Network Working Group                                         E. Stephan
Internet Draft                                        France Telecom R&D
Document: draft-ietf-ippm-metrics-registry-03.txt             April 2003
Category: Standards Track


                                                 IPPM metrics registry

Status of this Memo


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Abstract

  This memo defines a registry of the IPPM working group metrics. It
  assigns an OBJECT IDENTIFIER to each metric currently standardized by
  the IPPM WG. It defines the rules for the identification of the
  metrics standardized in the future.

Table of Contents

  1.      The Internet-Standard Management Framework..................2
  2.      Terms.......................................................2
  3.      Overview....................................................2
  4.      The IPPM Framework..........................................2
  5.      Overview....................................................3
  6.      IPPM metrics Registry framework.............................3
  6.1.    Metrics registry template...................................4
  6.2.    Initial IPPM metrics registry creation......................5
  6.3.    Future IPPM metrics registration............................6
  6.4.    Metric defined in cooperation with other bodies.............6
  7.      Initial IPPM registry definition............................6
  8.      Intellectual Property......................................13

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  9.      Acknowledgments............................................13
  10.     Normative References.......................................13
  11.     Informative References.....................................14
  12.     Security Considerations....................................14
  13.     Author's Addresses.........................................15
  14.     Full Copyright Statement...................................15


1. The Internet-Standard Management Framework

  For a detailed overview of the documents that describe the current
  Internet-Standard Management Framework, please refer to section 7 of
  RFC 3410 [RFC3410]. Managed objects are accessed via a virtual
  information store, termed the Management Information Base or MIB.
  MIB objects are generally accessed through the Simple Network
  Management Protocol (SNMP). Objects in the MIB are defined using the
  mechanisms defined in the Structure of Management Information (SMI).
  This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2,
  which is described in STD 58, RFC 2578 [RFC2578], STD 58, RFC 2579
  [RFC2579] and STD 58, RFC 2580 [RFC2580].

2. Terms

  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
  "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED",  "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
  document are to be interpreted as described in BCP 14, RFC 2119
  [RFC2119].

3. Overview

  This memo defines a registry of the IPPM working group metrics. It
  assigns an OBJECT IDENTIFIER to each metric currently standardized by
  the IPPM WG. It defines the rules for the identification of the
  metrics standardized in the future.

4. The IPPM Framework

  The IPPM Framework consists in four major components:

           + A general framework for defining performance metrics,
           described in the Framework for IP Performance Metrics RFC2330
           [RFC 2330];

           + A set of standardized metrics, which conform to this
           framework.

           + Emerging metrics which are being specified in respect of this
           framework;




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           + The IPPM-REPORTING-MIB for reporting the results of the
           measures and for interfacing heterogeneous measurement systems
           with management entities.


5. Overview

  This memo defines a registry of the current metrics and a framework
  for the integration of future metrics for the following reasons:

           + to permit metrics to be clearly referenced by MIBs or other
           data models;

           + Metrics identifiers are needed to allow measurement
           interoperability;

           + As specification of new metrics is a continuous process,
           special care must be taken for the integration of future
           standardized metrics;

                + As the intent of the IPPM WG is to cooperate with other
                appropriate standards bodies and other areas of IETF to promote
                consistent metrics, there is a need to permit registration of
                such metrics.


6. IPPM metrics Registry framework

  MIBs need OBJECT INDENTIFIERs to refer precisely to the standardized
  metrics. The registry associates an OBJECT IDENTIFIER with each
  metric. As an example oneWayDelay and oneWayDelayPoissonStream have
  different identifiers.

  The registry has 2 root branches. The category of the document
  determines the node which branch the metric is identified in:

         + Metrics defined in a RFC are identified in the 'rfc' tree;
         + Metrics defined in cooperation with other bodies may be
identified in the 'otherBodies' tree.

