There are multiple syslog protocols with multiple variants. The new transport(auto) option of the syslog() source in syslog-ng allows you to support all TCP-based variants with a single source driver. When it comes to syslog, there are many transport options. RFC3164 describes the “legacy” or “BSD” syslog protocol, while RFC5424 refers to the “new” syslog protocol (which is also more than a decade old now… :-) ). RFC5424-formatted messages normally come with framing or octet cou...
