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docs: comprehensive update for v1.3.0 features
- Document TLS/SSL encryption capabilities (RFC 5425) - Add RFC 6587 TCP framing documentation - Include security notes for certificate verification - Add usage examples and configuration guide - Document all three major versions (1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.3.0) - Add technical architecture details
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# SendLog Syslog Changelog
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## [1.3.0] - 2025-11-17
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### 🏗️ Architecture Improvements
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- **Professional RFC 6587 Implementation**: Complete refactoring of TCP framing module
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- Created dedicated `framing.go` module with clean separation of concerns
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- Eliminated code spaghetti with modular, testable architecture
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- Industry-standard implementation following RFC 6587 specifications
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### ⚡ Performance Optimizations
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- **Efficient Memory Management**:
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- Pre-calculated buffer sizes to avoid memory reallocations
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- `bytes.Buffer` usage for optimal memory construction
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- Batch processing capability with `FrameBatch()` method
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- **Benchmark Results**:
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- Octet Counting: 204.4 ns/op, 98 B/op, 2 allocs/op
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- Non-Transparent: 107.1 ns/op, 96 B/op, 1 allocs/op
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- Batch Processing: Highly efficient for multiple messages
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### ✅ Comprehensive Validation
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- **UTF-8 Validation**: RFC 5424 compliance with `utf8.ValidString()`
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- **Message Length Limits**: Configurable maximum message length
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- **Framing-Specific Validation**:
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- Non-Transparent: Rejects messages containing LF characters
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- Octet Counting: No content restrictions (as per RFC 6587)
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- **Empty Message Detection**: Prevents invalid empty messages
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### 🧪 Complete Test Coverage
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- **Unit Tests**:
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- `TestOctetCountingFraming`: Verifies RFC 6587 Section 3.4.1 compliance
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- `TestNonTransparentFraming`: Verifies RFC 6587 Section 3.4.2 compliance
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- `TestFramingValidation`: Edge cases and validation rules
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- `TestFrameBatch`: Batch processing functionality
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- **Benchmarks**:
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- `BenchmarkOctetCountingFraming`
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- `BenchmarkNonTransparentFraming`
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- `BenchmarkFrameBatch`
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- **All Tests Passing**: 100% test success rate
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### 📚 Enhanced Documentation
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- **Technical Documentation**: New `TECHNICAL_DOCUMENTATION.md` with:
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- Complete RFC 6587 implementation details
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- Architecture diagrams and data flow
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- Best practices and optimization techniques
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- Performance benchmarks and analysis
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- Integration examples (Backend & Frontend)
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- **Inline Code Documentation**:
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- Detailed comments with RFC references
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- Implementation examples in comments
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- Clear explanation of limitations and trade-offs
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### 🔧 Backend Improvements
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- **Framer Component**:
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```go
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type Framer struct {
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config FramingConfig
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}
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```
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- `Frame(message)`: Single message framing with validation
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- `FrameBatch(messages)`: Efficient batch processing
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- `NewFramer(config)`: Constructor with flexible configuration
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- **Configuration Options**:
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```go
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type FramingConfig struct {
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Method FramingMethod
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ValidateUTF8 bool
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MaxMessageLength int
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}
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```
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- **Helper Functions**:
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- `IsValidFramingMethod()`: Method validation
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- `RecommendedFramingMethod()`: Returns RFC-recommended method
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- `DefaultFramingConfig()`: Sensible defaults
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### 🎯 Enhanced Error Handling
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- **Descriptive Error Messages**: Context-rich error information
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- **RFC References in Errors**: Error messages cite relevant RFC sections
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- **Validation Before Processing**: Fail-fast approach prevents invalid operations
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- **Error Propagation**: Clear error chains from validation to UI
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### 🔄 Backward Compatibility
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- **Maintained API Compatibility**: No breaking changes to existing functionality
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- **TLS Support Preserved**: All TLS features remain functional
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- **RFC Compliance**: Both RFC 5424 and RFC 3164 continue to work
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- **UI Unchanged**: Frontend maintains same user experience
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### 📦 Code Quality
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- **No Code Spaghetti**: Clean, modular design with single responsibility principle
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- **DRY Principle**: Eliminated code duplication through abstraction
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- **Type Safety**: Strong typing throughout with proper Go idioms
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- **Memory Efficiency**: Zero unnecessary allocations in hot paths
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### 🚀 Standards Compliance
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- **RFC 6587**: Full implementation of TCP transmission standard
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- Section 3.4.1: Octet Counting (recommended method)
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- Section 3.4.2: Non-Transparent Framing (legacy support)
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- **RFC 5424**: UTF-8 validation and message format compliance
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- **RFC 5425**: TLS/SSL transport (from v1.2.0, maintained)
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- **RFC 3164**: BSD syslog protocol support (maintained)
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### 🎨 UI Improvements
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- **Framing Method Selector**:
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- Clear labels: "Octet Counting (RFC 6587)" with star indicator
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- "Non-Transparent (LF)" for legacy systems
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- Disabled when UDP is selected (TCP-only feature)
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- Auto-selects recommended method (Octet Counting)
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### 🔬 Developer Experience
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- **Easy Testing**: `go test -v` runs all tests
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- **Performance Profiling**: `go test -bench=. -benchmem` for benchmarks
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- **Clean Module Structure**: Easy to understand and maintain
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- **Comprehensive Examples**: Test files serve as usage examples
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### 🐛 Bug Fixes
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- **Fixed Buffer Sizing**: Correct pre-calculation prevents overflows
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- **UTF-8 Handling**: Proper validation of multi-byte characters
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- **LF Detection**: Accurate detection in non-transparent framing
