Hi all, after I listened to Juergen's presentation in the CORE working group at the last IETF meeting about 'constrained management' I was wondering about the following aspect:
More and more devices (specifically IoT devices) come with a built-in software update mechanism (even at different levels). For example, you can see firmware update mechanisms, the ability to update individual files (if there is a file system), or package managers being used. The configuration data and the code is often treated in the same way and also updated using the same style (to better deal with the constrained nature of these devices). I am wondering what the role of traditional network management protocols actually is. Why would I add, let's say, SNMP to my IoT device to configure the device or to retrieve sensor information when I anyway have to provide a software update mechanism together with some application layer protocol (like CoAP)? Ciao Hannes
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