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rsyslog 8.40.0 (v8-stable) released

Today, we release rsyslog 8.40.0.

This release brings a number of changes and fixes for e.g. the openssl driver, imfile, imsolaris and many more.

Noteworthy are also the changes to the build system and the enhancement to CI.

For more information, please check out the Changelog below.

We also released version 1.3.0 of librelp. This is also mostly a bugfixing release and not a hard requirement for rsyslog 8.40.0, but is recommended if you encounter reconnect issues

ChangeLog:
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librelp 1.3.0 released

librelp 1.3.0 [download]

This new release of librelp is mostly for bugfixing. The most important changes are fixes for the openssl anon mode and to not send multiple open commands on reestablishing connections.

For more details, please take a look at the changelog below.

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Version 1.3.0 – 2018-12-11
– improved error reporting
– bugfix openssl: anon mode did not work with openssl 1.1.0+
This was caused by “hardening” inside openssl, so not a real bug.
– bugfix: do not send multiple open commands
multiple open commands can happen when a session was broken
and is being reestablished. Chances to experience this problem
increase with the number of sessions broken in a row. A trigger
is that the remote system accepts the TCP connection, but does
NOT send a response to the “open” command (aka “very short-lived
session). This can happen e.g. with proxy servers which cannot
connect to the actual server.
closes https://github.com/rsyslog/librelp/issues/129
– bugfix testbench: TLS tests were executed even when TLS was disabled
– testbench:
* add test for receiver abort and restart
* much improved testbench framework and tools to support
this type of test. Done some general improvements to the
tooling.
* imported rsyslog tool “chkseq” for checking

 

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rsyslog 8.38.0 (v8-stable) released

Today, we release rsyslog 8.38.0.

This release has a lot of smaller changes and fixes. Worthy to point out are the fixes to make rsyslog build on AIX again, at least for a limited set of default modules.

Other changes and improvements are for more common use cases with modules like im-/omkafka, im(p)tcp, imfile, omelasticsearch and many more.

For more information, please check out the Changelog below.

There were also updated dependencies. The new release requires librelp 1.2.18.

ChangeLog:

https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog

Download:

http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v8-stable/

As always, feedback is appreciated.

Best regards,
Florian Riedl

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EventReporter 16.1 Released

Adiscon is proud to announce the 16.1 release of EventReporter.

While this is a minor release, it offers considerable security
improvements for syslog. Now, when TLS/SSL is configured, the user has
full control over TLS options like ciphers, hashes and protocols.
There are GUI settings for the most common options, but also the
ability to provide in-depth detail configuration of each and every
aspect via TLS library specific strings. The insecure protocol list
has been updated and the SSLv2 protocol is now disabled by
default.

The property replacer has also been enhanced: it now supports the new
“cef” option to convert properties into a valid McAffee CEF FORMAT
string.

Detailed information can be found in the version history.Version 16.1 is a free download. Customers with existing 15.x keys can contact our Sales department for upgrade prices. If you have a valid Upgrade Insurance ID, you can request a free new key by sending your Upgrade Insurance ID to sales@adiscon.com. Please note that the download enables the free 30-day trial version if used without a key – so you can right now go ahead and evaluate it.

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WinSyslog 15.1 Released

Adiscon is proud to announce the 15.1 release of WinSyslog.

While this is a minor release, it offers considerable security
improvements for syslog. Now, when TLS/SSL is configured, the user has
full control over TLS options like ciphers, hashes and protocols.
There are GUI settings for the most common options, but also the
ability to provide in-depth detail configuration of each and every
aspect via TLS library specific strings. The insecure protocol list
has been updated and the SSLv2 protocol is now disabled by
default.

The RELP protocol has been upgraded to the newest version and now also
supports TLS/SSL.

The LogNorm Action has been hardened and supports / processes  Array types now

The property replacer has also been enhanced: it now supports the new
“cef” option to convert properties into a valid McAffee CEF FORMAT
string.

For more detailed information see the version history.Version 15.1 is a free download. Customers with existing 14.x keys can contact our Sales department for upgrade prices. If you have a valid Upgrade Insurance ID, you can request a free new key by sending your Upgrade Insurance ID to sales@adiscon.com. Please note that the download enables the free 30-day trial version if used without a key – so you can right now go ahead and evaluate it.

