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Version
histories:
Version
histories for Syslogserver, SyslogView and SyslogAgent are found
here.
SyslogServer
2.3.1, September 2012
- Bug fix: parsing of certain mail gateway names caused crash of service at startup.
- Bug fix: backup operations issues resolved.
- Upgrade recommended in case of issues with the above bugs.
2.3.0, April 2011
- Adjustments for x64,
and Windows 2008 R2, support.
- Under-the-hood-change:
new libraries with MS Visual Studio 2010
- Replaced help files
with PDF dito.
- Parsing improvement for Cisco entries
and Windows entries with very long process names.
- Minor bug fixes.
2.2.4, 10 April 2008
- Restored proper email format functionality - several customers
had details ending up in the mail header part.
- Parsing improvments, mainly on Windows messages.
- Fixed bug with parsing hosts with minus sign in the name.
- Minor bug fixes.
2.2.3, 11 January 2008
- Improved detection of service permission issues - especially
useful in Vista.
- Improved alarm performance for large databases.
- Alarm checks now also active during ongoing Syslogserver
backup operations.
2.2.2, 18 December 2006
- Changed limitations on the free edition - now more generous
settings.
2.2.1, 16 May 2006
- Changed filtering rules of strange characters in input - now
accepts more types of characters.
- Fixed bug with DNS-specified mail gateway related to admin
mails.
- Added support for debug flags.
- Other minor changes.
2.2, 14 October 2005
- New tab based user interface.
- Added configuration options for increased control
(optimizations, DNS purges, alarms intervals).
- Added Administrator mail alarms possibility.
- New settings no longer require restart of service.
- Improved DNS cache (now caches failed lookups too).
- Other minor changes.
2.1.1, 4 July 2005
- Incresed number of allowed alarms in free and SBE Editions.
- Set max log file size to 5Mb.
- Other minor changes.
2.1, 5 January 2005
- Database table restructure. Still compatible with 2.0x.
- Big performance increase in backup, optimization.
- Batch insertions for increased performance.
- Program restructure - new service and file names.
2.03, 4 April 2004
- Bug fix for alarm mail listing of entries
- Other minor bugfixes
2.02, 31 March 2004
- Added host Name lookup support for Access
- File rotation during database problems fixed
- Clear temporary table in Access bug fixed
- Special case parsing bug fixed
2.01, 19 March 2004
- Rapid log file filling at certain database errors fixed
2.0, 3 March 2004
- Introduced Small Business Edition Access support(for SBE)
- Added more backup options
- Added temporary database analysis support
- Cleanup of Alarm mail structure
- Added real license handling
- Log parsing improved
- bug fixes
1.6.0, 4 december 2003
- Improved user feedback and suggestions for database problems,
especially during setup
- Improved Cisco PIX parsing
- Esthetic improvement of SyslogServer manual
1.5.1 , 10 October 2003
- Fixed a problem with file switch
1.5.0, October 2003
- Fixed bug related to alarm functionality
- The manual has been updated and somewhat expanded other minor
changes...
1.3, April 2003
- Major upgrade from 1.0 series.
- Added backup support, much improved alarm functionality, and
more.
- Initial publically available trial version.
1.0 , November 2002. Initial sharp version.
SyslogView
2.3.0, April 2011
- Now
built for x86, in order to maintain functionality on x64 as Microsoft
themselves terminate support for 64bit JET OLEDB connectivity. The x86
works on a 64bit platform. Note that ODBC configuration must be set in
32bit odbcad32.exe on x64 system.
- Under-the-hood-change:
using libraries with MS Visual Studio 2010.
- Replaced help files
with PDF dito.
- Adjustments for x86
support.
- Minor bug fixes.
2.2.3, 11 January 2008
- Autoupdate on filter enable/disable feature added, which helps
users with large databases.
2.2.2, 18 December 2006
- Changed limitations on the free edition - now more generous
settings.
2.2.1, 16 May 2006
- Fixed a bug with CR LF translation
- Added vertical scrollbar to Event Properties Windows
2.2, 14 October 2005
- Fixed bug with double display of entries in certain
situations.
- Fixed bug where display of entries in storage and temporary
table would not work in certain conditions.
