Hello, Currently, log messages written to files can undergo encryption using the libgcrypt cryptographic library [1]. This works fine, logs can be encoded and successfully decoded but I think the library has some drawbacks:
- algorithms are hardcoded, if someone would want to use something else, then they would need to request it first - the same applies to the algorithm mode - If I am not mistaken, the libgcrypt library is part of rsyslog only for this purpose -> adds extra dependency that maintainers need to cover I would like to ask if there is any chance that a new crypto provider will be part of the project in the future? For example openssl (or gnutls) could provide the same functionality and it could reduce the amount of dependencies the project currently has. I would gladly craft a patch or two. What do you think? [1] https://www.rsyslog.com/doc/configuration/cryprov_gcry.html Attila _______________________________________________ rsyslog mailing list https://lists.adiscon.net/mailman/listinfo/rsyslog http://www.rsyslog.com/professional-services/ What's up with rsyslog? Follow https://twitter.com/rgerhards NOTE WELL: This is a PUBLIC mailing list, posts are ARCHIVED by a myriad of sites beyond our control. PLEASE UNSUBSCRIBE and DO NOT POST if you DON'T LIKE THAT.
