[syslog-ng] Quick Questions

[Patrick H.]

Well, that'll teach me to open up an outdated doc :-)
Ya, I was reading the 2.0 doc since we run a lot of RHEL4 boxes, I tend 
to open that once since features it has newer versions also have.

Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 1:11:53 PM
From: Alan McKinnon <Alan.McKinnon at is.co.za>
To: syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu "Patrick H." <syslogng at feystorm.net>, 
"cdukes at cdukes.com" <cdukes at cdukes.com>
Subject: Re: [syslog-ng] Quick Questions
> The manual says TLS is in the OSE
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> It's disk buffering that is in Premium
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> On Tuesday 25 May 2010 16:03:48 Patrick H. wrote:
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>> 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
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>> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 7:27:44 AM
>> From: Clayton Dukes <cdukes at gmail.com><mailto:cdukes at gmail.com>
>> To: Syslog-ng users' and developers' mailing list
>> <syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu><mailto:syslog-ng at lists.balabit.hu> Subject:
>> Re: [syslog-ng] Quick Questions
>> 3) Doesn't syslog-ng do TLS encryption?
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>> 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.
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>> 2) Yes syslog-ng will send the unsent messages. You need the premium
>> version for this feature.
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>> 3) You can use vpn tunnels or some other type of tunnel for this. Syslog-ng
>> does not have any built-in transport encryption.
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>> 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.
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>> 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?
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>> 3) In view of security, how can we configure remote client and server
>> to perform authentication (using X.509 certificates) during log
>> message forwarding?
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>> 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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