The following reply was made to PR mod_log-any/1351; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Rainer Scherg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: mod_log-any/1351: No filtering of referer is possibly in CustomLog module Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 14:48:12 +0100 Request for #PR1351 done in #PR3449... (same request). Feature has been implemented for some sort of backward compatability (not 100% compat.) to get rid of mod_log_referer. >From: Dean Gaudet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 12:37:23 -0800 (PST) > It's largely unrequired with 1.3 because as of 1.3 you can pipe your logs > through an external program in a reliable. The external program can do > whatever complicated filtering you're interested in. > > Dean Aggreed, but on a heavy loaded Server (like our main server, doing also intranet web stuff) you get a performance penalty if you are using external logfilters. So: IMO it's ok, if a webserver has a basic(!) means of filtering features to minimize logsize (saves > 90% of unwanted referer log entries on an intranet site!) Regards Rainer see: #PR3499
