SYSLOG patent?

All,

European Patent EP1881668 published on 01/23/2008 is
entitled "THE METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR
TRANSFERRING SYSLOG MESSAGE" and assigned to Huawei
Technologies Co., Ltd of China.

http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP1881668.html

Excerpt "The protection scope of this invention,
however, is not limited to the above description. Any
modification or substitution, within the technical
scope disclosed by this invention, easily occurring to
those skilled in the art should be covered by the
protection scope of this invention. Therefore, the
protection scope of the present invention should be
determined according to claims."

Anyone care to comment on the implications?

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A N Ananth
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