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[Paolo Smiraglia <paolo.smiraglia@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/07/2012 10:08 AM, Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Paolo Smiraglia wrote:
>> I wrote a library that implement some security features for logging. In
>> a few words, the library generates a log files where all log entries are
>> linked through an hash chain. In this way it's possible to verify the
>> integrity of the log files. Now, I would to integrate functionalities
>> provided by my library in the OpenStack logging system.
>>
>> From a rapid view of python logging module, I saw that its possible to
>> define custom logging handlers. My idea is to define a new handler as follow
>>
>>    class SecureLogHandler(logging.Handler)
>>
>> and to include it in the log module of OpenStack.
>>
>> Is this a good approach?
> 
> Making it optional (keeping the ability to run the old one) could be a plus.

Sure, I had already planned to make this new handler optional (using a
flag to enable/disable it).

>> There are some directives that I must follow (code styling, method
>> definition, ...)?
> 
> Code style is defined in http://wiki.openstack.org/CodingStandards and
> in the HACKING.rst file in project repositories.
> 
> Generally speaking, you should read
> http://wiki.openstack.org/HowToContribute as a starting point, and get
> familiar with our development cycle at
> http://wiki.openstack.org/ReleaseCycle. You should probably create a
> blueprint (see http://wiki.openstack.org/Blueprints) so that we can
> properly track this feature.
> 
> Cheers!
> 

Many thanks for the tips! :-)

Bests...


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PAOLO SMIRAGLIA
Department of Control and Computer Engineering
Polytechnic University of Turin
Email: paolo.smiraglia@xxxxxxxxx

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