Re: Write-only devices (Was read only devices)

[bunbun () reptile rug ac be (DevilBunny)]

On Mon, 24 Jun 1996, Gary Howland wrote:

> Or even a PC on the local lan with it's TX line cut?
> That way no one will know it is there, but all (well, most, if using
> UDP) log messages in the form of UDP packets could be logged.

Sending unencrypted logs over a public network, what a great idea. Some
of my logs actually contain passwds for failed logins and ppp connections.

besides, with udp and listen only, there is no way *you* know the message
has been received intact and or if it has been able to be writen to disk
in time

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