[syslog-ng] syslog-ng 1.3.3

[Lowkrantz, Goran]

Hi,

I downloaded 1.3.3 but the file src/afsocket.h.x seems to be missing, so it
won't build.

Cheers,
	GLZ

-----Original Message-----
From: Balazs Scheidler [mailto:bazsi@balabit.hu]
Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 10:11 PM
To: syslog-ng@lists.balabit.hu
Subject: [syslog-ng] syslog-ng 1.3.3


Hi,

I've released syslog-ng 1.3.3, which completes the afsocket reorganization I
introduced in 1.3.2. It should be quite stable now.

This fixes a problem with some programs dropping messages (for instance
sendmail). It was caused by the fact the syslog-ng dropped all af_unix
connections when sent a HUP signal. A new option was added to unix-stream
and tcp: keep-alive, which is on by default for unix-stream drivers.

Another bug was fixed in the $DAY macro expansion.

There was a discussion recently on bugtraq about a syslogd DoS attack. The
problem is fixed in distributions by switching to unix-dgram sockets from
unix-stream. syslog-ng supports this switch by using another driver, so you
only need to change your configuration. 

An alternative solution will be provided to limit the number of simultaneous
connections kept open. If this limit is reached, syslog-ng will be able to
send a warning message, and messages will not be simply dropped. IMHO this
solution is much better, than reverting to sock_dgram.

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