That was our reasoning in providing the API.  But, sounds like the
HTTPS-based API requires too much scripting and folks would prefer SNMP.

-Rajesh. 

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Yeah, most often I'm after historical data. SYSLOG!?!? There are too
many required interfaces for this system, that's my point. From syslog,
I can't revoke his registration, adjust his bandwidth, or switch roles
(such as place a miscreant into my copyright violator role, given his IP
address initially).

--Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
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Rajesh Nair (rajnair) wrote:
> Cal,
> 
> User id, IP and MAC for online users is all in the online user list.
> This info is available through API as well and the Online user page is

> searchable as well.  Are you refering to historic searchability? i.e.
> users who might have logged in and out in the past?  If so, syslog 
> might be a better place to do this search.
> 
> Yes, I am aware that the scan/agent reports should also be available 
> from one place... That we can try to do sooner than the full
reporting.
> 
> -Rajesh.
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Cal Frye
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 11:17 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: CCA Metrics and Reporting (was Re: WGA validation
> incomplete)
> 
> I would like one place to go to to search for a user, knowing any ONE 
> of the
> following:
> userid, IP address, MAC address
> and returning all information on the user the system knows, including 
> scan reports and log entries.
> 
> It's all in there, sure, but the number of times I begin a search in 
> the DHCP records to find the corresponding MAC address is way too
many.
> 
> --Cal Frye, Network Administrator, Oberlin College
>    www.ouuf.org, www.calfrye.com
>    Say Yes Twice for Oberlin Schools!   www.oberlinyesyes.com
> 
>   "The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of 
> great moral crisis, maintain their neutrality." -- Dante.
>