I'm curious to see if anyone is like-minded with me that syslogd_flags in
/etc/defaults/rc.conf should be "-ss" instead of "". I reasoned that it
should be, considering:
1. Most people don't direct syslogs at other machines in my experience.
2. Someone could conceivably DOS a machine by directing tons of crap at
port 121, which is also noted in the BUGS section of the syslogd
manpage.
3. Syslogd runs as root, and while it is a mature piece of code, I think
it preferable to minimize the number of root applications listening
on sockets.
Nick
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