RFC 2576 vs IPv6

Hi -

I think the analysis of RFC 2576 in section 5.070 (see below) of
draft-ietf-v6ops-ipv4survey-ops-00.txt is incorrect.
These rules for handling legacy data which happen to be
IPv4 addresses have no bearing on the ability to operate
in or manage IPv6 environments.

Randy

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5.070 RFC 2576 Coexistence between Version 1 Version 2 and Version
      3 of the Internet-standard Network Management Framework (SNMP)

This document states:

   (11) For any object with a SYNTAX of NetworkAddress, the SYNTAX MUST
        be changed to IpAddress.  Note that the use of NetworkAddress in
        new MIB documents is strongly discouraged (in fact, new MIB
        documents should be written using SMIv2, which does not define
        NetworkAddress).

and defines the OID:

snmpTrapAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX      IpAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  accessible-for-notify
    STATUS      current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The value of the agent-addr field of a Trap PDU which
         is forwarded by a proxy forwarder application using
         an SNMP version other than SNMPv1.  The value of this
         object SHOULD contain the value of the agent-addr field
         from the original Trap PDU as generated by an SNMPv1
         agent."
    ::= { snmpCommunityMIBObjects 3 }

This clearly points out a lack of IPv6 awareness in this protocol.