Re: [Syslog] Syslog-tls-09 draft - suggested change

2007-04-24 Thread Chris Lonvick
Hi, On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Eliot Lear wrote: Miao, TLS is still duplex even if syslog is simplex. In the same time, authenticaiton happens in the handshaking phase of TLS when syslog message transfering does not begin . So, simplex or duplex does not matter for authentication. I

Re: [Syslog] Syslog-tls-09 draft - suggested change

2007-04-24 Thread Eliot Lear
Hi Dave, Does the third paragraph eliminate the need for the first two paragraphs? I think they need to be merged. Key parts are these: * SHOULD close the connection on failed authentication, and attempt to log an error * A discussion of the challenges of logging in such an

Re: [Syslog] Syslog-tls-09 draft - suggested change

2007-04-24 Thread Chris Lonvick
Hi, I'm OK with this proposal with two minor changes. - rather than (see below) it should have (see next paragraph) - remove parenthasis from (with a bad certificate error) as that text is normative. vv If the hostname does not match the identity in the certificate, clients SHOULD log the