svn commit: r314585 - head/usr.sbin/syslogd

[Ngie Cooper (yaneurabeya)]

> On Mar 2, 2017, at 22:49, Hiroki Sato <hrs at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
> 
> Ngie Cooper <ngie at FreeBSD.org> wrote
>  in <201703030613.v236DxDl010255 at repo.freebsd.org>:
> 
> ng> Author: ngie
> ng> Date: Fri Mar  3 06:13:59 2017
> ng> New Revision: 314585
> ng> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/314585
> ng>
> ng> Log:
> ng>   Correct verb change for service => `*` after r314563
> ng>
> ng>   `*` means that packets will be received from a remote peer on any port.
> ng>   Since the point of interest is the syslogd instance (not the remote peer),
> ng>   the appropriate verb is "received", not "sent".
> ng>
> ng>   MFC after:	1 month
> ng>   X-MFC with:	r314563
> ng>   Sponsored by:	Dell EMC Isilon
> ng>
> ng> Modified:
> ng>   head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
> ng>
> ng> Modified: head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8
> ng> ==============================================================================
> ng> --- head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8	Fri Mar  3 06:06:27 2017	(r314584)
> ng> +++ head/usr.sbin/syslogd/syslogd.8	Fri Mar  3 06:13:59 2017	(r314585)
> ng> @@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ A
> ng>  .Ar service
> ng>  of
> ng>  .Ql \&*
> ng> -allows packets to be sent from any UDP port.
> ng> +allows packets to be received from any UDP port.
> ng>  The default
> ng>  .Ar service
> 
> It is incorrect that syslogd receives a UDP packet on any local port
> when a "*" is specified.  This address validation is done by using
> the source port number in a received UDP packet, so the point of
> interest is the remote peer.
> 
> How about "...accepts UDP packets sent with any source port" or
> something?

Yeah, that’s more accurate.
-Ngie
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