[asterisk-dev] Asterisk Logger find-replace in log messages

[info at asteriskite.com]

On 2017-01-24 00:38, Matt Fredrickson wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 3:00 PM,  <info at asteriskite.com> wrote:
>> Greetings! I would like to patch Asterisk Logger facility to include 
>> the
>> following features.
>> 
>> 1. Main purpose is to be able to find and replace sensitive 
>> information,
>> such as Customer ID, PIN, Credit Card Information etc. Thus sensitive 
>> data
>> in clear text can be removed prior to writing to syslog or console, 
>> rather
>> than triggering via a logger rotate or cron job with say, sed or awk 
>> etc.
>> 2. Create a file named, say, sanitize.conf in /etc/asterisk
>> 3. Make changes to main/logger.c
>> 4. re issue 'make install'
>> 5. start asterisk with root cli verbosity desired
>> 6. Syslog and console should reflect the find-replace as defined in
>> sanitize.conf
>> 
>> Attached
>> 1. Sample dialplan
>> 2. Sample sanitize.conf
>> 3. changed main/logger.c - changes are marked by comment with word 
>> SANITIZE
>> 
>> Right now, unable to issue commands in *CLI> like 'reload', 'logger 
>> rotate',
>> 'logger reload'.
>> 
>> It crashes with below output:
>> 
>> Asterisk Ready.
>> *CLI> logger reload
>> /var/log/asterisk/sanitizeconf.log Logfile1 PHPAGI_ARGS_REPLACED_
>> 0 (null)
>> 0x2ad5bc0 Logfile pointer[2017-01-17 20:52:53]   == Parsing
>> '/etc/asterisk/logger.conf': Found
>> [2017-01-17 20:52:53]   == Parsing '/etc/asterisk/sanitize.conf': 
>> Found
>> 
>> Hoping that experts here may find this a useful feature request! And 
>> also,
>> help me with pointers how to proceed.
> 
> First off, that's a neat idea!  Thanks so much for letting us know
> about such an interesting submission.  If you're not familiar with the
> code contribution process, there is a great overview page to explain
> the process at http://www.asterisk.org/community/developers
> 
> If you're seeking someone to help you debug your crash, a great place
> to do that is the #asterisk-dev chatroom on irc.freenode.net.
> 
> Hope that helps, and thanks so much for your contribution.
> 
> --
> Matthew Fredrickson
> Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager
> 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA

Thank you for the encouraging feedback and guidance. I will work on it.

RMD