I, too, think this is useful. Will look at it as soon as I get the patch. The b) and c) parts may be a bit harder to integrate if they are not for the newest devel branch, as I rewrote the parser part of rsyslog. But in any case, it is worth trying to merge it in.
Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2009 9:38 PM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: Re: [rsyslog] [PATCH] TLS connection check + syslog TAG > parsing > > for what it's worth, I think that b and c are very useful when dealing > with strange data sources, and a is probably a bugfix. > > David Lang > > On Thu, 19 Nov 2009, Rainer Gerhards wrote: > > > > > Sorry, I seem to have overlooked that message. But the mailing list > processor > > has stripped the attachment. Could you please re-send to my personal > mail > > address. > > > > Rainer > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [email protected] > >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> Jonathan Bond-Caron > >> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 5:43 PM > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: [rsyslog] [PATCH] TLS connection check + syslog TAG parsing > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> > >> > >> Attached is a patch for 3 things: > >> > >> > >> > >> a) Check that TCP connection is still alive when using TLS > >> > >> > >> > >> b) Improve TAG parsing so that it ends when it sees a > >> tab or escape > >> control character. > >> > >> > >> > >> c) Added configuration directive: escapecontrolcharactertab > >> > >> In rsyslog.conf, you can set: > >> > >> $escapeControlCharactersOnReceive on > >> > >> $escapeControlCharacterTab off > >> > >> > >> > >> This avoids having a tab being escaped since it is after a viewable > >> character J > >> > >> I'd prefer this being the default behavior but I've left > >> $escapeControlCharacterTab on as default in case people > >> expect tabs to be > >> escaped. > >> > >> > >> > >> This is my first GIT patch, hope it works well ;) > >> > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > rsyslog mailing list > > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > > http://www.rsyslog.com > > > _______________________________________________ > rsyslog mailing list > http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog > http://www.rsyslog.com _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com

