Status around November 2003

• RFC 3164, 3195, syslog-sign and -international each specify message format, transport specifics and on top of that some specific functionality.

• Each RFC/ID makes slight changes to the format, so there are minor inconsistencies.

• This makes it hard to

  • support all standards in a single program
  • e.g. transport a syslog-sign message over a 3195 channel
  • build relay chains with different RFCs “in them”