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On Tue, Mar 05, 2002 at 01:04:06PM +0100, Michael Renner wrote:
> Baszi, would it be possible to include some sort of short-time dns
> cache in syslog-ng, so that it'll only check for updated dns records,
> say, every minute?
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Including DNS cacheing into syslog-ng will not remove a point of
failure, it will increase the complexity of a specialized service,
allowing it to fail in a greater number of places. The power of
UNIX programming, and one of its tennants, is in the idea that each
tool performs /one/ job well. syslog-ng is optimized to receive,
format, and store/redirect logs from local and remote machines, and
it does an exceptional job.
A local DNS cache server is designed for one job, providing a
system-wide service for all applications. If it's not doing an
exceptional job, then concentrate on fixing that daemon, not adding
yet another layer of complexity to syslog-ng.
When one starts to engineer software into virtual "swiss army
knives", one sacrifices the flexibility and power that the UNIX
programming philosophy provides.
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