[syslog-ng] syslog-ng 1.3.3

[Chris Scheller]

I had the same problem and was told to install scsh. i did so and compile
worked great. scsh can be found at 
ftp-swiss.ai.mit.edu/pub/su/scsh/scsh.tar.gz

Chris Scheller
Network One Internet, inc.
http://www.networkone.net/
System/Network Administration
1.888.GOT-NET1

On Mon, 22 Nov 1999, Lowkrantz, Goran wrote:

> 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.
> 
> -- 
> Bazsi
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