Re: FW: [PEPPERMINT] new BoF proposal

[Andy Bierman <ietf@andybierman.com>]

Eliot Lear wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> I don't understand enough about the requirements for PEPPERMINT to say 
> whether NETCONF is appropriate.  For high volume provisioning perhaps 
> there are better alternatives (for instance, radius and diameter come to 
> mind).  Then again, for low volume device configuration, we'd be right 
> in NETCONF's ballpark.

I sort of disagree.
The volume of changes (i.e., performance issues) can be addressed
in the implementation.

I don't know enough about PEPPERMINT either, but IMO NETCONF
could be used very effectively for provisioning, with some
specialized RPC methods (for performance and ease of use)
and a multi-user locking mechanism.

The protocol already supports arbitrary new RPC methods,
but the 'partial lock' feature is still TBD of course.


Andy

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