Universal forwarder, can a Splunk 5.0.5 forwarder forward to Splunk 6.0 indexer?
Yes! You can also have a v6 forwarder forward to a Splunk 5 indexer!
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Forwarding/Compatibilitybetweenforwardersandindexers
Yes! You can also have a v6 forwarder forward to a Splunk 5 indexer!
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0/Forwarding/Compatibilitybetweenforwardersandindexers