Re: Whitepaper on XML-based Network Management

["R.P. Aditya" <aditya@grot.org>]

Hi Phil,

I like where this is going. A few comments:

On Sat, Jul 28, 2001 at 02:57:14AM -0400, Phil Shafer wrote:
> 3.3. Access Mechanisms
> 
>    The JUNOScript API needs only a connection-oriented data path, making
>    it suitable for a number of transport protocols. An ssh, telnet, or
>    serial console connection can easily carry a JUNOScript session. Once
>    a connection is established, the client uses the 'junoscript' command
>    to convert the CLI login into a JUNOScript session.  The client and
>    server exchange the initial handshake described above, after which
>    further communications are in JUNOScript RPCs.

- rather than "junoscript" can it be something vendor/product neutral?
"xmlscript"?

- will the native configuration be stored in XML too? So restoring a failed
machine can simply be copying the XML plaintext config to a new flash card and
inserting it into a new unit?

- Ideally vendors could share a standard DTD/Schema for various subsystems of
their products, ie. an Interfaces DTD which is a superset of IF-MIB but the
tables are more structured. Do you have a JUNOScript DTD in mind/implemented?

- one other request I would have is that certain username/logins automatically
invoke xmlscript mode -- ie. if username is "configurator-xmlscript" etc.

Thanks,
Adi