From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 14 22:18:18 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4C64116A4CE for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:18:18 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (joel.tallye.com [216.99.199.78]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BCD1343D1D for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:18:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lorenl@alzatex.com) Received: from hosea.tallye.com (hosea.tallye.com [127.0.0.1]) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j3EMIGnx011769 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:18:17 -0700 Received: (from sttng359@localhost) by hosea.tallye.com (8.12.8/8.12.8/Submit) id j3EMIGKm011767; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:18:16 -0700 Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:18:16 -0700 From: "Loren M. Lang" To: h p Message-ID: <20050414221816.GE4192@alzatex.com> References: <20050313233248.GR18080@alzatex.com> <68b3483d050314013051ad3226@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="//IivP0gvsAy3Can" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <68b3483d050314013051ad3226@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-GPG-Key: ftp://ftp.tallye.com/pub/lorenl_pubkey.asc X-GPG-Fingerprint: B3B9 D669 69C9 09EC 1BCD 835A FAF3 7A46 E4A3 280C cc: sgnezdov@sergei.homeunix.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Howto monitor system security X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 22:18:18 -0000 --//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--