Re: Whitepaper on XML-based Network Management

[Randy Bush <randy@psg.com>]

> - SNMP is great for simple jobs, but gets cumbersome and inefficient
> for more complex tasks. Comments on ops-nm echo this.
> - Expect is the tool of choice for a large number of tasks, but
> the lack of control and variability of the responses mean that scripts
> are too fragile and maintenance costs are too large.
> 
> XML-based Network Management (XNM?) gives a better solution than Expect
> for parsing data emitted by a network device

bzzzt!  this is where i derail.  the "snmp does not cut it" discussion
was for device CONFIGURATION, not device -> management-station data.

> For example, XSLT allows a vendor-neutral configuration file to be
> converted into a vendor-specific one.

back on track

> So the question is: Is my sample of network operators off by more than
> one standard deviation?

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

randy