The syslog deamon (syslogd) on Unix systems provides message logging for other services so that each service doesn’t have to duplicate the same basic functionality to manage logging for itself. The ...
I have a cisco PIX firewall that was set up to send syslog messages to a Solaris box.<BR>I think the relevant lin in /etc/syslog.conf is the following:<BR><BR>local6 ...
I’m attending a fantastic session at LinuxWorld today titled “Working with Log Files.” The session is being run by Mark Cohen (Quote.com, LookSmart, Penquin Computing) and Patrick McGovern ...
In a column about syslog [see “syslog Configuration” in the December 2001 issue of LJ] I mentioned “stealth logging”--by running your central log server without an IP address, you can hide your ...
I am working with Solaris 10. <BR><BR>A quick check of the man page for syslog.conf says: "...For a given facility and level, syslogd matches all messages for that level and all higher ...
Lance Spitzner of the Honeynet Project (www.honeynet.org) suggests a trick that's useful for honey (decoy) nets and maybe even for production DMZs: stealth logging. This trick allows a host connected ...