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Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 13:18:47 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: Markus Holmberg <saska@home.se>
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Subject: Re: syslogd listening on udp 514 even after user '-s'
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On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Markus Holmberg wrote:

> Hello..
> 
> The syslogd daemon is started up with the '-s' option, which should
> *disable* remote logging. As I understand, it should not listen to UDP
> packets then. But as the output below shows, it's still listening for
> udp's on port 514.. Can anyone explain why?

So it can tell you if someone is trying to abuse your syslog port.  See
the syslogd manpage.

Doug White                               
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