[syslog-ng]Syslog-NG 1.6.6 memory leak when sending UDP logs

[Roberto Nibali]

henry@shoelacecity.com wrote:
> 
> Let me understand this, you were seeing a leak when using a PERL script
> to send UDP packets using
> Net::RawIP    _to_ syslong_ng.

Exact, the perl-related process was leaking, no syslog involved. We had to
hand-craft the UDP packets since the spoofing only works partially from our POV.

> I am still experiencing clear leak behavior when using syslog-ng to send
> spoffed UDP packets to other syslog-ng's.
> The syslog-ng sender is leaking, the receiver is exhibitning normal
> behavior.

You could valgrind the process ... http://valgrind.kde.org/

Sorry for not being more helpful to you in this matter,
Roberto Nibali, ratz
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