cloudfoundry / cloudfoundry/blackbox

Change maximum message size when using UDP protocol to 2KB instead of 1KB

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Description

Based on RFC 5426 section 3.2, "All syslog receivers SHOULD be able to receive datagrams with message sizes of up to and including 2048 octets."

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Research direction

Start by locating the UDP protocol implementation and its current 1KB message-size limit. Use RFC 5426 section 3.2 as the requirement; done means UDP handling supports messages up to 2048 octets instead of 1024.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
networking
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
55/100

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