bsdtalk139 - Dru Lavigne

Interview with Dru Lavigne. We talk about her new book "The Best of FreeBSD Basics" and also get an update on some other projects including BSD Certification.
See the following links for more information:

https://register.bsdcertification.org/register/get-a-bsdcg-id
http://reedmedia.net/books/freebsd-basics
http://www.osbr.ca

File Info: 14Min, 7MB.

Ogg Link:
https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk139/bsdtalk139.ogg

bsdtalk138 - Central Syslog

News:
DesktopBSD 1.6 and FreeBSD 6.3 released.

Setting up a central syslog server.

• If you are concerned about the security of your logs, use a dedicated machine and lock it down.
• Keep clocks in sync.
• You may need to change log rotation schedule in /etc/newsyslog.conf. You can rotate based in size and/or time. This can be as much a policy decision as a hardware decision.
• On central log host, change syslogd flags to listen to network. Each BSD does this differently, so check the man pages. Also, check out the -n flag for busy environments.
• Make sure host firewall allows syslog traffic through.
• Be careful to limit syslog traffic to just the trusted network or hosts. FreeBSD man page refers to syslogd as a "remote disk filling service".
• For heavy logging environments, it is important to have a dedicated network. A down syslogd server can create a lot of "ARP who-has" broadcasts.
• Most network devices such as printers and commercial firewalls support sending to a central syslog server. Take a look at "Snare" for Windows hosts.
• To send messages from a Unix host, specify the host name prepended with @ instead of a file for logging in /etc/syslog.conf. For example, change /var/log/xferlog to @loghost.mydomain.biz. You can also copy and edit the line to have it log to both a local file and a remote host.

File Info: 7Min, 3MB

Ogg Link:
https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk138/bsdtalk138.ogg

bsdtalk137 - Open Community Camp with Marten Vijn

Happy New Year. I had fun bringing some old Cobalt RaQ2 devices back to life with NetBSD 4.0.

Interview with Marten Vijn about www.OpenCommunityCamp.org.

File Info: 13Min, 6MB

Ogg Link:
https://archive.org/download/bsdtalk137/bsdtalk137.ogg