  The name of the metric in the registry must respect the SMIv2 rules
  for descriptors ([RFC2578], section 3.1) and should be easily
  readable. Consequently the following is applied to adapt the name
  used in the metric definition:

         + The first letter is forced to lower case;
         + '-' are removed;
         + The letter following a '-' is forced to upper case;
         + 'Type-P' prefix is removed.



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  This document defines an initial registry of the existing metrics.
  Documents defining metrics in the future will include a registry
  section to clearly identify these metrics.


6.1. Metrics registry template

  Each memo includes a registry which identifies the metrics. The
  registry is defined using a MODULE-IDENTITY macro. The name of the
  module must be unique. Each metric is identified in the registry
  using an OBJECT-IDENTITY macro defining the metric name, status,
  reference and OBJECT IDENTIFIER.

  The registry is defined in a dedicated section of the memo.

  As an example, consider an improbable IPPM WG draft that defines 4
  metrics in the sections 4, 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3, respectively:

        + Type-P-Packet-Speed metric;
        + Type-P-Average-Packet-Speed metric;
        + Type-P-Minimum-Packet-Speed metric;
        + Type-P-Maximum-Packet-Speed metric.

  Following is the registry that may be included in the document:

        + The name of the section is 'IPPM Packet Speed metrics registry';
        + The name of the module is ippmPacketSpeedMetricsRegistry;
        + 'N' is the node assigned by IANA to the registry module;
        + The next free node of the sub tree ippmMetricsRegistry.rfc(1) is
  '34'.

IPPM-PACKET-SPEED-METRICS-REGISTRY DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS
        OBJECT-IDENTITY, MODULE-IDENTITY, mib-2
                FROM SNMPv2-SMI
        rfc
                FROM IPPM-METRICS-REGISTRY;


ippmPacketSpeedMetricsRegistry MODULE-IDENTITY
        LAST-UPDATED "YYYYMMDD0000Z"
        ORGANIZATION       "IETF IPPM working Group"
        CONTACT-INFO       "


                   Tel:
                E-mail:
                Postal:



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                Send comments to <ippm@ietf.org>
                Mailing list subscription info:
                https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ippm "
        DESCRIPTION
                " This memo defines the registry for IPPM Packet Speed metrics.

                Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002).

                This version of this MIB module is part of RFC yyyy; see the
                RFC itself for full legal notices."
        REVISION      "YYYYMMDD0000Z"
        DESCRIPTION
                "Initial version of the module of the registry for IPPM Packet
                Speed metrics.
                This version published as RFC yyyy."
        ::= { mib-2 N }

ippmPacketSpeedMetric OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Packet-Speed metric."
  REFERENCE "RFCyyyy, section 4."
  ::= { rfc 34 }

ippmAvgPacketSpeedmetric  OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Average-Packet-Speed metric."
        REFERENCE "RFCyyyy, section 4.1."
        ::= { rfc 35 }

ippmMinPacketSpeedmetric  OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Minimum-Packet-Speed metric."
        REFERENCE "RFCyyyy, section 4.2."
        ::= { rfc 36 }

ippmMaxPacketSpeedmetric  OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Maximum-Packet-Speed metric."
        REFERENCE "RFCyyyy, section 4.3."
        ::= { rfc 37 }

END


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  The initial registry identifies the metrics currently defined in the
  RFCs produced in the IPPM WG.

  By now, the IPPM WG defined 33 metrics related to 7 topics:

        + IPPM Metrics for Measuring Connectivity, RFC 2678 [RFC2678];
        + One-way Delay Metrics, RFC 2679  [RFC2679];
        + One-way Packet Loss Metrics, RFC 2680 [RFC2680];
        + Round-trip Delay Metrics, RFC 2681 [RFC2681];
        + One-way Loss Pattern Sample Metrics, RFC 3357 [RFC3357];
        + IP Packet Delay Variation Metric, RFC 3393 [RFC3393];
        + IPPM Metrics for periodic streams, RFC 3432 [RFC3432];

They are registered in the node rfc(1). They are numbered using the RFC
order and the metrics definitions order in each memo. The node assigned
to a metric is definitive and cannot be reused.

