diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 156075d..cb8de3a 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RUN \
     libconfig-dev \
     make \
     musl-dev \
-    pcre2-dev \ 
+    pcre-dev \
     perl && \
   cd /sslh && \
   make sslh-select && \
@@ -18,6 +18,6 @@ FROM alpine:latest
 
 COPY --from=build /sslh/sslh-select /sslh
 
-RUN apk --no-cache add libconfig pcre2
+RUN apk --no-cache add libconfig pcre
 
 ENTRYPOINT [ "/sslh", "--foreground"]
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1381e33..d8ed217 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -27,13 +27,9 @@ CC ?= gcc
 CFLAGS ?=-Wall -DLIBPCRE -g $(CFLAGS_COV)
 
 LIBS=-lm -lpcre2-8
-
-# making sslh-conf.o also makes sslh-conf.h with
-# conf2struct, which may be required by other headers: it
-# should be kept first
 OBJS=sslh-conf.o common.o log.o sslh-main.o probe.o tls.o argtable3.o collection.o gap.o
-FORK_OBJS=$(OBJS) sslh-fork.o 
-SELECT_OBJS=$(OBJS) sslh-select.o processes.o udp-listener.o 
+FORK_OBJS=sslh-fork.o $(OBJS)
+SELECT_OBJS=sslh-select.o $(OBJS) processes.o udp-listener.o 
 EV_OBJS=sslh-ev.o $(OBJS) processes.o udp-listener.o 
 
 CONDITIONAL_TARGETS=
@@ -79,7 +75,7 @@ version.h:
 
 sslh: sslh-fork sslh-select sslh-ev
 
-$(OBJS): version.h common.h collection.h sslh-conf.h gap.h processes.h
+$(OBJS): version.h common.h collection.h sslh-conf.h gap.h
 
 sslh-conf.c sslh-conf.h: sslhconf.cfg
 	conf2struct sslhconf.cfg
diff --git a/common.c b/common.c
index 0e48cdf..1be58e9 100644
--- a/common.c
+++ b/common.c
@@ -554,6 +554,36 @@ int resolve_split_name(struct addrinfo **out, char* host, char* serv)
    return res;
 }
 
+/* turns a "hostname:port" string into a list of struct addrinfo;
+out: list of newly allocated addrinfo (see getaddrinfo(3)); freeaddrinfo(3) when done
+fullname: input string -- it gets clobbered
+*/
+void resolve_name(struct addrinfo **out, char* fullname)
+{
+   char *serv, *host;
+   int res;
+
+   /* Find port */
+   char *sep = strrchr(fullname, ':');
+   if (!sep) { /* No separator: parameter is just a port */
+      print_message(msg_config_error, "%s: names must be fully specified as hostname:port\n", fullname);
+      exit(1);
+   }
+   serv = sep+1;
+   *sep = 0;
+
+   host = fullname;
+
+   res = resolve_split_name(out, host, serv);
+   if (res) {
+      print_message(msg_config_error, "%s `%s'\n", gai_strerror(res), fullname);
+      if (res == EAI_SERVICE)
+         print_message(msg_config_error, "(Check you have specified all ports)\n");
+      exit(4);
+   }
+}
+
+
 /* Fills a connection description; returns 0 on failure */
 int get_connection_desc(struct connection_desc* desc, const struct connection *cnx)
 {
diff --git a/common.h b/common.h
index 424236f..ee53dd1 100644
--- a/common.h
+++ b/common.h
@@ -35,6 +35,30 @@
 
 #include "version.h"
 
+#define MAX(a, b)  (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
+
+
+#define CHECK_RES_DIE(res, str) \
+    if (res == -1) {    \
+       print_message(msg_system_error, "%s:%d:", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+       perror(str);     \
+       exit(1);         \
+    }
+
+#define CHECK_RES_RETURN(res, str, ret) \
+    if (res == -1) {                                    \
+        print_message(msg_system_error, "%s:%d:%s:%d:%s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, str, errno, strerror(errno));  \
+        return ret;                                     \
+    } 
+
+#define CHECK_ALLOC(a, str) \
+    if (!a) { \
+        print_message(msg_system_error, "%s:%d:", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
+        perror(str); \
+        exit(1); \
+    }
+
+#define ARRAY_SIZE(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]))
 
