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Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)                         J. KelseyRequest for Comments: 5848                                          NISTCategory: Standards Track                                      J. CallasISSN: 2070-1721                                          PGP Corporation                                                                A. Clemm                                                           Cisco Systems                                                                May 2010Signed Syslog MessagesAbstract   This document describes a mechanism to add origin authentication,   message integrity, replay resistance, message sequencing, and   detection of missing messages to the transmitted syslog messages.   This specification is intended to be used in conjunction with the   work defined inRFC 5424, "The Syslog Protocol".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 inSection 2 of RFC 5741.   Information about the current status of this document, any errata,   and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained athttp://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5848.Copyright Notice   Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the   document authors.  All rights reserved.   This document is subject toBCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal   Provisions Relating to IETF Documents   (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of   publication of this document.  Please review these documents   carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect   to this document.  Code Components extracted from this document must   include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of   the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as   described in the Simplified BSD License.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 1]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF   Contributions published or made publicly available before November   10, 2008.  The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this   material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow   modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process.   Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling   the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified   outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may   not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format   it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other   than English.Table of Contents1.  Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32.  Conventions Used in This Document  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53.  Syslog Message Format  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54.  Signature Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64.1.  Syslog Messages Containing a Signature Block . . . . . . .74.2.  Signature Block Format and Fields  . . . . . . . . . . . .74.2.1.  Version  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94.2.2.  Reboot Session ID  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104.2.3.  Signature Group and Signature Priority . . . . . . . .104.2.4.  Global Block Counter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134.2.5.  First Message Number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134.2.6.  Count  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144.2.7.  Hash Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144.2.8.  Signature  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144.2.9.  Example  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155.  Payload and Certificate Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155.1.  Preliminaries: Key Management and Distribution Issues  . .155.2.  Payload Block  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165.2.1.  Block Format and Fields  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .165.2.2.  Signer Authentication and Authorization  . . . . . . .185.3.  Certificate Block  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195.3.1.  Syslog Messages Containing a Certificate Block . . . .195.3.2.  Certificate Block Format and Fields  . . . . . . . . .206.  Redundancy and Flexibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246.1.  Configuration Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246.1.1.  Configuration Parameters for Certificate Blocks  . . .246.1.2.  Configuration Parameters for Signature Blocks  . . . .266.2.  Overlapping Signature Blocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277.  Efficient Verification of Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277.1.  Offline Review of Logs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287.2.  Online Review of Logs  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .298.  Security Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328.1.  Cryptographic Constraints  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328.2.  Packet Parameters  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 2]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 20108.3.  Message Authenticity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338.4.  Replaying  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .338.5.  Reliable Delivery  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348.6.  Sequenced Delivery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348.7.  Message Integrity  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348.8.  Message Observation  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348.9.  Man-in-the-Middle Attacks  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .348.10. Denial of Service  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .358.11. Covert Channels  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359.  IANA Considerations  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .359.1.  Structured Data and Syslog Messages  . . . . . . . . . . .359.2.  Version Field  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .369.3.  SG Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .389.4.  Key Blob Type  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3810. Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3911. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3911.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3911.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .401.  Introduction   This document describes a mechanism, called syslog-sign in this   document, that adds origin authentication, message integrity, replay   resistance, message sequencing, and detection of missing messages to   syslog.  Essentially, this is accomplished by sending a special   syslog message.  The content of this syslog message is called a   Signature Block.  Each Signature Block contains, in effect, a   detached signature on some number of previously sent messages.  It is   cryptographically signed and contains the hashes of previously sent   syslog messages.  The originator of syslog-sign messages is simply   referred to as a "signer".  The signer can be the same originator as   the originator whose messages it signs, or it can be a separate   originator.   While most implementations of syslog involve only a single originator   and a single collector of each message, provisions need to be made to   cover situations in which messages are sent to multiple collectors.   This concerns, in particular, situations in which different messages   from the same originator are sent to different collectors, which   means that some messages are sent to some collectors but not to   others.  The required differentiation of messages is generally   performed based on the Priority value of the individual messages.   For example, messages from any Facility with a Severity value of 3,   2, 1, or 0 may be sent to one collector while all messages of   Facilities 4, 10, 13, and 14 may be sent to another collector.   Appropriate syslog-sign messages must be kept with their proper   syslog messages.  To address this, syslog-sign uses a Signature   Group.  A Signature Group identifies a group of messages that are allKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 3]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   kept together for signing purposes by the signer.  A Signature Block   always belongs to exactly one Signature Group and always signs   messages belonging only to that Signature Group.   Additionally, a signer sends Certificate Blocks to provide key   management information between the signer and the collector.  A   Certificate Block has a field to denote the type of key material   which may be such things as a Public Key Infrastructure using X.509   (PKIX) certificate, an OpenPGP (Pretty Good Privacy) certificate, or   even an indication that a key had been pre-distributed.  In the cases   of certificates being sent, the certificates may have to be split   across multiple Certificate Blocks carried in separate messages.   It is possible that the same host contains multiple signers that each   use their own keys to sign syslog messages.  In this case, each   signer sends its own Certificate Block and Signature Blocks.   Furthermore, each signer defines its own Signature Groups.  Each   signer on a given host needs to use a distinct combination of APP-   NAME, and PROCID for its Signature Block and Certificate Block   message.  (This implies that the combination of HOSTNAME, APP-NAME,   and PROCID uniquely distinguishes originators of syslog-sign messages   across hosts, provided that the signers use a unique HOSTNAME.)   The collector may verify that the hash of each received message   matches the signed hash contained in the corresponding Signature   Block.  A collector may process these Signature Blocks as they   arrive, building an authenticated log file.  Alternatively, it may   store all the log messages in the order they were received.  This   allows a network operator to authenticate the log file at the time   the logs are reviewed.   The process of signing works as long as the collector accepts the   syslog messages, the Certificate Blocks and the Signature Blocks.   Once that is done, the process is complete.  After that, anyone can   go back, find the key material, and validate the received messages   using the information in the Signature Blocks.  Finding the key   material is very easily done with Key Blob Types C, P, and K (seeSection 4.2) since the public key is in the Payload Block.  If Key   Blob Types N or U are used, some poking around may be required to   find the key material.  The only way to have a vendor-specific   implementation is through N or U; however, also in that case, the key   material will have to be available in some form which could be used   by implementations of other vendors.   Because the mechanism that is described in this specification uses   the concept of STRUCTURED-DATA elements defined in [RFC5424],   compliant implementations of this specification MUST also implement   [RFC5424].  It is conceivable that the concepts underlying thisKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 4]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   specification could also be used in conjunction with other message-   delivery mechanisms.  Designers of other efforts to define event   notification mechanisms are therefore encouraged to consider this   specification in their designs.2.  Conventions Used in This Document   The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",   "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this   document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].3.  Syslog Message Format   This specification is intended to be used in conjunction with the   syslog protocol as defined in [RFC5424].  The syslog protocol   therefore MUST be supported by implementations of this specification.   Because the originator generating the Signature Block message, also   simply referred to as "signer", signs each message in its entirety,   the messages MUST NOT be changed in transit.  By the same token, the   syslog-sign messages MUST NOT be changed in transit.  One of the   effects of such behavior, including message alteration by relays,   would be to render any signing invalid and hence make the mechanism   useless.  