A possibly stupid question: is there some reason why this couldn't/shouldn't be done w/syslog? > -----Original Message----- > From: i-d-announce-bounces@xxxxxxxx [mailto:i-d-announce- > bounces@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Internet-Drafts@xxxxxxxx > Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 2:15 AM > To: i-d-announce@xxxxxxxx > Subject: I-D Action:draft-gurbani-sipping-clf-00.txt > > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts > directories. > > Title : The Common Log File (CLF) format for the > Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) > Author(s) : V. Gurbani, et al. > Filename : draft-gurbani-sipping-clf-00.txt > Pages : 17 > Date : 2009-02-02 > > Well-known web servers such as Apache and web proxies like Squid > support event logging using a common log format. The logs produced > using these de-facto standard formats are invaluable to system > administrators for trouble-shooting a server and tool writers to craft > tools that mine the log files and produce reports and trends. > Furthermore, these log files can also be used to train anomaly > detection systems and feed events into a security event management > system. The Session Initiation Protocol does not have a common log > format, and as a result, each server supports a distinct log format > that makes it unnecessarily complex to produce tools to do trend > analysis and security detection. We propose a common log file format > for SIP servers that can be used uniformly for proxies, registrars, > redirect servers as well as back-to-back user agents. > > A URL for this Internet-Draft is: > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-gurbani-sipping-clf-00.txt > > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP at: > ftp://ftp.ietf.org/internet-drafts/ > > Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader > implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the > Internet-Draft. _______________________________________________ Sipping mailing list https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sipping This list is for NEW development of the application of SIP Use sip-implementors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx for questions on current sip Use sip@xxxxxxxx for new developments of core SIP