ideas 2

[Erik P. Skaalerud]

Ed wrote:

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1) If you plan to start syslogd at boot, please make it uses by default "-ss" 
option, so it doesn't open any network connection.
A bit of paranoia.

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Hello Ed.

from man syslogd:

     -s      Operate in secure mode.  Do not log messages from remote
             machines.  If specified twice, no network socket will be 
opened
             at all, which also disables logging to remote machines.

I can see your point about not having a un-needed port open for most 
people. I favour adding "-ss" as default, as most people really dont use 
remote syslog logging. If they do, they'd know how to turn it on.

- Erik