Re: More BCP: revenge of RS232 and CLIs

[Neal Ziring <nziring@thecouch.ncsc.mil>]

George, Don,

>  Requirement. The device MUST support complete configuration and
> management via an RS232 serial connection.
>
> X.y.3 Software flow control?
> Do we need to stipulate vt100/ansi/nansi terminal support?

I agree with Don that serial console access should be
a 'MUST' statement.  Perhaps statements about software
flow control, adjustable baud rate, and ANSI terminal
support can be 'SHOULD' statements?

Also, I think RS-232 was official revised to "EIA232E" in
1991.  The standard is available here:
http://www.camiresearch.com/Data_Com_Basics/standards.html#anchor774516

BTW, if you refer to RS-232 serial connection as a MUST,
does that imply you have to include a reference to the
relevant standard?  I think it might.

Oops, low battery, gotta go...

...nz