Re: text format of configurations

[john heasley <heas@shrubbery.net>]

Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:11:35AM -0400, Joe Provo:
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 12:04:45AM -0700, Bill Woodcock wrote:
> [snip]
> heas> - it MUST be possible to determine the FULL configuration of a box.  
> heas>   ie: NO hidden "defaults".  if 'ip directed-broadcast' is the 
> heas>   default, a 'show config' option MUST exist that will display that 
> heas>   in the o/p (ascii or XML).
> 
> > Hmmm.  In principle I like this, but it could get awfully bulky awfully
> > fast.  There are a _lot_ of defaults in some configs.  Perhaps required
> > support for a "super verbose" version of "show config"?  Something like
> > "show config full" or "show config all"?
>  
> Perhaps verbosity to be set a la the suggested verbosity in the 
> communications protocol itself; modal action where vendor- (or hardware-
> or software-version-) implicit defaults were expressed or supressed until
> toggled the other way? CF 'verbose' in the old infocom games... :-)
> 
> This also gives a potential point for a 'complicance' (or

> 'legacy-compatibility') toggle. Some vendors may be highly resistant to
> breaking/reworking their internally-developed tools. Akin to 'aaa
> new-model' & its lack in cisco-land, "output (legacy|ietf|ietf-verbose)"?

they will be very energetic, if say, folks stop buying because it is
not "compliant".