NEICONF is a (___)-based network configuration protocol. Its purpose is to automate network configuration in a programmable manner, thereby simplifying and accelerating the deployment of network…

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Options

• AXML
• B
• C
• D

• A
  76% (39)
• B
  6% (3)
• C
  4% (2)
• D
  14% (7)

Explanation

NETCONF (Network Configuration Protocol) is XML-based because it uses XML to encode all of its configuration data, protocol messages, and remote procedure calls (RPCs), making the data human-readable and structured. XML provides a flexible, hierarchical format that allows NETCONF to represent complex network configurations in a standardized way, which is essential for interoperability across different vendors and devices. The other answer choices (B, C, D) are not provided in this question, so there are no distractors to evaluate beyond noting that no other encoding format - such as JSON (used by RESTCONF) or plain text - applies to NETCONF's core specification.

Memory tip: Think "NETCONF = XML" by associating the letter N with "No JSON here" - JSON belongs to RESTCONF, NETCONF's sibling protocol. If you remember that NETCONF came first (RFC 4741, later updated by RFC 6241) and was built in an era when XML was the dominant data format, it becomes easy to pair the two.

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