Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 09:45:20 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Markus Holmberg <saska@home.se> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd listening on udp 514 even after user '-s' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810200944370.6354-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810172225001.8213-100000@fysgr386.sn.umu.se>
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998, Markus Holmberg wrote: > Hm.. It gives the same output for each time I check which ports there is > something listening on.. > > In what way do you mean someone is trying to abuse it? You mean someone is > sending UDP's to fill my syslogs up? I can't see how that is related to > this.. The problem was that I used the '-s' flag when starting syslogd up, > which should mean it should *not* be listening on the port.. But it > obviously does! (For more ppl than just me).. Try using netcat and spew some stuff at port 514 and watch what happens. I hate that too (it solves the problem and creates another of the same class) but it's not as bad as it could be. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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