[issue7086] logging.handlers.SysLogHandler with TCP support
Jr Aquino jr.aqu...@citrixonline.com added the comment: Thank you for responding so quickly Vinay. I am using a multitude of syslog daemons, from syslog, syslog-ng, rsyslog, and several different proprietary SIEM/SEM Log archiving appliances. I work in the security sector. (Yes I have read Rainer before, its actually a big reason I am writing the tool that I am working on. Gaps in logs are a real world problem!) Regarding issue 6444, these users are attempting to use SysLogHandler to write to the local system's syslog sockets. A way of piggy backing on the configuration of the local systems logging daemon. What I am actually doing is ignoring the local systems syslog, and sending the syslog packets directly to a remote syslog server. This is to replay syslog data that may have been previously lost due to connectivity outages. My tool can also be used to send the data to an external server for forensic reasons. I believe the answer to your last question also sheds light on your first question! The reason that I am looking to add TCP is because a lot of new data center architectures are heavily utilizing tcp syslog in a chained / centralized environment. I am also seeing a lot of preferential treatment of tcp syslog on logging appliances such as Loglogic. I am sorry to hear that your test environment is lacking the regression suites that you need. I do hope that another commiter can test for us. Syslog is an old technology and I hope that more efforts like mine and Rainer's can help to identify and correct deficiencies in the design. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7086 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue7086] logging.handlers.SysLogHandler with TCP support
Jr Aquino jr.aqu...@citrixonline.com added the comment: Vinay, tested on all syslog daemons/servers. Works perfectly. Thank you very much. I appreciate your time greatly. -- status: pending - open ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7086 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue7086] logging.handlers.SysLogHandler with TCP support
New submission from Jr Aquino jr.aqu...@citrixonline.com: This patch is to address the deficiency in sending syslog messages to an external syslog server via tcp or udp. Currently the handler only really supports udp unless it is being redirected locally through a unix socket. The submitted patch allows for the standard udp SOCK_DGRAM behavior to continue being the default, but allows for a protocol object to be defined as tcp to allow for the alternate protocol. -- components: Extension Modules files: handlers.py.diff keywords: patch messages: 93766 nosy: enigma severity: normal status: open title: logging.handlers.SysLogHandler with TCP support type: behavior versions: Python 2.6 Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15084/handlers.py.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7086 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue7086] logging.handlers.SysLogHandler with TCP support
Jr Aquino jr.aqu...@citrixonline.com added the comment: Here is the patch with the requested syntactical corrections. -- Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file15085/handlers.py.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7086 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue7086] logging.handlers.SysLogHandler with TCP support
Changes by Jr Aquino jr.aqu...@citrixonline.com: Removed file: http://bugs.python.org/file15084/handlers.py.diff ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7086 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
