On Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 09:23:01AM +0100, Stuart Henderson wrote: > On 2022/08/24 18:47, Denis Fondras wrote: > > Le Tue, Aug 23, 2022 at 06:28:12PM +0200, Claudio Jeker a écrit : > > > I noticed that the "connection from non-peer" message can fill the log and > > > be so chatty that it is hard to see the other messages. The system I see > > > this on is a bit special since it gets hammered by incorrectly configured > > > systems. Maybe other people find this message helpful. If so please > > > speak up now because I think the message does not add much info and should > > > be skipped unless verbose logging is used. > > > > > > > I agree with this change (I also have a log full of this message). > > btw I like the log message, it shows me if I messed up and forgot to add a > session, or if someone else messed up and added a session without arranging > it (or typoed the address, etc). But I only allow port 179 connections from > possible candidates for peering (IXP peering lans etc) - I consider that > good practice anyway - and means it isn't too noisy.
True but in my case of a route collector misconfigured neighbors try to connect more or less every other second. This results in a lot of log chatter that is very annoying. Maybe bgpd needs to keep some state so that the message is not shown over and over again. -- :wq Claudio
