Does Syslog really have a 1KB message limit?

Question

It seems Syslog has a 1KB message limit. Is this hardcoded into the Syslog protocol, or is this a parameter that can be set for each server?

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Answer 1

From my reading of the syslog protocol spec (well, draft standard), message packets can't be more than 1KiB, but (using a fragmentation feature) messages can be. RFC 5424, however, says message size depends on transport, but is at least 480 octets.