SNMPv2c: Get real, get on with it

MCCORMACK_JOHN@tandem.com Sat, 04 November 1995 21:35 UTC

Date: Sat, 04 Nov 1995 12:11:00 -0800
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Subject: SNMPv2c: Get real, get on with it

As group manager for Tandem's distributed system management technologies
I would like to voice our STRONG support for the SNMPv2c specifications.
We consider several aspects of the SNMPv2c specifications to be
defect corrections to the original SNMPv1 specifications and LONG
overdue. Any viable commercial technology requires timely updates wrt
defects and the length of time of this SNMPv2 debate has exceeded this
window by more than 1 year. Do we need the new security features?
Proabably, depending on how this can be made to work with our current
server security system, DCE based security, SSL, etc. Do our customers
require the fixes embodied in the SNMPv2c specifications? YES, and we
must deliver this within the next year for SNMP technology to continue
to be a viable open management strategy for us.

Thank You
John McCormack
Group Manager Distributed Systems Management
Tandem Computers, Inc.

SNMPv2c: Get real, get on with it MCCORMACK_JOHN