Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 08:20:18 +1000 From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au> To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> Cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, brian@utell.co.uk, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslogd watching other machine(s) Message-ID: <199704072220.IAA01474@topaz.nemeton.com.au> In-Reply-To: <199704071919.UAA13161@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
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On Mon, 07 Apr 1997 20:19:51 +0100 Brian Somers wrote: > > 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 ? Fix it anyway. If you are worried about breakage then make proxying a command line option, and note that breaking loops is left to the administrator. Giles
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