> -----Original Message-----
> From: Balazs Scheidler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2006 5:27 PM
> To: Miao Fuyou
> Subject: RE: [Syslog] Other syslog-tls Issues---Issue 1 and 2
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2006-03-21 at 10:54 +0800, Miao Fuyou wrote:
> > > 
> > > Not clear, what authentication is done on APP-NAME as part of
> > > "Syslog message processing".  
> > > 
> > 
> > There are difference between Host name binding and app-name binding 
> > when being checked. For host name binding, application can 
> check the 
> > binding only based on inforamtion(cert and hostname) at TLS 
> layer and 
> > check it once for the session. For app-name binding, 
> application must 
> > check information from both TLS(cert) and syslog(app-name).
> > 
> > Is app-name consistent/constant for a specific connection? If no, 
> > application must check each syslog message against the cert.
> > 
> 
> Definitely no, a single connection will be used to deliver 
> messages for multiple applications, so the ceritificate 
> should be bound to the syslog sender and not any individual 
> applications running on the sender.
> 

I infer from your sentence that "generic" certificate is not possible. Each
TLS connection is associated with only one certificate at most for each
direction. However, multiple app-name requires multiple certificate. It
conflicts TLS specification. Right?

> The question is how the receiver resolves the sender host, 
> using reverse DNS? or it simply accepts any trusted 
> certificates no matter what the name is.
> 

I don't think it is a problem, application should decide how to resolves the
sender host.

> -- 
> Bazsi
> 


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