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Date:      Fri, 12 Aug 2005 16:15:20 -0400
From:      Aaron Peterson <dopplecoder@gmail.com>
To:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   remote syslogging
Message-ID:  <45d750d2050812131558f6c584@mail.gmail.com>

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in /etc/rc.conf:

syslogd_enable=3D"YES"
syslogd_flags=3D"-a 172.24.169.44/32:* -a 172.24.169.46/32:*"

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in syslog.conf:

!*
+chsfirewall1
local6.notice                   /var/log/firewall/chsfirewall1.log

+chsfirewall2
local6.notice                   /var/log/firewall/chsfirewall2.log

------------------------------------

$ ls -l /var/log/firewall

total 0
-rw-------  1 root  wheel  0 Aug 12 15:23 chsfirewall1.log
-rw-------  1 root  wheel  0 Aug 12 15:33 chsfirewall2.log

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in /etc/hosts

172.24.169.44   chsfirewall1
172.24.169.46   chsfirewall2

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$ tcpdump -i fxp0 -w firewall.bin udp and dst port 514

15:58:57.151625 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 149
15:58:57.151763 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 149
15:58:57.151889 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 147
15:58:57.152014 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 147
15:58:57.152141 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 149
15:58:57.166549 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 149
15:58:57.166688 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 152
15:58:57.166817 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 149
15:58:57.166965 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 149
15:58:57.167194 IP chsfirewall1.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 148
15:58:59.086044 IP chsfirewall2.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 148
15:58:59.086179 IP chsfirewall2.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 148
15:58:59.086306 IP chsfirewall2.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 148
15:58:59.109459 IP chsfirewall2.blackjack > xavier.syslog: UDP, length: 149

ethereal outpug for the same traffic:

Frame 2226 (191 bytes on wire, 96 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: 00:04:38:6f:42:04, Dst: 00:50:8b:6c:5d:eb
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 172.24.169.44 (172.24.169.44), Dst Addr:
172.26.35.21 (172.26.35.21)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: blackjack (1025), Dst Port: syslog (514)
Syslog message: LOCAL6.NOTICE:  13445 08/12/2005 16:09:20 t...

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol In=
fo
   2227 0.922397    172.24.169.44         172.26.35.21          Syslog
  LOCAL6.NOTICE:  13445 08/12/2005 16:09:20 t...

Frame 2227 (190 bytes on wire, 96 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: 00:04:38:6f:42:04, Dst: 00:50:8b:6c:5d:eb
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 172.24.169.44 (172.24.169.44), Dst Addr:
172.26.35.21 (172.26.35.21)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: blackjack (1025), Dst Port: syslog (514)
Syslog message: LOCAL6.NOTICE:  13445 08/12/2005 16:09:20 t...

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol In=
fo
   2228 2.841247    172.24.169.46         172.26.35.21          Syslog
  LOCAL6.NOTICE:  6129 08/12/2005 16:05:34 tE...

Frame 2228 (190 bytes on wire, 96 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: 00:04:38:6f:42:04, Dst: 00:50:8b:6c:5d:eb
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 172.24.169.46 (172.24.169.46), Dst Addr:
172.26.35.21 (172.26.35.21)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: blackjack (1025), Dst Port: syslog (514)
Syslog message: LOCAL6.NOTICE:  6129 08/12/2005 16:05:34 tE...

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol In=
fo
   2229 2.841382    172.24.169.46         172.26.35.21          Syslog
  LOCAL6.NOTICE:  6129 08/12/2005 16:05:42 tE...

Frame 2229 (190 bytes on wire, 96 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: 00:04:38:6f:42:04, Dst: 00:50:8b:6c:5d:eb
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 172.24.169.46 (172.24.169.46), Dst Addr:
172.26.35.21 (172.26.35.21)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: blackjack (1025), Dst Port: syslog (514)
Syslog message: LOCAL6.NOTICE:  6129 08/12/2005 16:05:42 tE...

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol In=
fo
   2230 2.841509    172.24.169.46         172.26.35.21          Syslog
  LOCAL6.NOTICE:  6129 08/12/2005 16:05:47 tE...

Frame 2230 (190 bytes on wire, 96 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: 00:04:38:6f:42:04, Dst: 00:50:8b:6c:5d:eb
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 172.24.169.46 (172.24.169.46), Dst Addr:
172.26.35.21 (172.26.35.21)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: blackjack (1025), Dst Port: syslog (514)
Syslog message: LOCAL6.NOTICE:  6129 08/12/2005 16:05:47 tE...

No.     Time        Source                Destination           Protocol In=
fo
   2231 2.864662    172.24.169.46         172.26.35.21          Syslog
  LOCAL6.NOTICE:  6129 08/12/2005 16:05:48 tE...

Frame 2231 (191 bytes on wire, 96 bytes captured)
Ethernet II, Src: 00:04:38:6f:42:04, Dst: 00:50:8b:6c:5d:eb
Internet Protocol, Src Addr: 172.24.169.46 (172.24.169.46), Dst Addr:
172.26.35.21 (172.26.35.21)
User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: blackjack (1025), Dst Port: syslog (514)
Syslog message: LOCAL6.NOTICE:  6129 08/12/2005 16:05:48 tE...

...

Nothing in /var/log/firewall/chsfirewall1.log or chsfirewall2.log

I must be missing something...



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