[Syslog] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5424 (5010)

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Subject: [Syslog] [Technical Errata Reported] RFC5424 (5010)
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The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5424,
"The Syslog Protocol".

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You may review the report below and at:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid5010

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Type: Technical
Reported by: Job Snijders <job@ntt.net>

Section: 8.1

Original Text
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This document guards against the technical issues outlined in UTR36 by
REQUIRING "shortest form" encoding for syslog applications.

Corrected Text
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"Shortest Form" encoding is REQUIRED for syslog applications to guard
against the technical issues outlined in UTR36.

Notes
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"REQUIRING" is not a RFC 2119 keyword.

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RFC5424 (draft-ietf-syslog-protocol-23)
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Title               : The Syslog Protocol
Publication Date    : March 2009
Author(s)           : R. Gerhards
Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
Source              : Security Issues in Network Event Logging
Area                : Security
Stream              : IETF
Verifying Party     : IESG