 #if 1
 #define TRACE fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d\n", __FILE__, __LINE__);
@@ -59,6 +83,9 @@ enum connection_state {
     ST_SHOVELING   /* Connexion is established */
 };
 
+/* this is used to pass protocols through the command-line parameter parsing */
+#define PROT_SHIFT 1000  /* protocol options will be 1000, 1001, etc */
+
 /* A 'queue' is composed of a file descriptor (which can be read from or
  * written to), and a queue for deferred write data */
 struct queue {
@@ -116,7 +143,6 @@ typedef enum {
     BLOCKING = 1
 } connect_blocking;
 
-#include "log.h"
 
 /* common.c */
 void init_cnx(struct connection *cnx);
@@ -126,9 +152,11 @@ int fd2fd(struct queue *target, struct queue *from);
 char* sprintaddr(char* buf, size_t size, struct addrinfo *a);
 void resolve_name(struct addrinfo **out, char* fullname);
 int get_connection_desc(struct connection_desc* desc, const struct connection *cnx);
+void log_connection(struct connection_desc* desc, const struct connection *cnx);
 void set_proctitle_shovel(struct connection_desc* desc, const struct connection *cnx);
 int check_access_rights(int in_socket, const char* service);
 void setup_signals(void);
+void setup_syslog(const char* bin_name);
 void drop_privileges(const char* user_name, const char* chroot_path);
 void set_capabilities(int cap_net_admin);
 void write_pid_file(const char* pidfile);
@@ -149,29 +177,4 @@ void start_shoveler(int);
 
 void main_loop(struct listen_endpoint *listen_sockets, int num_addr_listen);
 
-#define MAX(a, b)  (((a) > (b)) ? (a) : (b))
-
-
-#define CHECK_RES_DIE(res, str) \
-    if (res == -1) {    \
-       print_message(msg_system_error, "%s:%d:", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
-       perror(str);     \
-       exit(1);         \
-    }
-
-#define CHECK_RES_RETURN(res, str, ret) \
-    if (res == -1) {                                    \
-        print_message(msg_system_error, "%s:%d:%s:%d:%s\n", __FILE__, __LINE__, str, errno, strerror(errno));  \
-        return ret;                                     \
-    } 
-
-#define CHECK_ALLOC(a, str) \
-    if (!a) { \
-        print_message(msg_system_error, "%s:%d:", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
-        perror(str); \
-        exit(1); \
-    }
-
-#define ARRAY_SIZE(a) (sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]))
-
 #endif
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.md b/doc/INSTALL.md
index e174cc6..b06859e 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL.md
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ Makefile.
 
 * [libcap](http://packages.debian.org/source/unstable/libcap-dev), in package `libcap-dev`. You can compile with or without it using USELIBCAP in the Makefile
 
-* [libev](http://software.schmorp.de/pkg/libev.html), in package `libev-dev`. It is only required to build `sslh-ev`, so you don't need if you only build `sslh-fork` and/or `sslh-select`.
-
 * libbsd, to enable to change the process name (as shown in
   `ps`, so each forked process shows what protocol and what
   connection it is serving),
@@ -73,8 +71,8 @@ of the Makefile:
 Binaries
 --------
 
-The Makefile produces three different executables: `sslh-fork`,
-`sslh-select` and `sslh-ev`:
+The Makefile produces two different executables: `sslh-fork`
+and `sslh-select`:
 
 * `sslh-fork` forks a new process for each incoming connection.
 It is well-tested and very reliable, but incurs the overhead
@@ -91,10 +89,10 @@ If you are going to use `sslh` on a "medium" setup (a few thousand ssh
 connections, and another few thousand ssl connections),
 `sslh-select` will be better.
 
-* `sslh-ev` works very much like `sslh-select`, but uses
-  `libev` as a backend. `libev` provides more portability
-and alternative ways to support very large numbers of
-connections.
+If you have a very large site (tens of thousands of connections),
+you'll need a vapourware version that would use libevent or
+something like that.
+
 
 Installation
 ------------
diff --git a/scripts/systemd.sslh.service b/scripts/systemd.sslh.service
index 9dcd49c..a6a6bb9 100644
--- a/scripts/systemd.sslh.service
+++ b/scripts/systemd.sslh.service
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ PrivateDevices=true
 RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_UNIX
 MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true
 DynamicUser=true
-Type=forking
 
