Re: [Netconf] xml start directive with ssh

[Andy Bierman <andy at netconfcentral.com>]

Kent Watsen wrote:
> 
> Wes Hardaker wrote:
>> AB> I think the NETCONF subsystem should only send and receive
>> AB> XML instance documents.  I would be surprised if any implementations
>> AB> accepted arbitrary garbage text at any time.
>>

This falls into the category of insane stuff
nobody is going to bother with, except somebody
writing a test to see if every little nit that
can be wrung out of the spec is followed.

Interoperability is achieved through common need.
The more complicated and less common the standard is,
the lower the interoperability will be.


>> I do agree that it would be a much cleaner service if we stop trying to
>> do the odd protocol mashing.  If a bis is ever done I agree it should be
>> dropped.
> 
> I don't see anything from this thread in the bis, should it be added now?
> 
> Also, is the consensus that the xml start directive MUST proceed <hello> and MAY proceed <rpc>, <rpc-reply>, and <notification>?
> 

good catch -- probably a bug.
It makes no sense to deviate from XML 1.0
anywhere in the NETCONF protocol.  The XMLDecl
in the prolog is optional, so NETCONF is wrong.

> Thanks,
> Kent
> 
> 


Andy