Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] ntp problem

[Heiko Z. <he...@zu...>]

On Tue, March 13, 2007 12:45, Philip Peake wrote:
> One other item I noticed.
> I use a different firewall than the ones provided (don't know if this
> matters here).
>
> When networking is started, network communications are blocked (all
> packets dropped). Starting up the firewall opens up the network (as much as
> the firewall allows). This is fine, since it closes a security hole during
> boot.
>
> However, syslog is started BEFORE the firewall is brought up. If you are
> logging to a remote system, it, of course, fails since it can't connect.
> The workaround for that is to change the order of startup to have syslog
> start after the firewall is set up.

I'm fine with doing this change if nobody else has a complain about it.

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  Heiko Zuerker
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