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TLS transport mapping for Syslog requires that you maintain both client & server certificates for authentication. The point of requiring certificates for the c
by codexon 13y ago
TLS transport mapping for Syslog requires that you maintain both client & server certificates for authentication.
The point of requiring certificates for the client is so your server doesn't get spoofed logs.
- bgentry 13y agoThat is correct. However, using and maintaining client certificates is a huge pain, especially for a massively multitenant service such as Heroku. HTTP Basic Auth is quite a bit simpler as an authentication mechanism and, over TLS, is sufficiently secure.