[LOG4J2-263] RFC5424 Layout (and Syslog Layout) uses platform encoding when no charset is specified in configuration

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0-beta6
• Fix Version/s: 2.0-beta7
• Component/s: Appenders, Core
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Remko Popma
• Created: 16/May/13 23:07
• Updated: 30/May/13 17:16
• Resolved: 30/May/13 17:16

Description

RFC5424 seems to require UTF-8 or US-ASCII as the character encoding.
Should the 'charset' attribute be removed so that this is no longer configurable?

Is there any specification for the Syslog format?

See also discussion here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-255?focusedCommentId=13659559&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-13659559