Likewise, any truncation of messages that occurs between   sending and receiving renders the mechanism useless.  For this   reason, syslog signer and collector implementations implementing this   specification MUST support messages of up to and including 2048   octets in length, in order to minimize the chance of truncation.   While syslog signer and collector implementations MAY support   messages with a length longer than 2048 octets, implementers need to   be aware that any message truncations that occur render the mechanism   useless.  In such cases, it is up to the operator to ensure that the   syslog messages can be received properly and can be validated.   [RFC5426] recommends using the Transport Layer Security (TLS)   transport and deliberately constrains the use of UDP.  UDP is NOT   RECOMMENDED for use with signed syslog because its recommended   payload size of 480 octets is too restrictive for the purposes of   syslog-sign.  A 480-octet Signature Block could sign only 9 normal   messages, meaning that at a significant proportion of messages would   be Signature Block messages.  The 480-octet limitation is primarily   geared towards small embedded systems with significant resource   constraints that, because of those constraints, would not implement   syslog-sign in the first place.  In addition, the use of UDP is   geared towards syslog messages that are primarily intended for   troubleshooting, a very different purpose from the application   targeted by syslog-sign.  Where syslog UDP transport is used, it is   the responsibility of operators to ensure that network paths areKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 5]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   configured in a way that messages of sufficient length (up to and   including 2048 octets) can be properly delivered.   This specification uses the syslog message format described in   [RFC5424].  Along with other fields, that document describes the   concept of Structured Data (SD).  Structured Data is defined in terms   of SD ELEMENTS (SDEs).  An SDE consists of a name and a set of   parameter name-value pairs.  The SDE name is referred to as SD-ID.   The name-value pairs are referred to as SD-PARAM, or SD Parameters,   with the name constituting the SD-PARAM-NAME, and the value   constituting the SD-PARAM-VALUE.   The syslog messages defined in this document carry the data that is   associated with Signature Blocks and Certificate Blocks as Structured   Data.  For this purpose, the special syslog messages defined in this   document include definitions of SDEs to convey parameters that relate   to the signing of syslog messages.  The MSG part of the syslog   messages defined in this document SHOULD simply be empty -- the   content of the messages is not intended for interpretation by humans   but by applications that use those messages to build an authenticated   log.   Because the syslog messages defined in this document adhere to the   format described in [RFC5424], they identify the machine that   originates the syslog message in the HOSTNAME field.  Therefore, the   Signature Block and Certificate Block data do not need to include any   additional parameter to identify the machine that originates the   message.   In addition, several signers MAY sign messages on a single host   independently of each other, each using their own Signature Groups.   In that case, each unique signer is distinguished by the combination   of APP-NAME and PROCID.  (By the same token, the same message might   be signed by multiple signers.)  Each unique signer MUST have a   unique APP-NAME and PROCID on each host.  (This implies that the   combination of HOSTNAME, APP-NAME and PROCID uniquely distinguishes   the originator of syslog-sign messages, provided that the signers use   a unique HOSTNAME.)  A Signature Block message MUST use the same   combination of HOSTNAME, APP-NAME, and PROC-ID that was used to send   the corresponding Certificate Block messages containing the Payload   Block.4.  Signature Blocks   This section describes the format of the Signature Block and the   fields used within the Signature Block, as well as the syslog   messages used to carry the Signature Block.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 6]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 20104.1.  Syslog Messages Containing a Signature Block   There is a need to distinguish the Signature Block itself from the   syslog message that is used to carry a Signature Block.  Signature   Blocks MUST be encompassed within completely formed syslog messages.   Syslog messages that contain a Signature Block are also referred to   as Signature Block messages.   A Signature Block message is identified by the presence of an SD   ELEMENT with an SD-ID with the value "ssign".  In addition, a   Signature Block message MUST contain valid APP-NAME, PROCID, and   MSGID fields to be compliant with [RFC5424].  This specification does   not mandate particular values for these fields; however, for   consistency, a signer MUST use the same values for APP-NAME, PROCID,   and MSGID fields for every Signature Block message that is sent,   whichever values are chosen.  It MUST also use the same value for its   HOSTNAME field.  To allow for the possibility of multiple signers per   host, the combination of APP-NAME and PROCID MUST be unique for each   such signer on any given host.  If a signer daemon is restarted, it   MAY use a new PROCID for what is otherwise the same signer but MUST   continue to use the same APP-NAME.  If it uses a new PROCID, it MUST   send a new Payload Block using Certificate Block messages that use   the same new PROCID (and the same APP-NAME).  It is RECOMMENDED (but   not required) to use 110 as value for the PRI field, corresponding to   facility 13 (log audit) and severity 6 (informational).  The   Signature Block is carried as Structured Data within the Signature   Block message, per the definitions that follow in the next section.   A Signature Block message MAY carry other Structured Data besides the   Structured Data of the Signature Block itself.  The MSG part of a   Signature Block message SHOULD be empty.   The syslog messages defined as part of syslog-sign themselves   (Signature Block messages and Certificate Block messages) MUST NOT be   signed by a Signature Block.  Collectors that implement syslog-sign   know to distinguish syslog messages that are associated with syslog-   sign from those that are subjected to signing and process them   differently.  The intent of syslog-sign is to sign a stream of syslog   messages, not to alter it.4.2.  Signature Block Format and Fields   The content of a Signature Block message is the Signature Block   itself.  The Signature Block MUST be encoded as an SD ELEMENT, as   defined in [RFC5424].   The SD-ID MUST have the value of "ssign".Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 7]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   The SDE contains the fields of the Signature Block encoded as SD   Parameters, as specified in the following.  The Signature Block is   composed of the following fields.  The value of each field MUST be   printable ASCII, and any binary values MUST be base64 encoded, as   defined in [RFC4648].      Field                     SD-PARAM-NAME        Size in octets      -----                     -------------        ---- -- ------      Version                          VER                 4      Reboot Session ID               RSID                1-10      Signature Group                   SG                 1      Signature Priority              SPRI                1-3      Global Block Counter             GBC                1-10      First Message Number             FMN                1-10      Count                            CNT                1-2      Hash Block                        HB      variable, size of hash                                              times the number of hashes                                               (base64 encoded binary)      Signature                       SIGN             variable                                               (base64 encoded binary)   The fields MUST be provided in the order listed.  Each SD parameter   MUST occur once and only once in the Signature Block.  New SD   parameters MUST NOT be added unless a new Version of the protocol is   defined.  (Implementations that wish to add proprietary extensions   will need to define a separate SD ELEMENT.)  A Signature Block is   accordingly encoded as follows, where xxx denotes a placeholder for   the particular values:   [ssign VER="xxx" RSID="xxx" SG="xxx" SPRI="xxx" GBC="xxx" FMN="xxx"   CNT="xxx" HB="xxx" SIGN="xxx"]   Values of the fields constitute SD parameter values and are hence   enclosed in quotes, per [RFC5424].  The fields are separated by   single spaces and are described in the subsequent subsections.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 8]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 20104.2.1.  Version   The Version field is an alphanumeric value that has a length of 4   octets, which may include leading zeroes.  The first 2 octets and the   last octet contain a decimal character in the range of "0" to "9",   whereas the third octet contains an alphanumeric character in the   range of "0" to "9", "a" to "z", or "A" to "Z".  The value in this   field specifies the version of the syslog-sign protocol.  This is   extensible to allow for different hash algorithms and signature   schemes to be used in the future.  The value of this field is the   grouping of the protocol version (2 octets), the hash algorithm (1   octet), and the signature scheme (1 octet).      Protocol Version - 2 octets, with "01" as the value for the      protocol version that is described in this document.      Hash Algorithm - 1 octet, where, in conjunction with Protocol      Version 01, a value of "1" denotes SHA1 and a value of "2" denotes      SHA256, as defined in [FIPS.180-2.2002].  (This is the octet that      can have a value of not just "0" to "9" but also "a" to "z" and      "A" to "Z".)      Signature Scheme - 1 octet, where, in conjunction with Protocol      Version 01, a value of "1" denotes OpenPGP DSA, defined in      [RFC4880] and [FIPS.186-2.2000].   The version, hash algorithm, and signature scheme defined in this   document would accordingly be represented as "0111" (if SHA1 is used   as Hash Algorithm) and "0121" (if SHA256 is used as Hash Algorithm),   respectively (without the quotation marks).   The values of the Hash Algorithm and Signature Scheme are defined   relative to the Protocol Version.  If the single-octet representation   of the values for Hash Algorithm and Signature Scheme were to ever   represent a limitation, this limitation could be overcome by defining   a new Protocol Version with additional Hash Algorithms and/or   Signature Schemes, and having implementations support both Protocol   Versions concurrently.   As long as the sender and receiver are both adhering to [RFC5424],   the prerequisites are in place so that signed messages can be   received by the receiver and validated with a Signature Block.  To   ensure immediate validation of received messages, all implementations   MUST support SHA1, and SHA256 SHOULD be supported.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                    [Page 9]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 20104.2.2.  Reboot Session ID   The Reboot Session ID is a decimal value that has a length between 1   and 10 octets.  The acceptable values for this are between 0 and   9999999999.  Leading zeroes MUST be omitted.   A Reboot Session ID is expected to strictly monotonically increase   (i.e., to never repeat or decrease) whenever a signer reboots in   order to allow collectors to distinguish messages and message   signatures across reboots.  There are several ways in which this may   be accomplished.  In one way, the Reboot Session ID may increase by   1, starting with a value of 1.  Note that in this case, a signer is   required to retain the previous Reboot Session ID across reboots.  In   another way, a value of the Unix time (number of seconds since 1   January 1970) may be used.  