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diff --git a/doc/tls_cert_summary.html b/doc/tls_cert_summary.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..95844a8 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tls_cert_summary.html @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> +<html><head><title>TLS-protected syslog: Summary</title> +</head> +<body> + +<h1>Encrypting Syslog Traffic with TLS (SSL)</h1> +<p><small><i>Written by <a href="http://www.adiscon.com/en/people/rainer-gerhards.php">Rainer +Gerhards</a> (2008-07-03)</i></small></p> + +<ul> +<li><a href="rsyslog_secure_tls.html">Overview</a> +<li><a href="tls_cert_scenario.html">Sample Scenario</a> +<li><a href="tls_cert_ca.html">Setting up the CA</a> +<li><a href="tls_cert_machine.html">Generating Machine Certificates</a> +<li><a href="tls_cert_server.html">Setting up the Central Server</a> +<li><a href="tls_cert_client.html">Setting up syslog Clients</a> +<li><a href="tls_cert_udp_relay.html">Setting up the UDP syslog relay</a> +<li><a href="tls_cert_summary.html">Wrapping it all up</a> +</ul> + +<h3>Summary</h3> +<p>If you followed the steps outlined in this documentation set, you now have +a reasonable (for most needs) secure setup for the following environment: +<center><img src="tls_cert_100.jpg"></center> +<p>You have learned about the security decisions involved and which we +made in this example. <b>Be once again reminded that you must make sure yourself +that whatever you do matches your security needs!</b> There is no guarantee that +what we generally find useful actually is. It may even be totally unsuitable for +your environment. +<p>In the example, we created a rsyslog certificate authority (CA). Guard the CA's +files. You need them whenever you need to create a new machine certificate. We also saw how +to generate the machine certificates themselfs and distribute them to the individual +machines. Also, you have found some configuration samples for a sever, a client and +a syslog relay. Hopefully, this will enable you to set up a similar system in many +environments. +<p>Please be warned that you defined some expiration dates for the certificates. +After they are reached, the certificates are no longer valid and rsyslog will NOT +accept them. At that point, syslog messages will no longer be transmitted (and rsyslogd +will heavily begin to complain). So it is a good idea to make sure that you renew the +certificates before they expire. Recording a reminder somewhere is probably a good +idea. +<p>If you have any more questions, please visit the <a href="http://kb.monitorware.com/rsyslog-f40.html">rsyslog forum</a> and simply ask ;) +<h2>Copyright</h2> +<p>Copyright (c) 2008 <a href="http://www.adiscon.com/en/people/rainer-gerhards.php">Rainer +Gerhards</a> and +<a href="http://www.adiscon.com/en/">Adiscon</a>.</p> +<p> Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version +1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; +with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover +Texts. A copy of the license can be viewed at +<a href="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html</a>.</p> +</body></html> |