6.3. Future IPPM metrics registration

  When the IPPM WG draft is considered mature enough:

        + The chair of the IPPM WG, or someone proposed by the directors of
  the Transport Area, assigns to each metric a sub node chosen in the
  tree rfc(1) of the IPPM-METRICS-REGISTRY;

        + Authors insert a registry template in their document. Then they
  create an OBJECT-IDENTITY instance per metric and complete the
  instance with the assigned sub nodes.

  That helps to prepare the final version of the draft. Moreover it
  facilitates software integration and interoperability measurement
  during the specification process.

6.4. Metric defined in cooperation with other bodies

  Such metrics may be registered in the node otherBodies(2).

  Nothing prevents these bodies from registering metrics in their own
  object identifier trees.


7. Initial IPPM registry definition

IPPM-METRICS-REGISTRY DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS
        OBJECT-IDENTITY, MODULE-IDENTITY, mib-2
                FROM SNMPv2-SMI;

ippmMetricsRegistry MODULE-IDENTITY
        LAST-UPDATED "200304160000Z"    -- April 16th, 2003

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        ORGANIZATION       "IETF IPPM working Group"
        CONTACT-INFO       "
                                Emile STEPHAN
                                France Telecom R & D
                   Tel: +1 33 2 96 05 36 10
                E-mail: emile.stephan@francetelecom.com
                Postal: 2, avenue Pierre Marzin
                                Lannion, FRANCE 22307

                Send comments to <ippm@ietf.org>
                Mailing list subscription info:
                https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ippm "
        DESCRIPTION
                "This memo defines a registry of the IPPM working group
                metrics.


                Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2002). This version of this
                MIB module is part of RFC yyyy; see the RFC itself for full
                legal notices."
        REVISION      "200304160000Z"    -- April 16th, 2003
        DESCRIPTION
                "Initial version of the IPPM metrics registry module.
                 This version published as RFC yyyy."
        ::= { mib-2 XXX }

rfc             OBJECT IDENTIFIER    ::= { ippmMetricsRegistry 1 }
otherBodies     OBJECT IDENTIFIER    ::= { ippmMetricsRegistry 2 }

  --
  -- Registry of the metrics of the IPPM WG RFCs
  --

  --
  -- RFC 2678 " IPPM Metrics for Measuring Connectivity"
  --

instantUnidirectionConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Instantaneous-Unidirectional-
                Connectivity metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 2."
        ::={rfc 1}

instantBidirectionConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Instantaneous-Bidirectional-
                Connectivity metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 3."

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        ::={rfc 2}

intervalUnidirectionConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Interval-Unidirectional-
                Connectivity metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 4."
        ::= { rfc 3 }

intervalBidirectionConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Interval-Bidirectional-
                Connectivity metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 5."
        ::= { rfc  4 }

intervalTemporalConnectivity OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P1-P2-Interval-Temporal-
                Connectivity metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2678, section 6."
        ::= { rfc  5 }

--
-- RFC 2679 "A One-way Delay Metric for IPPM"
--

oneWayDelay OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Delay metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 3."
        ::= { rfc  6 }

oneWayDelayPoissonStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Delay-Poisson-Stream
                metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 4."
        ::= { rfc  7 }

oneWayDelayPercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Delay-Percentile
                metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 5.1."