Implementers of this method need to   beware of the possibility of multiple reboots occurring within a   single second.  Implementers need to also beware of the year 2038   problem, which will cause the 32-bit representation of Unix time to   wrap in the year 2038.  In yet another way, implementations where the   Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) engine and the signer   always reboot at the same time might consider using the   snmpEngineBoots value as a source for this counter as defined in   [RFC3414].   In cases where a signer is not able to guarantee that the Reboot   Session ID is always increased after a reboot, the Reboot Session ID   MUST always be set to a value of 0.  If the value can no longer be   increased (e.g., because it reaches 9999999999), it SHOULD be reset   to a value of 1.  Implementations SHOULD ensure that such a reset   does not go undetected, for example, by requesting operator   acknowledgment when a reset is performed upon reboot.  (Operator   acknowledgment may not be possible in all situations, e.g., in the   case of embedded devices.)   If a reboot of a signer takes place, Signature Block messages MAY use   a new PROCID.  However, Signature Block messages of the same signer   MUST continue to use the same HOSTNAME, APP-NAME, and MSGID.4.2.3.  Signature Group and Signature Priority   The SG parameter may take any value from 0-3 inclusive.  The SPRI   parameter may take any value from 0-191 inclusive.  These fields   taken together allow network administrators to associate groupings of   syslog messages with appropriate Signature Blocks and Certificate   Blocks.  Groupings of syslog messages that are signed together are   also called Signature Groups.  A Signature Block contains only hashes   of those syslog messages that are part of the same Signature Group.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 10]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   For example, in some cases, network administrators might have   originators send syslog messages of Facilities 0 through 15 to one   collector and those with Facilities 16 through 23 to another.  In   such cases, associated Signature Blocks should likely be sent to the   corresponding collectors as well, signing the syslog messages that   are intended for each collector separately.  This way, each collector   receives Signature Blocks for all syslog messages that it receives,   and only for those.  The ability to associate different categories of   syslog messages with different Signature Groups, signed in separate   Signature Blocks, provides administrators with flexibility in this   regard.   Syslog-sign provides four options for handling Signature Groups,   linking them with PRI values so they may be routed to the destination   commensurate with the corresponding syslog messages.  In all cases,   no more than 192 distinct Signature Groups (0-191) are permitted.   The Signature Group to which a Signature Block pertains is indicated   by the Signature Priority (SPRI) field.  The Signature Group (SG)   field indicates how to interpret the Signature Priority field.  (Note   that the SG field does not indicate the Signature Group itself, as   its name might suggest.)  The SG field can have one of the following   values:   a.  "0" -- There is only one Signature Group.  In this case, the       administrators want all Signature Blocks to be sent to a single       destination; in all likelihood, all of the syslog messages will       also be going to that same destination.  Signature Blocks contain       signatures for all messages regardless of their PRI value.  This       means that, in effect, the Signature Block's SPRI value can be       ignored.  However, it is RECOMMENDED that a single SPRI value be       used for all Signature Blocks.  Furthermore, it is RECOMMENDED to       set that value to the same value as the PRI field of the       Signature Block message.  This way, the PRI of the Signature       Block message matches the SPRI of the Signature Block that it       contains.   b.  "1" -- Each PRI value is associated with its own Signature Group.       Signature Blocks for a given Signature Group have SPRI = PRI for       that Signature Group.  In other words, the SPRI of the Signature       Block matches the PRI value of the syslog messages that are part       of the Signature Group and hence signed by the Signature Block.       An SG value of 1 can, for example, be used when the administrator       of a signer does not know where any of the syslog messages will       ultimately go but anticipates that messages with different PRI       values will be collected and processed separately.  Having a       Signature Group per PRI value provides administrators with a       large degree of flexibility with regard to how to divide up theKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 11]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010       processing of syslog messages and their signatures after they are       received, at the same time allowing Signature Blocks to follow       the corresponding syslog messages to their eventual destination.   c.  "2" -- Each Signature Group contains a range of PRI values.       Signature Groups are assigned sequentially.  A Signature Block       for a given Signature Group has its own SPRI value denoting the       highest PRI value of syslog messages in that Signature Group.       The lowest PRI value of syslog messages in that Signature Group       will be 1 larger than the SPRI value of the previous Signature       Group or "0" in case there is no other Signature Group with a       lower SPRI value.  The specific Signature Groups and ranges they       are associated with are subject to configuration by a system       administrator.   d.  "3" -- Signature Groups are not assigned with any of the above       relationships to PRI values of the syslog messages they sign.       Instead, another scheme is used, which is outside the scope of       this specification.  There has to be some predefined arrangement       between the originator and the intended collectors as to which       syslog messages are to be included in which Signature Group,       requiring configuration by a system administrator.  This also       provides administrators with the flexibility to group syslog       messages into Signature Groups according to criteria that are not       tied to the PRI value.  Note that this option is not intended for       deployments that lack such an arrangement, as in those cases a       collector could misinterpret the intended meaning of the       Signature Group.  A collector that receives Signature Block       messages of a Signature Group of whose scheme it is not aware       SHOULD bring this fact to the attention of the system       administrator.  The particular mechanism used for that is       implementation-specific and outside the scope of this       specification.   One reasonable way to configure some installations is to have only   one Signature Group, indicated with SG=0, and have the signer send a   copy of each Signature Block to each collector.  In that case,   collectors that are not configured to receive every syslog message   will still receive signatures for every message, even ones they are   not supposed to receive.  While the collector will not be able to   detect gaps in the messages (because the presence of a signature of a   message that is missing does not tell the collector whether or not   the corresponding message would be of the collector's concern), it   does allow all messages that do arrive at each collector to be put   into the right order and to be verified.  It also allows each   collector to detect duplicates.  Likewise, configuring only oneKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 12]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   Signature Group can be a reasonable way to configure installations   that involve relay chains, where one or more interim relays may or   may not relay all messages to the same destination.4.2.4.  Global Block Counter   The Global Block Counter is a decimal value representing the number   of Signature Blocks sent by syslog-sign before the current one, in   this reboot session.  This takes at least 1 octet and at most 10   octets displayed as a decimal counter.  The acceptable values for   this are between 0 and 9999999999, starting with 0.  Leading zeroes   MUST be omitted.  If the value of the Global Block Counter has   reached 9999999999 and the Reboot Session ID has a value other than 0   (indicating the fact that persistence of the Reboot Session ID is   supported), then the Reboot Session ID MUST be incremented by 1 and   the Global Block Counter resumes at 0.  When the Reboot Session ID is   0 (i.e., persistent Reboot Session IDs are not supported) and the   Global Block Counter reaches its maximum value, then the Global Block   Counter is reset to 0 and the Reboot Session ID MUST remain at 0.   Note that the Global Block Counter crosses Signature Groups; it   allows one to roughly synchronize when two messages were sent, even   though they went to different collectors and are part of different   Signature Groups.   Because a reboot results in the start of a new reboot session, the   signer MUST reset the Global Block Counter to 0 after a reboot   occurs.  Applications need to take into account the possibility that   a reboot occurred when authenticating a log, and situations in which   reboots occur frequently may result in losing the ability to verify   the proper sequence in which messages were sent, hence jeopardizing   the integrity of the log.4.2.5.  First Message Number   This is a decimal value between 1 and 10 octets, with leading zeroes   omitted.  It contains the unique message number within this Signature   Group of the first message whose hash appears in this block.  The   very first message of the reboot session is numbered "1".  This   implies that when the Reboot Session ID increases, the message number   is reset to 1.   For example, if this Signature Group has processed 1000 messages so   far and message number 1001 is the first message whose hash appears   in this Signature Block, then this field contains 1001.  The message   number is relative to the Signature Group to which it belongs; hence,   a message number does not identify a message beyond its Signature   Group.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 13]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   Should the message number reach 9999999999 within the same reboot   session and Signature Group, the message number subsequently restarts   at 1.  In such an event, the Global Block Counter will be vastly   different between two occurrences of the same message number.4.2.6.  Count   The count is a 1- or 2-octet field that indicates the number of   message hashes to follow.  The valid values for this field are 1   through 99.  The number of hashes included in the Signature Block   MUST be chosen such that the length of the resulting syslog message   does not exceed the maximum permissible syslog message length.4.2.7.  Hash Block   The hash block is a block of hashes, each separately encoded in   base64.  Each hash in the hash block is the hash of the entire syslog   message represented by the hash, independent of the underlying   transport.  Hashes are ordered from left to right in the order of   occurrence of the syslog messages that they represent.  The space   character is used to separate the hashes.  Note, the hash block   constitutes a single SD-PARAM; a Signature Block message MUST include   all its hashes in a single hash block and MUST NOT spread its hashes   across several hash blocks.   The "entire syslog message" refers to what is described as the syslog   message excluding transport parts that are described in [RFC5425] and   [RFC5426], and excluding other parts that may be defined in future   transports.  The hash value will be the result of the hashing   algorithm run across the syslog message, starting with the "<" of the   PRI portion of the header part of the message.  The hash algorithm   used and indicated by the Version field determines the size of each   hash, but the size MUST NOT be shorter than 160 bits without the use   of padding.  It is base64 encoded as per [RFC4648].   