Chris, Chris Lonvick wrote: > Hi Folks, > > The discussion came up about the use of the Facilities in the > -syslog-tc-mib document; are they normative or non-normative. David and > I discussed this and have concluded that they are normative to the > version of the protocol that we are now discussing. That may be changed > in the future but we can't predict that. However, the fact remains that > the Facility really can't always pinpoint the source of the content of > the message. Then on page 5 of syslogMIB-TC the statement "Facility and Severity values are not normative but often used." will need to be deleted - is that correct ? > > We've had a lot of discussion during the life of this WG about the > Facilities. The WG chose to keep the old Facilities and add more > information in each syslog message through the APP-NAME field in the > header. Even more information can be added through the SDE of > "software" in the "origin" SD-ID. (The APP-NAME is REQUIRED but may be > nill, whereas the "software" SDE is OPTIONAL.) This information should > be used to clarify the origin of the content of the message. > > Glenn: Please insert something similar to this in the Introduction part > of -syslog-tc-mib. > > The Facilities used in the syslog protocol have been useful in > qualifying the originator of the content of the messages but in > some cases they are not specific enough to explicitly identify the > source. Implementations of the syslog protocol that contain Structured > Data Elements (SDEs) should use these SDEs to clarify the entity that > originated the content of the message. >
Then we will need a reference to the syslog protocol document for SDE. Is that correct ? > (Efforts at wordsmithing this will be appreciated. :-) > > Also, David is going to find a MIB Doctor to review the next version of > -syslog-tc-mib. If that person finds the document to be clean then we > will have a short WG Last Call, and then we will submit it to the IESG. > > Thanks, > Chris Glenn _______________________________________________ Syslog mailing list Syslog@lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/syslog
