Re: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-12-01 Thread Tom Petch
, not saying that we have at present. Tom Petch - Original Message - From: Rainer Gerhards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Chris Lonvick [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:48 PM Subject: RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus

RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-11-30 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Of Chris Lonvick (clonvick) Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:22 AM To: Rainer Gerhards Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?) Hi Rainer, Why don't we look at it from the other direction? We could state that any encoding is acceptable

RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-11-30 Thread Andrew Ross
Hi Rainer, Why don't we look at it from the other direction? We could state that any encoding is acceptable - for ease-of-use/migration with existing syslog implementations. It is RECOMMENDED that UTF-8 be used. When it is used, an SD-ID element will be REQUIRED. e.g. - [enc=utf-8

RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-11-30 Thread Chris Lonvick
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Lonvick (clonvick) Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:22 AM To: Rainer Gerhards Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?) Hi Rainer, Why don't we look at it from the other direction? We could state that any

RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-11-30 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Chris, I agree to all but one point - only that one quoted here... Also want to clarify that you suggest that if the message is in ASCII, it will not required SD-ID, but for all other encodings, SD-ID will be required. Yes - that's my suggestion. I am sorry, we can not do this.

RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-11-30 Thread Chris Lonvick
Hi Rainer, I believe that we are saying the same thing. :) If there is no indicator of encoding or language then a reciever will not know what it is receiving - just like receivers don't know what they are receiving today. They MAY make an assumption that it is something in US-ASCII (but

RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-11-30 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Chris, I fully agree - thanks ;) Rainer -Original Message- From: Chris Lonvick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 2:39 PM To: Rainer Gerhards Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?) Hi

RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-11-30 Thread Shyyunn Lin \(sheranl\)
PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?) Hi Sheran, On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Shyyunn Lin (sheranl) wrote: Chris: I think having SD-ID with [enc=utf-8 lang=English] may be a good approach. If different language use utf-8 encoding, then lang= can distinguish

RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?)

2005-11-29 Thread Shyyunn Lin \(sheranl\)
(clonvick) Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 10:22 AM To: Rainer Gerhards Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Syslog] #5 - character encoding (was: Consensus?) Hi Rainer, Why don't we look at it from the other direction? We could state that any encoding is acceptable - for ease-of-use/migration