[Syslog] Legitimate \n or byte-counting

2006-08-18 Thread Chris Lonvick
Hi, If we use LF-escaping in syslog messages, what's going to happen if a legitimate \n is sent by a sender? An example would be: PRI... BOM The offending characters are \n Will a receiver convert that into LF? If that's the case then we should not be using LF-escaping. We need this

Re: [Syslog] Legitimate \n or byte-counting

2006-08-18 Thread Carson Gaspar
--On Friday, August 18, 2006 7:35 AM -0700 Chris Lonvick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we use LF-escaping in syslog messages, what's going to happen if a legitimate \n is sent by a sender? An example would be: PRI... BOM The offending characters are \n Will a receiver convert that into

RE: [Syslog] Legitimate \n or byte-counting

2006-08-18 Thread Rainer Gerhards
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 4:20 PM To: 'Carson Gaspar'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Syslog] Legitimate \n or byte-counting Hi, [speaking as co-chair] I believe it is inaccurate to say there has been a WG decision to maximize backwards compatibility. The charter says