Syslog Host Field Character Sets

A list of the acceptable characters in an ASCII syslog header.

Acceptable Alpha/Numeric Character Sets
Character Descriptions Examples
Alpha chars, upper or lower case A-Z and a-z
Numbers 0-9
Punctuation at @

underscore _

period .

backslash /

colon :

asterisk *

brackets [ ]

parenthesis ( )

plus +

minus -

space  
tab