RE: [logs] Syslog payload format

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> We're all paranoid, I think; so, safety first: we need a 
> binary API and a safe printable ASCII storage format.  I 
> liked someone's earlier suggestion of percent encoding, 
> mostly because it's fairly legible.  Other ideas?

OK, I see the point. So how about a (new) API for allowing binary data
and storing them as %hh hex, that is %00 for '\0'. At least admins
reading web logs should be quite familiar with that.

Rainer
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