Re: [SSHGuard-users] Log human-readable service IDs instead of numbers?

[Kevin Z. <kev...@gm...>]

On 11/2/18 3:59 AM, Christopher Engelhard wrote:
> Hi,
> currently, SSHGuard repots attacks as 'Attack from service <number> from
> ...'. Though over time I have learned the numbers of the various
> services, it would be much more helpful to the user if this were changed
> to something like 'Attack from service <short service name> from ...'.
> 
> AFAICT, SSHGuard mostly uses SERVICE_<NAME> constants internally anyway,
> and those are assigned a number in attack.h.
> 
> Is there a technical reason for mapping SERVICE_<NAME> to numbers
> instead of a name? I'd be happy to attempt a patch to change this, but
> of course only if it actually makes sense to do so.

No technical reason, and it's a change we've discussed and wanted but
just haven't gotten around to making. Go ahead if you'd like!

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Kevin Zheng
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