Yo Ian! On Fri, 28 Apr 2017 16:17:29 -0500 Ian Bruene via devel <devel@ntpsec.org> wrote:
> assert: the daemon name should be ntpsnmpd
Sure.
> assert: both ipv4 and ipv6 should be implemented
Yes.
> assert: if both exist, they should be bound at the same time
If yu bind to the IPv6, you get the IPv4 for free. No need to bind both.
> assert: the port(s) should be choosable
Yes, but default to the snmp port in /etc/services.
> assert: security should be optional
I would want default, but that that can't work without a default passwowrd,
which is worse...
> The need for pysnmp is obvious, and has already been discussed. pysmi
> is by the same author, and is an MIB compiler for pysnmp.
To start with, yes. Once you get it running may may chnage your minde.
> python-daemon is an implementation of PEP 3143. According to the PEP
> and other
> info getting a daemon right is finicky, python-daemon exists to
> handle that.
Daemonizing is at most a dozen lines of code. Play with it, but
you will likely decide that it is too trivial to add as a dependency.
RGDS
GARY
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