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        ::= { rfc  8 }

oneWayDelayMedian OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Delay-Median metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 5.2."
        ::= { rfc  9 }

oneWayDelayMinimum OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Delay-Minimum metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 5.3."
        ::= { rfc 10 }

oneWayDelayInversePercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Delay-Inverse-Percentile
                metric. "
        REFERENCE "RFC2679, section 5.4."
        ::= { rfc 11 }

--
-- RFC 2680  "One Way Packet Loss Metric for IPPM"
--

oneWayPacketLoss OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Packet-Loss metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2680, section 2."
        ::= { rfc 12 }

oneWayPacketLossPoissonStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Packet-Loss-Poisson-
                Stream metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2680, section 3."
        ::= { rfc 13 }

oneWayPacketLossAverage OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Packet-Loss-Average
                metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2680, section 4."
        ::= { rfc 14 }

--

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-- RFC2681 "A Round-trip Delay Metric for IPPM"
--

roundtripDelay OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Round-trip-Delay metric."
        REFERENCE " section 2 of the rfc2681."
        ::= { rfc 15 }

roundtripDelayPoissonStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Round-trip-Delay-Poisson-Stream
                metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4."
        ::= { rfc 16 }

roundtripDelayPercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Round-trip-Delay-Percentile
                metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4.1."
        ::= { rfc 17 }

roundtripDelayMedian OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Round-trip-Delay-Median metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4.2."
        ::= { rfc 18 }

roundtripDelayMinimum OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Round-trip-Delay-Minimum
                metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4.3."
        ::= { rfc 19 }

roundtripDelayInversePercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-Round-trip-Inverse-Percentile
                metric."
        REFERENCE "RFC2681, section 4.4."
        ::= { rfc 20 }

--
-- RFC3357: "One-way Loss Pattern Sample Metrics"
--

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oneWayLossDistanceStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Distance-Stream
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 5.4.1."
        ::={ rfc 21}

oneWayLossPeriodStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Period-Stream
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 5.4.2."
        ::={ rfc 22}

oneWayLossNoticeableRate OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Noticeable-Rate
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 6.1."
        ::= { rfc 23 }

oneWayLossPeriodTotal OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Period-Total
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 6.2."
        ::= { rfc 24 }

oneWayLossPeriodLengths OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-Way-Loss-Period-Lengths
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 6.3."
        ::= { rfc  25 }

oneWayInterLossPeriodLengths OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-Way-Inter-Loss-Period-
                Lengths metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3357, section 6.4."
        ::= { rfc 26 }


--


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-- RFC3393: "IP Packet Delay Variation Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)"
--

oneWayIpdv OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-ipdv metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 2."
        ::= { rfc 27 }

oneWayIpdvPoissonStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-ipdv-Poisson-stream
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 3."
        ::= { rfc 28 }

oneWayIpdvPercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
          "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-ipdv-percentile metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 4.3."
        ::= { rfc 29 }

oneWayIpdvInversePercentile OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-ipdv-inverse-percentile
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 4.4."
        ::= { rfc 30 }


oneWayIpdvJitter OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-ipdv-jitter metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 4.5."
        ::= { rfc 31 }

oneWayPeakToPeakIpdv OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-peak-to-peak-ipdv
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3393, section 4.6."
        ::= { rfc 32 }

--
-- RFC3432: "Network performance measurement with periodic streams"
--

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oneWayDelayPeriodicStream OBJECT-IDENTITY
        STATUS     current
        DESCRIPTION
                "The identifier for the Type-P-One-way-Delay-Periodic-Stream
                metric."
        REFERENCE " RFC3432, section 4."
        ::= { rfc 33 }

END


8. Intellectual Property

  The IETF takes no position regarding the validity or scope of any
  intellectual property or other rights that might be claimed to
  pertain to the implementation or use of the technology described in
  this document or the extent to which any license under such rights
  might or might not be available; neither does it represent that it
  has made any effort to identify any such rights. Information on the
  IETF's procedures with respect to rights in standards-track and
  standards-related documentation can be found in BCP-11. Copies of
  claims of rights made available for publication and any assurances of
  licenses to be made available, or the result of an attempt made to
  obtain a general license or permission for the use of such
  proprietary rights by implementors or users of this specification can
  be obtained from the IETF Secretariat.

