2 newb questions

[Anon]

Hi im running freebsd 5.3 and I have some questions:

1. how do I log ssh login attempts to a file? say /var/log/auth I have 
read syslogd man page and I dont get it at all

2. how do I get some kind of a system that "warns" me when a port is old 
(there is a new in cvs database), example: I want to get an email when a 
new version of the port "firefox" comes out

Thank you in advance for the answers!