Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 10:28:15 -0600 From: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> To: Alla Bezroutchko <alla@sovlink.ru> Cc: Darren Reed <avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au>, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syslog alternatives? Message-ID: <199907091628.KAA20328@harmony.village.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jul 1999 11:57:12 %2B0400." <3785AB58.2B3D8F05@sovlink.ru> References: <3785AB58.2B3D8F05@sovlink.ru> <199907090707.RAA16350@cheops.anu.edu.au>
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In message <3785AB58.2B3D8F05@sovlink.ru> Alla Bezroutchko writes: : > Prove to me that your log files have any integrity, in such a way that : > I cannot dispute it. : : How integrity is achieved with syslog's alternatives? That's a good question.... In order to do that, you'd have to have some kind of public-key private-key mechanism based on shared secrets to be sure. I'm not sure how you can really achieve a secure log file integrity when things like VI exist... Warner To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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