[lug] logs

Sean Reifschneider jafo at tummy.com
Mon Jul 30 13:56:07 MDT 2001


On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 01:47:47AM -0600, D. Stimits wrote:
>out in the first place. Sending logs via email to a machine that is
>completely isolated from the breached machine is a way to do that
>(separate machines with no direct interface).

Sendmail has had more exploits than syslogd.  I don't see why moving to a
more complex setup that's using software with a history of more exploits
against it would make it more secure.

Sean
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