[lelanthran]

> I'm working on a system now that uses a query language, bearer tokens with delegation and presents a tabular model ala sql. probably better?

Have you got a link? I'm very interested in a tiny (less than 2KB) replacement for SNMP. A minimum implementation size larger than 2KB is probably a non-starter.

The draw of SNMP is that the agent is available on almost every tiny router or networked device there is, even those that don't have a user interface. This means that a protocol over http(s) is too heavy for most devices[1].

Additionally, because network monitoring tools are using this pretty much constantly, even a few bytes of overhead adds up pretty quickly, so using http(s) is again out of the question.

Same for supporting a query language, or even tabular data.

[1] Yes, even today.