[Mesh] What's up with this? You may want to Check your node. The one I have has this constant connection to a Server log ("100.64.0.10:514")?

[Jorrit Poelen]

Hi Daniel - 

Thanks for sharing this and asking for opinions. 

Personally, I am fan of keeping as little identifiable information
around as possible. The mesh prototol itself already provides plenty of
information about other nodes, so from where I am standing, I don't see
the immediate need for centralized logging beyond keeping a temporary
log of mesh routing tables. 

Also, I'd say that the great thing (and bad thing) about centralized
logging servers is that they can be easily turned off. 

Hoping I can join a lively discussion on this for the next meeting.

thx,
-jorrit

On Tue, 2017-10-03 at 23:49 -0700, danarauz at gmail.com wrote:
> Update: 
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> > > > > I also notified about this finding to folks that are part of the mesh
Signal Messaging group, and so far the person replying says that it
may be a centralized log Server. A link ( https://github.com/sudomesh
/sudowrt-firmware/issues/68 ) was also provided, about an issue in
github that talks about the implementation of this Syslog Server.
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> > > > After reading the issue on github, I checked on the /var/log/messages
file.This log file collects all the HostNames, IP address, and MAC
address of all connecting devices (computers, phones, iPads,
AppleTVs, etc) to the Mesh and Private networks. 
> > > Even though I understand the need for logs for troubleshooting
purposes, I would like to know others folks thoughts about this
collection.
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> Are you okay with this?
> How critical is to have these log files?
> > Is possible for Peoples Open Network to be part of the "No Logs, No
Masters" idea?
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> With the absolute intention of making the PON stronger and safer,
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> Daniel
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> > > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 9:04 PM, danarauz at gmail.com <danarauz at gmail.co
m> wrote:
> > screenshot attached.
> > > > > > On Tue, Oct 3, 2017 at 8:59 PM, danarauz at gmail.com <danarauz at gmail.
com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > What's up with this?  You may want to Check your node. The one I
have has this constant connection to a Server log
("100.64.0.10:514")?
> > > > > > Are all PON nodes pushing logs to a remote location, or is t just
me?
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> > > > > > > > > I SSH to my PON node and while checking for current connections I
see this established connection "100.64.0.10:514 (Syslog
Server?)? 
> > > > > > Been refreshing for about 20+ minutes and the connection seems
constant.
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> > > Can someone please explain this?
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