[syslog-ng] specify destination filename in message?

K K kkadow at gmail.com
Wed May 7 19:57:49 CEST 2008


On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 12:53 PM, Robert Ulbrich <rulbrich at capsher.com> wrote:
>  I would like to be able to configure syslog-ng to
>  direct messages into the file specified by the
>  filename contained within the message itself.

That's the solution you've picked.
What is the reasoning which lead you to pick this solution?


If nothing else, there are significant security and denial of service
issues inherent in this idea, especially when accepting UDP syslog
messages, trivially spoofable.

Kevin


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