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Holy moly, how was that ever a good idea. Just like routers being able to be configured via the manufacturer's website, config by someone other than you seems l

• jfoutz 5y ago
  well log4j will be old enough to drink in a few weeks (January 8, 2001). It's way older than bcfg2 or ansible, chef, puppet, etc. I'm not sure when the functionality was added. I'd bet it was the bees knees at the time.
  • mongol 5y ago
    Sad that it should be retired now when it is coming of age.
  • mschuster91 5y ago
    Log4j v2 (which was the first version to support plugins and lookups) was released in 2014.
    • jfoutz 5y ago
      Wild. I guess the NSA black bag job at Google was 2013, which led to SSL everywhere. I guess most folks still had the hard and crunchy on the outside, soft and chewy model on the inside mindset. Time flies.