Re: New book out

[Keith McCloghrie <[e-mail]>]

> i also think that the stuff on the v2 security will be somewhat out of date
> i think that the book went to press in the timeframe before the security
> stuff got changed with party mib reformation and des declination acts in
> the early 1993 timeframe
> 
> i think, but am not sure, that the book will necessarily reflect the 
> novemberish drafts
> 
> can somebody with a copy handy confirm this?  i'm at the farm today, not at
> the university, so i can't look it up myself
 
I hope you're wrong.  It's become apparent that security and the
administrative framework are the areas which are hardest to grasp from
the RFCs.  If the first book out on SNMPv2 gets it wrong, it'll make
the situation worse, not better.  I know that the second edition of The
Simple Book is based on the RFCs (and references them by number), and I
would guess that it'll be out by Interop even though that's earlier
than usual this year.

Keith.