The number of hashes in a hash block SHOULD be chosen such that the   resulting Signature Block message does not exceed a length of 2048   octets in order to avoid the possibility that truncation occurs.   When more hashes need to be sent than fit inside a Signature Block   message, it is advisable to start a new Signature Block.4.2.8.  Signature   This is a digital signature, encoded in base64 per [RFC4648].  The   signature is calculated over the completely formatted Signature Block   message (starting from the first octet of PRI and continuing to the   last octet of MSG, or STRUCTURED-DATA if MSG is not present), before   the SIGN parameter (SD Parameter Name and the space before itKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 14]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   [" SIGN"], "=", and the corresponding value) is added.  (In other   words, the digital signature is calculated over the whole message,   with the "SIGN=value" portion removed.)  For the OpenPGP DSA   signature scheme, the value of the signature field contains the DSA   values r and s, encoded as two multiprecision integers (see   [RFC4880], Sections5.2.2 and3.2), concatenated, and then encoded in   base64 [RFC4648].4.2.9.  Example   An example of a Signature Block message is depicted below, broken   into lines to fit publication rules.  There is a space at the end of   each line, with the exception of the last line, which ends with "]".   <110>1 2009-05-03T14:00:39.529966+02:00 host.example.org syslogd   2138 - [ssign VER="0111" RSID="1" SG="0" SPRI="0" GBC="2" FMN="1"   CNT="7" HB="K6wzcombEvKJ+UTMcn9bPryAeaU= zrkDcIeaDluypaPCY8WWzwHpPok=   zgrWOdpx16ADc7UmckyIFY53icE= XfopJ+S8/hODapiBBCgVQaLqBKg=   J67gKMFl/OauTC20ibbydwIlJC8= M5GziVgB6KPY3ERU1HXdSi2vtdw=   Wxd/lU7uG/ipEYT9xeqnsfohyH0="   SIGN="AKBbX4J7QkrwuwdbV7Taujk2lvOf8gCgC62We1QYfnrNHz7FzAvdySuMyfM="]   The message is of syslog-sign protocol version "01".  It uses SHA1 as   hash algorithm and an OpenPGP DSA signature scheme.  Its reboot   session ID is 1.  Its Signature Group is 0, which means that all   syslog messages go to the same destination; its Signature Priority   (which can effectively be ignored because all syslog messages will be   signed regardless of their PRI value) is 0.  Its Global Block Counter   is 2.  The first message number is 1; the message contains 7 message   hashes.5.  Payload and Certificate Blocks   Certificate Blocks and Payload Blocks provide key management for   syslog-sign.  Their purpose is to support key management that uses   public key cryptosystems.5.1.  Preliminaries: Key Management and Distribution Issues   A Payload Block contains public-key-certificate information that is   to be conveyed to the collector.  A Payload Block is sent at the   beginning of a new reboot session, carrying public key information in   effect for the reboot session.  However, a Payload Block is not sent   directly, but in (one or more) fragments.  Those fragments are termed   Certificate Blocks.  Therefore, signers send at least one Certificate   Block at the beginning of a new reboot session.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 15]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   There are three key points to understand about Certificate Blocks:   a.  They handle a variable-sized payload, fragmenting it if necessary       and transmitting the fragments as legal syslog messages.  This       payload is built (as described below) at the beginning of a       reboot session and is transmitted in pieces with each Certificate       Block carrying a piece.  There is exactly one Payload Block per       reboot session.   b.  The Certificate Blocks are digitally signed.  The signer does not       sign the Payload Block, but the signatures on the Certificate       Blocks ensure its authenticity.  Note that it may not even be       possible to verify the signature on the Certificate Blocks       without the information in the Payload Block; in this case, the       Payload Block is reconstructed, the key is extracted, and then       the Certificate Blocks are verified.  (This is necessary even       when the Payload Block carries a certificate, because some other       fields of the Payload Block are not otherwise verified.)  In       practice, most installations keep the same public key over long       periods of time, so that most of the time, it is easy to verify       the signatures on the Certificate Blocks, and use the Payload       Block to provide other useful per-session information.   c.  The kind of Payload Block that is expected is determined by what       kind of key material is on the collector that receives it.  The       signer and collector (or offline log viewer) both have some key       material (such as a root public key or pre-distributed public       key) and an acceptable value for the Key Blob Type in the Payload       Block, below.  The collector or offline log viewer MUST NOT       accept a Payload Block of the wrong type.5.2.  Payload Block   The Payload Block is built when a new reboot session is started.   There is a one-to-one correspondence between reboot sessions and   Payload Blocks.  A signer creates a new Payload Block after each   reboot.  The Payload Block is used until the next reboot.5.2.1.  Block Format and Fields   A Payload Block MUST have the following fields:   a.  Full local timestamp for the signer at the time the reboot       session started.  This must be in the timestamp format specified       in [RFC5424] (essentially, timestamp format per [RFC3339] with       some further restrictions).Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 16]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   b.  Key Blob Type, a one-octet field containing one of five values:       1.  'C' -- a PKIX certificate (per [RFC5280]).       2.  'P' -- an OpenPGP KeyID and OpenPGP certificate (a           Transferable Public Key as defined in [RFC4880],Section11.1).  The first 8 octets of the key blob field contain the           OpenPGP KeyID (identifying which key or subkey inside the           OpenPGP certificate is used), followed by the OpenPGP           certificate itself.       3.  'K' -- the public key whose corresponding private key is           being used to sign these messages.  For the OpenPGP DSA           signature scheme, the key blob field contains the DSA prime           p, DSA group order q, DSA group generator g, and DSA public-           key value y, encoded as 4 multiprecision integers (see           [RFC4880], Sections5.5.2 and3.2).       4.  'N' -- no key information sent; key is pre-distributed.       5.  'U' -- installation-specific key exchange information.   c.  The key blob, if any, base64 encoded per [RFC4648] and consisting       of the raw key data.   The fields are separated by single space characters.  Because a   Payload Block is not carried in a syslog message directly, only the   corresponding Certificate Blocks, it does not need to be encoded as   an SD ELEMENT.  The Payload Block does not contain a field that   identifies the reboot session; instead, the reboot session can be   inferred from the Reboot Session ID parameter of the Certificate   Blocks that are used to carry the Payload Block.   To ensure that the sender and receiver have at least one common Key   Blob Type, for immediate validation of received messages, all   implementations MUST support Key Blob Type "C" (PKIX certificate).   When a PKIX certificate is used ("C" Key Blob Type), it is the   certificate specified in [RFC5280].  Per [RFC5425], syslog messages   may be transported over the TLS protocol, even where there is no PKI.   If that transport is used, then the device will already have a PKIX   certificate, and it MAY use the private key associated with that   certificate to sign messages.  In the case where there is no PKI, the   chain of trust of a PKIX certificate must still be established to   meet conventional security requirements.  The methods for doing this   are described in [RFC5425].Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 17]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 20105.2.2.  Signer Authentication and Authorization   When the collector receives a Payload Block, it needs to determine   whether the signatures are to be trusted.  The following methods are   in scope of this specification:   a.  X.509 certification path validation: The collector is configured       with one or more trust anchors (typically root Certification       Authority (CA) certificates), which allow it to verify a binding       between the subject name and the public key.  Certification path       validation is performed as specified in [RFC5280].       If the HOSTNAME contains a Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) or       an IP address, it is then compared against the certificate as       described in[RFC5425], Section 5.2.  Comparing other forms of       HOSTNAMEs is beyond the scope of this specification.       Collectors SHOULD support this method.  Note that due to message       size restrictions, syslog-sign sends only the end-entity       certificate in the Payload Block.  Depending on the PKI       deployment, the collector may need to obtain intermediate       certificates by other means (for example, from a directory).   b.  X.509 end-entity certificate matching: The collector is       configured with information necessary to identify the valid end-       entity certificates of its valid peers, and for each peer, the       HOSTNAME(s) it is authorized to use.       To ensure interoperability, collectors MUST support fingerprints       of X.509 certificates as described below.  Other methods MAY be       supported.       Collectors MUST support Key Blob Type 'C', and configuring the       list of valid peers using certificate fingerprints.  The       fingerprint is calculated and formatted as specified in[RFC5425], Section 4.2.2.       For each peer, the collector MUST support configuring a list of       HOSTNAMEs that this peer is allowed to use either as FQDNs or IP       addresses.  Other forms of HOSTNAMEs are beyond the scope of this       specification.       If the locally configured FQDN is an internationalized domain       name, conforming implementations MUST convert it to the ASCII       Compatible Encoding (ACE) format for performing comparisons as       specified inSection 7 of [RFC5280].  An exact case-insensitive       string match MUST be supported, but the implementation MAY alsoKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 18]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010       support wildcards of any type ("*", regular expressions, etc.) in       locally configured names.       Signer implementations MUST provide a means to generate a key       pair and self-signed certificate in the case that a key pair and       certificate are not available through another mechanism, and MUST       make the certificate fingerprint available through a management       interface.   c.  OpenPGP V4 fingerprints: Like X.509 fingerprints, except Key Blob       Type 'P' is used, and the fingerprint is calculated as specified       in[RFC4880], Section 12.2.  When the fingerprint value is       displayed or configured, each byte is represented in hexadecimal       (using two uppercase ASCII characters), and space is added after       every second byte.  For example: "0830 2A52 2CD1 D712 6E76 6EEC       32A5 CAE1 03C8 4F6E".       Signers and collectors MAY support this method.   Other methods, such as "web of trust", are beyond the scope of this   document.5.3.  Certificate Block   This section describes the format of the Certificate Block and the   fields used within the Certificate Block, as well as the syslog   messages used to carry Certificate Blocks.5.3.1.  Syslog Messages Containing a Certificate Block   Certificate Blocks are used to get the Payload Block to the   collector.  As with a Signature Block, each Certificate Block is   carried in its own syslog message, called a Certificate Block   message.  In case separate collectors are associated with different   Signature Groups, Certificate Block messages need to be sent to each   collector.   Because certificates can legitimately be much longer than 2048   octets, the Payload Block can be split up into several pieces, with   each Certificate Block carrying a piece of the Payload Block.  