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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2024-03-29T04:40:23Z" />
  </query-continue>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="1499" ns="0" title="ansible notes" pageid="615" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-04-19T04:05:43Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1487" prev="1469" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1498" ns="0" title="sed delete newline" pageid="618" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-04-02T18:53:36Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1486" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1497" ns="0" title="openvpn OpenSSL error digital envelope routines unsupported" pageid="616" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-04-01T13:59:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1485" prev="1484" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1496" ns="0" title="openvpn OpenSSL error digital envelope routines unsupported" pageid="616" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-04-01T13:59:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1484" prev="1483" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1495" ns="0" title="openvpn OpenSSL error digital envelope routines unsupported" pageid="616" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-04-01T13:58:18Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1483" prev="1480" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1494" ns="0" title="openvpn TLS handshake failed" pageid="617" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-03-29T04:54:48Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1482" prev="1481" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1493" ns="0" title="openvpn TLS handshake failed" pageid="617" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-03-29T04:54:14Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1481" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1492" ns="0" title="openvpn legacy bf-cbc usage" pageid="0" type="move" action="move" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-03-29T04:43:45Z" comment="">
        <move new_ns="0" new_title="openvpn OpenSSL error digital envelope routines unsupported" suppressedredirect="" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1491" ns="0" title="openvpn legacy bf-cbc usage" pageid="0" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-03-29T04:41:44Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1479" prev="1478" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="1490" ns="0" title="openvpn legacy bf-cbc usage" pageid="0" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Nighthawk" timestamp="2024-03-29T04:40:56Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="1478" prev="1477" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
</api>