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| author | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2013-06-15 10:09:33 +0200 |
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| committer | Rainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com> | 2013-06-15 10:09:33 +0200 |
| commit | f0f1a53a1650eb00e8f071d269bbe63bca285169 (patch) | |
| tree | 189ef66aeececb52dba5db604a3ac57cebdf576e | |
| parent | 2529a2379a1e9312dbef1bb155ba476b1a03707e (diff) | |
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doc: warn about using imjournal
do to bugs in systemd, the module can lead to a DoS to the local machine
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diff --git a/doc/imjournal.html b/doc/imjournal.html index e3f64502..df9a436a 100644 --- a/doc/imjournal.html +++ b/doc/imjournal.html @@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ <p><b>Description</b>:</p> <p>Provides the ability to import structured log messages from systemd journal to syslog.</p> +<p><b>Warning:</b> Some versions of systemd journal have problems with database +corruption, which leads to the journal to return the same data endlessly +in a thight loop. This results in massive message duplication inside rsyslog +probably resulting in a denial-of-service when the system ressouces get +exhausted. This can be somewhat mitigated by using proper rate-limiters, but +even then there are spikes of old data which are endlessly repeated. +<b>As such, it is strongly recommended to use this plugin only if there +is hard need to do so.</b> <p><b>Configuration Directives</b>:</p> <p><b>Module Directives</b></p> |