On Mon, Mar 20, 2000 at 09:45:49AM -0800, Nick Johnson wrote:
> I'm curious to see if anyone is like-minded with me that syslogd_flags in
> /etc/defaults/rc.conf should be "-ss" instead of "". I reasoned that it
> should be, considering:
>
> 1. Most people don't direct syslogs at other machines in my experience.
> 2. Someone could conceivably DOS a machine by directing tons of crap at
> port 121, which is also noted in the BUGS section of the syslogd
> manpage.
> 3. Syslogd runs as root, and while it is a mature piece of code, I think
> it preferable to minimize the number of root applications listening
> on sockets.
This seems like a reasonable change. Thanks for pointing this out! :)
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