Chris,
You seem to have dropped the last deliverable which is in good shape
> - A MIB definition for syslog will be produced.
I would strongly recommend that we include it. It is an important aspect
of the protocol. Some effort has gone into it. And it is the least
controversial [there are no issues of backward compatibility]. And it
is very close to completion.
Glenn
Chris Lonvick wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> ==== v2 of proposed charter ===
>
> Syslog is a de-facto standard for logging system events. However, the
> protocol component of this event logging system has not been formally
> documented. While the protocol has been very useful and scalable, it
> has some known security problems which were documented in RFC 3164.
>
> The goal of this working group is to address the security and integrity
> problems, and to standardize the syslog protocol, transport, and a
> select set of mechanisms in a manner that considers the ease of
> migration between and the co-existence of existing versions and the
> standard.
>
> syslog has traditionally been transported over UDP and this WG has
> already defined RFC 3195 for the reliable transport for the syslog
> messages. The WG will separate the UDP transport from the protocol so
> that others may define additional transports in the future.
>
>
> - A document will be produced that describes a standardized syslog
> protocol. A mechanism will also be defined in this document
> that will provide a means to convey structured data.
>
> - A document will be produced that describes a standardized UDP
> transport for syslog.
>
> - A document will be produced that describes a standardized mechanism
> to sign syslog messages to provide integrity checking and source
> authentication.
>
>
> === ===
>
> Comments please.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
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