On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 05:36:34PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 > I still would like to know how likely it is that this pair of MAC values in
 > this encoding might overrun the 1024 byte buffer limit of syslog.   Any
 > experience here?  Most UNIX system messages seem to be under 256 bytes.

It's quite easy to see very long messages when it cames with
some user request, for example

127.0.0.1 finger user aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.... [a lot]... aaaaaaa

It's possible to cut the message at 1024-sizeof(MAC).

antirez

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   Salvatore Sanfilippo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - ALICOM snc - www.alicom.com
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