Re: firehol logging to console
This lookes to me like kernel(dmesg) output being logged to the
console(/dev/console). This can be changed in /proc/sys/kernel/printk
thought it effects the whole system. Best to change the default LOG
params of firehol, man iptabels.
--- Jonas Meurer <jonas@freesources.org> wrote:
> hello,
>
> After successfully setting up firehol, i get a log message to the
> console i'm currently reading every time a remote machine tries to
> connect my system. The log looks similar to:
> IN-internet:IN=ppp0 OUT= MAC= SRC=62.75.128.97 DST=217.233.195.51 \
> LEN=40 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=52 ID=48754 PROTO=TCP SPT=59028 \
> DPT=321 WINDOW=3072 RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0
>
> internet is the device name in firehol.conf and ppp0 is the interface
> connected to the internet.
> Generally, there is no problem with the log message, but in my opinion
> it would be somehow better to redirect it to a firehol logfile, don't
> you think so?
>
> I didn't find any information about that in the docs, only about
> loglevel and iptables logging options, but anyway logging to screen per
> default isn't that moderate.
> Is this a bug or a feature? And how can i turn it of?
>
> bye
> jonas
>
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