Subject: Re: [Netconf] Obsoleting Netconf over SOAP(RFC4743)/BEEP(RFC4744)

From: Benoit Claise <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:25:51 +0100

Bert,

[sorry for the delay in replying]

In Cisco IOS, we have an implementation of NETCONF over BEEP, but we are 
in the process of deprecating that feature.

Regards, Benoit.
>
> Response requested from all WG participants by December 15th 2011.
>
> During our meeting at IETF82, the question was raised if
> we should consider to obsolete (and make HISTORIC) 2 of
> the NETCONF transport protocols:
>
> - RFC4743 - Netconf over SOAP
> - RFC4744 - Netconf over BEEP
>
> It was noted, that they are currently at PS (Proposed Standard),
> but that they have a normative reference to the obsoleted Netconf
> Protocol (RFC4741). They cannot just depend on the new RFC6241
> without being updated to also support the :base:1.1 capability,
> specifically:
>
>    o  Introduced a NETCONF username and a requirement for transport
>       protocols to explain how a username is derived.
>
> One option would be to do a revision of those 2 RFCs (similar
> to the revision of RFC6242 (which obsoleted RFC4742) and
> rfc5539-bis work.
>
> However, it seems that as a WG, we should ONLY consider that
> option IF:
>
> 1 - There are multiple implementations
> 2 - There is real production deployment
> 3 - There are multiple people in the WG who want to work
>     on such a revision.
> 4 - The existing implementations (if any) are also willing
>     to implement such a revision
>
> Without that, it seems that OBSOLETING is the best path forward.
>
> We (WG chairs) propose that the default path forward will be
> to obsolete RFC4743 and RFC4744.
>
> Anyone opposing that, please speak up asap but do so
> BEFORE December 15.
>
> And, if you do object, then please include answers to
> the 4 IFs above.
>
> Anyone in support of "obsoleting RFC4743 and RFC4744",
> please let us know by December 15 as well. It is good to
> also know that we have indeed WG consensus on this.
>
> The editors/authors of the documents have been (bbc) copied.
>
> Bert and Mehmet.
>
>
>
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