Re: [Leaf-devel] [Leaf-user] Testing help needed

2001-12-02 Thread David Douthitt
On 12/1/01 at 8:30 PM, Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > Or just grab a bunch of multi-port serial cards from > > e-bay, and setup a log-host using serial links. You can > > keep the log host disconnected from the net entirely (or > > m

Re: [Leaf-devel] [Leaf-user] Testing help needed

2001-12-02 Thread David Douthitt
On 12/1/01 at 3:12 PM, Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Tony wrote: > > If so, wouldn't it be easier/safer/more secure to > > forward them to an internal syslog server? > syslog-ng is supposed to fix a lot of these problems, but I've never > gotten around to taking a

Re: [Leaf-devel] [Leaf-user] Testing help needed

2001-12-01 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Charles Steinkuehler wrote: > > I like doing this, but there are concerns with doing it in anything less > > than a perfectly trusted environment: If your log host is unavailable, > > you're not logging; if malicious listeners are on the LAN, they can see > > everything you lo

Re: [Leaf-devel] [Leaf-user] Testing help needed

2001-12-01 Thread Charles Steinkuehler
> I like doing this, but there are concerns with doing it in anything less > than a perfectly trusted environment: If your log host is unavailable, > you're not logging; if malicious listeners are on the LAN, they can see > everything you log (could be quite useful when scanning or rooting a > ser

RE: [Leaf-devel] [Leaf-user] Testing help needed

2001-12-01 Thread Tony
All valid points, I hadn't thought of those reasons. Thanks Tony > > On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Tony wrote: > > > > > I guess I don't completely understand why you need a JFFS for > > something that under normal circumstances, isn't written to > > physically. If you have a crash/powerdown situatio

Re: [Leaf-devel] [Leaf-user] Testing help needed

2001-12-01 Thread Jack Coates
On Sat, 1 Dec 2001, Tony wrote: > > I guess I don't completely understand why you need a JFFS for > something that under normal circumstances, isn't written to > physically. If you have a crash/powerdown situation, with resumtion > of service, you just reload your image and continue to > firewal