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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anton Okmianski (aokmians) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 1:20 PM
> To: Miao Fuyou
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Syslog] Coming to consensus on syslog threats
> 
> 
> Miao: 
> 
> > I thinks it is good that all TCP/TLS clients in the same 
> host (device, 
> > relay or collector) share same client cert.
> 
> It depends on what you want to authenticate. I would mandate 
> a tie of client identity to identity of the host.  
> 
> > My
> > further suggestion
> > is to resuse
> > tls session for all clients in same host.  
> 
> While a valid use-case, we cannot mandate a central syslog 
> agent on host which all clients must use. Each application 
> should be allowed to function as independent an syslog client IMO. 
> 

Actually the exact meaning is to reuse the security parameters of a earlier
session or current active session.  

> > But, I don't think
> > the certs can be generic to different hosts, it will weaken 
> > the security of
> > TLS. 
> 
> There are legitimate use-case for that.  It depends on what 
> you want to authenticate.  For example, if I want to allow 
> access to my server to all applications of type X which all 
> share the same certificate even thought they are on different 
> hosts.  In this case, I am authenticating the application 
> type, not specific client or host. 
> 
> Anton. 
> 


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