[50043] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: No one behind the wheel at WorldCom
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Vadim Antonov)
Tue Jul 16 07:56:20 2002
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 04:55:42 -0700 (PDT)
From: Vadim Antonov <avg@exigengroup.com>
To: Pedro R Marques <roque@sbcglobal.net>
Cc: <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <3D33E69D.5030703@sbcglobal.net>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> I would still contend that the number 1 issue is how you do express
> the policy to the routing code. One could potentially attempt to
> recognise the primary key is a route-map/policy-statement and compile
> it as you suggest. It is an idea that ends up being tossed up in the
> air frequently, but would that solve anything ?
Actually, expressing RP on per-router basis is kind of silly, and an
artifact of enterprise-box mentality. A useful design would allow
formulation of RP for the entire network with subsequent synchronization
of routers with the policy repository.
> Is there the ability in the backend systems to manage that effectivly
> and if so is text interface via the CLI the most apropriate API ?
Cisco-style CLI is extremely annoying and silly. There's no useful way to
perform a switch-over to a new config, and there's no good way to compare
two config and produce applicable difference.
That said, I think a well-designed CLI is a powerful thing, and can be
used to integrate routers with provider-specific NMSes.
--vadim
