I am looking to create a C++ socket app that will listen on a port, and receive data from Syslog and Syslog-NG. Is there documentation anywhere about how it will come through the socket?
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I am looking to create a C++ socket app that will listen on a port, and receive data from Syslog and Syslog-NG. Is there documentation anywhere about how it will come through the socket?
Yes, there is. The syslog protocol is described in RFC 5424. According to IANA, it uses
UDP 514.