Re: Remote Syslogd

From: Jason Haar (Jason.Haarat_private)
Date: Wed Nov 06 2002 - 18:16:45 PST

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    On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 07:30:37PM -0800, Gino Pietro Guidi wrote:
    > I have recently came across an article that described secure logging
    > using snort. Basically snort was configured to dump the contents of all
    > syslog packets sent to a fake ip. Then that ip was set up as the loghost
    > ip on the remote hosts. With this configuration, in theory, you wouldn't
    
    Sounds like passlogd: a syslog server sniffer that simply logs any syslog
    records it sees in promiscous mode.
    
    Could be perfect for an IDS :-)
    
    [Note: I had a look at it some time ago and there were bugs which stopped me
    using it. Pity - the idea is sound]
    
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    Jason Haar
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