Re: Problem using net-snmp as subagent (Error in packet)

On 14/02/07, Frank Fock <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good point, section 5.1 clearly states that
> "a null Object Identifier" should be encoded
> as four 0 bytes. From my point of view,
> the term "a null Object Identifier" refers to
> a zero length OID.

Hmmm....

I suspect you might well be correct.
That's probably a more reasonable interpretation
than the "normal" OID .0.0
  Any special meaning associated with this OID is
more a question of semantics rather than syntax.

(And RFC 2982 seems to make an explicit
distinction between the null OID, and .0.0)


OK - I'll concede this one, and update the
Net-SNMP code accordingly.



> If you do not mind, I will forward our discussion
> to the AgentX mailing list.

Feel free - though probably more as a suggestion
for clarification in future releases of the spec,
rather than for an adjudication of the issue.
I think you're right here.

(I wish you luck, though - I've never had much
 response to the questions I've sent to that list!)

Dave

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