[phpLogCon] IP's in log files

[Andre Lorbach]

Hi,

first of all I like the idea to reverse lookup IP Addresses into names.
But doing it automatically like this has the disadvantage, that it may 
slow down page generation time, for example if a IP Address lookup 
takes a little bit longer. 

What I would prefer to do is some kind of Popup on demand lookup. 
For example once you move your mouse over an IP Address, a popup windows

opens which starts resolving the IP Address dynamically. 

What do you think? 

--
Andre


> -----Original Message-----
> From: phplogcon-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:phplogcon-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 9:23 AM
> To: phplogcon at lists.adiscon.com
> Subject: [phpLogCon] IP's in log files
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I think it would be a good addition to phpLogCon to be able to resolve
> IP addresses in log files to DNS names. As of now, we can already
> identify/guess what an IP address is. We currently use that to
generate
> a link to the knowledge base which then has additional information.
> 
> However, I think the probably most useful information (and useful even
> within private address space) is the name that has been assigned to
this
> host.
> 
> So I propose we add the optional (!) capability to resolve IP
addresses.
> I suggest we add them, in curly braces, to after the IP address. The
> knowledge base link should still exists, as it provides valuable
> additional information.
> 
> This may look like this here:
> 
> 172.19.0.1{system.example.net}
> 
> Note that a log may already contain something like this:
> 
> 172.19.0.1[server.example.com]
> 
> Where the machine identifies itself. I suggest we make it configurable
> if the phpLogCon-resolved name will be added in such cases. I see
value
> in it, because the phpLogCon-resolved name is consistent. I would, for
> example, expect things like this:
> 
> 172.19.0.1{system.example.net}[server.example.com]
> 
> I would appreciate if we could add this functionality relatively soon,
> at least if there is no objection.
> 
> Rainer
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