Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 11:25:30 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> To: "Jacques A. Vidrine" <n@nectar.com> Cc: freebsd-audit@freebsd.org Subject: Re: syslogd: bind to localhost only Message-ID: <4555.995275530@axl.seasidesoftware.co.za> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:54:48 EST." <20010713135448.A67153@madman.nectar.com>
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On Fri, 13 Jul 2001 13:54:48 EST, "Jacques A. Vidrine" wrote: > The following patch adds a "-L" option to syslogd to force binding to > localhost only. This is useful for running syslogd in a chroot'd > environment, where the log socket will not be available. This seems like an awfully specific kludge. First, what does this give me that -a and -l don't? Second, assuming I'm missing something above, why not implement the option such that the operator can choose to bind to _any_ address(es) using some kind of -i option? Why _only_ localhost? Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-audit" in the body of the message
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