RE: Comments on draft-ietf-ipcdn-pktc-mtamib-07 during the IETF-64 meeting

Eugene,
 
I agree.
 
-- Rich

	-----Original Message-----
	From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
Behalf Of Eugene Nechamkin
	Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 4:39 PM
	To: Ipcdn (E-mail)
	Cc: Jean-Francois Mule
	Subject: [ipcdn] Comments on draft-ietf-ipcdn-pktc-mtamib-07
during the IETF-64 meeting
	
	
	 
	During the presentation of the draft-ietf-ipcdn-pktc-mtamib-07
at IETF-64 meeting, there were the following comments made on the
presented material:
	 
	    - the max length of the "pktcMtaDevRealmOrgName" currently
defined as being 255 does not correspond to the actual number of octets
the MIB object may contain which is calculated as max number of UTF-8
characters (64) each of which may consist of up to 6 octets.
	    - the value of the MIB object should not include the prefix
'O=' in the Organization Name.
	 
	The current definition of the "pktcMtaDevRealmOrgName" in the
draft-07 is as follows:
	 
	   pktcMtaDevRealmOrgName  OBJECT-TYPE 
	       SYNTAX      SnmpAdminString(SIZE (1..255)) 
	       MAX-ACCESS  read-create 
	       STATUS      current 
	       DESCRIPTION 
	           " This object contains the X.500 organization name
attribute  
	             as defined in the subject name of the service
provider  
	             certificate. The value of the organization name
includes 
	             the prefix 'O='." 
	       REFERENCE 
	           " PacketCable Security Specification." 
	       ::= { pktcMtaDevRealmEntry 5 } 
	
	
	 
	 
	To address these two comments, co-authors are proposing the
following:
	 
	1. Add the following to the IMPORTS section of the MTA MIB:
	 
	    LongUtf8String  
	            FROM SYSAPPL-MIB                 -- [RFC2287]
	 
	2. Modify the definition of the pktcMtaDevRealmOrgName to be the
following:
	 
	 
	pktcMtaDevRealmOrgName OBJECT-TYPE 
	    SYNTAX LongUtf8String 
	         ^^^^^^^^^^^
	    MAX-ACCESS read-create 
	    STATUS current 
	    DESCRIPTION 
	        " This object contains the X.500 organization name
attribute 
	        as defined in the subject name of the service provider 
	        X.509 certificate."
	    REFERENCE 
	        " PacketCable Security Specification." 
	    ::= { pktcMtaDevRealmEntry 5 }
	 
	3. Add the following compliance statement to the MTA MIB
compliance section:
	 
	    OBJECT pktcMtaDevRealmOrgName
	    SYNTAX LongUtf8String (SIZE (1..384))
	    DESCRIPTION
	        " Compliant devices are only required to support
	        pktcMtaDevRealmOrgName values of 64 UTF-8 encoded 
	        characters.
	        The Organization Name of the X.509 certificate can
	        contain up to 64 UTF-8 encoded characters as 
	        specified in RFC 2459.
	        Given that, in UTF-8, characters are encoded using
	        sequences of 1 to 6 octets (RFC 2279), compliant 
	        devices must support a maximum size of 384 octets for 
	        pktcMtaDevRealmOrgName."
	 
	 
	Please feel free to provide comments on proposed modifications.
	 
	Regards,
	 
	Eugene Nechamkin.

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