1.248. rsyslog

1.248.1. RHBA-2011:0785: enhancement update

Enhanced rsyslog packages are now available.

The rsyslog packages provide an enhanced, multi-threaded syslog daemon that supports MySQL, syslog/TCP, RFC 3195, permitted sender lists, filtering on any message part, and fine grain output format control. Rsyslog is compatible with stock sysklogd, and can be used as a drop-in replacement. It is simple to set up, with advanced features suitable for enterprise-class, encryption-protected syslog relay chains.

These updated rsyslog packages add the following enhancement:

With this update, rsyslog is built with the PIE (Position Independent Executable) and RELRO (read-only relocations) flags, thus, increasing the overall security. Also, rsyslog now owns the "/etc/pki/rsyslog" directory. A ChangeLog which contains a record of changes made to the rsyslog package was added to the existing documentation in the "/usr/share/doc/rsyslog-[VERSION]" directory. (BZ#642994)

Users of rsyslog are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which add this enhancement.