Hello Guys,

I am looking to fetch all communication/connecting hosts information for my Linux box.
I have identified two ways of communication.. One is the ssh2 connections (logs in /var/log/secure*) and other is webserver access logs. I have extracted all connecting hosts information from these places.

Now, I want to know, is there any other way an external host can communicate with the linux box i.e. apart from ssh2 and webserver access connections? If yes, I would like to know the way and the corresponding log to extract that host information.

Please help with this if you can. I just need information on all hosts connecting to my linux box by any means.

Many Thanks.

Regards.

Any means? Does ARP count? email? serial? speaker? NTP? telnet? IPP?

Hi,

Thanks for the revert. Yes, preferably any mode of connection esp true for telnet, ftp.
Just need to know where is the logging done for these connections.

Regards.

Hello,

I know this is a few days old but thought I would add some input.

As you know, typically log files are stored in - some programs depending on their configuration will store log files either within a sub-folder of or perhaps a different location altogether.

I run 2 separate Centos servers:

1. Apache Web Server - , , Sendmail & Dovecot Mail Server - 2.PureFTP FTP Server - Again as mentioned, the log entries depends on the type of connection - i.e. the type of service being run and the specific program concerned.

Regards,

Rawcous!