Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 02:34:59 +1000 (EST) From: proff@suburbia.net To: imp@village.org (Warner Losh) Cc: alla@sovlink.ru, avalon@coombs.anu.edu.au, security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syslog alternatives? Message-ID: <19990709163459.22243.qmail@suburbia.net> In-Reply-To: <199907091628.KAA20328@harmony.village.org> from Warner Losh at "Jul 9, 99 10:28:15 am"
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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 Just because you can't think of an answer doesn't mean there isn't one :) Cheers, Julian. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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