Message Size

• Currently -protocol specifies a max size of 1280 octets (well... it should... due to rush-editing to meet the meeting deadline, I accidently deleted that paragraph – sorry)

• Currently discusssed is if we should NOT set an upper limit and leave it to the transport mapping to specify how large messages are transmitted.

  • pro: keeps -protocol clean and really transport-ignorant
  • con: I personally have the “feeling” that this is not in the “spirit” of the original syslog protocol (and will eventually complicate things – in most cases, messages are very short...)