Re: Juniper NSM and secure log forwarding

Trey,

There is no built-in function in NSM to send encrypted syslog. You would
need to either write it to a file locally and use a 3rd party method to
syslog it, or use a VPN tunnel between the two servers. As you know, NSM is
running on Linux or Solaris, so either of the above should be possible.

Regards,
Jon


On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 4:40 PM, Trey Darley <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Hi, Jon -
>
> Thanks for the response. I see that I wasn't entirely clear. I was aware
> that incoming logs from managed devices enter NSM via the encrypted SSP.
> Also, clearly I was misinformed about the role that postgreSQL plays in
> NSM internals.
>
> > Logs forwarded by NSM via the "Action Manager" will be sent in
> > clear-text though as we use standard syslog or SNMP-Trap formats for
> > this function.
>
> It's this bit I'm wondering about. What if I want to export firewall
> logs via encrypted syslog. Is there a Juniper knowledgebase article I
> missed somewhere along the way or do I need to roll my own solution?
>
> Cheers,
> - --Trey
>
> Quoth Jon [01/19/2010 09:49 PM] :
> > From a Juniper Systems Engineer:
> >
> > First, all logs sent to NSM either via SSP or DMI are encrypted.
> >
> > Second, we don't use postgreSQL to store firewall logs, only profiler
> data.
> > We have a proprietary logDb that uses a flat-file, compressed format for
> > the logs.  The logs are not stored in an encrypted format, but the files
> > are owned by the "nsm" account, so you would need the credentials for
> > "nsm" or "root" to access them.
> >
> > Logs forwarded by NSM via the "Action Manager" will be sent in
> > clear-text though as we use standard syslog or SNMP-Trap formats for
> > this function.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Jon
> > (Disclosure - I work for Juniper)
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:33 AM, Trey Darley <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >     Hi, y'all -
> >
> >     Looking for suggestions as to how you've integrated NSM into your
> >     logging
> >     environment. While it appears not to support ssl-wrapping syslog, it
> >     does
> >     store it's logs internally in postgresql. Before I go hammering up a
> >     cockeyed solution I thought I'd ask the hive.
> >
> >     Cheers,
> >     --Trey
> >
> >
> >
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