Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 22:27:22 +0200 (CEST) From: Markus Holmberg <saska@home.se> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: syslogd listening on udp 514 even after user '-s' Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9810172225001.8213-100000@fysgr386.sn.umu.se> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810161318250.28399-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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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).. Best Regards, Markus. On Fri, 16 Oct 1998, Doug White wrote: > On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Markus Holmberg wrote: > > > Hello.. > > > > The syslogd daemon is started up with the '-s' option, which should > > *disable* remote logging. As I understand, it should not listen to UDP > > packets then. But as the output below shows, it's still listening for > > udp's on port 514.. Can anyone explain why? > > So it can tell you if someone is trying to abuse your syslog port. See > the syslogd manpage. > > 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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