From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 14 14:25:51 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0E4B16A4CE for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:25:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (ns0.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AA3143D2F for ; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:25:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1])i7EEPQiO010564 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:25:27 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost)id i7EEPQKu010563; Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:25:26 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from matthew) Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:25:26 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman To: Chris Message-ID: <20040814142526.GA10452@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , Chris , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <200408140757580645.002678A7@coolarrow.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200408140757580645.002678A7@coolarrow.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i X-Greylist: Message not sent from an IPv4 address, not delayed by milter-greylist-1.5.3 (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [0.0.0.0]); Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:25:27 +0100 (BST) X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version devel-20040705, clamav-milter version 0.74a on smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,COMMUNIGATE autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: security run output X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:25:51 -0000 --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 14, 2004 at 07:57:58AM -0500, Chris wrote: > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* >=20 >=20 >=20 > First time I've ever seen this: >=20 >=20 > server.tcslea.org kernel log messages: > > ff >=20 > (one long line - sorry for the wrapping) >=20 > It appears to be CPU related, but in what context? Is it something I need= to investigate, and if so, how? No -- that's entirely harmless. If you look at /var/run/dmesg.boot, you see that it's just part of the normal kernel output during boot. Specifically it's a list of the capabilities of your CPU. What's happened is that the message buffer has somehow got truncated at the beginning, and you're seeing just the end of that particular line. For some reason, the daily security script thinks it's significant kernel output, but it isn't really. Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFBHiDWiD657aJF7eIRAm9UAKCEbiiE0kz16Sh7UQzmyhLnACKWbACfYuLo hLQpkzMGU7n+YPs0zY9XM3M= =opPq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --G4iJoqBmSsgzjUCe--