On 5/30/13 1:04 AM, Michal 'vorner' Vaner wrote: > Hello > > I'm working with protocol called NetConf (RFC 6241) now. The protocol can be > used to configure devices remotely over something more standardized than web > interface or ssh & command line utilities (which is good for people but not > for > automated scripts). > > The protocol uses XML messages and defines several transport layers to work on > top of (SSH, TLS socket, …). It seems like a reasonable idea to define a > transport over XMPP, which has several advantages (like you don't need 1000 > ssh > sessions to configure 1000 devices on your client, there's single point where > we > could define who is allowed to do the configuration, etc). > > Also, it could be used to configure software as well (XMPP bots, for example), > with possibly better UI than the ad-hoc commands. > > I brought the idea with my boss today that I'd like to do write the XEP and > some > experimental implementation. I got an answer in the meaning of „That sounds > like > a cool idea, though we need to finish the current project first“. > > So, I will probably find the time to write the proposal XEP some time in the > future. But if anyone is interested in a way to configure something remotely > (either a device or a software), please contact me, we may want to exchange > some > ideas.
This does sound interesting (I'm somewhat familiar with NetConf from my days at the IETF) and I'd at least be willing to review the spec. Peter -- Peter Saint-Andre https://stpeter.im/
