Re: problems with RFC1227, RFC1238, and RFC1248

Keith McCloghrie <kzm@hls.com> Thu, 22 August 1991 18:09 UTC

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From: Keith McCloghrie <kzm@hls.com>
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Subject: Re: problems with RFC1227, RFC1238, and RFC1248
To: kolb@psi.com
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 1991 10:51:30 -0700
Cc: snmp-wg@nisc.psi.net
In-Reply-To: <9108221448.AA25946@psi.com>; from "kolb@psi.com" at Aug 22, 91 10:48 am
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Chris,

> 	RFC1227-MIB (SMUX):
> 
> 	  macro reference "OBJECT-TYPE" is imported from mib reference
> 	  "RFC1212".  no such mib reference exists.  the correct mib
> 	  is reference "RFC-1212".

Actually, RFC 1212 defines neither "RFC1212" nor "RFC-1212".  
So, "correctness" to this level/depth is not achievable by any 
of today's MIBs.
 
> 	RFC1248-MIB (OSPF):
> 
> 	  value reference "ospf" is defined in terms of the value
> 	  reference "standard-mib", which neither imported into nor
> 	  defined in mib reference "RFC1248-MIB".
> 
> 	    ospf OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { standard-mib 13 }
> 
> 	  "standard-mib", i assume, really should be "mib-2", which
> 	  will need to be imported from mib reference "RFC1213-MIB".

RFC 1248 has been re-issued as RFC1252, correcting this problem.

Keith.