[syslog-ng] hashing

[Balazs Scheidler]

> <snip>
> > Or yet another, I like this one best. syslog-ng generates a random value
> > which it will use to generate hash #0, then a copy of this random value is
> > sent to the sysadmin in an email message. Later when somebody wants to check
> > logfile integrity, a copy of this key is needed. This could also be a
> > security risk if that message remains on the same box.
> 
> I'm very much a *n?x newbie so this may be an incredibly stupid idea, but FWIW how
> about PGP encrypting the email using the admin's public key?

Yes, it's a good idea. My solution will be that I'll simply call a script
and the local sysadmin can do anything he wants. By default a script which
sends a pgp encrypted message will be supplied.

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Bazsi
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