Note   that the signer MAY make the Certificate Blocks of any legal length   (that is, any length that keeps the entire Certificate Block message   within 2048 octets) that holds all the required fields.  Software   that processes Certificate Blocks MUST deal correctly with blocks of   any legal length.  The length of the fragment of the Payload Block   that a Certificate Block carries MUST be at least one octet.  The   length SHOULD be chosen such that the length of the Certificate Block   message does not exceed 2048 octets.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 19]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   A Certificate Block message is identified by the presence of an SD   ELEMENT with an SD-ID with the value "ssign-cert".  In addition, a   Certificate Block message MUST contain valid APP-NAME, PROCID, and   MSGID fields to be compliant with syslog protocol.  Syslog-sign does   not mandate particular values for these fields; however, for   consistency, a signer MUST use the same value for APP-NAME, PROCID,   and MSGID fields for every Certificate Block message, whichever   values are chosen.  It MUST also use the same value for its HOSTNAME   field.  To allow for the possibility of multiple signers per host,   the combination of APP-NAME and PROCID MUST be unique for each such   originator.  If a signer daemon is restarted, it MAY use a new PROCID   for what is otherwise the same signer.  The combination of APP-NAME   and PROCID MUST be the same that is used for Signature Block messages   of the same signer; however, a different MSGID MAY be used for   Signature Block and Certificate Block messages.  It is RECOMMENDED to   use 110 as the value for the PRI field, corresponding to facility 13   (log audit) and severity 6 (informational).  The Certificate Block is   carried as Structured Data within the Certificate Block message.  A   Certificate Block message MAY carry other Structured Data besides the   Structured Data of the Certificate Block itself.  The MSG part of a   Certificate Block message SHOULD be empty.5.3.2.  Certificate Block Format and Fields   The contents of a Certificate Block message is the Certificate Block   itself.  Like a Signature Block, the Certificate Block is encoded as   an SD ELEMENT.  The SD-ID of the Certificate Block is "ssign-cert".   The Certificate Block is composed of the following fields, each of   which is encoded as an SD Parameter with parameter name as indicated.   Each field must be printable ASCII, and any binary values are base64   encoded per [RFC4648].Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 20]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010       Field                       SD-PARAM-NAME      Size in octets       -----                       -------------      ---- -- ------       Version                          VER                 4       Reboot Session ID               RSID                1-10       Signature Group                   SG                 1       Signature Priority              SPRI                1-3       Total Payload Block Length      TPBL                1-8       Index into Payload Block       INDEX                1-8       Fragment Length                 FLEN                1-4       Payload Block Fragment          FRAG              variable                                                (base64 encoded binary)       Signature                       SIGN             variable                                                (base64 encoded binary)   The fields MUST be provided in the order listed.  New SD parameters   MUST NOT be added unless a new Version of the protocol is defined.   (Implementations that wish to add proprietary extensions will need to   define a separate SD ELEMENT.)  A Certificate Block is accordingly   encoded as follows, where xxx denotes a placeholder for the   particular values:   [ssign-cert VER="xxx" RSID="xxx" SG="xxx" SPRI="xxx" TPBL="xxx"   INDEX="xxx" FLEN="xxx" FRAG="xxx" SIGN="xxx"]   Values of the fields constitute SD parameter values and are hence   enclosed in quotes, per [RFC5424].  The fields are separated by   single spaces and are described below.  Each SD parameter MUST occur   once and only once.5.3.2.1.  Version   The Version field is 4 octets in length.  This field is identical in   format and meaning to the Version field described inSection 4.2.1.5.3.2.2.  Reboot Session ID   The Reboot Session ID is identical in format and meaning to the RSID   field described inSection 4.2.2.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 21]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 20105.3.2.3.  Signature Group and Signature Priority   The SIG field is identical in format and meaning to the SIG field   described inSection 4.2.3.  The SPRI field is identical in format   and meaning to the SPRI field described there.   A signer SHOULD send separate Certificate Block messages for each   Signature Group.  This ensures that each collector that is associated   with a Signature Group will receive the necessary key material in the   case that messages of different Signature Groups are sent to   different collectors.  Note that the signer needs to get the same   Payload Block to each collector, as for any given signer there is a   one-to-one relationship between Payload Block and Reboot Session   across all Signature Groups.  Deployments that wish to associate   different key material (and hence different Payload Blocks) with   different Signature Groups can use separate signers for that purpose,   each distinguished by its own combination of HOSTNAME, APP-NAME, and   PROCID.5.3.2.4.  Total Payload Block Length   The Total Payload Block Length is a value representing the total   length of the Payload Block in octets, expressed as a decimal with 1   to 8 octets with leading zeroes omitted.5.3.2.5.  Index into Payload Block   This is a decimal value between 1 and 8 octets, with leading zeroes   omitted.  It contains the number of octets into the Payload Block at   which this fragment starts.  The first octet of the first fragment is   numbered "1".  (Note, it is not numbered "0".)5.3.2.6.  Fragment Length   The total length of this fragment expressed as a decimal integer with   1 to 4 octets with leading zeroes omitted.  The fragment length must   be at least 1.5.3.2.7.  Payload Block Fragment   The Payload Block Fragment contains a fragment of the payload block.   Its length must match the indicated fragment length.5.3.2.8.  Signature   This is a digital signature, encoded in base64, as per [RFC4648].   The Version field effectively specifies the original encoding of the   signature.  The signature is calculated over the completely formattedKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 22]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   Certificate Block message, before the SIGN parameter is added (seeSection 4.2.8).  For the OpenPGP DSA signature scheme, the value of   the signature field contains the DSA values r and s, encoded as 2   multiprecision integers (see [RFC4880], Sections5.2.2 and3.2),   concatenated, and then encoded in base64 [RFC4648].5.3.2.9.  Example   An example of a Certificate Block message is depicted below, broken   into lines to fit publication rules.  There are no spaces at the end   of the lines that contain the key blob and the signature.   <110>1 2009-05-03T14:00:39.519307+02:00 host.example.org syslogd   2138 - [ssign-cert VER="0111" RSID="1" SG="0" SPRI="0" TPBL="587"   INDEX="1" FLEN="587" FRAG="2009-05-03T14:00:39.519005+02:00 K BACsLMZ   NCV2NUAwe4RAeAnSQuvv2KS51SnHFAaWJNU2XVDYvW1LjmJgg4vKvQPo3HEOD+2hEkt1z   cXADe03u5pmHoWy5FGiyCbglYxJkUJJrQqlTSS6vID9yhsmEnh07w3pOsxmb4qYo0uWQr   AAenBweVMlBgV3ZA5IMA8xq8l+i8wCgkWJjCjfLar7s+0X3HVrRroyARv8EAIYoxofh9m   N8n821BTTuQnz5hp40d6Z3UudKePu2di5Mx3GFelwnV0Qh5mSs0YkuHJg0mcXyUAoeYry   5X6482fUxbm+gOHVmYSDtBmZEB8PTEt8Os8aedWgKEt/E4dT+Hmod4omECLteLXxtScTM   gDXyC+bSBMjRRCaeWhHrYYdYBACCWMdTc12hRLJTn8LX99kv1I7qwgieyna8GCJv/rEgC   ssS9E1qARM+h19KovIUOhl4VzBw3rK7v8Dlw/CJyYDd5kwSvCwjhO21LiReeS90VPYuZF   RC1B82Sub152zOqIcAWsgd4myCCiZbWBsuJ8P0gtarFIpleNacCc6OV3i2Rg=="   SIGN="AKAQEUiQptgpd0lKcXbuggGXH/dCdQCgdysrTBLUlbeGAQ4vwrnLOqSL7+c="]   The message is of syslog-sign protocol version "01".  It uses SHA1 as   hash algorithm and an OpenPGP DSA signature scheme.  Its reboot   session ID is 1.  Its Signature Group is 0; its Signature Priority is   0.  The Total Payload Block Length is 587 octets.  The index into the   payload block is 1 (meaning this is the first fragment).  The length   of the fragment is 587 (meaning that the Certificate Block message   contains the entire Payload Block).  The Payload Block has the   timestamp 2009-05-03T14:00:39.519005+02:00.  The Key Blob Type is   'K', meaning that it contains a public key whose corresponding   private key is being used to sign these messages.   Note that the Certificate Block message in this example has a   timestamp that is very close to the timestamp in the Payload Block.   The fact that the timestamps are so close implies that this is the   first Certificate Block message sent in this reboot session;   additional Certificate Block messages can be sent later with a later   timestamp, which will carry the same Payload Block that will still   contain the same timestamp.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 23]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 20106.  Redundancy and Flexibility   As described inSection 8.5 of [RFC5424], a transport sender may   discard syslog messages.  Likewise, when syslog messages are sent   over unreliable transport, they can be lost in transit.  However, if   a collector does not receive Signature and Certificate Blocks, many   messages may not be able to be verified.  The signer is allowed to   send Signature and Certificate Blocks multiple times.  Sending   Signature and Certificate Blocks multiple times provides redundancy   with the intent to ensure that the collector or relay does get the   Signature Blocks and in particular the Payload Block at some point in   time.  In the meantime, any online review of logs as described inSection 7.2 is delayed until the needed blocks are received.  The   collector MUST ignore duplicates of Signature Blocks and Certificate   Blocks that it has already received and authenticated.  In principle,   the signer can change its redundancy level for any reason, without   communicating this fact to the collector.   A signer that is also the originator of messages that it signs does   not need to queue up other messages while sending redundant   Certificate Block and Signature Block messages.  It MAY send   redundant Certificate Block messages even after Signature Block   messages and regular syslog messages have been sent.  By the same   token, it MAY send redundant Signature Block messages even after   newer syslog messages that are signed by a subsequent Signature Block   have been sent, or even after a subsequent Signature Block message.   In addition, the signer has flexibility in how many hashes to include   within a Signature Block.  It is legitimate for an originator to send   short Signature Blocks to allow the collector to verify messages with   minimal delay.6.1.  Configuration Parameters   Although the transport sender is not constrained in how it decides to   send redundant Signature and Certificate Blocks, or even in whether   it decides to send along multiple copies of normal syslog messages,   we define some redundancy parameters below that may be useful in   controlling redundant transmission from the transport sender to the   transport receiver and that may be useful for administrators to   configure.6.1.1.  Configuration Parameters for Certificate Blocks   Certificate Blocks are always sent at the beginning of a new reboot   session.  One technique to ensure reliable delivery (seeSection 8.5)   is to send multiple copies.  This can be controlled by a   "certInitialRepeat" parameter:Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 24]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010      certInitialRepeat = number of times each Certificate Block should      be sent before the first message is sent.   It is also useful to resend Certificate Blocks every now and then for   long-lived reboot sessions.  