- Other minor changes.
2.1.1, 4 July 2005
- Fixed crash bug related to 'count entries per second'
functionality.
- Fixed line focus bug after reseting time search.
- Increased number of filters and alarms permitted in free and
SBE editions.
- Other minor changes.
2.1, 5 January 2005
- Big interface improvement
- Major speed improvement
- Added right button functionality
- More configuration options
2.02, 11 August 2004
- Fixed a bug with multiple log entries showing in some filter
scenarios
2.0, 3 March 2004
- Major GUI facelift
- Added better alarm and filter handling
- Added license support
- Bug fixes
1.3.4, 6 October 2003
- Added LCD color level
- Added button RealTimeUpdate
- Added button Negative filter rule for filter creation.
SyslogAgent
3.6, April 2011
- Fixed parsing error
when encountering multiple spaces in the process field, which caused
duplicate text to be inserted into the message.
- Added more debug
messages.
- Under-the-hood-change:
using libraries with MS Visual Studio 2010
- Adjustments for x64
and newer Windows versions, such as Win 2008
R2 amd Windows 7. - Replaced help files
with PDF dito.
3.5 10 april 2008
- SyslogAgent now handles EVENTLOG_SUCCESS events.
- SyslogAgent now also uses ProviderGUID info to locale all dll
files with message info, which means less frequent failed parsing
of events.
- Application logging now triggers on file written time, rather
than file creation time (since that is not always properly
updated).
- Fixed bug with filtering events with eventId zero.
- In case of crash, a miniDump file is now created - great for
debugging.
- Fixed bug with overly long syslog messages.
- Bug fixes.
3.4 11 January 2008
- Improved application unicode log file support.
- Improved detection of service permission issues - especially
useful in Vista.
- Added tab character handling via the registry.
- Bug fixed where syslog messages completely void of spaces were
badly handled.
- Bug fixes.
3.3.5 11 January 2007
- Fixed serious parsing bug, introduced in 3.3.4, related to
parsing of error codes in event log messages. The bug caused the
service to terminate, and would more often occur on servers with
active auditing, such as domain controllers (Thanks François M).
- Fixed bug with 'suggest setting' button in application
loggning, which inspected a log file with wrong arguments, which
could cause the read to fail.
- Added debug arguments to simplify basic debug information to
be generated.
3.3.4 30 October 2006
- Fixed parsing bug, where unexpected event log contents codes
(%00) were experienced. Would cause eternal loop with cpu usage.
- Introduced dynamic sized buffers, after realising hangups
would occur for event log entries larger than some 50k(!)
- Changed development environment, menaing new libraries
introduced and safer(?) function calls
- Bug fix in recovery after network issues
- Somewhat better application log file sharing code
- Backup syslogserver configuration change - more intuitive with
UDP with ping settings
3.2, 16 May 2006
- Fixed event id parsing bug, which caused way too many 'No
description available' messages. Bug introduced in 3.1.1 (!)
- Changed CR/LF handling and configuration. See manual for
details.
- Event ID filter list now accepts ID zero.
- Fixed bug where first SID lookup was not used.
- Rotating application log user interface fixed.
- Setting of registry permissions code replaced.
- Other minor changes.
3.1.1, 14 October 2005
- Fixed parsing bug, in which padding certain entries with
static text, so that the message does not just contain values,
failed due to library lookup failure. The error was dynamic and
would primarly occur when having many sources of messages.
- Added registry setting which character is to replace carrige
return in input entries.
3.1, 4 July 2005
- Added EventID filtering added to GUI.
- Fixed filter bug for certain eventIDs on Win2000 and Win2003
- Improved Windows error code parsing.
- Fixed bug related to service crash during server shutdown.
- Changes in setting registry permission on own key.
- Other minor changes.
3.0, 23 February 2005
- Added application logging
- Engine overhaul - several orders of magnitude faster!
- Event ID filtering
2.01, 6 June 2004
2.0, 3 March 2004
- Improved support for EventLogs types other than
standard(System, Application, Security..)
- Added ping-before-send configuration
- Added explicit parsing of Windows error messages into text
1.3.1, 6 October 2003
- Expect few or none further updates
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