From owner-freebsd-security Tue Aug 25 10:31:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA00618 for freebsd-security-outgoing; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:31:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dt053nb4.san.rr.com (dt053nb4.san.rr.com [204.210.34.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA00606 for ; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:31:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Received: from dal.net (Studded@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dt053nb4.san.rr.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA05846; Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:30:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from Studded@dal.net) Message-ID: <35E2F4CC.5820504D@dal.net> Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1998 10:30:52 -0700 From: Studded Organization: Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2.7-STABLE-0823 i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Archie Cobbs CC: hart@iserver.com, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Scaring the bezeesus out of your system admin as a normal user: References: <199808250220.TAA17312@bubba.whistle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Archie Cobbs wrote: > > Paul Hart writes: > > This is kind of a related question, but in 2.2.7-RELEASE syslogd appears > > to have been modified to bind to its UDP port even if it is run with the > > -s flag. It does discard packets received on the port (but still logs a > > message about it!), but should it not even bind to the port when running > > in secure mode? It didn't bind to the port in previous versions, if > > memory serves. > > > > If this was a recent design decision that is meant to last, I think I will > > hack my syslogd back to the way it used to be. > > If you do, send it in with send-pr... this behavior seems kindof silly. This was discussed several months ago (check the archives for -Stable I think), but my understanding was that it was decided ultimately NOT to bind the port otherwise I would have made more noise about it myself. Doug -- *** Chief Operations Officer, DALnet IRC network *** When you don't know where you're going, every road will take you there. - Yiddish Proverb To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message