Re: Whitepaper on XML-based Network Management

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

On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 02:51:23PM -0700, Randy Bush wrote:
> bzzzt!  this is where i derail.  the "snmp does not cut it" discussion
> was for device CONFIGURATION, not device -> management-station data.

at the risk of pulling the discussion into yet another direction, managing
N-different vendor specific MIBs is IMO more difficult than managing
N-different DTDs. For collecting "bulk" amounts of data from a network device,
SNMP has problems due to the udp transport that would be nice to get away
from.

> yes.  there are said to be O(10^5) isps out here.  probably O(10^1) do
> automated configuration.

We're hoping that more isps will do automated configuration if they are given
better tools and UI's. I also hope that the O(10^1) that do automated config
are the ones pressing the vendors for these changes...

Adi