Re: local users can panic linux kernel (was: SuSE syslogdadvisory)

[shafik () ACM POLY EDU (Shafik Yaghmour)]

        So if you have a high system load it is okay to have some of the
syslog messages lost? Hmm, I dunno, IMHO it is never okay, I mean why
should you open up the opportunity at all. You know, security based on
something being "not so prone to failure" doesn't exactly make me feel
warm and cozy.

On Tue, 23 Nov 1999, Jefferson Ogata wrote:

> I think it should be pointed out that datagram messages to a Unix domain socket
> don't suffer the same network load losses that datagram messages across an
> ethernet do. The quality of reception will generally be based purely on system
> load, since an external network is not involved. You won't be losing lots of log
> messages on account of a large file transfer between two other hosts.
>
> Therefore, I think reliance on datagram-based syslog to a Unix domain socket is
> not so prone to failure as some other posters have implied.
>
> --
> Jefferson Ogata <jogata () nodc noaa gov> National Oceanographic Data Center
> You can't step into the same river twice. -- Herakleitos

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