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Date:      Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:48:36 -0500 (CDT)
From:      James Wyatt <jwyatt@rwsystems.net>
To:        matt@csis.gvsu.edu
Cc:        Andre Gironda <andre@sun4c.net>, goten@linux.sduteam.com, security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Queston on secure syslogd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.10004051345330.44209-100000@bsdie.rwsystems.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000405141940.A6357@eos16.csis.gvsu.edu>

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On Wed, 5 Apr 2000 matt@csis.gvsu.edu wrote:
> > Over the Internet, I'd be more likely to use scp, rsync, or CVSup
> > even though I should probably use something better like IPSec or SNMPv3.
> 
> Things like scp that copy files won't deliver messages in (pseudo)
> real-time. I don't know if this is a priority for the original poster. 
> The simplest solution is to use a syslogd that delivers over TCP and 
> send messages through an ssh tunnel.

My first thought was a ssh of a remote 'tail -f', but the ssh tunnel
sounds best here to me too, fwiw. What about limiting the tunnel to just
syslog so you don't have anyone trying to hack a machine through it. - Jy@



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