QSSIGN
Section: qssign man page (1)
Updated: April 2024
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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
- -s <secret>
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Passphrase used to calculate signature.
- -S <program>
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Specifies a program which writes the passphrase to stdout.
- -e
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Writes start/end marker when starting/stopping data signing.
- -v
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Verification mode checking the integrity of signed data.
- -u <name>
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Becomes another user, e.g. www-data.
- -f <regex>
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Filter pattern (case sensitive regular expression) for messages which do not need to be signed.
- -a 'sha1'|'sha256'
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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/
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