  The IETF invites any interested party to bring to its attention any
  copyrights, patents or patent applications, or other proprietary
  rights which may cover technology that may be required to practice
  this standard.  Please address the information to the IETF Executive
  Director.

9. Acknowledgments

  The author gratefully acknowledges Andy Bierman and Randy Presuhn for
  their guidance and comments.

10. Normative References

  [RFC2578] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
         Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Structure of Management Information
         Version 2 (SMIv2)", STD 58, RFC 2578, April 1999.

  [RFC2579] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
         Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Textual Conventions for SMIv2", STD
         58, RFC 2579, April 1999.




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  [RFC2580] McCloghrie, K., Perkins, D., Schoenwaelder, J., Case, J.,
         Rose, M. and S. Waldbusser, "Conformance Statements for SMIv2",
         STD 58, RFC 2580, April 1999.

11. Informative References

  [RFC2026] Bradner, S., "The Internet Standards Process -- Revision
         3", BCP 9, RFC 2026, October 1996.

  [RFC2330] Paxson, V., Almes, G., Mahdavi, J. and M. Mathis,
         "Framework for IP Performance Metrics", RFC 2330, May 1998.

  [RFC2678] Mahdavi J. and V. Paxson, "IPPM Metrics for Measuring
         Connectivity", RFC 2678, September 1999.

  [RFC2679] Almes, G.,  Kalidindi, S.  and M. Zekauskas, "A One-way
         Delay Metric for IPPM", RFC 2679, September 1999.

  [RFC2680] Almes, G., Kalidindi, S. and M. Zekauskas, "A One-way
         Packet Loss Metric for IPPM", RFC 2680, September 1999.

  [RFC2681] Almes, G., Kalidindi, S. and M. Zekauskas, "A Round-trip
         Delay Metric for IPPM", RFC 2681, September 1999.

  [RFC3357] Koodli, R. and Ravikanth, R., "One-way Loss Pattern Sample
         Metrics", RFC 3357, August 2002.

  [RFC3393] Demichelis, C. and P. Chimento, " IP Packet Delay Variation
         Metric for IP Performance Metrics (IPPM)", RFC 3393, November
         2002.

  [RFC3410] Case, J., Mundy, R., Partain, D. and B. Stewart,
         "Introduction and Applicability Statements for Internet Standard
         Management Framework", RFC 3410, December 2002.

  [RFC3432] Raisanen, V., Grotefeld, G. and A. Morton, "Network
         performance measurement with periodic streams", RFC 3432, November
         2002.



12. Security Considerations

  All the items specified in this MIB module are defined using the
  macro OBJECT-IDENTITY. This macro does not have a MAX-ACCESS clause.

  There are no management objects defined in this MIB module that have
  a MAX-ACCESS clause of read-write and/or read-create.  So, if this
  MIB module is implemented correctly, then there is no risk that an
  intruder can alter or create any management objects of this MIB
  module via direct SNMP SET operations.

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  It is RECOMMENDED that implementers consider the security features as
  provided by the SNMPv3 framework (see [RFC3410], section 8),
  including full support for the SNMPv3 cryptographic mechanisms (for
  authentication and privacy).

  Further, deployment of SNMP versions prior to SNMPv3 is NOT
  RECOMMENDED.  Instead, it is RECOMMENDED to deploy SNMPv3 and to
  enable cryptographic security.  It is then a customer/operator
  responsibility to ensure that the SNMP entity giving access to an
  instance of this MIB module is properly configured to give access to
  the objects only to those principals (users) that have legitimate
  rights to indeed GET or SET (change/create/delete) them.

13. Author's Addresses

  Emile STEPHAN
  France Telecom R & D
  2, avenue Pierre Marzin
  F-22307 Lannion cedex
  Phone: (+ 33) 2 96 05 36 10
  Email: emile.stephan@francetelecom.com


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