Hi all, it is nice to see us making progress. However, as we need to finish (and start) a secure transport before we can submit -protocol and -transport-udp, I have a question to the implementors here on the list. -transport-udp is basically finished and -protocol just needs a brush up (aka "hopefully soon finished"). I wonder if some folks would like to implement these drafts, even before they are submitted (aka "soon" ;)). I see several advantages in doing so:
- we get real-world experience about what is practical and what not - this enables us to create a better standard - we can do interop-testing between different implementations, again clarifying how good the text is - we prepare for rapid deployment once the draft has been submitted - we (and our users) can enjoy the benefits of the standardized format earlier - we have implementation reports at hand when the IESG asks about vendor and user acceptance Remember that both drafts are essentially ready for publication - what is missing is "just" a secure transport, which does not interfere with what we currently have. Of course, implementations could lead to new discussions and eventual changes to the draft. I think is is better to have this now then when it is released. I already did a test implementation in rsyslog. It prooved to be quite easy and quickly doable. If others agreee to implement it too, I would go ahead and also see that we implement it in our commercial packages. I hope that my proposal is a good one and that other implementors would like to participate. Please reply on list if you think this would be a good idea or not. Many thanks, Rainer _______________________________________________ Syslog mailing list [email protected] https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/syslog
