NETCONF Protocol

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NETCONF Protocol

• IETF 61 Washington, DC
• Rob Enns (rpe_at_juniper.net)

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NETCONF Protocol Draft

• Current is draft-ietf-netconf-prot-04
• Agenda
• draft-04 changes

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draft-04 changes

• Add detailed description of subtree filtering
  (issue 14.1.2)
• Add type attribute on filter element (issue 14.1)
• Add xpath capability (issue 14.1)
• Update security considerations (action from IETF
  60)
• Add default-operation parameter to ltedit-configgt
  (action from IETF 60)
• lttargetgt is now a mandatory parameter for ltlockgt
  and ltunlockgt. There is no default target (action
  from IETF 60)
• ltrpc-replygt for ltget-configgt returns ltdatagt
  element, not ltconfiggt element (issue 14.1)
• Remove XML schema for NETCONF state data (action
  from IETF 60)

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draft-04 changes

• Correct namespace handling a number of examples.
  The fix is to put the device's configuration
  under a top level tag called lttopgt which is in
  the device's namespace
• Remove XML usage guidelines. Add a section on XML
  considerations covering the NETCONF namespace and
  no DTD restriction (action from IETF 60).
• Update and reformat protocol XSD
• Fix ltedit-configgt examples in Appendix D
• Use message-id 101 everywhere
• Typo change confirmed-timeout -gt confirm-timeout
  in XSD
• Typo correct misnaming of test-option parameter
  in text for the validate capability