On the (un)reliability of plain tcp syslog... - Rainer Gerhards

Rainer Gerhards Tech Enthusiast. Nature Lover. Computer Geek. rsyslog lead developer. Did you ever use TCP to transfer syslog reliably? And do you think that makes you immune against message loss? If so, it’s time to think again. There is a subtle, yet important problem with plain tcp syslog. It is a very simple protocol and it works without any app-level acknowledgment. Well, “why care”, you may

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確かにアプリケーションレベルのACKがないただのTCP転送syslogに信頼性は無いんだけど、だからといってRELP使ってるって人どれぐらい居るんだろう。