RE: RFC 2576 vs IPv6
"Philip J. Nesser II" <[email protected]> Wed, 19 Feb 2003 15:53:24 -0800
| Newsgroups | gmane.ietf.snmpv3 |
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| Organization | Nesser & Nesser Consulting |
| Message-ID | <075b01c2d872$174897e0$bf3b68c0@A30P> |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bert, You did, and I thought I had made all of your changes, but I must have missed this one. It WILL be fixed in the -01 draft. - ---> Phil > -----Original Message----- > From: Wijnen, Bert (Bert) [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 3:33 PM > To: Randy Presuhn; [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: RE: RFC 2576 vs IPv6 > > I thought I had made similar comment to an earlier version > of phil's document. > > Thanks, > Bert > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Randy Presuhn [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: woensdag 19 februari 2003 21:50 > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: [email protected] > > Subject: 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 > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > > > 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. > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.8 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBPlQY9A6aViIxlRuuEQK+nQCeOaj6MM373V4mwq5CZMFvJT1oBeEAoOJl kqUznjrgpQ1ZNj5ZuEJ9xMJ6 =moq0 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----