Jan Gerhards

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IPv6 anonymization portability problems

IPv6-addresses are represented by 128 bits. This makes it possible to provide far more addresses than IPv4. However, this also causes problems when working with IPv6. In this case, I am currently working on an IPv6-anonymiation function for rsyslog. There are some systems that support an unsigned 128 bit integer when using GCC or clang […]

rewriting mmanon: an update

I have completed the rewrite of the IPv4-function of the mmanon module.I have managed to keep the original parameters available, although the “rewrite” option is now called “zero”. This is not going to be a problem causing older, already running, configurations to no longer work, as the old parameter-names still work. However, having the “ipv4.” […]

Zusammenfassung Logging

Hier ist eine Zusammenfassung meines Verständnisses von Eventreporter, WinSyslog und rsyslog: Die drei Programme heißen Eventreporter, Winsyslog und rsyslog. Eventreporter ist der lokale client, der auf einem  einzelnen Computer läuft. Mit ihm kann mach auch noch einige weitere überwachen lassen, aber nicht viele. Er sammelt und speichert die Vorgänge, also Fehlermeldungen, wenn ein Programm gestartet […]

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