Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 11:26:24 -0400 (EDT) From: mike@seidata.com To: "N. N.M" <madrapour@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Again logging! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9810141120260.16462-100000@ns1.seidata.com> In-Reply-To: <19981014142006.22104.qmail@hotmail.com>
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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, N. N.M wrote: > 1- I installed TCP Wrapper in the way that I moved the real daemons to > another directory and copied "tcpd" instead of real daemons. I don't > know how I can get it's logs. I add a line to log the messages from > "tcpd" to a file. But it didn't work. Default install dumps to /var/log/messages for me - what do you mean by 'get it's logs'? > 2- I don't know the difference between running "inetd" with switch "-l" > and without it. Assuming 'man inetd' is correct: "When given the -l option inetd will log an entry to syslog each time an accept(2) is made, which notes the service selected and the IP-number of the remote requestor." > 3- Will it affect the system performance if I activate the logging of > TCP and UDP connections by setting the following kernel variables?: > net.inet.tcp.log_in_vain=1 > net.inet.udp.log_in_vain=1 Not sure, I don't do this. First guess would be, "Yes." I'm sure others here will have definate answers for this. Later, -mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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