[rfc-dist] RFC 5425 on Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport Mapping for Syslog

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        RFC 5425

        Title:      Transport Layer Security (TLS) Transport 
                    Mapping for Syslog 
        Author:     F. Miao, Ed.,
                    Y. Ma, Ed.,
                    J. Salowey, Ed.
        Status:     Standards Track
        Date:       March 2009
        Mailbox:    miaofy at huawei.com, 
                    myz at huawei.com, 
                    jsalowey at cisco.com
        Pages:      13
        Characters: 28159
        Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:   None

        I-D Tag:    draft-ietf-syslog-transport-tls-14.txt

        URL:        http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc5425.txt

This document describes the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) to
provide a secure connection for the transport of syslog messages.
This document describes the security threats to syslog and how TLS
can be used to counter such threats.  [STANDARDS TRACK]

This document is a product of the Security Issues in Network Event Logging Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

STANDARDS TRACK: This document specifies an Internet standards track
protocol for the Internet community,and requests discussion and suggestions
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