[rsyslog] Feedback requested - length of syslog tag

Rainer Gerhards rgerhards at hq.adiscon.com
Fri Mar 14 10:49:45 CET 2008


Hi all,

I got the following bug report (and patch - thx) for situation where the
syslog tag is larger than 32 characters. 

http://bugzilla.adiscon.com/show_bug.cgi?id=50

Syslog rfcs prohibit such oversize tags. However, I think seeing them in
practice triggers the question if we should really follow RFC 3164 and
the newer rfcs in this case. Or may it be better to have at least an
option to allow tags of more than 32 characters?

If you have an opinion, please voice it.

Thanks,
Rainer


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