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Reliable Delivery for syslog

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Network Working Group                                             D. New
Request for Comments: 3195                                       M. Rose
Category: Standards Track                   Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.
                                                           November 2001


                      Reliable Delivery for syslog

Status of this Memo

   This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
   Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
   improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
   Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
   and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

   Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2001).  All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

   The BSD Syslog Protocol describes a number of service options related
   to propagating event messages.  This memo describes two mappings of
   the syslog protocol to TCP connections, both useful for reliable
   delivery of event messages.  The first provides a trivial mapping
   maximizing backward compatibility.  The second provides a more
   complete mapping.  Both provide a degree of robustness and security
   in message delivery that is unavailable to the usual UDP-based syslog
   protocol, by providing encryption and authentication over a
   connection-oriented protocol.




















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