David, I have now changed the default:
http://git.adiscon.com/?p=rsyslog.git;a=commitdiff;h=e4c926bfbca3aab3fe34fc9c fedb7343423de016 Rainer > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:rsyslog- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 11:43 PM > To: rsyslog-users > Subject: [rsyslog] spoofing module configuration > > in reading the spoofing module configuration it strikes me that the > defaults can be significantly improved. > > the common case for needing to so spoofing is that you are spoofing the > original source IP address > > so the current configuration equivalent commands > > $template spoofaddr, "%fromhost-ip%" > $ActionUDPSpoofSourceNameTemplate spoofaddr > > could be made the default (or call it RSYSLOG_spoofaddr to keep from > polluting the namespace) and the result would be far simpler for people > to > configure, becomging simply > > $modload omudpspoof > $ActionUDPSpoofTargetHost server.example.com > *.* :omudpspoof: > > it could be simplified even further if there was some way to specify > the > destination on the action line (like the @ and @@ functions do today, > could we use @S@ to indicate spoofing?) > > > changing the defaults should have no problems with backwards > compatibility, adding/changing how the desitnation is specified could > break backward compatibility, but this is a very new piece of > functionality and the simplification may be worth it (what versions > have > this available?) > > David Lang > _______________________________________________ > 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
