The IESG has received a request from the Security Issues in Network Event Logging WG (syslog) to consider the following documents: - 'Transmission of syslog messages over UDP ' <draft-ietf-syslog-transport-udp-08.txt> as a Proposed Standard - 'The syslog Protocol ' <draft-ietf-syslog-protocol-19.txt> as a Proposed Standard The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the ietf@ietf.org mailing lists by 2007-02-14. Exceptionally, comments may be sent to iesg@ietf.org instead. In either case, please retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. In order to add security services to the syslog protocol, the syslog working group has undertaken the task of formally specifying the format of syslog messages and transports. Their solution is neither fully backward nor forward compatible with syslog implementations deployed today. RFC 3164 and Appendix A of draft-ietf-syslog-protocol discuss the compatibility issue and the working group's decision in this matter at length. The IETF community is encouraged to review this discussion as well as the chartering discussion that codified this decision in the syslog charter. Major changes include the addition of structured data to syslog messages and the addition of a mandatory secure transport. The file can be obtained via http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-syslog-transport-udp-08.txt http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-syslog-protocol-19.txt IESG discussion can be tracked via https://datatracker.ietf.org/public/pidtracker.cgi?command=view_id&dTag=11213&rfc_flag=0 _______________________________________________ IETF-Announce@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf-announce
