From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Apr 7 12:35:14 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id MAA04418 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 12:35:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id MAA04352 for ; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 12:34:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (localhost.lan.awfulhak.org [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id UAA13161; Mon, 7 Apr 1997 20:19:51 +0100 (BST) Message-Id: <199704071919.UAA13161@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 1.6.9 8/22/96 To: Terry Lambert cc: brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: syslogd watching other machine(s) In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Apr 1997 09:03:41 PDT." <199704071603.JAA29943@phaeton.artisoft.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 07 Apr 1997 20:19:51 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > Why are messages that come in from a non-local source being resent? > > If a machine is the loghost for another machine, it should not be > permitted to delegate. Maybe not, but as it does, we can't "undo" that ability. What if someone is using this "feature" as an ability to proxy syslog messages ? > If this is implemented, messages will not multihop, and the problem > will go away without needing multiple processes or port options. I'd say it's better to add functionality rather than change it. > > Regards, > Terry Lambert > terry@lambert.org > --- > Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present > or previous employers. -- Brian , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....