Is it at all possible to configure the syslog from the MX devices to use some form of TLS encryption instead of UDP? Just seems to be the more secure option.
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It doesn't, and I've never seen an implementation of syslog that uses TLS. That would be pretty rare.
You could consider building a VPN between the MX and the Syslog server location, and run the syslog data over the VPN.
It doesn't, and I've never seen an implementation of syslog that uses TLS. That would be pretty rare.
You could consider building a VPN between the MX and the Syslog server location, and run the syslog data over the VPN.
Sumologic implements syslog with TLS - in fact syslog-ng also supports TLS based collection.
https://help.sumologic.com/03Send-Data/Sources/02Sources-for-Hosted-Collectors/Cloud-Syslog-Source
Please consider adding support for this as in the case of sumologic it is not possible to setup a VPN as they are a third party hosting the syslog
You'll need to make a wish in the dashboard (bottom right hand corner).
is there any encryption implemented yet for syslog? my policy demands the connection to be secure and not just a raw syslog transmission to our syslog server