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To: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
cc: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>, brian@utell.co.uk,
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Subject: Re: syslogd watching other machine(s) 
In-reply-to: <199704071919.UAA13161@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> 
Date: Tue, 08 Apr 1997 08:20:18 +1000
From: Giles Lean <giles@nemeton.com.au>
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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