[syslog-ng] Quick Questions

[Patrick H.]

Oh ya, forgot about that. Premium edition feature again :-)
It'd probably be best to contact balabit sales for all the details on 
the premium edition features. The mailing list is most familiar with the 
open source edition. Besides, thats what the sales people get paid for :-P


Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:27:44 AM
From: Clayton Dukes <cdukes at gmail.com>
To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list 
<syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Quick Questions
> 3) Doesn't syslog-ng do TLS encryption?
>
>
> On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 9:15 AM, Patrick H. <syslogng at feystorm.net 
> <mailto:syslogng at feystorm.net>> wrote:
>
>     1) What? Asynchronous/synchronous communication is a term used to
>     describe 2 way communication over physical medium. Syslog-ng
>     message relaying is one way and over tcp or udp.
>
>     2) Yes syslog-ng will send the unsent messages. You need the
>     premium version for this feature.
>
>     3) You can use vpn tunnels or some other type of tunnel for this.
>     Syslog-ng does not have any built-in transport encryption.
>
>     4) If youre asking are messages forwarded to remote syslog-ng
>     server as soon as theyre received, it can be configured this way
>     yes. Or it can buffer them and send in bursts.
>
>     Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:20:58 AM
>     From: Dyne Lai <dynelai at gmail.com> <mailto:dynelai at gmail.com>
>     To: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu <mailto:syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu>
>     Subject: [syslog-ng] Quick Questions
>>     Hi Syslog-ng Developers,
>>
>>     I have a few general questions regarding syslog-ng as below.
>>     1) What is the type of transmission (Asynchronous/Synchronous) used
>>     for the transfer of log messages between server and remote client?
>>
>>     2) I understand that Syslog-ng is able to store unsent messages from
>>     remote client to server in the local hardisk during network/system
>>     outrage. Will syslog-ng be able to resume with the unsent messages
>>     upon the revive of the network/system? If possible, how can we
>>     configure/setup to achieve that?
>>
>>     3) In view of security, how can we configure remote client and server
>>     to perform authentication (using X.509 certificates) during log
>>     message forwarding?
>>
>>     4) Is the forwarding of log message between remote client and server
>>     consider real-time? (assume syn=0)
>>
>>     Do pardon if the questions appears ignorant.Thanks for the time!
>>
>>     Best Regards,
>>     Dyne Lai
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