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RSyslog Windows Agent 5.1 Released

Adiscon is proud to announce the 5.1 release of Rsyslog Windows Agent.

While this is a minor release, it offers considerable security
improvements for syslog. Now, when TLS/SSL is configured, the user has
full control over TLS options like ciphers, hashes and protocols.
There are GUI settings for the most common options, but also the
ability to provide in-depth detail configuration of each and every
aspect via TLS library specific strings. The insecure protocol list
has been updated and the SSLv2 protocol is now disabled by
default.

The RELP protocol has been upgraded to the newest version and now also
supports TLS/SSL.

The LogNorm Action has been hardened and supports / processes  Array types now

The property replacer has also been enhanced: it now supports the new
“cef” option to convert properties into a valid McAffee CEF FORMAT
string.

Full details are available via the version history.
Version 5.1 is a free download. Customers with existing 4.x keys can contact our Sales department for upgrade prices. If you have a valid Upgrade Insurance ID, you can request a free new key by sending your Upgrade Insurance ID to sales@adiscon.com. Please note that the download enables the free 30-day trial version if used without a key – so you can right now go ahead and evaluate it.
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MonitorWare Agent 12.1 released

Adiscon is proud to announce the 12.1 release of MonitorWare Agent.

While this is a minor release, it offers considerable security
improvements for syslog. Now, when TLS/SSL is configured, the user has
full control over TLS options like ciphers, hashes and protocols.
There are GUI settings for the most common options, but also the
ability to provide in-depth detail configuration of each and every
aspect via TLS library specific strings. The insecure protocol list
has been updated and the SSLv2 protocol is now disabled by
default.

The RELP protocol has been upgraded to the newest version and now also
supports TLS/SSL.

The LogNorm Action has been hardened and supports / processes Array types now

The property replacer has also been enhanced: it now supports the new
“cef” option to convert properties into a valid McAffee CEF FORMAT
string.

Detailed information can be found in the version history.

Version 12.1 is a free download. Customers with existing 11.x keys can contact our Sales department for upgrade prices. If you have a valid Upgrade Insurance ID, you can request a free new key by sending your Upgrade Insurance ID to sales@adiscon.com. Please note that the download enables the free 30-day trial version if used without a key – so you can right now go ahead and evaluate it.

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rsyslog 8.37.0 (v8-stable) released

Today, we release rsyslog 8.37.0.

This release has a lot of smaller changes and fixes. They mostly revolve around general improvements in terms of error output and handling. There were also several enhancements for modules like ommail, omfile, imjournal and imrelp.

Notably is the work that went into the refactoring of the testbench, with newly enhanced plumbing and re-writing of most of the existing tests for better overview and easier test development.

For more details, please check out the Changelog below.

There were also updated dependencies. The new release requires librelp 1.2.17 and the packages have the most current version of librdkafka statically linked.

ChangeLog:

https://github.com/rsyslog/rsyslog/blob/v8-stable/ChangeLog

Download:

http://www.rsyslog.com/downloads/download-v8-stable/

As always, feedback is appreciated.

Best regards,
Florian Riedl

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Support Forum Set to Read-Only Mode

Support forums have been a great way to communicate with users, but they have come out of style. Over the years, we have seen a steady decline in usage, and for the past couple of month postings have almost exclusively been spam. So we follow the trend and have set the forums to read-only mode. For support please use these channels:

Adiscon Products and Services: please mail info@adiscon.com

rsyslog open source project: use the rsyslog mailing list

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New Logo Selected

The rsyslog community selected a new logo! The winner is logo 1, also shown here to the right. That logo won with an overwhelming majority, and lead the polls on the mailing list, our original logo selection post as well as a dedicated poll we created for easier and anonymous voting.

The logo was originally contributed in 2014 by “robert s”, whom unfortunately I am no longer able to contact. While before we never officially adopted it, it went into widespread use and is already often used to represent rsyslog. So in a sense the now-official selection let’s us keep consistent.

We are glad to have the community decision. I am right now implementing the new logo all over rsyslog web spaces. It will also be available via the rsyslog website github project (PR just created).

Many thanks to all who voted. It was a pleasant experience for us. This may have also set stage for future polls on different topics.