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diff --git a/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.html.en b/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.html.en new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c7b535b --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/mod/mod_log_forensic.html.en @@ -0,0 +1,196 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head> +<meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> +<!-- + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT + XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX + --> +<title>mod_log_forensic - Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</title> +<link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> +<link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> +<link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../style/css/prettify.css" /> +<script src="../style/scripts/prettify.min.js" type="text/javascript"> +</script> + +<link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head> +<body> +<div id="page-header"> +<p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> +<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</p> +<img alt="" src="../images/feather.png" /></div> +<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div> +<div id="path"> +<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.4</a> > <a href="./">Modules</a></div> +<div id="page-content"> +<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_log_forensic</h1> +<div class="toplang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_log_forensic.html" title="English"> en </a> | +<a href="../fr/mod/mod_log_forensic.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français"> fr </a> | +<a href="../ja/mod/mod_log_forensic.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | +<a href="../tr/mod/mod_log_forensic.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="Türkçe"> tr </a></p> +</div> +<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Forensic Logging of the requests made to the server</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>log_forensic_module</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_log_forensic.c</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_unique_id.html">mod_unique_id</a></code> is no longer required since +version 2.1</td></tr></table> +<h3>Summary</h3> + + <p>This module provides for forensic logging of client + requests. Logging is done before and after processing a request, so the + forensic log contains two log lines for each request. + The forensic logger is very strict, which means:</p> + + <ul> + <li>The format is fixed. You cannot modify the logging format at + runtime.</li> + <li>If it cannot write its data, the child process + exits immediately and may dump core (depending on your + <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mpm_common.html#coredumpdirectory">CoreDumpDirectory</a></code> + configuration).</li> + </ul> + + <p>The <code>check_forensic</code> script, which can be found in the + distribution's support directory, may be helpful in evaluating the + forensic log output.</p> +</div> +<div id="quickview"><a href="https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html" class="badge"><img src="https://www.apache.org/images/SupportApache-small.png" alt="Support Apache!" /></a><h3>Topics</h3> +<ul id="topics"> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#formats">Forensic Log Format</a></li> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#security">Security Considerations</a></li> +</ul><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> +<ul id="toc"> +<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#forensiclog">ForensicLog</a></li> +</ul> +<h3>Bugfix checklist</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="https://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/CHANGES_2.4">httpd changelog</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=__open__&list_id=144532&product=Apache%20httpd-2&query_format=specific&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cpriority%2Cbug_severity&component=mod_log_forensic">Known issues</a></li><li><a href="https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi?product=Apache%20httpd-2&component=mod_log_forensic">Report a bug</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3> +<ul class="seealso"> +<li><a href="../logs.html">Apache Log Files</a></li> +<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html">mod_log_config</a></code></li> +<li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div> +<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="formats" id="formats">Forensic Log Format</a></h2> + <p>Each request is logged two times. The first time is <em>before</em> it's + processed further (that is, after receiving the headers). The second log + entry is written <em>after</em> the request processing at the same time + where normal logging occurs.</p> + + <p>In order to identify each request, a unique request ID is assigned. + This forensic ID can be cross logged in the normal transfer log using the + <code>%{forensic-id}n</code> format string. If you're using + <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_unique_id.html">mod_unique_id</a></code>, its generated ID will be used.</p> + + <p>The first line logs the forensic ID, the request line and all received + headers, separated by pipe characters (<code>|</code>). A sample line + looks like the following (all on one line):</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + +yQtJf8CoAB4AAFNXBIEAAAAA|GET /manual/de/images/down.gif + HTTP/1.1|Host:localhost%3a8080|User-Agent:Mozilla/5.0 (X11; + U; Linux i686; en-US; rv%3a1.6) Gecko/20040216 + Firefox/0.8|Accept:image/png, <var>etc...</var> + </code></p></div> + + <p>The plus character at the beginning indicates that this is the first log + line of this request. The second line just contains a minus character and + the ID again:</p> + + <div class="example"><p><code> + -yQtJf8CoAB4AAFNXBIEAAAAA + </code></p></div> + + <p>The <code>check_forensic</code> script takes as its argument the name + of the logfile. It looks for those <code>+</code>/<code>-</code> ID pairs + and complains if a request was not completed.</p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="section"> +<h2><a name="security" id="security">Security Considerations</a></h2> + <p>See the <a href="../misc/security_tips.html#serverroot">security tips</a> + document for details on why your security could be compromised + if the directory where logfiles are stored is writable by + anyone other than the user that starts the server.</p> + <p>The log files may contain sensitive data such as the contents of + <code>Authorization:</code> headers (which can contain passwords), so + they should not be readable by anyone except the user that starts the + server.</p> +</div> +<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div> +<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ForensicLog" id="ForensicLog">ForensicLog</a> <a name="forensiclog" id="forensiclog">Directive</a></h2> +<table class="directive"> +<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Sets filename of the forensic log</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>ForensicLog <var>filename</var>|<var>pipe</var></code></td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Extension</td></tr> +<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_log_forensic</td></tr> +</table> + <p>The <code class="directive">ForensicLog</code> directive is used to + log requests to the server for forensic analysis. Each log entry + is assigned a unique ID which can be associated with the request + using the normal <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html#customlog">CustomLog</a></code> + directive. <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_log_forensic.html">mod_log_forensic</a></code> creates a token called + <code>forensic-id</code>, which can be added to the transfer log + using the <code>%{forensic-id}n</code> format string.</p> + + <p>The argument, which specifies the location to which + the logs will be written, can take one of the following two + types of values:</p> + + <dl> + <dt><var>filename</var></dt> + <dd>A filename, relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code>.</dd> + + <dt><var>pipe</var></dt> + <dd>The pipe character "<code>|</code>", followed by the path + to a program to receive the log information on its standard + input. The program name can be specified relative to the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#serverroot">ServerRoot</a></code> directive. + + <div class="warning"><h3>Security:</h3> + <p>If a program is used, then it will be run as the user who + started <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>. This will be root if the server was + started by root; be sure that the program is secure or switches to a + less privileged user.</p> + </div> + + <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3> + <p>When entering a file path on non-Unix platforms, care should be taken + to make sure that only forward slashes are used even though the platform + may allow the use of back slashes. In general it is a good idea to always + use forward slashes throughout the configuration files.</p> + </div></dd> + </dl> + +</div> +</div> +<div class="bottomlang"> +<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_log_forensic.html" title="English"> en </a> | +<a href="../fr/mod/mod_log_forensic.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Français"> fr </a> | +<a href="../ja/mod/mod_log_forensic.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | +<a href="../tr/mod/mod_log_forensic.html" hreflang="tr" rel="alternate" title="Türkçe"> tr </a></p> +</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img src="../images/up.gif" alt="top" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a id="comments_section" name="comments_section">Comments</a></h2><div class="warning"><strong>Notice:</strong><br />This is not a Q&A section. 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