[rsyslog] Feedback requested - length of syslog tag

[Gerrard Geldenhuis]

It's a tough one. Software that follows standards generally work well
with other software and just makes life less complex. However a lot of
these RFC's are very dated and have not kept track with time and 2001
when rfc3164 was published is a long time ago.

If there is a flag which is not set by default and which is documented
as breaking the standard it might be acceptable to allow longer tags.
Users should break at own risk...

Regards

> -----Original Message-----
> From: rsyslog-bounces at lists.adiscon.com [mailto:rsyslog-
> bounces at lists.adiscon.com] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards
> Sent: 14 March 2008 09:50
> To: rsyslog-users
> Subject: [rsyslog] Feedback requested - length of syslog tag
> 
> 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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