I conducted the first BOF on syslog security at IETF46 (DC, 1999) and 
have been listening in since then.  (My, how time flies.)  This is an 
amusing conclusion.  I no longer work in this field, thank God.  Good luck.

Alex Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Rainer Gerhards wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have just been able to find the one of the uttermost pieces of carp
>that the wrotten patent system has produced. May I introduce you to
>Miao's genius invention for the syslog protocol:
>
>http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1881668.html
>
>As a side-note, it has quite some technical flaws and shows some
>fundamental misunderstanding on how syslog works. But maybe that's what
>the real invention is...
>
>I also find it quite disturbing how the tuning profile selection process
>from RFC 3080 is being re-invented in this invention. And it is also a
>nice steal to see my architecture slides
>
>http://www.syslog.cc/ietf/presentat/syslog-protocol-03/img3.html
>
>being represented in a childish way (or did you steal them from a
>freshmen's course book?). Thanks Huwaii and Miao for this great
>invention and stealing my work. I really appreciate it. I bet Marshall
>T. Rose will also be delighted.
>
>Rainer 
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