Re: [IPFIX] Promotion of Enterprise-Specific IEs to IANA IEs
Benoit Claise <[email protected]>
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On 25/09/2012 00:36, Paul Aitken wrote: > Benoit, > >> Instead, just point the collector to the URI with all the >> information. That's way easier for everybody: the exporters and the >> collector. > > My constant point is that there's no way that network operators will > allow this. Time to get the collectors' feedback. We heard from Plixer. We need some more feedback. Chris, since you presented the idea. What are your views? Regards, Benoit. > > Network configuration is locked down, and only changeable during > pre-planned maintenance windows. At such times, only known-good and > pre-tested configurations are rolled out. > > The equivalence option can be tested in isolation in a lab, and the > configuration proven. There's no external influence upon the > configuration. > > Whereas the URI mechanism cannot be tested in isolation because it's > dependent upon the URI content, which could be modified at any time > without notice. > > Also, this introduces a new attack vector upon the collector - ie, by > feeding it malformed or incorrect data through the URI. > > So from a network operator point of view, I wouldn't buy that. > > P. > > _______________________________________________ IPFIX mailing list [email protected] https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipfix