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<?xml version="1.0"?>
<api>
  <query>
    <logevents>
      <item logid="6346" pageid="55" ns="0" title="Mod security" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-11-17T20:50:19Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6405" prev="6404" auto="1" />
      </item>
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        <patrol cur="6404" prev="6403" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6344" pageid="55" ns="0" title="Mod security" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-11-17T20:45:44Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6403" prev="6395" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6343" pageid="84" ns="0" title="Atomicorp WAF Rules Troubleshooting" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-11-10T19:31:07Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6402" prev="5962" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6342" pageid="919" ns="0" title="Modsecurity rule families" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-11-09T19:21:34Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6401" prev="6400" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6341" pageid="919" ns="0" title="Modsecurity rule families" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-11-09T19:20:47Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6400" prev="6399" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6340" pageid="919" ns="0" title="Modsecurity rule families" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-11-09T19:18:51Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6399" prev="6398" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6339" pageid="919" ns="0" title="Modsecurity rule families" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-11-09T19:15:13Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6398" prev="6375" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6338" pageid="939" ns="0" title="WAF 360151" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-10-05T18:15:38Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6397" prev="6396" auto="1" />
      </item>
      <item logid="6337" pageid="939" ns="0" title="WAF 360151" type="patrol" action="patrol" user="Mshinn" timestamp="2023-10-05T18:14:37Z" comment="">
        <patrol cur="6396" prev="0" auto="1" />
      </item>
    </logevents>
  </query>
  <query-continue>
    <logevents lestart="2023-09-29T21:38:21Z" />
  </query-continue>
</api>