[MIB-DOCTORS] Readable and MAXACCESS

Glenn Mansfield Keeni <glenn@cysols.com> Fri, 14 September 2018 11:10 UTC

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Subject: [MIB-DOCTORS] Readable and MAXACCESS
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Hi,
   The Security Guidelines for IETF MIB modules says
    Some of the readable objects in this MIB module (i.e., objects
    with a MAX-ACCESS other than not-accessible) may be considered
    sensitive or vulnerable in some network environments.

This seems to imply that objects that have MAX-ACCESS not-accessible
are not "readable". But the objects can very well be "read" from the
index, if the MO is an index object.
Then "not-accessible" objects too may be sensitive or vulnerable ?
Have I missed something.

Glenn