This can be controlled by the   certResendDelay and certResendCount parameters:      certResendDelay = maximum time delay in seconds until resending      the Certificate Block.      certResendCount = maximum number of other syslog messages to send      until resending the Certificate Block.   In some cases, it may be desirable to allow for configuration of the   transport sender such that Certificate Blocks are not sent at all   after the first normal syslog message has been sent.  This could be   expressed by setting both certResendDelay and certResendCount to "0".   However, configuring the transport sender to send redundant   Certificate Blocks even after the first message, in particular when   the UDP transport [RFC5426] is used, is RECOMMENDED.   In one set of circumstances, the receiver may receive a Certificate   Block, some group of syslog messages, and some corresponding   Signature Blocks.  If the receiver reboots after that, then the   conditions of recovery will vary depending upon the transport.  For   UDP [RFC5426], the receiver SHOULD continue to use the cached   Certificate Block, but MUST validate the RSID value to make sure that   it has the most current one.  If the receiver cannot validate that it   has the most current Certificate Block, then it MUST wait for a   retransmission of the Certificate Block, which may be controlled by   the certResendDelay and certResendCount parameters.  It is up to the   operators to ensure that Certificate Blocks are sent frequently   enough to meet this set of circumstances.   For TLS transport [RFC5425], the sender MUST send a fresh Certificate   Block when a session is established.  This will keep the sender and   receiver synchronized with the most current Certificate Block.   Implementations that support sending syslog messages of different   Signature Groups to different collectors and which wish to offer very   granular controls MAY allow the above parameters to be configured on   a per Signature Group basis.   The choice of reasonable values in a given deployment depends on   several factors, including the acceptable delay that may be incurred   from the receipt of a syslog message until the corresponding   Signature Block is received, whether UDP or TLS transport is used,   and the available management bandwidth.  The following might be aKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 25]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   reasonable choice for a deployment in which reliability of underlying   transport and of collector implementation are of little concern:   certInitialRepeat=1, certResendDelay=1800 seconds,   certResendCount=10000   The following might be a reasonable choice for a deployment in which   reliability of transmission over UDP transport could be an issue:   certInitialRepeat=2, certResendDelay=300 seconds,   certResendCount=10006.1.2.  Configuration Parameters for Signature Blocks   Verification of log messages involves a certain delay of time that is   caused by the lag in time between the sending of the message itself   and the corresponding Signature Block.  The following configuration   parameter can be useful to limit the time lag that will be incurred   (note that the maximum message length may also force generating a   Signature Block; see Sections4.2.6 and4.2.7):      sigMaxDelay = generate a new Signature Block if this many seconds      have elapsed since the message with the First Message Number of      the Signature Block was sent.   Retransmissions of Signature Blocks are not sent immediately after   the original transmission, but slightly later.  The following   parameters control when those retransmissions are done:      sigNumberResends = number of times a Signature Block is resent.      (It is recommended to select a value of greater than "0" in      particular when the UDP transport [RFC5426] is used.)      sigResendDelay = send the next retransmission when this many      seconds have elapsed since the previous sending of this Signature      Block.      sigResendCount = send the next retransmission when this many other      syslog messages have been sent since the previous sending of this      Signature Block.   The choice of reasonable values in a given deployment depends on   several factors, including the acceptable delay that may be incurred   from the receipt of a syslog message until the corresponding   Signature Block is received so that the syslog message can be   verified, the reliability of the underlying transport, and the   available management bandwidth.  The following might be a reasonable   choice for a deployment where reliability of transport and collectorKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 26]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   are of little concern and where there is a need to have syslog   messages generally signed within 5 minutes:   sigMaxDelay=300 seconds, sigNumberResends=2, sigResendDelay=300   seconds, sigResendCount=500   The following would be a reasonable choice for a deployment that   needs to validate syslog messages typically within 60 seconds, but no   more than 3 minutes after receipt:   sigMaxDelay=30 seconds, sigNumberResends=5, sigResendDelay=30   seconds, sigResendCount=1006.2.  Overlapping Signature Blocks   Notwithstanding the fact that the signer is not constrained in   whether it decides to send redundant Signature Block messages,   Signature Blocks SHOULD NOT overlap.  This facilitates their   processing by the receiving collector.  This means that an originator   of Signature Block messages, after having sent a first message with   some First Message Number and a Count, SHOULD NOT send a second   message with the same First Message Number but a different Count.  It   also means that an originator of Signature Block messages SHOULD NOT   send a second message whose First Message Number is greater than the   First Message Number, but smaller than the First Message Number plus   the Count indicated in the first message.   That said, the possibility of Signature Blocks that overlap does   provide additional flexibility with regard to redundancy; it provides   an additional option that may be desirable in some deployments.   Therefore, collectors MUST be designed in a way that they can cope   with overlapping Signature Blocks when confronted with them.  The   collector MUST ignore hashes of messages that it has already received   and validated.7.  Efficient Verification of Logs   The logs secured with syslog-sign may be reviewed either online or   offline.  Online review is somewhat more complicated and   computationally expensive, but not prohibitively so.  This section   outlines a method for online and a method for offline verification of   logs that implementations MAY choose to implement to verify logs   efficiently.  Implementations MAY also choose to implement a   different method; it is ultimately up to each implementation how to   process the messages that it receives.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 27]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 20107.1.  Offline Review of Logs   When the collector stores logs to be reviewed later, they can be   authenticated offline just before they are reviewed.  Reviewing these   logs offline is simple and relatively inexpensive in terms of   resources used, so long as there is enough space available on the   reviewing machine.   To do so, we first go through the stored log file.  Each message in   the log file is classified as a normal message, a Signature Block   message, or a Certificate Block message.  Signature Blocks and   Certificate Blocks are then separated by signer (as identified by   HOSTNAME, APP-NAME, PROCID), Reboot Session ID, and Signature Group,   and stored in their own files.  Normal messages are stored in a keyed   file, indexed on their hash values.  They are not separated by   signer, as their (HOSTNAME, APP-NAME, PROCID) identifies the   application that generated the message.  The application that   generated the message does not have to coincide with the signer.   For each signer, Reboot Session ID, and Signature Group, we then:   a.  Sort the Certificate Block file by INDEX value, and check to see       whether we have a set of Certificate Blocks that can reconstruct       the Payload Block.  If so, we reconstruct the Payload Block,       verify any key-identifying information, and then use this to       verify the signatures on the Certificate Blocks we have received.       When this is done, we have verified the reboot session and key       used for the rest of the process.   b.  Sort the Signature Block file by First Message Number.  We now       create an authenticated log file, which consists of some header       information and then a (sequence of message number, message text       pairs).  We next go through the Signature Block file.  We       initialize a cursor for the last message number processed with       the number 0.  For each Signature Block in the file, we do the       following:       1.  Verify the signature on the Signature Block.       2.  If the value of the First Message Number of the Signature           Block is less than or equal to the last message number           processed, skip the first (last message number processed           minus First Message Number plus 1) hashes.       3.  For each remaining hashed message in the Signature Block:           a.  Look up the hash value in the keyed message file.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 28]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010           b.  If the message is found, write (message number, message               text) to the authenticated log file.       4.  Set the last message number processed to the value of the           First Message Number plus the Count of the Signature Block           minus 1.       5.  Skip all other Signature Blocks with the same First Message           Number unless one with a larger Count is encountered.       The resulting authenticated log file contains all messages that       have been authenticated.  In addition, it implicitly indicates       all gaps in the authenticated messages (specifically in the case       when all messages of the same Signature Group are sent to the       same collector), because their message numbers are missing.   One can see that, assuming sufficient space for building the keyed   file, this whole process is linear in the number of messages   (generally two seeks, one to write and the other to read, per normal   message received), and O(N lg N) in the number of Signature Blocks.   This estimate comes with two caveats: first, the Signature Blocks   arrive very nearly in sorted order, and so can probably be sorted   more cheaply on average than O(N lg N) steps.  Second, the signature   verification on each Signature Block almost certainly is more   expensive than the sorting step in practice.  We have not discussed   error-recovery, which may be necessary for the Certificate Blocks.   In practice, a simple error-recovery strategy is probably enough: if   the Payload Block is not valid, then we can just try alternate   instances of each Certificate Block, if such are available, until we   get the Payload Block right.   It is easy for an attacker to flood us with plausible-looking   messages, Signature Blocks, and Certificate Blocks.7.2.  Online Review of Logs   Some collector implementations may need to monitor log messages in   close to real time.  This can be done with syslog-sign, though it is   somewhat more complex than offline verification.  This is done as   follows:   a.  We have an authenticated message file, into which we write       (message number, message text) pairs that have been       authenticated.  We will assume that we are handling only one       signer, Signature Group, and Reboot Session ID at any given time.       (For the concurrent support of multiple signers, Signature       Groups, and Reboot Session IDs, the same procedure is applied       analogously to each.  Signature Block messages and CertificateKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 29]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010       Block messages clearly indicate their respective signer,       Signature Group, and Reboot Session ID.)   b.  