Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 20:52:10 -0700 From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.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: <199509070352.UAA00744@precipice.shockwave.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 07 Sep 1995 08:44:50 %2B0800." <Pine.SOL.3.91.950907083820.22792E-100000@gate>
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Because one machine typically serves as a central logging repository for
a number of machines.
From: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
Subject: Re: Do we *really* need logger(1)?
On Wed, 6 Sep 1995, Bill Trost wrote:
>
> Logger requires no special permissions to run; anyone can run such a
> program. Better yet, anyone could run such a program anywhere on the
> Internet, so syslogd(8) can also be used as a remote disk-filling
> service. (And, since it's UDP-based, you can't tcp-wrap it...).
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.
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org
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