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Date:      Fri, 27 Jan 2006 14:23:10 +0100
From:      Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org>
To:        Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Encrypted syslog over network
Message-ID:  <43DA1EBE.7060000@locolomo.org>
In-Reply-To: <cb5206420601270507y3bfa38f4q5ca3214772d81048@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <43D9E707.2050809@locolomo.org> <cb5206420601270507y3bfa38f4q5ca3214772d81048@mail.gmail.com>

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Andrew Pantyukhin wrote:
> On 1/27/06, Erik Norgaard <norgaard@locolomo.org> wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I was thinking, is there any way of secure syslogging to a different
>> server?
>>
>> AFAIK syslog uses udp/514 and I would like to monitor a number of remote
>> hosts.
>>
>> Now, for privacy and security reasons, I would like that the syslog
>> messages are sent encrypted. This may require pre-shared keys as the udp
>> protocol does not include a handshake and key exchange.
>>
>> Any solution for this? syslog-ng doesn't seem to include such feature.
>>
> It's 2006. IPSec is the answer.

Yeah, I considered that, but then you have the problem with NAT, 
something lighter would be neat.

Cheers, Erik



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