On Sun, 2002-08-25 at 09:31, Marcus J. Ranum wrote:
> Farg backwards compatibility. A logging system that uses unreliable
> delivery mechanisms is not worth using.
I completely agree in principle, but in practice there are lots of
devices out there that only know how to send udp/514 messages. It
probably won't be practical to upgrade all the firmware out there to
employ a more reliable mode.
In some cases, half a loaf is better than none.
It would be great to influence "the industry" into moving away from
traditional syslog udp/514 delivery, but to be accepted I think any
solution will have to be able to receive such traffic, even if it's not
the preferred transport.
Nick
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