[syslog-ng] syslog-ng 3.4.0beta1 has been released

[devel at balabit.hu]

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PACKAGE             : syslog-ng
VERSION             : 3.4.0beta1
SUMMARY             : new stable release
DATE                : Dec 15, 2012
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DESCRIPTION:

  A new version of syslog-ng Open Source Edition (3.4.0beta1) has been
  released. For latest fixes in the 3.4.x feature branch you are recommended to
  upgrade to this version.

CHANGES:

3.4.0beta1
	Sat, 15 Dec 2012 02:21:14 +0100

	Features:
	=========
	* Added support for the amqp() destination driver, which sends
	  messages to an AMQP queue.

	* Added support for a new parser named syslog-parser() that can
	  invoke the RFC3164 and RFC5424 parser outside the source driver
	  that received the message. Delaying the syslog parsing can be
	  advantageous in case some preprocessing or filtering needs to take
	  place before the actual syslog parsing.

	* Added support for dot notation in the $(format-json) template
	  function.

	* Changed the MongoDB driver to use inserts instead of upserts.

	* Added support for UNIX domain sockets in the MongoDB driver by
	  using the new path() option.

	* Added new template functions to perform various cryptographic hash
	  functions on data, like: $(md5), $(md4), $(sha1), $(sha256),
	  $(sha512)

	* Added a couple of new parsers to db-parser() pattern format:

           * @PCRE@: use this to parse using a regexp
           * @EMAIL@: to parse email addresses
	   * @HOSTNAME@: to parse host names
	   * @LLADDR@: to parse link-level addresses, like ethernet MAC
             addresses

	* Added the possibility to set TCP keepalive options for TCP based
	  transports: tcp-keepalive-time(), tcp-keepalive-probes(),
	  tcp-keepalive-intvl(). Also added the tcp-keepalive() option as
	  an alias to the earlier so-keepalive() parameter. TCP keepalive
	  became enabled by default.

	Bugfixes:
	=========
	* Updated with the bugfixes from v3.3.7

	* Fixed SQL statement formatting used to create indexes on Oracle.
	  The original query contained an apostrophe when specifying the
	  column name.

	* Fixed an incorrect validation in the file() source, which
	  caused the entire file to be resent in case syslog-ng was
	  restarted and an encoding() is specified.

	* Increased the performance when following files with the encoding()
	  option set. Previously, the code to check if the source encoding
	  is fixed size was incorrect, which in turn caused syslog-ng
	  to excercise its slow path when processing these files, instead of
	  a faster alternative.

	* Fixed a memory leak issue when encoding() is used for file
	  sources and syslog-ng was reloaded.

	* Fixed a bug in processing the encoding() option for udp() sources.
	  syslog-ng incorrectly propagated the character decoding state from
	  one frame to the next, which might have originated from different
	  senders.

	* Infinite feedback loops of internal messages triggering another
	  set of internal messages are now detected and suppressed. Earlier
	  it was not safe to enable debug/trace messages during runtime, now
	  it is.

	* Fixed a race condition in resolving IP address to hostnames, which
	  might have caused garbage in the hostname part of messages. This
	  is most likely mitigated by the DNS cache.

	Other changes:
	==============
	* Added unit test coverage for various log transport
	  implementations.

	* Reorganized the LogProto code to support plugins, the transport()
	  option for the syslog() and network() drivers can be used to
	  specify a transport protocol plugin.

        Credits:
        ========
        syslog-ng is developed as a community project, and as such it relies
        on volunteers to do the work necessarily to produce syslog-ng.

        Reporting bugs, testing changes, writing code or simply providing
        feedback are all important contributions, so please if you are a
        user of syslog-ng, contribute.

        These people have helped in this release:

           Attila Nagy <bra at fsn.hu>
           Balazs Scheidler <bazsi at balabit.hu>
           Balint Kovacs <blint at balabit.hu>
           Brian Kroth <bpkroth at gmail.com>
           Conrad Hoffmann <ch at bitfehler.net>
           Csaba Major <csaba.major at balabit.com>
           Cy Schubert <cy at FreeBSD.org>
           Eun Kyung <ekyung01 at googlemail.com>
           Evan Rempel <erempel at uvic.ca>
           Gergely Nagy <algernon at balabit.hu>
           Jose Oliveira <jpo at di.uminho.pt>
           Juhasz Viktor <jviktor at balabit.hu>
           Marvin Nipper <marvin.nipper at stream.com>
           Michael Hocke <michael.hocke at nyu.edu>
           Peter Czanik <czanik at balabit.hu>
           Peter Gyongyosi <gyp at balabit.hu>
           Sandor Geller <wildy at muhelybt.hu>
           Sergey <cloun-rulez at yandex.ru>
           shih dane <daneshih1125 at gmail.com>
           Tamas Pal <folti at balabit.hu>
           Viktor Juhasz <jviktor at balabit.hu>

DOWNLOAD:

  You can download the source or binary packages from:

    http://www.balabit.com/network-security/syslog-ng/opensource-logging-system/downloads

  The documentation of the syslog-ng Open Source Edition is available in
  The syslog-ng Open Source Edition Administrator's Guide at

    http://www.balabit.com/support/documentation/




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