[syslog-ng] Bug: Numeric digits stripped from source hostname and time mangled.

[Evan Rempel]

Christopher Cashell wrote:
> [Apologies if this has been reported before, but I couldn't find any
> mention of it.  Also, my apologies if this shows up twice.  I sent it 
> yesterday, but after 24 hours, it hasn't hit the list yet, so I'm 
> resending.]
> 
> It appears that Syslog-NG 2.0.x (tested with 2.0.9) will mangle 
> originating source hostname when it begins numerically hostnames, and 
> this also causes errors with date/time handling.

The RFC specifies that host names can not start with a digit.
If you have control over these host names, you should change them.
If not, then you have to rely on applications handling invalid data, and
thankfully syslog-ng is fairly good at accommodating vendors shortcomings.

Evan.