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Axel ⌨🐧🐪🚴😷 | R.I.P Natenom<p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/rsyslog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rsyslog</span></a> is dead: <a href="https://www.rsyslog.com/rsyslog-goes-ai-first-a-new-chapter-begins/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rsyslog.com/rsyslog-goes-ai-fi</span><span class="invisible">rst-a-new-chapter-begins/</span></a> 🤢</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Syslog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Syslog</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://climatejustice.social/@HeatSinkAmbassador" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>HeatSinkAmbassador</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://labyrinth.zone/users/halva" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>halva</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://ubuntu.social/@ubuntu" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ubuntu</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@opensuse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>opensuse</span></a></span> Then why did <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> standard on SystemD?</p><ul><li>Certainly <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.lfx.dev/@linuxfoundation" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>linuxfoundation</span></a></span> or whoever writes the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LSB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LSB</span></a> took their time re: that change and if you have ever habe to deal with huge amounts of servers, the whole benefits of the <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SystemD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemD</span></a> suite"</em> really works well, because noone wants to deal with a shitton of filters &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog</span></a> over <code>journalctl -xe …</code></li></ul><p>Don't get me wrong, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@OS1337" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>OS1337</span></a></span> runs off a <a href="https://github.com/OS-1337/OS1337/blob/main/build/0.CORE/fdd/fs/etc/init" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">single <code>/etc/init</code> file...</a>, but for an embedded distro of it's tinyness, that is acceptable.</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FriendlyReminder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FriendlyReminder</span></a> for people using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pfBlockerNG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pfBlockerNG</span></a> on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pfSense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pfSense</span></a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OPNsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OPNsense</span></a> or any other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Firewall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Firewall</span></a>|ing-<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/distro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distro</span></a>: </p><p>Clean up ´´´/var/log/pfblockerng´´´ regularly, or else it'll fill up with disrespectful quickness depending on your setup.</p><ul><li><em>Ask me how I know!</em></li></ul><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ITsec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ITsec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Maintenance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maintenance</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DigitalJanitor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalJanitor</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InfoSec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Networking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Networking</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netgate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netgate</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Decisio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decisio</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Router" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Router</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Filtering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Filtering</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/pf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pf</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logging</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/logs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logs</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/log" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>log</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog</span></a></p>
openSUSE Linux<p>📊🖥️ Central <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logging</span></a> matters for convenience, availability and security. Find out why else it matters from this talk using <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/syslog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog</span></a>-ng &amp; how <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OpenTelemetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenTelemetry</span></a> simplifies <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>data</span></a> collection. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/openSUSE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openSUSE</span></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/YiWPHfh4LpE?si=YGhN9yCg-dwhhKIi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/YiWPHfh4LpE?si=YGhN9y</span><span class="invisible">Cg-dwhhKIi</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.illegalpornography.com/@BestGirlGrace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BestGirlGrace</span></a></span> <em>exactly that</em>!</p><p>The convenience of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/systemctl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemctl</span></a> to check on service statuses &amp; <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/journalctl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalctl</span></a> -xe in terms of debugging and fixing issues cannot be overstated.</p><ul><li>Before <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/systemd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>systemd</span></a> one would have to make a giant <em>"<code>pipe</code>line"</em> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/syslog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog</span></a> with sed/awk/grep regex's just to find out that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/httpd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>httpd</span></a> failed to load a certificate due to the files not being <em>owned</em> by the user the service runs under...</li></ul><p>Basic <em>quality of life</em> improvements!</p>
Chris<p>What is that all about?<br>I moved a script from my old laptop, so before it was running fine. It is part of my <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crontab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crontab</span></a> schedules but recently found out that the file that is suppsed to be created, is empty. And when checking the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/syslog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>syslog</span></a> I can find:<br>"(CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output)"</p><p>What's a MTA? Never had that problem before.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linuxmint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linuxmint</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cron</span></a></p>