diff --git a/cowrie.cfg.dist b/cowrie.cfg.dist
index 2d0fe79..ba5cc45 100644
--- a/cowrie.cfg.dist
+++ b/cowrie.cfg.dist
@@ -236,7 +236,17 @@ logfile = log/cowrie.json
 #index = cowrie
 #type = cowrie
 
-# Local Syslog output module
+# Send statics to SANS
+# https://isc.sans.edu/ssh.html
+# You must signup for an api key. 
+
+#[output_dshield]
+#auth_key = auth_key_here 
+#userid = userid_here 
+#batch_size = 100 
+
+
+## Local Syslog output module
 #
 # This sends log messages to the local syslog daemon.
 # Facility can be:
diff --git a/cowrie/output/dshield.py b/cowrie/output/dshield.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb9bd4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cowrie/output/dshield.py
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# Simple elasticsearch logger
+
+import os
+import json
+import dateutil.parser
+import time
+import base64
+import hmac
+import hashlib
+import requests
+import re
+
+from twisted.python import log
+from twisted.internet import threads, reactor
+
+import cowrie.core.output
+
+
+class Output(cowrie.core.output.Output):
+
+    def __init__(self, cfg):
+        self.auth_key = cfg.get('output_dshield', 'auth_key')
+        self.userid = cfg.get('output_dshield', 'userid')
+        self.batch_size = int(cfg.get('output_dshield', 'batch_size'))
+        cowrie.core.output.Output.__init__(self, cfg)
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.batch = [] # this is used to store login attempts in batches
+
+    def stop(self):
+        pass
+
+    def write(self, entry):
+        for i in entry.keys():
+            # remove twisted 15 legacy keys
+            if i.startswith('log_'):
+                del entry[i]
+
+        # we only want login events
+        if entry["eventid"] == 'KIPP0002' or entry["eventid"] == 'KIPP0003':
+            date = dateutil.parser.parse(entry["timestamp"])
+            self.batch.append({
+                'date' : date.date().__str__(),
+                'time' : date.time().strftime("%H:%M:%S"),
+                'timezone' : time.strftime("%z"),
+                'source_ip' : entry['src_ip'],
+                'user' : entry['username'],
+                'password' : entry['password'],
+            })
+
+            if len(self.batch) >= self.batch_size:
+                batch_to_send = self.batch
+                self.submit_entries(batch_to_send)
+                self.batch = []
+
+    def transmission_error(self, batch):
+        self.batch.extend(batch) # adds all the events we just tried to send back in again
+        if len(self.batch) > self.batch_size * 2:
+            self.batch = self.batch[-self.batch_size:]
+
+    def submit_entries(self, batch):
+        '''
+            Large parts of this method are adapted from kippo-pyshield by jkakavas
+            Many thanks to their efforts.
+            source: https://github.com/jkakavas/kippo-pyshield
+        '''
+        log_output = ''
+        # Format login attempts as tab seperated log entries
+        for attempt in self.batch:
+            log_output += '{0}\t{1}\t{2}\t{3}\t{4}\t{5}\n'.format(attempt['date'],attempt['time'],attempt['timezone'],attempt['source_ip'],attempt['user'],attempt['password'])
+        # The nonce is predefined as explained in the original script :
+        # trying to avoid sending the authentication key in the "clear" but not wanting to
+        # deal with a full digest like exchange. Using a fixed nonce to mix up the limited
+        # userid.
+        nonce = base64.b64decode('ElWO1arph+Jifqme6eXD8Uj+QTAmijAWxX1msbJzXDM=')
+        digest = base64.b64encode(hmac.new('{0}{1}'.format(nonce,self.userid),base64.b64decode(self.auth_key),  hashlib.sha256).digest())
+        auth_header = 'credentials={0} nonce=ElWO1arph+Jifqme6eXD8Uj+QTAmijAWxX1msbJzXDM= userid={1}'.format(digest, self.userid)
+        headers = {'X-ISC-Authorization': auth_header,
+                  'Content-Type':'text/plain',
+                  'Content-Length': len(log_output)}
+        log.msg(headers)
+        req = threads.deferToThread(requests.request,
+                                method ='PUT',
+                                url = 'https://secure.dshield.org/api/file/sshlog',
+                                headers = headers,
+                                timeout = 10,
+                                data = log_output)
+
+        def check_response(resp):
+            failed = False
+            response = resp.content
+            if resp.status_code == requests.codes.ok:
+                sha1_regex = re.compile(ur'<sha1checksum>([^<]+)<\/sha1checksum>')
+                sha1_match = sha1_regex.search(response)
+                if sha1_match is None:
+                    log.err('dshield ERROR: Could not find sha1checksum in response')
+                    failed = True
+                sha1_local = hashlib.sha1()
+                sha1_local.update(log_output)
+                if sha1_match.group(1) != sha1_local.hexdigest():
+                    log.err('\ndshield ERROR: SHA1 Mismatch {0} {1} .\n'.format(sha1_match.group(1), sha1_local.hexdigest()))
+                    failed = True
+                md5_regex = re.compile(ur'<md5checksum>([^<]+)<\/md5checksum>')
+                md5_match = md5_regex.search(response)
+                if md5_match is None:
+                    log.err('dshield ERROR: Could not find md5checksum in response')
+                    failed = True
+                md5_local = hashlib.md5()
+                md5_local.update(log_output)
+                if md5_match.group(1) != md5_local.hexdigest():
+                    log.err('\ndshield ERROR: MD5 Mismatch {0} {1} .\n'.format(md5_match.group(1), md5_local.hexdigest()))
+                    failed = True
+                log.msg('\ndshield SUCCESS: Sent {0} bytes worth of data to secure.dshield.org\n'.format(len(log_output)))
+            else:
+                log.err('\ndshield ERROR: error {0} .\n'.format(resp.status_code))
+                log.err('Response was {0}'.format(response))
+                failed = True
+
+            if failed:
+                # something went wrong, we need to add them to batch.
+                reactor.callFromThread(self.transmission_error, batch)
+
+        req.addCallback(check_response)