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Date:      Sun, 11 Jul 1999 18:36:48 +0200
From:      Eivind Eklund <eivind@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Warner Losh <imp@village.org>
Cc:        proff@suburbia.net, alla@sovlink.ru, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, security@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Syslog alternatives?
Message-ID:  <19990711183648.A597@bitbox.follo.net>
In-Reply-To: <199907091638.KAA20428@harmony.village.org>; from Warner Losh on Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 10:38:16AM -0600
References:  <19990709163459.22243.qmail@suburbia.net> <199907091638.KAA20428@harmony.village.org>

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On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 10:38:16AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote:
> In message <19990709163459.22243.qmail@suburbia.net> proff@suburbia.net writes:
> : Just because you can't think of an answer doesn't mean there isn't one :)
> 
> So elighten me :-)

1. Set up a distributed secure timestamp service (this is non-trivial
   but doable - you need to base yourself on a trust model where you
   assume a random N-out-of-M timestamp server will not all fake
   timestamp signatures, and a lot of constraints on how the
   timestamp client is allowed to select servers to use).
2. Hash portions of your log regularly (e.g, every hour).  
3. Get a timestamp signature on your hash, and store it.

Of course, this depends on for what purpose you want your log to be
trustworthy.

Eivind.


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