> On Mar 2, 2017, at 22:49, Hiroki Sato <h...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > Ngie Cooper <n...@freebsd.org> wrote > in <201703030613.v236dxdl010...@repo.freebsd.org>: > > ng> Author: ngie > ng> Date: Fri Mar 3 06:13:59 2017 > ng> New Revision: 314585 > ng> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314585 > ng> > ng> Log: > ng> Correct verb change for service => `*` after r314563 > ng> > ng> `*` means that packets will be received from a remote peer on any port. > ng> Since the point of interest is the syslogd instance (not the remote > peer), > ng> the appropriate verb is "received", not "sent". > ng> > ng> MFC after: 1 month > ng> X-MFC with: r314563 > ng> Sponsored by: Dell EMC Isilon > ng> > ng> Modified: > ng> head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 > ng> > ng> Modified: head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 > ng> > ============================================================================== > ng> --- head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 Fri Mar 3 06:06:27 2017 > (r314584) > ng> +++ head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8 Fri Mar 3 06:13:59 2017 > (r314585) > ng> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ A > ng> .Ar service > ng> of > ng> .Ql \&* > ng> -allows packets to be sent from any UDP port. > ng> +allows packets to be received from any UDP port. > ng> The default > ng> .Ar service > > It is incorrect that syslogd receives a UDP packet on any local port > when a "*" is specified. This address validation is done by using > the source port number in a received UDP packet, so the point of > interest is the remote peer. > > How about "...accepts UDP packets sent with any source port" or > something?
Yeah, that’s more accurate. -Ngie
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