From owner-freebsd-security Fri Jul 9 9:30:20 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from rover.village.org (rover.village.org [204.144.255.49]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 64F9A15641 for ; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 09:30:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (harmony.village.org [10.0.0.6]) by rover.village.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id KAA05121; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 10:30:24 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from imp@harmony.village.org) Received: from harmony.village.org (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1]) by harmony.village.org (8.9.3/8.8.3) with ESMTP id KAA20328; Fri, 9 Jul 1999 10:28:16 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <199907091628.KAA20328@harmony.village.org> To: Alla Bezroutchko Subject: Re: Syslog alternatives? Cc: Darren Reed , security@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 09 Jul 1999 11:57:12 +0400." <3785AB58.2B3D8F05@sovlink.ru> References: <3785AB58.2B3D8F05@sovlink.ru> <199907090707.RAA16350@cheops.anu.edu.au> Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 10:28:15 -0600 From: Warner Losh Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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