> -----Original Message----- > From: Carson Gaspar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 7:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Syslog] RE: byte-counting vs special character > > --On Thursday, August 17, 2006 3:18 AM +0200 Rainer Gerhards > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Caspar - since when does legacy code do escaping? (Even if I've > > overlooked it, we might use a different escape character...) > > It doesn't. However, if the escape character is legal in > legacy code, it > can appear twice. Which will be converted to a single escape > character by a > new receiver. Which is a bug. Which is why I said:
No - a new receiver checks the version field and detects that it is a legacy message. This is what the header is designed for. As it knows it is legacy, it won't unescape... Rainer _______________________________________________ Syslog mailing list Syslog@lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/syslog
