RE: [Syslog] Documenting the configuration of syslog

2008-01-16 Thread Anton Okmyanskiy (aokmians)
Does defining configuration concepts require that you define the functional aspects of syslog application? I can see many different uses of syslog, each requiring different configuration. It all depends on the context it is used in. It can be stand-along, it can be embedded, it can be part of a

RE: [Syslog] Authentication, certificates, trust anchor, cipher suite and deployability for syslog/tls

2007-10-03 Thread Anton Okmyanskiy (aokmians)
Miao: > Security sensitive environment: > The server and the client are both configured with > certiifcates. The trust anchors must be configured for both > server and client, so the client and server can validate the > certificate to a common trust anchor. It is not easy to > deploy because t

RE: [Syslog] Re: DISCUSS in draft-ietf-syslog-protocol - congenstion control (fwd)

2007-07-12 Thread Anton Okmyanskiy \(aokmians\)
Chris: Can we ask Mangus to provide suggested text? He mentioned it is just a paragraph. This would make it a bit easier to get to the point of what/how he wants addressed and evaluate if we agree with it. If his suggested text is not too demanding on implementations, but rather a recommendation,

RE: [Syslog] Discuss - UDP Checksum

2007-07-10 Thread Anton Okmyanskiy \(aokmians\)
I agree with Juergen and Rainer that we could use less specification here since it is a different layer. How about we replace both paragraphs with this: "Syslog senders are RECOMMENDED to use UDP checksums when sending messages over IPv4. Proper UDP checksum insertion and verification is already