From owner-freebsd-security Mon Oct 4 22: 9:32 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from firewall.itsec-debis.de (gatekeeper.itsec-debis.de [195.227.50.26]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 531541504E for ; Mon, 4 Oct 1999 22:09:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rhs@itsec-debis.de) Received: by firewall.itsec-debis.de œid GAA04558; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 06:29:31 GMT Received: by firewall.itsec-debis.de via smap id xma004556; Tue, 5 Oct 99 06:29:15 GMT Received: by itsec-debis.de id HAA09724; Tue, 5 Oct 1999 07:27:24 +0200 Message-ID: <19991005072724.A9642@merlin.itsec-debis.de> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 1999 07:27:24 +0200 From: Randolf-Heiko Skerka To: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syslog over serial References: <4.1.19990928190928.0097cf00@mail.thegrid.net> <3.0.5.32.19990930061015.007ded30@pop.wanadoo.fr> <4.1.19991002145813.0094ca10@mail.thegrid.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19991002145813.0094ca10@mail.thegrid.net>; from The Mad Scientist on Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 03:02:37PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sat, Oct 02, 1999 at 03:02:37PM -0700, The Mad Scientist wrote: > >>I've always seen this as the "recommended" way to do things. How do you > >>set logging over serial lines up? Do I log to something like /dev/cuaa1? > >>What do i set up on the other side? > > > >quite simply.. > >just establish a p-t-p IP connection.. through /dev/lp0 for example. > >use a reserved ip for this.. > > Great, thanks. What about connecting a few machines to a central logging > server with this setup? Will I have to get a board for the logging server > with a number of parallel ports? Can I get whatever hardware that is used > to hook up multiple printers to a single machine? Well the idea is quite good, but dangerous! The intention to send syslog over a serial line is not to have an IP connection betwen the sender (normaly a server in a dmz) and a logging host. So if you establish a p-t-p IP connection, it's easier to use an ethernet wire ... just to keep in mind. Randolf -- +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Randolf Skerka debis IT Security Services | | Tel. +49-228-9841-510 Rabinstrasse 8, 53111 Bonn | | 2 weeks free trial: Security news every day www.dcert.de | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message