I've looked at the -11 draft that just came out and it's fine.
I understand that the document has been deferred from this week's
agenda, so if I'm asked to review it again the answer will
be "Ready".

Regards
   Brian

On 19/01/2014 11:37, Brian E Carpenter wrote:
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> Document: draft-ietf-netmod-system-mgmt-10.txt
> Reviewer: Brian Carpenter
> Review Date: 2014-01-19
> IETF LC End Date: 2014-01-22
> IESG Telechat date: 2014-01-23
> 
> Summary:  Almost ready
> --------
> 
> Comments:
> ---------
> 
> Since the version hasn't been updated yet I haven't changed the
> review, but the authors' proposed changes are fine. Please
> let me know if the -11 version comes out before the telechat.
> 
> I haven't checked the yang syntax in detail. At first glance,
> it looks good.
> 
> 
> Minor Issues:
> ------------
> 
> "2.1.  System Identification
> 
>    There are many common properties used to identify devices, operating
>    systems, software versions, etc. that need to be supported in the
>    system data module.  These objects are defined as operational state
>    data and the information returned by the server is intended to be
>    specific to the device vendor."
> 
> Does "server" mean the NETCONF server?
> 
> "2.2.  System Time Management
> 
>    The management of the date and time used by the system need to be
>    supported.  Use of one or more NTP servers to automatically set the
>    system date and time need to be possible.  Utilization of the
>    Timezone database [RFC6557] also need to be supported.  It should be
>    possible for the server, as well as clients, to configure the system
>    to use NTP."
> 
> Again, does this mean the NETCONF server? Also, which clients? This is
> the first time the document mentions clients.
> 
> "2.3.  User Authentication
> 
> ...It should be possible for the server, as well as
>    clients, to configure the system authentication properties."
> 
> Same comment as for 2.2. Also, how does the network administrator enforce
> a specific strength of authentication? It seems as though the clients can
> choose to downgrade security.
> 
> "2.4.  DNS Resolver
> 
>    The configuration of the DNS resolver within the system containing
>    the NETCONF server is required to control how domain names are
>    resolved."
> 
> This is very hard to parse and could mean several things. Does it
> mean that it MUST be possible to configure the DNS resolver?
> (And I wonder what happens if the device is running mDNS?)
> 
> "3.6.  System Control
> 
>    The following operations are defined:
> 
>       set-current-datetime
>       system-restart
>       system-shutdown"
> 
> My reaction is that this is a very limited set of operations. For example
> how about system standby (enter power-saving mode)? Yes, I know that
> creates the problem of how to wake the system up again, but there are
> solutions to that problem (e.g. polling). I can imagine many vendor-specific
> extensions in this area, too.
> 
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