Hi Glenn, > -----Original Message----- > From: Glenn M. Keeni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 1.7 > > 12) SyslogService - can we make this just a service name. The > > > port semantics are really ambiguous. How do distinguish a UDP > > >port# from a TCP port#? > Not fixed. > > Response. > The syslogEntityControlTransportDomain specifies the > transport e.g. > transportDomainUdpIpv4. >
I am looking for an unambiguous format for the value of this field. SyslogService ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION STATUS current DESCRIPTION "The service name or port number that will be used to send and/or receive messages. The service name must resolve to a port number on the local host. " SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255)) A service name is presumably a string; a port number is a decimal value. When put into this object, MUST the port number be represented as an ASCII string? If so, the description does not say so. If a service name is specified, is this done as an ASCII string or a UTF-8 string? The description doesn't say. If it is not UTF-8, why not? If the service name must resolve to a port number on the local host, how will a remote NMS get that resolution from the local host? Wouldn't it be simpler to put only a port number in the managed object? If you restricted it to a port number, then implementers only need to provide memory for an unsigned32 value (4 octets) rather than 255 octets. dbh _______________________________________________ Syslog mailing list Syslog@lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/syslog