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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


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