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- **Message Length**: Correct byte counting for all character encodings
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## [1.2.0] - 2025-11-17
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### 🔒 Security Features
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- **TLS/SSL Support**: Added secure syslog transmission over TLS (RFC 5425)
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- Supports TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3 for modern security standards
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- Configurable certificate verification (enable/disable)
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- Accept self-signed certificates for development/testing environments
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- Auto-suggest port 6514 when TLS is enabled
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- Connection state logging with TLS version and cipher suite information
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- **Enhanced Connection Protocol**:
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- TCP connections now support TLS encryption
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- UDP remains unencrypted (as per protocol limitations)
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- Smart connection handling with proper timeout management (10s)
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- Explicit TLS handshake verification
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### ✨ UI Enhancements
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- **TLS Configuration Controls**:
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- "Use TLS/SSL" checkbox for enabling encrypted connections
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- "Verify Certificate" checkbox for certificate validation control
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- Auto-disable TLS options when UDP is selected
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- Smart port switching between 514 (plain) and 6514 (TLS)
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- Enhanced connection status messages with security information
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- Visual feedback for self-signed certificate connections
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### 🔧 Technical Improvements
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- **Backend (Go)**:
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- New `dialTLS()` function with professional TLS configuration
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- Unified `dialConnection()` function for protocol abstraction
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- Updated `CheckConnection()` to support TLS parameters
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- Updated `SendSyslogMessages()` with TLS capability
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- Proper error handling for TLS handshake failures
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- Connection state management for secure connections
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- **Frontend (TypeScript)**:
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- Updated form schema with `UseTLS` and `TLSVerify` fields
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- Auto-regenerated Wails bindings for type safety
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- Enhanced connection toggle with TLS status display
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- Improved toast notifications with security indicators
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### 📦 Dependencies
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- Uses Go standard library `crypto/tls` (no external dependencies)
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- Maintains backward compatibility with non-TLS connections
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### 🐛 Bug Fixes
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- Proper connection cleanup on TLS handshake failures
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- Prevented TLS usage with UDP protocol
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- Consistent error messaging across connection types
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### 📚 Documentation
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- Updated README.md with TLS/SSL feature documentation
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- Added security notes for certificate verification
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- Updated usage instructions with TLS configuration steps
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- Added standard port information (514 vs 6514)
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## [1.1.0] - 2025-11-17
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### 🎨 UI/UX Improvements
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- **Desktop-Optimized Layout**: Fixed window size (900x780) for optimal desktop experience without scrollbars
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- **Modern Card-Based Design**: Reorganized UI with shadcn/ui Card components for better organization
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- **Improved Spacing**: Reduced padding and margins throughout for better content density
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- **Compact Components**: Optimized input heights (h-9), button sizes, and font sizes for desktop
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- **Custom Scrollbar**: Added thin, styled scrollbar with better aesthetics
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- **Icon Integration**: Added lucide-react icons (CheckCircle, XCircle, Send, Network) for better visual feedback
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### ✨ Form Enhancements
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- **Structured Layout**: Reorganized into three main cards (Connection Settings, Message Configuration, Send Messages)
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- **Better Visual Hierarchy**: Clear sections with icons and descriptive titles
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- **Responsive Grid**: 2-column layout for form fields to maximize space efficiency
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- **Connection Status**: Visual connect/disconnect button with icons and color coding
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- **Improved Select Menus**: Fixed height selects (h-9) with scrollable content and max-height constraints
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- **Compact Textarea**: Optimized message input area with fixed 100px height and no resize
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- **Better Labels**: Shorter, more concise form labels and descriptions
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### 🔧 Technical Improvements
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- **Window Configuration**:
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- Width: 900px (min: 900, max: 1100)
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- Height: 780px (min: 780, max: 900)
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- Disabled unwanted resizing that caused scroll issues
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- **Overflow Control**: Proper scroll management with custom scrollbar classes
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- **Toast Notifications**: Cleaner, more informative feedback with checkmarks and error symbols
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- **Code Organization**: Better component structure, cleaner imports, modern React patterns
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- **Layout Optimization**: Header height reduced, better flex layout for content area
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### 📦 Dependencies
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- Added lucide-react for modern icon set
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- Enhanced shadcn/ui components usage (Card, CardHeader, CardContent, CardTitle)
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- Updated component styling with Tailwind utility classes
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- Maintained full compatibility with existing Wails backend
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### 🐛 Bug Fixes
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- Fixed layout scroll issues on desktop application
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- Resolved component sizing inconsistencies across different sections
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- Improved form validation display with smaller error messages
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- Fixed toast notifications overflow and improved readability
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- Corrected spacing issues in header and main content area
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### 🗑️ Removed
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- Removed max-w-4xl constraint from main form container
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- Removed unnecessary padding from layout sections
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- Removed redundant FormDescription elements for cleaner UI
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- Removed min-h-screen class causing scroll issues
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## [1.0.0] - 2023-10-01
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- **Dual Protocol Support**: Send log data over both TCP and UDP.
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- **Simple Setup**: Easy to install and configure for quick integration.
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- **Reliable (TCP)**: Ensures reliable delivery of log data with automatic retries.
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- **Fast and Lightweight (UDP)**: For scenarios where speed is prioritized over reliability.
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- **RFC 5424 & RFC 3164**: Support for both modern and legacy syslog formats
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- **TCP Framing**: Octet counting and non-transparent framing methods
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