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Date:      Thu, 6 Apr 2000 09:10:27 -0400
From:      James FitzGibbon <james@targetnet.com>
To:        goten@linux.sduteam.com
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Queston on secure syslogd
Message-ID:  <20000406091026.B34667@targetnet.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004051125150.9899-100000@linux.sduteam.com>
References:  <Pine.LNX.4.10.10004051125150.9899-100000@linux.sduteam.com>

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* goten@linux.sduteam.com (goten@linux.sduteam.com) [000405 13:40]:

> Ok, I am just wondering if there is any secure alternative for syslogd.
> Since I want to send the log file via TCP/IP over the Internet, using
> @1.2.3.4 in syslogd.conf is not secure enough if that IP is not on the
> LAN. 

Look at syslog-ng:

http://www.balabit.hu/products/syslog-ng/index.html

It offers forwarding of logs over TCP/IP instead of UDP/IP, as well as
hashing and compression of the stream.

-- 
j.

James FitzGibbon                                           james@targetnet.com
Targetnet.com Inc.                              Voice/Fax +1 416 306-0466/0452


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