the default is 20 minutes.
.It Fl u
Select the historical ``insecure'' mode, in which syslogd will
-open a UDP socket and accept input over it as well.
+accept input from the UDP port.
Some software wants this, but you can be subjected to a variety of
attacks over the network, including attackers remotely filling logs.
.It Fl p
.Xr syslog.conf 5 .
.Pp
.Nm Syslogd
-reads messages from the
+opens an Internet domain socket as specified
+in
+.Pa /etc/services .
+Normally
+.Nm syslogd
+will only use this socket to send messages outwards, but in
+`insecure'' mode it will also read messages from this socket.
+.Nm Syslogd
+also opens and reads messages from the
.Tn UNIX
domain socket
.Pa /dev/log ,
-from an Internet domain socket specified in
-.Pa /etc/services ,
and from the special device
.Pa /dev/klog
(to read kernel messages).