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Re: [Syslog] Small draft for Syslog File Storage?

Anton Chuvakin <anton@chuvakin.org> Thu, 11 November 2010 18:48 UTC

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> In what we did, we specified the on-the-wire format. However, we did not
> specify any format to use when persisting syslog data to a file.

How big of a deal is this, really? Now, I don't question that
consistent representation is alway better (whether stored or flying
over the wire),  but that does not seem like a 'top syslog problem'
kinda issue to me.

Storage consistency might be way down on the list of issues that will
make syslog more useful for producers/consumers of the data - while
still allow the changes to be adopted....

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