Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:18:16 -0700 From: "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com> To: h p <regnans@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howto monitor system security Message-ID: <20050414221816.GE4192@alzatex.com> In-Reply-To: <68b3483d050314013051ad3226@mail.gmail.com> References: <slrnd39e2s.1gru.use-reply-to@sergei.homeunix.org> <20050313233248.GR18080@alzatex.com> <68b3483d050314013051ad3226@mail.gmail.com>
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--//IivP0gvsAy3Can Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Mar 14, 2005 at 10:30:02AM +0100, h p wrote: > [...] > > > FreeBSD security email is rather anoying, because it keeps sending > > > messages even if nothing has changed. I need an email sent to me only > > > if there is something abnormal. > > > > What happens when someone breaks in and disables it from sending email? > > > > Think of it as a kind of heartbeat. >=20 > Well, different minds work differently, but for me it adds vastly to > the noise level. > If everything is normal, I get a mail. If there is something wrong, I > get a mail. A different one, for sure, but I have to actually read it > to know. > If I only get a mail in a special case, I am much more inclined to > read it than if I get a mail every day for 300 days and on the 301st > there is a mail with a warning. I've stopped paying attention long > before that. >=20 > Just my thoughts.... But what if that email never comes... >=20 > Helge > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" --=20 I sense much NT in you. NT leads to Bluescreen. Bluescreen leads to downtime. Downtime leads to suffering. NT is the path to the darkside. Powerful Unix is. Public Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc Fingerprint: CEE1 AAE2 F66C 59B5 34CA C415 6D35 E847 0118 A3D2 =20 --//IivP0gvsAy3Can Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFCXuwnbTXoRwEYo9IRApOnAJ9PLNeem0WcRXVvrRPPSWcqyQkoXgCXW2GU zaPWcJS9lxlLQAB1MRCeqw== =mnEp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --//IivP0gvsAy3Can--
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