Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol
J.R. Davin, Jeffrey D. Case, M.S. Fedor, M. L. Schoffstall · 1987
A Simple Gateway Monitoring Protocol Status of this MemoThis document is being distributed to members of the Internet community in order to solicit their reactions to the proposals contained in it.While the issues discussed may not be directly relevant to the research problems of the Internet, they may be interesting to a number of researchers and implementors.This memo defines a simple application-layer protocol by which management information for a gateway may be inspected or altered by logically remote users.This proposal is intended only as an interim response to immediate gateway monitoring needs while work on more elaborate and robust designs proceeds with the care and deliberation appropriate to that task.Accordingly, long term use of the mechanisms described here should be seriously questioned as more comprehensive proposals emerge in the future.Distribution of this memo is unlimited. Protocol Design StrategyThe proposed protocol is shaped in large part by the desire to minimize the number and complexity of management functions realized by the gateway itself.This goal is attractive in at least four respects:(1) The development cost for gateway software necessary to support the protocol is accordingly reduced.(2) The degree of management function that is remotely supported is accordingly increased, thereby admitting fullest use of internet resources in the management task.