Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog
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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) J. Salowey
Request for Comments: 6012 Cisco Systems, Inc.
Category: Standards Track T. Petch
ISSN: 2070-1721 Engineering Networks Ltd
R. Gerhards
Adiscon GmbH
H. Feng
Huaweisymantec Technologies
October 2010
Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog
Abstract
This document describes the transport of syslog messages over the
Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS) protocol. It provides a
secure transport for syslog messages in cases where a connectionless
transport is desired.
Status of This Memo
This is an Internet Standards Track document.
This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force
(IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has
received public review and has been approved for publication by the
Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Further information on
Internet Standards is available in Section 2 of RFC 5741.
Information about the current status of this document, any errata,
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Salowey, et al. Standards Track [Page 1]
RFC 6012 DTLS Transport Mapping for Syslog October 2010
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
2. Terminology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
3. Security Requirements for Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4. Using DTLS to Secure Syslog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5. Protocol Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.1. Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.2. Port and Service Code Assignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.3. Initiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5.3.1. Certificate-Based Authentication . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.4. Sending Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5.4.1. Message Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5.5. Closure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6. Congestion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7. Security Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
8. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9.1. DTLS Renegotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9.2. Message Loss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9.3. Private Key Generation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9.4. Trust Anchor Installation and Storage . . . . . . . . . . 9
10. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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