Re: use of netconf to configure Unix systems

[Eliot Lear <lear@cisco.com>]

McDonald, Ira wrote:
> I can think of no conceivable reason someone would seriously
> want to use Netconf for remote UNIX configuration.  For desktop
> and server end systems, WBEM, WS-Management, and WSDM are the
> plausible and _deployed_ solutions.  The DMTF DMI and DMTF CIM
> models have been used for a decade to configure UNIX, MacOS,
> Windows, and Linux systems.
>   
I think you are looking at the problem as though every UNIX device is a
classical general computing device.  That is really not the case, as
Linksys & Juniper can attest.  Also, it's very early to say exactly how
popular netconf will be and on what platforms it will extend.

Finally I do wish you would answer the question that was asked several
times: if NETCONF is not a good use of well known ports, what is?

Eliot

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