On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 12:36:57AM +0100, Richard Graveman wrote:
> Chis,
> 
> > I've looked over these changes and feel that they address the WGLC comments
> > that were received.
> 
> I strongly disagree on several counts. First, the new document says:
> 
>    Transmission of syslog Messages over UDP [RFC5426] defines how to
>    provide unreliable, non-secure datagram transport for syslog.  This
>    transport is NOT RECOMMENDED.
> 
> NOT RECOMMENDED means SHOULD NOT implement. SHOULD NOT implement means
> DEPRECATED. There was no WG discussion of deprecating RFC 5426.
> 
> In fact, in some cases, protocol security may not be needed, for a
> variety of reasons. In other cases, security may already be provided
> by, say, IPsec, required in IPv6.
> 
> Saying that the work completed just last year is deprecated without
> any WG discussion is absurd.

I also do not see why this document should make any statements
concerning other transports. I still find the Introduction somewhat
confusing to read. Here is an attempt to rewrite it and shorten it:

--8<--

1.  Introduction

   The syslog protocol [RFC5424] is designed to run over different
   transports.  This document defines the transport of syslog messages
   over the datagram transport layer security protocol (DTLS)
   [RFC4347].

   The DTLS transport is designed to meet the requirements of
   deployments that need a secure datagram-based transport.  DTLS has
   been mapped onto different transport layer protocols, including UDP
   [RFC0768] and DCCP [RFC4340]. This memo defines both options,
   namely syslog over DTLS over UDP and syslog over DTLS over DCCP.
   The syslog over DTLS over DCCP option is recommended over the
   syslog over DTLS over UDP option in deployments where adequate
   resource sharing and congestion control is required.

--8<--

/js

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