Encryption in OSE

[jol64]

Incorrect section

https://syslog-ng.github.io/admin-guide/200_About/002_Glossary#syslog-ng-ose reads
"It [premium edition] offers additional features, like encrypted message transfer and an agent for Microsoft Windows platforms."

whereas
https://syslog-ng.github.io/admin-guide/100_TLS-encrypted_message_transfer/001_Encrypting_log_messages_with_TLS/README
https://syslog-ng.github.io/admin-guide/100_TLS-encrypted_message_transfer/002_Mutual_authentication_using_TLS/README
https://syslog-ng.github.io/admin-guide/100_TLS-encrypted_message_transfer/README#secure-logging-using-tls
suggest, that TLS and thus encrypted message transfer is supported in OSE.

Description of the problem

The two section appear contradicting to me.

Proposed solution

Can you please clarify which section is correct or not, or whether encrypted message transfer refers to some other encryption type than TLS?

[zsoltgyulai94]

@mrgarris0n , @HofiOne Could you take a peek? Should any of the sections be modified?

[HofiOne]

I guess encrypted message transfer tries to refer to ALTP, so it should be reliable message transfer instead

[jol64]

this is getting even more oscure. the max I could get w.r.t. to ALTP is https://www.syslog-ng.com/webcast-ondemand/send-logs-using-the-advanced-log-transport-protocol-altp8137672/ which suggests ALTP can use TLS compression but does not mention encyption or authentication at all. In other words: where can I find any information about ALTPs security aspects?
And the other way round: if ALTP is reliable, what are the reliability properties of syslog-ng without ALTP?

[HofiOne]

This documentation covers only syslog-ng OSE, you can find the PE documentation here