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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.
 



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