Re: smilint errors in RAQMON-MIB (resend)

On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 01:19:36PM -0800, Andy Bierman wrote:

> okay, but why can't we put InetAddress (SIZE (4 | 16)) in the SYNTAX clause?
> Is this bad practice?  It currently doesn't mention anything about IPv4 and 
> IPv6 addresses only in the raqmonParticipantAddrType DESCRIPTION or SYNTAX 
> clauses. The MIB should match the normative text in the Framework.

Did you think about scoped addresses? By saying (SIZE (4|16)) you
exclude support for these objects on boxes that connect multiple 
zones. If in doubt, do not put a size restriction there because
you might regret that later on.

/js

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