Re: [storm] MIB Dr. review of draft-ietf-storm-ifcpmib-05

["David Harrington" <[e-mail]>]

Hi Joan,

I think you might have misread the intention of the changes here.

In IfcpAddressMode TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, we are only deprecating one
enumeration value, not the whole TEXTUAL-CONVENTION. We are only
deprecating the addressTranslation(2) value; the addressTransparent(1)
value is still current, and the IfcpAddressMode TEXTUAL-CONVENTION is
still current.

Comments inline.

> COMMENTS
> ---------
> 
> GENERAL Comment:  When an object, or Conformance Group
> is deprecated, the DESCRIPTION clause needs to be updated
> to state this and the reason for the deprecation.
> 
> Almost all the DESCRIPTION clauses do mention the deprecation but
> this is at the very end of the DESCRIPTION clause,  Please 
> start the DESCRIPTION clause with this information, such as:
> 
> DESCRIPTION:
> "This object is deprecated.  It has been deprecated because ...
> Then include the original description.
> 
> Specific examples are included in the comments below.
> 
>  
> 
> 1)  NIT:  Please put a UNITS clause on the objects
> that use these TCs:
> IfcpIpTOVorZero  UNITS: seconds
> IfcpLTIorZero    UNITS: seconds

OK.

> 
> 
> 
> 2)  * IfcpAddressMode TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
> 
> Why was the STATUS not changed to "deprecated"?
> Please do so.  
> 
> Also, as discussed above, please change the DESCRIPTION to 
> state that the
> TC is deprecated and why as the first statement(s) of the
> DESCRIPTION clause.

The TC is not deprecated; its syntax is refined in a manner permitted
by RFC2578.
No change needed.

> 
> 
> 3) ifcpLclGtwyInstAddrTransMode     IfcpAddressMode,
> 
> The ifcpLclGtwyInstAddrTransMode object is the only
> object which uses the (deprecated) IfcpAddressMode TC.
> 
> This object should also be deprecated.

We are only deprecating one enumeration value for this object, not the
whole object.
No change needed.

> 
> A new read-only object could be added if this is thought to be
> beneficial.. 

not needed.

> 
> 
> 4)  ifcpLclGtwyInstStorageType should be deprecated also.
> 
>    ifcpLclGtwyInstStorageType OBJECT-TYPE
>        SYNTAX            StorageType
>        MAX-ACCESS        read-only
>        STATUS            current
>        DESCRIPTION
>    "The storage type for this row.  Parameter values defined
>     for a gateway are usually non-volatile, but may be volatile
>     or permanent in some configurations.  If permanent, then
>     the following parameters must have read-write access:
>     ifcpLclGtwyInstAddrTransMode, ifcpLclGtwyInstDefaultIpTOV,
>     and ifcpLclGtwyInstDefaultLTInterval."
>        DEFVAL            { nonVolatile }
>        ::= {ifcpLclGtwyInstEntry      11}
> 
> 
> The DESCRIPTION clause specifies ifcpLclGtwyInstAddrTransMode 
> as one of
> the values to provide read-write access for when the value of 
> this object
> is permanent, as such this object should be deprecated.

ifcpLclGtwyInstAddrTransMode is not deprecated, so the storagetype
doesn't need deprecation.

> 
> A new StorageType object which excludes the 
> ifcpLclGtwyInstAddrTransMode
> should also probably be added.   

not needed.
> 
> A related question on this object, why was 
> ifcpLclGtwyInstFcBrdcstSupport
> not included in this list of read-write objects?

This object has a DEFVAL, so an NMS does not need to specify a value
to instantiate a row.
no change needed.

> 
> 
> 
> 5) ifcpLclGatewayGroup may need to be deprecated and replaced 
> by another
> group after 1-4  is done.

the list of objects is not changed, 
no change to the group is needed

> 
> 
> 6)  According to rfc2580, Section 7.1
> 
> If changing a STATUS to "deprecated"
> the DESCRIPTION clause should be updated
> to explain.
> 
> *ifcpLclGatewaySessionGroup STATUS was
> changed to "deprecated" but the DESCRIPTION
> has not been changed.   Again, please state
> that the group has been deprecated and why as the
> first sentence of the DESCRIPTION clause.
> 

OK.

> 
> 7). Naming of the new Compliance Group
> 
> ifcpLclGatewaySessionGroupNoTrans
> 
> (original name:  ifcpLlGatewaySessionGroup)
> 
> The "NoTrans" suffix is not specific enough  because this
> could stand for No Translation Mode  or No Transparent Mode,
> in other words, please replace the "NoTrans" with
> something definitive such as:
> 
> NoTranslationMode or NoTranslation

I recommend modifying the way the names are constructed, to keep Group
and Compliance as the suffixes.
if "Support is only required for address Transparent mode", I
recommend using Transparent rather than NoTranslation in the group and
Compliance names.
change ifcpLclGatewaySessionGroupNoTrans to
ifcpLclGatewaySessionTransparentGroup or
ifcpLclGatewayTransparentSessionGroup 
change ifcpGatewayComplianceNoTrans to
ifcpGatewayTransparentCompliance

> 
> 
> 8) Security Considerations 
> 
> This section needs to be updated to reflect the deprecation of
> the Translation Mode.  For example, the ifcpLclGtwyInstAddrTransMode
> is mentioned and this is now deprecated.

ifcpLclGtwyInstAddrTransMode is not deprecated.
I think the security consideration is still valid as written. 
If a future modification adds an enumeration value, then changing the
value could disrupt traffic.
The enumeration value is deprecated, and an implementation can still
choose to support the value.
Changing the value from (1) to (2) could still disrupt storage
traffic.
no change needed.

> 
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