Hi Everyone,
I've read the comments posted and I agree that we don't really want to
exclude international characters from the syslog messages. Perhaps we
could soften the language in the draft.
CURRENT in ver00:
The syslog message MUST be transmitted as ASCII alphanumerics and
symbols. The code set is seven-bit ASCII in an eight-bit field.
These are the ASCII codes as defined in "USA Standard Code for
Information Interchange" [2] only using codes 32 through 126.
PROPOSED for ver01:
The syslog message has traditionally contained ASCII alphanumerics
and symbols. The code set most often used has been seven-bit
ASCII in an eight-bit field. These are the ASCII codes as defined
in "USA Standard Code for Information Interchange" [2] using codes
32 through 126. No indication of the code set used within the
message is required, nor is it expected. Other codes and code
sets MAY be used. The selection of a code set and codes used in
a message should be made with thoughts of the intended receiver.
A message containing characters in a code set that cannot be
viewed by a receiver will yield no information of value to an
operator or administrator looking at it.
Please look this over and let me know if this will cover our discussion
appropriately. An alternative would be to have a RECOMMENDED code set
and list of codes.
If we agree upon these changes, I feel that I will need to fully
stipulate the code set for the "<" and ">" characters along with the
numbers used in the PRI value. Let's work out the language in the
proposal above and then I'll take a whack at that.
Thanks,
Chris
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