We have two data structures: A "Waiting for Signature" queue in       which (arrival sequence, hash of message) pairs are kept in       sorted order, and a "Waiting for Message" queue in which (message       number, hash of message) pairs are kept in sorted order.  In       addition, we have a hash table that stores (message text, count)       pairs indexed by hash value.  In the hash table, count may be any       number greater than zero; when count is zero, the entry in the       hash table is cleared.       Note: The "Waiting for Signature" queue gets used in the normal       case, when the signature arrives after the message itself.  It       holds messages that have been received but whose signature has       yet to arrive.  The "Waiting for Message" queue gets used in the       case that messages are lost or misordered (either in the network       or in relays).  It holds signatures that have been received but       whose corresponding messages have yet to arrive.  Since a single       Signature Block can cover only a limited number of messages (due       to size restrictions), and massive reordering/delaying is rare,       it is expected that both queues would be relatively small.   c.  We must receive all the Certificate Blocks before any other       processing can really be done.  (This is why they are sent       first.)  Once that is done, any additional Certificate Block       message that arrives is discarded.  Any syslog messages or       Signature Block messages that arrive before all Certificate       Blocks have been received need to be buffered.  Once all       Certificate Blocks have been received, the messages in the buffer       can be retrieved and processed as if they were just arriving.   d.  Whenever a normal message arrives, we first check if its hash       value is found in the "Waiting for Message" queue.  If it is, we       write the message number (from the "Waiting for Message" queue)       and the message into the authenticated message file and remove       the entry from the queue.       Otherwise, we add (arrival sequence, hash of message) to the       "Waiting for Signature" queue.  If our hash table already has an       entry for the message's hash value, we increment its count by       one; otherwise, we create a new entry with Count = 1.       If the "Waiting for Signature" message queue is full, we remove       the oldest message from the queue.  That message could not be       validated close enough to real time.  In order to update the hash       table accordingly, we use that entry's hash to index the hash       table.  If that entry has count 1, we delete the entry from theKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 30]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010       hash table; otherwise, we decrement its count.  By removing the       message from the "Waiting for Signature" message queue without       having actually received the message's signature, we make it       impossible to authenticate the message should its signature       arrive later.  Implementers therefore need to ensure that queues       are dimensioned sufficiently large to not expose the collector       against Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks that attempt to flood the       collector with unsigned messages.   e.  Whenever a Signature Block message arrives, we check its       originator, (i.e., the signer) by way of HOSTNAME, APP-NAME, and       PROCID, as well as its Signature Group and Reboot Session ID to       ensure it matches our Certificate Blocks.  We then check to see       whether the First Message Number value is too old to still be of       interest, or if another Signature Block with that First Message       Number and the same Count or a greater Count has already been       received.  If so, we discard the Signature Block.  We then check       the signature.  Again, we discard the Signature Block if the       signature is not valid.       Otherwise, we proceed with processing the hashes in the Signature       Block.  A Signature Block contains a sequence of hashes, each of       which is associated with a message number, starting with the       First Message Number for the first hash and incrementing by one       for each subsequent hash.  For each hash, we first check to see       whether the message hash is in the hash table.  If this is the       case, it means that we have received the signature for a message       that was received earlier, and we do the following:       1.  We check if a message with the same message number is already           in the authenticated message file.  If that is the case, the           signed hash is a duplicate and we discard it.       2.  Otherwise (the signed hash is not a duplicate), we write the           (message number, message text) into the authenticated message           file.  We also update the hash table accordingly, using that           entry's hash to index the hash table.  If that entry has           Count 1, we delete the entry from the hash table; otherwise,           we decrement its count.       Otherwise (the message hash is not in the hash table), we write       the (message number, message hash) to the "Waiting for Message"       queue.       If the "Waiting for Message" queue is full, we remove the oldest       entry.  In that case, a message that was signed by the signer       could not be validated by the receiver, either because the       message was lost or because the signature arrived way ahead ofKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 31]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010       the actual message.  By removing the entry from the "Waiting for       Message" queue without having actually received the message, we       make it impossible to authenticate the a legitimate message       should that message still arrive later.  Implementers need to       ensure queues are dimensioned sufficiently large so that the       chances of such a scenario actually occurring is minimized.   f.  The result of this is a sequence of messages in the authenticated       message file.  Each message in the message file has been       authenticated.  The sequence is labeled with numbers showing the       order in which the messages were originally transmitted.   One can see that this whole process is roughly linear in the number   of messages, and also in the number of Signature Blocks received.   The process is susceptible to flooding attacks; an attacker can send   enough normal messages that the messages roll off their queue before   their Signature Blocks can be processed.8.  Security Considerations   Normal syslog event messages are unsigned and have most of the   security attributes described inSection 8 of [RFC5424].  This   document also describes Certificate Blocks and Signature Blocks,   which are signed syslog messages.  The Signature Blocks contain   signature information for previously sent syslog event messages.  All   of this information can be used to authenticate syslog messages and   to minimize or obviate many of the security concerns described in   [RFC5424].   The model for syslog-sign is a direct trust system where the   certificate transferred is its own trust anchor.  If a transport   sender sends a stream of syslog messages that is signed using a   certificate, the operator or application will transfer to the   transport receiver the certificate that was used when signing.  There   is no need for a certificate chain.8.1.  Cryptographic Constraints   As with any technology involving cryptography, it is advisable to   check the current literature to determine whether any algorithms used   here have been found to be vulnerable to attack.   This specification uses Public Key Cryptography technologies.  The   proper party or parties have to control the private key portion of a   public-private key pair.  Any party that controls a private key can   sign anything it pleases.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 32]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   Certain operations in this specification involve the use of random   numbers.  An appropriate entropy source SHOULD be used to generate   these numbers.  See [RFC4086] and [NIST800.90].8.2.  Packet Parameters   As a signer, it is advisable to avoid message lengths exceeding 2048   octets.  Various problems might result if a signer were to send   messages with a length greater than 2048 octets, because relays MAY   truncate messages with lengths greater than 2048 octets, which would   make it impossible for collectors to validate a hash of the packet.   To increase the chance of interoperability, it tends to be best to be   conservative with what you send but liberal in what you are able to   receive.   Signers need to rigidly adhere to theRFC 5424 format when sending   messages.  If a collector receives a message that is not formatted   properly, then it might drop it, or it may modify it while receiving   it.  (SeeAppendix A.2 of [RFC5424].)  If that were to happen, the   hash of the sent message would not match the hash of the received   message.   Collectors are not to malfunction in the case that they receive   malformed syslog messages or messages containing characters other   than those specified in this document.  In other words, they are to   ignore such messages and continue working.8.3.  Message Authenticity   Syslog does not strongly associate the message with the message   originator.  That association is established by the collector upon   verification of the Signature Block.  Before a Signature Block is   used to ascertain the authenticity of an event message, it might be   received, stored, and reviewed by a person or automated parser.  It   is advisable not to assume a message is authentic until after a   message has been validated by checking the contents of the Signature   Block.   With the Signature Block checking, an attacker may only forge   messages if he or she can compromise the private key of the true   originator.8.4.  Replaying   Event messages might be recorded and replayed by an attacker.  Using   the information contained in the Signature Blocks, a reviewer can   determine whether the received messages are the ones originally sent   by an originator.  The reviewer can also identify messages that haveKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 33]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   been replayed.  Using a method for the verification of logs such as   the one outlined inSection 7, a replayed message can be detected by   checking prior to writing a message to the authenticated log file   whether the message is already contained in it.8.5.  Reliable Delivery   Event messages sent over UDP might be lost in transit.  [RFC5425] can   be used for the reliable delivery of syslog messages; however, it   does not protect against loss of syslog messages at the application   layer, for example, if the TCP connection or TLS session has been   closed by the transport receiver for some reason.  A reviewer can   identify any messages sent by the originator but not received by the   collector by reviewing the Signature Block information.  In addition,   the information in subsequent Signature Blocks allows a reviewer to   determine whether any Signature Block messages were lost in transit.8.6.  Sequenced Delivery   Syslog messages delivered over UDP might not only be lost, but also   arrive out of sequence.  A reviewer can determine the original order   of syslog messages and identify which messages were delivered out of   order by examining the information in the Signature Block along with   any timestamp information in the message.8.7.  Message Integrity   Syslog messages might be damaged in transit.  A review of the   information in the Signature Block determines whether the received   message was the intended message sent by the originator.  A damaged   Signature Block or Certificate Block is evident because the collector   will not be able to validate that it was signed by the signer.8.8.  Message Observation   Unless TLS is used as a secure transport [RFC5425], event messages,   Certificate Blocks, and Signature Blocks are all sent in plaintext.   This allows network administrators to read the message when sniffing   the wire.  