From owner-freebsd-net Thu Sep 23 20:45:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2335E14DF2; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 20:45:42 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id VAA09607; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:45:40 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id VAA45589; Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:45:56 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199909240345.VAA45589@harmony.village.org> To: Matthew Hunt Subject: Re: Inetd -l: log *all* connection attempts (not just valid svcs) Cc: Chris Shenton , freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 23 Sep 1999 11:17:06 PDT." <19990923111705.A3938@wopr.caltech.edu> References: <19990923111705.A3938@wopr.caltech.edu> <19990923081153.B668@wopr.caltech.edu> Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:45:56 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In message <19990923111705.A3938@wopr.caltech.edu> Matthew Hunt writes: : Yes; it's far from obvious. It makes sense once you understand what : it does, but when looking for its functionality, I wouldn't think of : the phrase "in vain". If someone went looking for you and couldn't find them, how would you describe their search? I'd say it was in vain. However, enough people have not been able to grok it to make me wonder if the choice was in vain. : > (When did this variable appear?) : : It's been around for a while: : revision 1.41 : date: 1996/04/04 10:46:39; author: phk; state: Exp; lines: +13 -2 Yes, but the rc.conf variable has been around since earlier this year only. Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message