atom feed200 messages in org.freebsd.freebsd-securityRe: security hole in FreeBSD
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Vincent PoyJul 28, 1997 3:19 am 
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Subject:Re: security hole in FreeBSD
From:Vincent Poy (vin@mail.MCESTATE.COM)
Date:Jul 28, 1997 12:56:12 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-security

On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Robert Watson wrote:

=)> What does the -s do anyways? I know it means secure but isn't it =)> supposed to be secure already out of the box? =) =)-s prevents syslogd from accepting network network log messages. Without =)it, anyone who can deliver a packet to the syslog port using UDP can add a =)line to your system logs. When you add entries to syslog.conf like this: =) =)*.error @loghost.domain =) =)you rely on not having the -s flag set. =) =)Allowing log messages from unauthorized hosts is a security problem, as =)someone can insert ficticious messages (often-times, spoofed), flood your =)logs, etc.

Never noticed this one, was there a reason FreeBSD shipped with -s off by default?

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