On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:09 AM, Pekka Savola <pekkas@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Oct 2008, The IESG wrote: >> >> The IESG has received a request from the Dynamic Host Configuration WG >> (dhc) to consider the following document: >> >> - 'DHCPv6 Bulk Leasequery ' >> <draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-bulk-leasequery-04.txt> as a Proposed Standard >> >> The IESG plans to make a decision in the next few weeks, and solicits >> final comments on this action. Please send substantive comments to the >> ietf@xxxxxxxx mailing lists by 2008-11-03. Exceptionally, >> comments may be sent to iesg@xxxxxxxx instead. In either case, please >> retain the beginning of the Subject line to allow automated sorting. >> >> The file can be obtained via >> http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dhc-dhcpv6-bulk-leasequery-04.txt > > First there was DHC Leasequery (RFC4388), next DHCv6 Leasequery (RFC5007), now we have DHCv6 Bulk Leasequery. And someone seems to be proposing DHCPv4 bulk leasequery as well (draft-dtv-dhc-dhcpv4-bulk-leasequery). > > RFC4388 S4.2 described reasons why SNMP was deemed inappropriate. And if you look at the reasoning there, some of these are not even valid anymore for bulk leasequeries. I remain unconvinced. A far better solution would seem to be define a smaller MIB just for querying leases so implementing it would be trivial. Bulk leasequeries just underline the fact that SNMP and MIB data models are being reinvented inside DHCP. > > -- > Pekka Savola "You each name yourselves king, yet the > Netcore Oy kingdom bleeds." > Systems. Networks. Security. -- George R.R. Martin: A Clash of Kings I am not an expert on SNMP, but the only way I could imagine that working, would be by using queries for MIBs which would look like this: get <MIB>.<querytype> As the query type can be a relay id, link-address or remote id, this would look a bit strange to me. I know and use SNMP mostly for querying specific, predefined counters or tables, not variable entries in the MIB tree. Also all implementations I know, use UDP not TCP for SNMP queries and replies. The DHCPv6 Bulk Leasquery proposal looks like a logical next step to me. Marcus _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf