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QSSIGN(1) qssign man page QSSIGN(1)

NAME

qssign - an utility to sign and verify the integrity of log data.

SYNOPSIS

qssign -s|S <secret> [-e] [-v] [-u <name>] [-f <regex>] [-a 'sha1'|'sha256']

DESCRIPTION

qssign is a log data integrity check tool. It reads log data from stdin (pipe) and writes the data to stdout adding a sequence number and signature to ever log line.

OPTIONS

Passphrase used to calculate signature.
Specifies a program which writes the passphrase to stdout.
Writes start/end marker when starting/stopping data signing.
Verification mode checking the integrity of signed data.
Becomes another user, e.g. www-data.
Filter pattern (case sensitive regular expression) for messages which do not need to be signed.
Specifies the algorithm to use. Default is sha1.

EXAMPLE

Sign:


TransferLog "|/usr/bin/qssign -s password -e |/usr/bin/qsrotate -o /var/log/apache/access.log"

Verify:


cat access.log | qssign -s password -v

SEE ALSO

qsdt(1), qsexec(1), qsfilter2(1), qsgeo(1), qsgrep(1), qshead(1), qslog(1), qslogger(1), qspng(1), qsre(1), qsrespeed(1), qsrotate(1), qstail(1)

AUTHOR

Pascal Buchbinder, http://mod-qos.sourceforge.net/

May 2023 mod_qos utilities 11.74