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authorMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2011-04-12 14:23:52 +0200
committerMichael Biebl <biebl@debian.org>2011-04-12 14:23:52 +0200
commit2e96de39e5394008f97d6c194e507e629d836738 (patch)
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diff --git a/doc/manual.html b/doc/manual.html
index f28d18d..e1f0ebf 100644
--- a/doc/manual.html
+++ b/doc/manual.html
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rsyslog support</a> available directly from the source!</p>
<p><b>Please visit the <a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/sponsors">rsyslog sponsor's page</a>
to honor the project sponsors or become one yourself!</b> We are very grateful for any help towards the
project goals.</p>
-<p><b>This documentation is for version 5.7.10 (beta branch) of rsyslog.</b>
+<p><b>This documentation is for version 5.8.0 (stable branch) of rsyslog.</b>
Visit the <i><a href="http://www.rsyslog.com/status">rsyslog status page</a></i></b>
to obtain current version information and project status.
</p><p><b>If you like rsyslog, you might
@@ -110,5 +110,7 @@ any restriction as long as your license is GPLv3 compatible. If your license is
you may even be still permitted to use rsyslog source code. However, then you need to look at the way
<a href="licensing.html">rsyslog is licensed</a>.</p>
<p>Feedback is always welcome, but if you have a support question, please do not
-mail Rainer directly (<a href="free_support.html">why not?</a>).
+mail Rainer directly (<a href="free_support.html">why not?</a>) - use the
+<a href="http://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog">rsyslogmailing list</a>
+or <a href="http://kb.monitorware.com/rsyslog-f40.html">rsyslog formum</a> instead.
</body></html>
diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html
index 7d121a4..a5d69f1 100644
--- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html
+++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_global.html
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ default 60000 (1 minute)]</li>
<li>$ActionQueueWorkerThreadMinumumMessages &lt;number&gt;, default 100</li>
<li><a href="rsconf1_actionresumeinterval.html">$ActionResumeInterval</a></li>
<li>$ActionResumeRetryCount &lt;number&gt; [default 0, -1 means eternal]</li>
-<li>$ActionSendResendLastMsgOnReconn &lt;[on/<b>off</b>]&gt; specifies if the last message is to be resend when a connecition broken and has been reconnedcted. May increase reliability, but comes at the risk of message duplication.
+<li>$ActionSendResendLastMsgOnReconnect &lt;[on/<b>off</b>]&gt; specifies if the last message is to be resend when a connecition breaks and has been reconnected. May increase reliability, but comes at the risk of message duplication.
<li>$ActionSendStreamDriver &lt;driver basename&gt; just like $DefaultNetstreamDriver, but for the specific action</li>
<li>$ActionSendStreamDriverMode &lt;mode&gt;, default 0, mode to use with the stream driver (driver-specific)</li>
<li>$ActionSendStreamDriverAuthMode &lt;mode&gt;,&nbsp; authentication mode to use with the stream driver. Note that this directive requires TLS
diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_tls.html b/doc/rsyslog_tls.html
index bb312c7..286660d 100644
--- a/doc/rsyslog_tls.html
+++ b/doc/rsyslog_tls.html
@@ -162,25 +162,11 @@ similar "smart" command on the client. It should show up in the
respective server log file. If you dig out your sniffer, you should see
that the traffic on the wire is actually protected.</p>
<h3>Limitations</h3>
-<p>The current implementation has a number of limitations. These
-are
-being worked on. Most importantly, neither the client nor the server
-are authenticated. So while the message transfer is encrypted, you can
-not be sure which peer you are talking to. Please note that this is a
-limitation found in most real-world SSL syslog systems. Of course, that
-is not an excuse for not yet providing this feature - but it tells you
-that it is acceptable and can be worked around by proper firewalling,
-ACLs and other organizational measures. Mutual authentication will be
-added shortly to rsyslog.</p>
-<p>Secondly, the plain tcp syslog listener
-can currently listen to a single port, in a single mode. So if you use
-a TLS-based listener, you can not run unencrypted syslog on the same
-instance at the same time. A work-around is to run a second rsyslogd
-instance. This limitation, too, is scheduled to be removed soon.</p>
<p>The
RELP transport can currently not be protected by TLS. A work-around is
to use stunnel. TLS support for RELP will be added once plain TCP
-syslog has sufficiently matured.</p>
+syslog has sufficiently matured and there either is some time left to do this
+or we find a sponsor ;).</p>
<h2>Certificates</h2>
<p>In order to be really secure, certificates are needed. This is
a short summary on how to generate the necessary certificates with