[Gllug] Random freezes

[Joel Bernstein]

On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 04:32:41PM +0000, Jack Bertram wrote:
> * Joel Bernstein <joel at fysh.org> [050124 16:31]:
> > On Mon, Jan 24, 2005 at 04:25:44PM +0000, Jack Bertram wrote:
> > > * Nix <nix at esperi.org.uk> [050124 10:32]:
> > > > If you log over the network as well as locally, you'll get messages
> > > > logged about this on the remote logging machine. :)
> > > 
> > > Any suggestions for doing this securely over the internet? I don't have
> > > any other local Linux machines
> > 
> > You could tunnel syslog over ssh but that doesn't strike me as awfully
> > resilient. 
> > 
> > What do your other local machines run? There's certainly a windows
> > syslogd available, would imagine there's one for Mac OS 9 and OS X...
> 
> Well, I have another Linux box (I lied) and a WinXP box, but they aren't
> turned on all the time.  My other always-up box is remote.

I'd suggest you buy the smallest, cheapest second-hand PC box you can
lay your hands on, install a barebones linux, secure it appropriately,
and run syslogd [in network mode] on that. If you have a spare Pentium
or better under the stairs gathering dust, this is the perfect use for
it.

Syslogd + logwatch etc won't cripple even an old 486. Your only real
concern is providing enough disk to hold a week or two's logs.

/joel
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