Re: Compressing Large Indices?

[Juergen Schoenwaelder <schoenw@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>]

>>>>> Baugher, Mark writes:

>> > > Why not define the MIB to use integer indices?
>> 
>> We want the ability for the user to look up information based on
>> things that are meaningful to them: the IDs of the endpoints used
>> in IKE negotiation.

Baugher> The user will interact with an management application program
Baugher> rather than directly with the MIB, right?

This is the theory. Unfortunately, practice is often different from
theory.

(I know more people who use generic MIB browsers to debug problems
than I know people who have or can afford to buy good management
applications for each and every problem they face over time.)

/js

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