Policy Distribution Using Common Open Policy Service
In place of SNMP, you can use a protocol such as Common Open Policy Service (COPS) to distribute policies to the different devices. COPS is a protocol that was originally developed for use within the context of a signaling protocol such as RSVP, but extensions to the protocol have been proposed that can also be used to provision policies for DiffServ or IP security.
An Overview of COPS
The original specification of COPS was intended for use within the context of admission control with signaling protocols such as RSVP. In a signaling protocol, a host intending to establish a communication channel with some level of performance assurance sends messages to various routers along the path of the ...
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