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Date:      Thu, 7 Oct 1999 09:07:24 +1000
From:      Peter Jeremy <jeremyp@gsmx07.alcatel.com.au>
To:        Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org>
Cc:        freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Syslog over serial
Message-ID:  <99Oct7.090356est.40325@border.alcanet.com.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9910060307590.15924-100000@jason.argos.org>
References:  <4.1.19991005185332.009763d0@mail.thegrid.net> <Pine.LNX.4.05.9910060307590.15924-100000@jason.argos.org>

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On 1999-Oct-06 17:27:26 +1000, Mike Nowlin wrote:
>P.S. - As a side idea, would IPFW rules blocking IP keep PPP from doing
>it's every-so-often handshaking?
No.  PPP handshaking is at a lower level (normally LCP) and won't go
anywhere near the IP stack (or IPFW).

>  If not, PPP would happily keep running,
>while the IP layer of it would block syslog entries from being
>transmitted.....
True.  Another reason not to use PPP for syslog.

Peter
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