Fwd: failure notice

[Eoin Mooney]

Hi there,


Two questions, one I am sure its been answered somewhere but I have yet to
find out where, the other is a question on if it is possible to do

The first I think is a no but not 100% on it

I have to secure communication to an external log4J server from a project
which uses Log4J (1.2.15).

I am aware that this version has been superseded quite a while ago but this
is a legacy project that needs to secure comms . I can see examples of
Log4j 2 syslog appender using
SSL tag,etc but is this possible for the log4j version I am using?

Second question is if Log4j can do it ( either version 1 or 2 ) Setting SSL
settings on Log4j using Java

The application currently programmatically builds the syslog appender in
Java rather than have it set in the Log4J properties file, like so

log4j.appender.syslogAudit=3Dorg.apache.log4j.varia.NullAppender

Then what I see has standard config

log4jProps.setProperty("log4j.appender.syslogAudit", SYSLOG_APPENDER);

log4jProps.setProperty("log4j.appender.syslogAudit.syslogHost", syslogURL);

log4jProps.setProperty("log4j.appender.syslogAudit.threshold", "INFO");

log4jProps.setProperty("log4j.appender.syslogAudit.layout",
"com.xxx.coreservice.logging.FileLayout");



But to implement the SSL portion of the appender what are the sysLogAudit
tags to use ?

Log4j TLS appender as seen in Log4J configuration file.

<TLSSyslog name=3D"bsd" host=3D"localhost" port=3D"6514">

      <SSL>

        <KeyStore   location=3D"log4j2-keystore.jks"
passwordEnvironmentVariable=3D"KEYSTORE_PASSWORD"/>

        <TrustStore location=3D"truststore.jks"
passwordFile=3D"${sys:user.home}/truststore.pwd"/>

      </SSL>

    </TLSSyslog>



Regards


Eoin

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I have to secure communication to an external l=
og4J server
from a project which uses Log4J (1.2.15).</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I am aware that this version has been supersede=
d quite a
while ago but this is a legacy project that</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">needs to secure comms . I can see examples of L=
og4j 2 syslog
appender using SSL tag,etc but is this possible</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">for the log4j version I am using?</p>

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-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Second question is if Log4j can do it ( either =
version 1 or
2 ) Setting SSL settings on Log4j using Java</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The application currently programmatically buil=
ds the syslog
appender in Java rather than have it</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">set in the Log4J properties file, like so</p>

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-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">log4j.appender.syslogAudit=3Dorg.apache.log4j.v=
aria.NullAppender
</p>

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Then what I see has standard config</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">log4jProps.setProperty(&quot;log4j.appender.sys=
logAudit&quot;,
SYSLOG_APPENDER);</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">log4jProps.setProperty(&quot;log4j.appender.sys=
logAudit.syslogHost&quot;,
syslogURL);</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">log4jProps.setProperty(&quot;log4j.appender.sys=
logAudit.threshold&quot;,
&quot;INFO&quot;);</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">log4jProps.setProperty(&quot;log4j.appender.sys=
logAudit.layout&quot;,
&quot;com.xxx.coreservice.logging.FileLayout&quot;);</p>

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">But to implement the SSL portion of the appende=
r what are
the sysLogAudit =E2=80=9Ctags=E2=80=9D to use ?</p>

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<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Log4j TLS appender as seen in Log4J configurati=
on file.</p>

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-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=C2=A0</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">&lt;TLSSyslog name=3D&quot;bsd&quot;
host=3D&quot;localhost&quot; port=3D&quot;6514&quot;&gt;</p>

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&lt;KeyStore=C2=A0=C2=A0
location=3D&quot;log4j2-keystore.jks&quot;
passwordEnvironmentVariable=3D&quot;KEYSTORE_PASSWORD&quot;/&gt;</p>

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-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 &lt;=
TrustStore
location=3D&quot;truststore.jks&quot;=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0
passwordFile=3D&quot;${sys:user.home}/truststore.pwd&quot;/&gt;</p>

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-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 &lt;/SSL&gt;</p>

<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font=
-family:Calibri,sans-serif">=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 &lt;/TLSSyslog&gt; </p><p cl=
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ly:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0=
in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:=
Calibri,sans-serif">Regards</p><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0=
in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><br></p><p class=
=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:=
Calibri,sans-serif">Eoin</p></div>
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