Advancing Logging Practices in Software Engineering

尽管软件开发取得了进步，但软件系统的复杂性日益增加，使得生产无故障软件变得困难。残留故障通常在系统执行过程中显露出来，导致严重的软件故障、安全漏洞和性能下降。为了诊断故障的根本原因，软件开发人员和系统管理员经常求助于分析在系统执行期间生成的日志。像爱立信、谷歌和微软这样的大公司收集日志来分析、修复和防止故障。AlienVault和ArcSight等安全提供商也使用日志来检测安全威胁和恶意行为。

Despite the advances in software development, the increasing complexity of software systems makes it difficult to produce fault free software. The residual faults often manifest themselves during system execution causing severe software failures, security breaches, and performance degradation. To diagnose the root causes of failures, software developers and system administrators frequently resort to the analysis of logs, generated during system executions. Major companies like Ericsson, Google, and Microsoft collect logs to analyze, fix, and prevent failures. Logs are also used by security providers like AlienVault and ArcSight to detect security threats and malicious behaviors.