the MIB bgp4pathAttrAtomicAggregate description

Paul Traina <pst@cisco.com> Wed, 08 November 1995 20:26 UTC

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Subject: the MIB bgp4pathAttrAtomicAggregate description
Date: Wed, 08 Nov 1995 11:33:32 -0800
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From: Paul Traina <pst@cisco.com>

In RFC1657 (the PS), we have:

                bgp4PathAttrAtomicAggregate OBJECT-TYPE
                    SYNTAX     INTEGER {
                                   lessSpecificRrouteNotSelected(1),
                                   lessSpecificRouteSelected(2)
                               }
                    MAX-ACCESS read-only
                    STATUS     current
                    DESCRIPTION
                            "Whether or not the local system has
                            selected a less specific route without
                            selecting a more specific route."
                    ::= { bgp4PathAttrEntry 9 }


I think the description of this variable should be:
	"Whether or not a system has selected a less specific route
	 without selecting a more specific route."

The information you want to retrieve is:
	"Does this path have the atomic aggregate attribute set?"
not
	"Did I set the atomic attribute attribute on this path?"

This should be fixed before going to full standard on the MIB.