Re: question on TRAP-TYPE MACRO in private MIB.

Thanks for the response, Dave.

On a related topic, when this TRAP-TYPE MIB object is sent in a trap, is the
manager (or agent) expected to perform validation that the variable bindings
in the trap conform to the MIB definition ?

I ask this because I'm noticing that I can send and receive (using net-snmp)
any variable bindings in the trap even though the VARIABLES clause in the
MIB does not include those MIB objects.

Thanks.

On 12/12/05, Dave Shield <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2005-12-09 at 11:01 -0800, Ramji Chandramouli wrote:
>
> > In the VARIABLES clause, instead of specifying every MIB variable that
> > is defined inside "privateTable", can I just say "privateTable" ?
>
> No.
> The TRAP-TYPE and NOTIFICATION-TYPE definitions require you
> to specify the full list of MIB objects that should appear
> in this particular notification.
>
> They don't try to do anything clever, like expanding the
> contents of the table.   This is the *Simple* Network
> Management Protocol, remember.
>
>
> Dave
>