 [Install]
 WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/systemd-sslh-generator.c b/systemd-sslh-generator.c
index 6d6a44f..315e207 100644
--- a/systemd-sslh-generator.c
+++ b/systemd-sslh-generator.c
@@ -2,13 +2,7 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
-
-#define CHECK_ALLOC(a, str) \
-    if (!a) { \
-        fprintf(stderr, "%s:%d:", __FILE__, __LINE__); \
-        perror(str); \
-        exit(1); \
-    }
+#include "common.h"
 
 
 static char* resolve_listen(const char *hostname, const char *port) {
diff --git a/test.cfg b/test.cfg
index 2bb0edc..c8354c3 100644
--- a/test.cfg
+++ b/test.cfg
@@ -14,17 +14,17 @@ syslog_facility: "auth";
 # Value: 1: stdout; 2: syslog; 3: both
 # Defaults should be sensible. Generally, you want *-error
 # to be always enabled, to know if something is going wrong.
-verbose-config: 3; #  print configuration at startup
-verbose-config-error: 3;  # print configuration errors
-verbose-connections: 3; # trace established incoming address to forward address
-verbose-connections-error: 3; # connection errors
-verbose-connections-try: 3; # connection attempts towards targets
-verbose-fd: 3; # file descriptor activity, open/close/whatnot
-verbose-packets: 3; # hexdump packets on which probing is done
-verbose-probe-info: 3; # what's happening during the probe process
-verbose-probe-error: 3; # failures and problems during probing
-verbose-system-error: 3; # system call problem, i.e.  malloc, fork, failing
-verbose-int-error: 3; # internal errors, the kind that should never happen
+verbose-config: 1; #  print configuration at startup
+verbose-config-error: 1;  # print configuration errors
+verbose-connections: 1; # trace established incoming address to forward address
+verbose-connections-error: 1; # connection errors
+verbose-connections-try: 1; # connection attempts towards targets
+verbose-fd: 1; # file descriptor activity, open/close/whatnot
+verbose-packets: 1; # hexdump packets on which probing is done
+verbose-probe-info: 1; # what's happening during the probe process
+verbose-probe-error: 1; # failures and problems during probing
+verbose-system-error: 1; # system call problem, i.e.  malloc, fork, failing
+verbose-int-error: 1; # internal errors, the kind that should never happen
 
 # List of interfaces on which we should listen
 # Options:
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ listen:
 (
     { host: "localhost"; port: "8080"; keepalive: true; },
     { host: "localhost"; port: "8081"; keepalive: true; },
-    { host: "127.0.0.1"; is_udp: true; port: "8086"; }
+    { host: "ip4-localhost"; is_udp: true; port: "8086"; }
 );
 
  
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ protocols:
      { name: "xmpp";  host: "localhost"; port: "9009"; },
      { name: "adb";  host: "localhost"; port: "9010"; },
      { name: "syslog"; host: "localhost"; port: "9013"; },
-     { name: "ssh"; host: "127.0.0.1"; is_udp: true; port: "9020";
+     { name: "regex"; host: "ip4-localhost"; is_udp: true; port: "9020";
          udp_timeout: 30;
          regex_patterns: [ "^foo" ];
      },
diff --git a/tls.c b/tls.c
index fb088ed..9d56edb 100644
--- a/tls.c
+++ b/tls.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ parse_alpn_extension(const struct TLSProtocol *tls_data, const char *data, size_
         if (len > 0 && has_match(tls_data->alpn_protocol_list, tls_data->alpn_list_len, data + pos + 1, len)) {
             return len;
         } else if (len > 0) {
-            print_message(msg_probe_info, "Not in ALPN list: %.*s\n", (int)len, data + pos + 1);
+            print_message(msg_probe_error, "Unknown ALPN name: %.*s\n", (int)len, data + pos + 1);
         }
         pos += 1 + len;
     }
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ has_match(const char** list, size_t list_len, const char* name, size_t name_len)
 
     for (i = 0; i < list_len; i++) {
         item = &list[i];
-        print_message(msg_probe_info, "matching [%.*s] with [%s]\n", (int)name_len, name, *item);
+        print_message(msg_probe_error, "matching [%.*s] with [%s]\n", (int)name_len, name, *item);
         if(!fnmatch(*item, name_nullterminated, 0)) {
             free(name_nullterminated);
             return 1;