[syslog-ng][PATCH] netmask-filter

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Sun, Jan 20, 2002 at 01:17:08AM +0100, Gert Menke wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> I have implemented a new filter for syslog-ng.
> You can now filter log messages based on their sender's IP address like this:
> 
>   # match a single host
>   filter f_noc21 { netmask("134.130.3.73"); };
> 
>   # match a whole subnet
>   filter f_noc { netmask("134.130.3.0/255.255.255.0"); };
> 
> I'll attach patches for syslog-ng versions 1.4.14 and 1.5.13.
> 
> I have also made a small patch that fixes the behaviour of the emulated
> inet_aton function in utils.c. (It would not work with "255.255.255.255".)
> On some architectures you need this patch for my netmask-filter to work
> properly!

Thanks for the patch. I'll include it in the next syslog-ng release.

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Bazsi
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