Re: MIB topic in draft-ietf-ipv6-node-requirements-07.txt

["Randy Presuhn" <randy_presuhn@mindspring.com>]

Hi -

> From: "Wijnen, Bert (Bert)" <bwijnen@lucent.com>
> To: "Mreview (E-mail)" <mreview@ops.ietf.org>
> Cc: "Ipv6mib (E-mail)" <ipv6mib@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>
> Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 9:10 AM
> Subject: MIB topic in draft-ietf-ipv6-node-requirements-07.txt
>

> They state the bwlow, which I think is OK.
> If someone sees an issue, please speak up IMMEDIATELY
>
>
> 10.1 Management Information Base Modules (MIBs)
>
>    The following two MIBs SHOULD be supported by nodes that support an
>    SNMP agent.
>
> 10.1.1  IP Forwarding Table MIB
>
>    IP Forwarding Table MIB [RFC-2096BIS] SHOULD be supported by nodes
>    that support an SNMP agent.

If that system actually is capable of IP forwarding.  If it is not, then
it seems odd to recommend supporting the MIB.

>    Support for this MIB does not imply that IPv4 or IPv4 specific
>    portions of this MIB be supported.

I object.  This directly contradicts the conformance material in
RFC 2096bis. If we're going to talk about supporting a MIB by
only implementing a subset of the objects, then that MIB module
should have appropriate conformance material and this document
should specify the appropriate MODULE-COMPLIANCE labels.

> 10.1.2 Management Information Base for the Internet Protocol (IP)
>
>    IP MIB [RFC-2011BIS] SHOULD be supported by nodes that support an
>    SNMP agent.
>
>    Support for this MIB does not imply that IPv4 or IPv4 specific
>    portions of this MIB be supported.

Ditto.

> Thanks,
> Bert
>

Randy