The NAF Reference Framework gives network automation a shared vocabulary of six building blocks. Here’s how to use it to evaluate your stack and identify gaps.
Stop Picking Tools, Start Picking Functions: The NAF Framework


The NAF Reference Framework gives network automation a shared vocabulary of six building blocks. Here’s how to use it to evaluate your stack and identify gaps.

A decision framework for choosing SSH direct, an edge proxy, or native HTTPS for network automation. Plus what the industry needs to build next.

Most network devices don’t speak HTTPS natively. The practical solution: move SSH to the edge and talk HTTPS (or QUIC) over the WAN. Here’s the proxy, the tunnel, and the measured proof.