Hi All, We have a proposal available for a new configuration protocol that may be of interest to folks on these lists. The proposal has been published an an I-D, and can be found at: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-enns-xmlconf-spec-00.txt We believe that this proposal addresses many of the operator and vendor requirements for a configuration protocol that have been gathered and analyzed over the past couple of years. We will be requesting a BOF to discuss this proposal in San Francisco, but before a BOF can be scheduled, we will need to demonstrate sufficient community interest in this proposal. So, if you believe that this proposal warrants further work within the IETF, please send your feedback ASAP to xmlconf@ops.ietf.org. Please DO NOT cross-post replies to all of the groups cc:ed on this message. Thanks, Margaret