[techtalk] ipchains logs and nmap audit

[Subba Rao]

On  0, Beverly Guillermo <mezanin at home.com> wrote:
> I was looking at the ipchains manpage and I got this about the option that
> you're using.
> 
> 
>        -l, --log
>               Turn  on  kernel logging of matching packets.  When
>               this option is set for a  rule,  the  Linux  kernel
>               will print some information of all matching packets
>               (like most IP header fields) via printk().
> 
> What exactly is printk()?  I haven't found any information about that
> particular function.
> 

It is the print function for the kernel routines. I don't know the workings
of the output of this fuction yet.

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