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Date:      	Wed, 6 Sep 1995 18:41:35 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com>
To:        Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
Cc:        Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Do we *really* need logger(1)? 
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.950906183531.25467B-100000@haven.uniserve.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950907083820.22792E-100000@gate>
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On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Brian Tao wrote:

>     syslog() and syslogd are the real problems.  What use is there for a
> syslog service on port 514?  I don't see why it should even bother listening
> to a network port.  It should only accept input from /dev/[k]log. 

  Logging events to another machine is _very_ useful.  Especially for 
systems (ex. routers) that have no permanent storage for events, or when 
you need to collect logging information for large number of hosts.

Tom
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