a conventional, commercial license The two editions will be released from the same source tree, ensuring that non-differentiating changes will become part of both the free and commercial versions. I hope the syslog-ng community finds this change acceptable in the direction of syslog-ng, as it will result in more choices and a better syslog-ng. I - as the author of syslog-ng - personally think that this change will make it possible to allocate more resources to syslog-ng itself which will also benefit the users of the free edition of syslog-ng. This change is going to trigger some changes as the current syslog-ng development infrastructure goes: * this mailing list remains The list of the open source version of syslog-ng, apart from this single time posting BalaBit does not plan to use it as a "marketing" resource. * the syslog-ng-announce mailing list will become a more "traditional" product announcement mailing list for all editions of syslog-ng, so commercial announcements will be sent there too. * the website will be restructured in the near-future to include a spot for both editions, a separate page for syslog-ng open source edition will remain active though I think those are about the things that I wanted to inform you in advance. We'll see how things work out. If you have questions, please feel free to ask, either on the mailing list, or by sending a personal email to me. -- Bazsi

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syslog-ng 2.0.3 is released
by Balazs Scheidler 26 Mar '07

26 Mar '07

Dear syslog-ng users, I've uploaded syslog-ng 2.0.3, the latest stable release in the syslog-ng 2.0 branch to our webserver. The list of changes is summarized below. The source is available at the usual places at http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog-ng/ 2.0.3 Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:10:00 +0200 Bugfixes: * Fixed a possible segmentation fault in the usertty() destination driver when it was referenced on a log path with disabled flow-control. * Fixed various usertty() functionality problems. * Removed the 1024 byte limitation of internally generated messages. * Clarified the text of various internal messages, consistency updates for message severities. * Increased the minimum value for log_fifo_size to 1000 elements. * HP-UX portability fixes. * Some minor documentation fixes. Features: * Added spoof-source support for IPv4 & IPv6 to match 1.6.x functionality. * Added support for remembering the last posistion of file sources across restarts. * Added tcp-wrapper support. * Added support for more than 9 regexp matches. -- Bazsi

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syslog-ng 2.0.2 released
by Balazs Scheidler 29 Jan '07

29 Jan '07

Hi, I have released syslog-ng 2.0.2, which is available at the usual places. (http://www.balabit.com/products/syslog-ng/) The NEWS entry for this release can be found below. One additional bug was fixed which is not included in the NEWS entry, the usertty() destination can crash in some circumstances. (I could squeze in this fix, as I had a build failure in one of our build systems.) 2.0.2 Fri, 26 Jan 2007 08:45:59 +0100 Bugfixes: * Fixed compilation problems in dnscache on non-Linux systems, such as Solaris and BSDs * Fixed an incompatibility between 1.6.x and 2.0.x when parsing user/group information from the configuration file. * Remove trailing \0 and \n characters from a message before processing, removes an unnecessary trailing space from messages. * Fixed handling utmp entries in the usertty() driver, which contain a full path to the tty. Features: * Readded missing tcp-keep-alive() option with a new name consistent with the rest of the socket options (so_keepalive). -- Bazsi

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syslog-ng 2.0.0 released
by Balazs Scheidler 03 Nov '06

03 Nov '06

Hi, I'm proud to announce that the first stable version in the 2.0.x series, with a version number of 2.0.0 has been released and uploaded to our website. Those following the 1.9.x and 2.0rcX releases should not expect much changes between 2.0rc4 and 2.0.0, a few fixes here and there. >From now on, syslog-ng 1.6.x is strictly in maintenance mode, my efforts on syslog-ng will concentrate on the 2.0.x branch. The list of user-visible changes in 2.0.0 since 2.0rc4: 2.0.0 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:32:50 +0200 Bugfixes: * Fixed some compilation warnings when using gcc4 * Fixed a problem in restarting program destinations, that could cause several instance of the program to run. * Fixed a UNIX domain socket format issue that sometimes caused a memory dump to be displayed in place of the socket name. * Fixed a bug in handling broken destination connections. Other changes: * Documentation updates. -- Bazsi

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