Bugtraq: Re: local users can panic linux kernel (was: SuSE syslogd

[avalon () COOMBS ANU EDU AU (Darren Reed)]

In some mail from Savochkin Andrey Vladimirovich, sie said:
[...]
> > sockets in this environment leads to false beliefs about what happens
> > at the other end.  The syslog-sec mailling list has been discussing some
> With stream socket I get absolutely correct information: if I get a
> communication error then my message isn't properly logged.
Well, it may be that thinking of TCP/UDP reliability in terms of Unix
domain sockets (stream/datagram) is not correct.  If other comments are
correct, then short of network buffer problems, there's no discerable
difference in the reliability of either streams or datagrams.

Flooding kernel log buffers (in BSD unix at least) can be done if you
expend enough effort dedicated to the task.

Darren