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Re: [netmod] AD review of draft-ietf-netmod-system-mgmt

Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com> Tue, 10 December 2013 19:07 UTC

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Hi -

>From: Randy Presuhn <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>
>Sent: Dec 10, 2013 10:55 AM
>To: Juergen Schoenwaelder <j.schoenwaelder@jacobs-university.de>, Martin Bjorklund <mbj@tail-f.com>
>Cc: randy_presuhn@mindspring.com, netmod@ietf.org
>Subject: Re: [netmod] AD review of draft-ietf-netmod-system-mgmt
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>I really like this idea, though I'm not sure which of the various
>ways of doing escape sequences would be most helpful.  For example,
>the &#mumble; convention of HTML would also be a possibility.  But
>whatever the mechanism, I think something like this would be a huge
>win.  (Note that there are obnoxious corner cases, such as the SNMP
>interface being used to configure an sequence which would, if interpreted
>as an escape, result in a forbidden or impossible code point.)  Still,
>I really like this idea.

To elaborate slightly: I like this idea as the basis for
a standardized approach (*not* merely a "MAY") to be used
whenever practical for migrating ASCII-only SNMP objects
intended for human consumption.

Randy

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