-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 12/07/2010 12:36 PM, Stephen Morris wrote: > At the WG meeting in Beijing, the somewhat inconclusive discussion on a > nameserver control protocol was ended by the suggestion that the authors of > the two drafts discussed should write a short piece discussing the pros and > cons of their proposals and post it to the list. This is that piece for > draft-dickinson-dnsop-nameserver-control. > > > Pros > 1) A standard data model > This was one of the requirements identified in > draft-ietf-nameserver-management-reqs and is the core of NSCP. If a > sufficiently complete model covering a reasonable number of nameservers can > be identified, it will be possible for even basic clients to perform a useful > set of functions. >
It has been said (perhaps by you) that perhaps we ought to think about splitting up the data model and the protocol. I'm not sure about the advantage of that (well, apart from doc length), but thought i'd mention it. > 2) Use of a standard protocol > Use of NETCONF provides the necessary protocol superstructure to support > remote management of nameservers. Amongst other things it provides: <snip> > > Cons > 1) No mechanism for automatically copying configuration from one nameserver > to another. > especially missing for that is a classification of what is considered 'local' and 'general', if such a classification can be made at all > > Work Required > At present, the data model is still rudimentary. Detailed attributes still > need to be defined for each entity, in particular for the "DNSSEC Policy" > object. As a way forward, the first step should be to concentrate on refining > the data model. > +1 Two more things, I've also heard complaints about Netconf/yang being overkill, do we know if this is about netconf, yang, or both? Related to that, someone proposed a RESTful protocol, but noone made a specific proposal for that. Should we try to get someone to do that? :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk0F3nsACgkQ4nZCKsdOncX+LwCgwGDSWkIVLl8ZRRZj/zS+0js4 P3EAn2ewDxv4zmXvogi0Sue6QFZPc5r3 =hX74 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ DNSOP mailing list DNSOP@ietf.org https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dnsop
