Hi, [as co-chair] This discussion started between Chris and I concerning the remaining charter item of submitting the Syslog Device MIB.
The existing MIB has been rather controversial, and has knobs for configuring syslog using the MIB, when osme implementers say they have no demand for a MIB for syslog, and there has been lots of discussion in the IETF that SNMP is often not the preferred way to do configuration. So we started discussing whether to approach manageability differently. And we are looking for WG input. dbh > -----Original Message----- > From: Juergen Schoenwaelder > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:15 PM > To: Chris Lonvick > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Syslog] Documenting the configuration of syslog > > On Wed, Jan 16, 2008 at 12:59:25PM -0800, Chris Lonvick wrote: > > [...] > > I do not understand whether this is a discussion for re-chartering the > syslog WG or whether this is a discussion to clarify the current > charter or something else. > > Taking the charter question aside for the moment, I personally can see > value in having an information model defined (what are the conceptual > knobs you have and what do they affect in the processing of syslog > messages). I am not sure what the value of trying a standard .conf > file is or whether this is feasible at all. (Like we found out that > traditional syslog implementations are very different, we might find > out that the .conf files that go along with traditional syslog > implementations have a similar degree of differences). > > Turning back to the existing charter, I also note that this WG is in > the security area and one can of course raise the question whether > syslog configuration is a subject for this WG in this area. So perhaps > it is sufficient list the things an implementation needs to know in > order to use the security mechanism and the rest can be left to the > OPSEC WG to work out. > > /js > > -- > Juergen Schoenwaelder Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH > Phone: +49 421 200 3587 Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany > Fax: +49 421 200 3103 <http://www.jacobs-university.de/> > > _______________________________________________ > Syslog mailing list > Syslog@lists.ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/syslog > _______________________________________________ Syslog mailing list Syslog@lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/syslog
