Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 18:41:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@uniserve.com> To: Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Cc: Bill Trost <trost@cloud.rain.com>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do we *really* need logger(1)? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950906183531.25467B-100000@haven.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950907083820.22792E-100000@gate>
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On Thu, 7 Sep 1995, Brian Tao wrote: > syslog() and syslogd are the real problems. What use is there for a > syslog service on port 514? I don't see why it should even bother listening > to a network port. It should only accept input from /dev/[k]log. Logging events to another machine is _very_ useful. Especially for systems (ex. routers) that have no permanent storage for events, or when you need to collect logging information for large number of hosts. Tom
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