Date: Tue, 09 Apr 1996 21:05:34 +0000 From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.tfs.com> To: Paul Traina <pst@FreeBSD.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: log_in_vain stuff Message-ID: <9391.829083934@critter.tfs.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Apr 1996 00:03:49 MST." <199604090703.AAA16157@freefall.freebsd.org>
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> Poul, > Sorry to unilaterally change your defaults on you, but you just created > a security problem with the log in vain stuff. I have been out of town for a couple of days, it's OK. > You need to figure out a way to rate-limit these messages, otherwise you > can trivially knock a box into the ground with a packet generator. syslogd should rate-limit, not the kernel. The reason I left them on as default was mostly that I wanted to see if we had any bogons lurking (just like I did with phkmalloc initially). I think that they should be off by default, or possibly on, but go off after 10 messages, unless explicitly set "ON!" -- Poul-Henning Kamp | phk@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD Core-team. http://www.freebsd.org/~phk | phk@login.dknet.dk Private mailbox. whois: [PHK] | phk@ref.tfs.com TRW Financial Systems, Inc. Future will arrive by its own means, progress not so.help
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