> Alex Brown hosted the first BoF on "secured syslog". He's been working
> on a draft that will address some of the security concerns. His first
> proposal can be found here:
> http://www.mail-archive.com/syslog-sec%40employees.org/msg00443.html
>
> He received some comments about it and is reworking another draft. This
> proposal is aimed at fulfilling the second part of our goals. It will
> provide message delivery with some authentication.
thanks! that's a good pointer.
> I would like to see that developed. Using BEEP could address the security
> concerns of authentication, confidentiality and integrity as well as the
> requirement for verifiable delivery. Beyond that, placing some of the
> different levels/facilities into different channels could address the
> problem of sequential delivery - e.g. having a zillion inconsequential
> status messages in front of a really important message.
hmmm...you would essentially get that "for free" with BEEP! give me a few
days to see what can be put together as a first cut.
thanks!
/mtr
