Date: Fri, 8 Sep 1995 13:10:13 +0200 (MET DST) From: guido@spooky.lss.cp.philips.com (Guido van Rooij) To: piero@strider.ibenet.it Cc: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua, wollman@lcs.mit.edu, security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Do we *really* need logger(1)? Message-ID: <m0sr1K1-000HneC@spooky.lss.cp.philips.com> In-Reply-To: <199509081026.MAA22658@strider.ibenet.it> from "Piero Serini" at Sep 8, 95 12:26:37 pm
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Piero Serini wrote: > > Hello. > > Quoting from Andrew V. Stesin (Thu Sep 7 19:07:26 1995): > > (b) Optional encryption capability for the messages, > > using the system-wide libcrypt facility; > > even very simple one will be good, with parameters stored in > > /etc/syslog.conf. Better than nothing, really. > > Use the root passwd on the originating machine to encrypt the logs > sent via network. > I dont like a root password stored in a program. Better is to have a diffie-hellman scheme to obtain a session key. -Guido
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