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authorRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2012-12-17 14:46:31 +0100
committerRainer Gerhards <rgerhards@adiscon.com>2012-12-17 14:46:31 +0100
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doc: mention omudpspoof message size limits
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<ul>
<li><b>IPv6</b> is currently not supported. If you need this capability, please let us
know via the rsyslog mailing list.
+<li>Versions shipped prior to rsyslog 7.2.5 do not support message sizes over 1472 bytes (more
+pricesely: over the network-supported MTU). Starting with 7.2.5, those messages will be
+fragmented, up to a total upper limit of 64K (induced by UDP). Message sizes over
+64K will be truncated. For older versions, messages over 1472 may be totally discarded
+or truncated, depending on version and environment.
</ul>
<p><b>Sample:</b></p>
<p>The following sample forwards all syslog messages in standard form to the