However, this also allows an attacker to see the contents   of event messages and perhaps to use that information for malicious   purposes.8.9.  Man-in-the-Middle Attacks   It is conceivable that an attacker might intercept Certificate Block   messages and insert its own Certificate information.  In that case,   the attacker would be able to receive event messages from the actual   originator and then relay modified messages, insert new messages, orKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 34]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   delete messages.  It would then be able to construct a Signature   Block and sign it with its own private key.  Network administrators   need to verify that the key contained in the Payload Block is indeed   the key being used on the actual signer.  If that is the case, then   this MITM attack will not succeed.  Methods for establishing a chain   of trust are also described in [RFC5425].8.10.  Denial of Service   An attacker might send invalid Signature Block messages to overwhelm   the collector's processing capability and consume all available   resources.  For this reason, it can be appropriate to simply receive   the Signature Block messages and process them only as time permits.   An attacker might also just overwhelm a collector by sending more   messages to it than it can handle.  Implementers are advised to   consider features that minimize this threat, such as only accepting   syslog messages from known IP addresses.8.11.  Covert Channels   Nothing in this protocol attempts to eliminate covert channels.  In   fact, just about every aspect of syslog messages lends itself to the   conveyance of covert signals.  For example, a collusionist could send   odd and even PRI values to indicate Morse Code dashes and dots.9.  IANA Considerations9.1.  Structured Data and Syslog Messages   With regard to [RFC5424], IANA has added the following values (with   each parameter listed as mandatory) to the registry titled "syslog   Structured Data ID Values":Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 35]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010          Structured Data ID  Structured Data Parameter          ------------------  -------------------------          ssign                              VER                              RSID                              SG                              SPRI                              GBC                              FMN                              CNT                              HB                              SIGN          ssign-cert                              VER                              RSID                              SG                              SPRI                              TPBL                              INDEX                              FLEN                              FRAG                              SIGN   In addition, several fields are controlled by the IANA in both the   Signature Block and the Certificate Block, as outlined in the   following sections.9.2.  Version Field   IANA has created three registries, each associated with a different   subfield of the Version field of Signature Blocks and Certificate   Blocks, described in Sections4.2.1 and5.3.2.1, respectively.   The first registry that IANA has created is titled "syslog-sign   Protocol Version Values".  It is for the values of the Protocol   Version subfield.  The Protocol Version subfield constitutes the   first two octets in the Version field.  New values shall be assigned   by the IANA using the "IETF Review" policy defined in [RFC5226].   Assigned numbers are to be increased by 1, up to a maximum value of   "50".  Protocol Version numbers of "51" through "99" are vendor   specific; values in this range are not to be assigned by the IANA.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 36]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   IANA has registered the Protocol Version values shown below.         Value                    Protocol Version         -----                    ----------------         00                       Reserved         01                       Defined inRFC 5848   The second registry that IANA has created is titled "syslog-sign Hash   Algorithm Values".  It is for the values of the Hash Algorithm   subfield.  The Hash Algorithm subfield constitutes the third octet in   the Version field Signature Blocks and Certificate Blocks.  New   values shall be assigned by the IANA using the "IETF Review" policy   defined in [RFC5226].  Assigned values are to be increased   sequentially, first up to a maximum value of "9", then from "a" to   "z", then from "A" to "Z".  The values are registered relative to the   Protocol Version.  This means that the same Hash Algorithm value can   be reserved for different Protocol Versions, possibly referring to a   different hash algorithm each time.  This makes it possible to deal   with future scenarios in which the single octet representation   becomes a limitation, as more Hash Algorithms can be supported by   defining additional Protocol Versions that implementations might   support concurrently.   IANA has registered the Hash Algorithm values shown below.         Value     Protocol Version     Hash Algorithm         -----     ----------------     --------------         0         01                   Reserved         1         01                   SHA1         2         01                   SHA256   The third registry that IANA has created is titled "syslog-sign   Signature Scheme Values".  It is for the values of the Signature   Scheme subfield.  The Signature Scheme subfield constitutes the   fourth octet in the Version field of Signature Blocks and Certificate   Blocks.  New values shall be assigned by the IANA using the "IETF   Review" policy defined in [RFC5226].  Assigned values are to be   increased by 1, up to a maximum value of "9".  This means that the   same Signature Scheme value can be reserved for different Protocol   Versions, possibly in each case referring to a different Signature   Scheme each time.  This makes it possible to deal with future   scenarios in which the single octet representation becomes a   limitation, as more Signature Schemes can be supported by defining   additional Protocol Versions that implementations might support   concurrently.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 37]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   IANA has registered the Signature Scheme values shown below.         Value     Protocol Version    Signature Scheme         -----     ----------------    ----------------         0         01                  Reserved         1         01                  OpenPGP DSA9.3.  SG Field   IANA has created a registry titled "syslog-sign SG Field Values".  It   is for values of the SG Field as defined inSection 4.2.3.  New   values shall be assigned by the IANA using the "IETF Review" policy   defined in [RFC5226].  Assigned values are to be incremented by 1, up   to a maximum value of "7".  Values "8" and "9" shall be left as   vendor specific and shall not be assigned by the IANA.   IANA has registered the SG Field values shown below.         Value     Meaning         -----     -------         0         There is only one Signature Group.         1         Each PRI value is associated with its own Signature                   Group.         2         Each Signature Group contains a range of PRI                   values.         3         Signature Groups are not assigned with any of the                   above relationships to PRI values of the syslog                   messages they sign.9.4.  Key Blob Type   IANA has created a registry titled "syslog-sign Key Blob Type   Values".  It is to register one-character identifiers for the Key   Blob Type, perSection 5.2.  New values shall be assigned by the IANA   using the "IETF Review" policy defined in [RFC5226].  Uppercase   letters may be assigned as values.  Lowercase letters are left as   vendor specific and shall not be assigned by the IANA.   IANA has registered the Key Blob Type values shown below.         Value     Key Blob Type         -----     -------------         C         a PKIX certificate         P         an OpenPGP certificate         K         the public key whose corresponding private key is                   used to sign the messages         N         no key information sent, key is pre-distributed         U         installation-specific key exchange informationKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 38]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 201010.  Acknowledgements   The authors wish to thank the current Chairs of the Syslog Working   Group, David Harrington and Chris Lonvick, and the other members of   the Working Group, in particular Alex Brown, Chris Calabrese, Steve   Chang, Pasi Eronen, Carson Gaspar, Rainer Gerhards, Drew Gross,   Albert Mietus, Darrin New, Marshall Rose, Andrew Ross, Martin   Schuette, Holt Sorenson, Rodney Thayer, and the many Counterpane   Internet Security engineering and operations people who commented on   various versions of this proposal.11.  References11.1.  Normative References   [FIPS.186-2.2000]  National Institute of Standards and Technology,                      "Digital Signature Standard", FIPS PUB 186-2,                      January 2000, <http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/archive/fips186-2/fips186-2.pdf>.   [FIPS.180-2.2002]  National Institute of Standards and Technology,                      "Secure Hash Standard", FIPS PUB 180-2,                      August 2002, <http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips180-2/fips180-2.pdf>.   [RFC2119]          Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to                      Indicate Requirement Levels",BCP 14,RFC 2119,                      March 1997.   [RFC4648]          Josefsson, S., "The Base16, Base32, and Base64                      Data Encodings",RFC 4648, October 2006.   [RFC4880]          Callas, J., Donnerhacke, L., Finney, H., Shaw, D.,                      and R. Thayer, "OpenPGP Message Format",RFC 4880,                      November 2007.   [RFC5226]          Narten, T. and H. Alvestrand, "Guidelines for                      Writing an IANA Considerations Section in RFCs",BCP 26,RFC 5226, May 2008.   [RFC5280]          Cooper, D., Santesson, S., Farrell, S., Boeyen,                      S., Housley, R., and W. Polk, "Internet X.509                      Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and                      Certificate Revocation List (CRL) Profile",RFC 5280, May 2008.   [RFC5424]          Gerhards, R., "The syslog Protocol",RFC 5424,                      March 2009.Kelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 39]

RFC 5848                 Signed Syslog Messages                 May 2010   [RFC5425]          Miao, F., Yuzhi, M., and J. Salowey, "TLS                      Transport Mapping for syslog",RFC 5425,                      March 2009.   [RFC5426]          Okmianski, A., "Transmission of syslog Messages                      over UDP",RFC 5426, March 2009.11.2.  Informative References   [NIST800.90]       National Institute of Standards and Technology,                      "NIST Special Publication 800-90: Recommendation                      for Random Number Generation using Deterministic                      Random Bit Generators", June 2006, <http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/nistpubs/800-90/SP800-90revised_March2007.pdf>.   [RFC3339]          Klyne, G. and C. Newman, "Date and Time on the                      Internet: Timestamps",RFC 3339, July 2002.   [RFC3414]          Blumenthal, U. and B. Wijnen, "User-based Security                      Model (USM) for version 3 of the Simple Network                      Management Protocol (SNMPv3)",RFC 3414,                      December 2002.   [RFC4086]          Eastlake, D., Schiller, J., and S. Crocker,                      "Randomness Recommendations for Security",RFC 4086, June 2005.Authors' Addresses   John Kelsey   NIST   EMail: john.kelsey@nist.gov   Jon Callas   PGP Corporation   EMail: jon@callas.org   Alexander Clemm   Cisco Systems   EMail: alex@cisco.comKelsey, et al.               Standards Track                   [Page 40]

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