[alblue]

A lot of changes in networking have been happening recently; in particular, software defined networking is (slowly) replacing dedicated routers and hardware devices.

The downside of this is that it's much easier to change configuration than it was before, and so the pace of such changes is increasing. Given that most errors can be traced back to a human error at the start of the chain, he problem isn't really in the networking stack but the meat at the end of the buttons.

Realistically you need to address that end of the problem, not the networking protocols themselves.

[NetStrikeForce]

Those were my thoughts at first, but then again why? Why any innovation is just automating the same cmdlets and concepts we had for decades?

Why can't we just make something that requires less changes, less human intervention, ... ?

I guess other HNer is right when she/he says the problem is to get everyone on-board (IPv6 I'm looking at you), but is there anyone at least trying?