From 8cb6ec4cee79d41c30d7df38b58ab1f198ac8581 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rainer Gerhards Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 11:45:40 +0200 Subject: added some forgotten doc --- doc/imtcp.html | 2 +- doc/ns_gtls.html | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------- 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/imtcp.html b/doc/imtcp.html index 86c50dba..12f8020d 100644 --- a/doc/imtcp.html +++ b/doc/imtcp.html @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ $InputTCPServerRun multiple times. This is not currently supported. +Note: mode 0 does not provide any benefit over the ptcp driver. This +mode exists for technical reasons, but should not be used. It may be +removed in the future.
+Supported Authentication +Modes
Note: "anon" does not permit to authenticate the remote peer. As -such, this mode is vulnerable to man in the middle attacks as well as +
  • x509/fingerprint +- certificate fingerprint authentication as +described in IETF's draft-ietf-syslog-transport-tls-12 Internet draft
  • +
  • x509/name +- certificate validation and subject name authentication as +described in IETF's draft-ietf-syslog-transport-tls-12 Internet draft +[NOT YET IMPLEMENTED]
  • + +Note: "anon" does not permit to authenticate the remote peer. As such, +this mode is vulnerable to man in the middle attacks as well as unauthorized access. It is recommended NOT to use this mode.
    -[rsyslog.conf overview] +
    +Known Problems
    +

    Even in x509/fingerprint mode, both the client and sever +certificate currently must be signed by the same root CA. This is an +artifact of the underlying GnuTLS library and the way we use it. It is +expected that we can resolve this issue in the future.

    +

    [rsyslog.conf overview] [manual index] [rsyslog site] +

    This documentation is part of the rsyslog project.
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