> >In theory there's no reason multicast SYSLOG shouldn't work. >The packet >format doesn't need to change and you just need to bind to a multicast >socket. I haven't any idea how implementations will currently behave. > >But you're addressing two separate problems- distribution and >reliability. Reliability is addressed with SYSLOG/BEEP, which >I believe >is a Proposed Standard (RFC 3195). > Part of the reliability standard is TCP based. Hence, multicast is not Supported. On the UDP side, it can be done. Thanks, Atul _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf