Ivan Pulleyn wrote: > > Hi, > I found a core from syslogd the other day on my Solaris 2.5.1 based firewall. > We are running the FW-1 firewall that comes with Sun's Netra. The question > is, what can I do with this core to determine if it was the result of any > foul play? gdb tells me little, same thing with strings -a. > > Thanks, > Ivan... > > -- > Ivan Pulleyn Magnify, Inc. home: > ivan@magnify.com 815 Garfield Street 1401 North Bosworth Avenue > Oak Park, IL 60304 Chicago, IL 60622 > 708 383-7002 773-278-5902 Try running the strings command against the core file. you might find the last message sent to syslog there as the core file is the memory image when syslog went down. -- barry |====================================================================== |Barry A. Suskind |"If it weren't for change, your job would |GE Information Services |consist of making sure the corporate abacus |Email: bsuskind@is.ge.com |rods were adequately greased" - John Cleese |Phone: (301)-340-4667 |=========================================== |SnailMail: 401 N Washington St, Mail Stop: MC07D, Rockville MD, 20850