RE: binary fields in syslog

2004-04-29 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Anton & all: comments to just to those things that I think I need to comment on - the others are snipped out (basically agreement from my side). > > > > - esay human interaction - not just reading but also (telnet) > > > > crafting messages > > > > (I couldn't envision troubleshooting SMTP conf

RE: binary fields in syslog

2004-04-23 Thread Anton Okmianski
Rainer & all: Let me comment on something... > > > - esay human interaction - not just reading but also (telnet) > > > crafting messages > > > (I couldn't envision troubleshooting SMTP configs without > > > the ability to > > > telnet SMTP commands) This is analogy is not quite kosher IMO.

RE: binary fields in syslog

2004-04-23 Thread Harrington, David
information. dbh > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 8:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: binary fields in syslog > > Hi WG, > > this is not only in

RE: binary fields in syslog

2004-04-23 Thread Rainer Gerhards
ore we get more comments from others ;) Rainer > -Original Message- > From: Anton Okmianski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 5:31 PM > To: Rainer Gerhards; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: binary fields in syslog > > Rainer & all: > &g

RE: binary fields in syslog

2004-04-23 Thread Anton Okmianski
ed size headers: 1 or 12 bytes. Still better than a variable field size for every field. Anton. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rainer Gerhards > Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 8:11 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Su

binary fields in syslog

2004-04-23 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Hi WG, this is not only in reply to Anton's posts, but a general thing. So I thought I start with a new subject. Anton suggest the use of a binary header in -transport (eg http://www.syslog.cc/ietf/autoarc/msg01197.html). Previously, all numbers in syslog were expressed in ASCII digits terminated