Internet Engineering Task Force                           Nevil Brownlee
INTERNET-DRAFT                                The University of Auckland
                                                               July 1998
                                                    Expires January 1999

                  Traffic Flow Measurement:  Meter MIB

                   <draft-ietf-rtfm-meter-mib-05.txt>

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Abstract

A 'Traffic Meter' collects data relating to traffic flows within a
network.  This document defines a Management Information Base (MIB) for
use in controlling a traffic meter, in particular for specifying the
flows to be measured.  It also provides an efficient mechanism for
retrieving flow data from the meter using SNMP. Security issues
concerning the operation of traffic meters are summarised.

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Contents

 1 Introduction                                                        2

 2 The Network Management Framework                                    2

 3 Objects                                                             3
   3.1 Format of Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

 4 Overview                                                            4
   4.1 Scope of Definitions, Textual Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . 4
   4.2 Usage of the MIB variables  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

 5 Definitions                                                         7

 6 Security Considerations                                            44

 7 Appendix A: Changes Introduced Since RFC 2064                      45

 8 Acknowledgements                                                   46

 9 References                                                         46

10 Author's Address                                                   47

1 Introduction

This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB) for
use with network management protocols in the Internet community.  In
particular, it describes objects for managing and collecting data from
network Realtime Traffic Flow Meters, as described in [9].

The MIB is 'basic' in the sense that it provides more than enough
information for everyday traffic measurment.  Furthermore, it can be
easily extended by adding new attributes as required.  The RTFM Working
group is actively pursuing the development of the meter in this way.

2 The Network Management Framework

The Internet-standard Network Management Framework consists of three
components.  They are:

    RFC 1155 defines the SMI, the mechanisms used for describing
    and naming objects for the purpose of management.  RFC 1212
    defines a more concise description mechanism, which is wholly
    consistent with the SMI.

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    RFC 1156 defines MIB-I, the core set of managed objects for the
    Internet suite of protocols.  RFC 1213 [1] defines MIB-II, an
    evolution of MIB-I based on implementation experience and new
    operational requirements.

    RFC 1157 defines the SNMP, the protocol used for network access
    to managed objects.

    RFC 1902 [2] defines the SMI for version 2 of the Simple
    Network Management Protocol.

    RFCs 1903 and 1904 [3,4] define Textual Conventions and
    Conformance Statements for version 2 of the Simple Network
    Management Protocol.

    RFC 1908 [5] describes how versions 1 and 2 of the Simple
    Network Management Protocol should coexist.

The Framework permits new objects to be defined for the purpose of
experimentation and evaluation.

3 Objects

Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed the
Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are defined using
the subset of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1) [6] defined in the
SMI. In particular, each object has a name, a syntax, and an encoding.
The name is an object identifier, an administratively assigned name,
which specifies an object type.  The object type together with an object
instance serves to uniquely identify a specific instantiation of the
object.  For human convenience, we often use a textual string, termed
the OBJECT DESCRIPTOR, to also refer to the object type.

The syntax of an object type defines the abstract data structure
corresponding to that object type.  The ASN.1 language is used for this
purpose.  However, the SMI [2] purposely restricts the ASN.1 constructs
which may be used.  These restrictions are explicitly made for
simplicity.

The encoding of an object type is simply how that object type is
represented using the object type's syntax.  Implicitly tied to the
notion of an object type's syntax and encoding is how the object type is
represented when being transmitted on the network.

The SMI specifies the use of the basic encoding rules of ASN.1 [7],
subject to the additional requirements imposed by the SNMP.

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3.1 Format of Definitions

Section 4 contains the specification of all object types contained in
this MIB module.  These object types are specified using the conventions
defined in [2] and [3].

4 Overview

Traffic Flow Measurement seeks to provide a well-defined method for
gathering traffic flow information from networks and internetworks.  The
background for this is given in "Traffic Flow Measurement:  Background"
[8].  The Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement (rtfm) Working Group has
produced a measurement architecture to achieve this goal; this is
documented in "Traffic Flow Measurement:  Architecture" [9].  The
architecture defines three entities:

  - METERS, which observe network traffic flows and build up a table of
    flow data records for them,

  - METER READERS, which collect traffic flow data from meters, and

  - MANAGERS, which oversee the operation of meters and meter readers.

This memo defines the SNMP management information for a Traffic Flow
Meter (TFM). Work in this field was begun by the Internet Accounting
Working Group.  It has been further developed and expanded by the
Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement Working Group.

4.1 Scope of Definitions, Textual Conventions

All objects defined in this memo are registered in a single subtree
within the mib-2 namespace [1,2], and are for use in network devices
which may perform a PDU forwarding or monitoring function.  For these
devices, the value of the ifSpecific variable in the MIB-II [1] has the
OBJECT IDENTIFIER value:

flowMIB OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::=  mib-2 40

as defined below.

The RTFM Meter MIB was first produced and tested using SNMPv1.  It was
converted into SNMPv2 following the guidelines in RFC 1908 [5].

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4.2 Usage of the MIB variables

The MIB is organised in four parts - control, data, rules and
conformance statements.

The rules implement the set of packet-matching actions, as described in
the "Traffic Flow Measurment:  Architecture" document [9].  In addition
they provide for BASIC-style subroutines, allowing a network manager to
dramatically reduce the number of rules required to monitor a large
network.

Traffic flows are identified by a set of attributes for each of their
end-points.  Attributes include network addresses for each layer of the
network protocol stack, and 'subscriber ids,' which may be used to
identify an accountable entity for the flow.

The conformance statements are set out as defined in [4].  They explain
what must be implemented in a meter which claims to conform to this MIB.

To retrieve flow data one could simply do a linear scan of the flow
table.  This would certainly work, but would require a lot of protocol
exchanges.  To reduce the overhead in retrieving flow data the flow
table uses a TimeFilter variable, defined as a Textual Convention in the
RMON2 MIB [10].

As an alternative method of reading flow data, the MIB provides a view
of the flow table called the flowDataPackageTable.  This is (logically)
a four-dimensional array, subscripted by package selector, ruleset,
activity time and starting flow number.  The package selector is a
sequence of bytes which specifies a list of flow attributes.

A data package (as returned by the meter) is a sequence of values for
the attributes specified in its selector, encoded using the Basic
Encoding Rules [7].  It allows a meter reader to retrieve all the
attribute values it requires in a single MIB object.  This, when used
together with SNMPv2's GetBulk request, allows a meter reader to scan
the flow table and upload a specified set of attribute values for flows
which have changed since the last reading, and which were created by a
specified rule set.

One aspect of data collection which needs emphasis is that all the MIB
variables are set up to allow multiple independent meter readers to work
properly, i.e. the flow table indexes are stateless.  An alternative
approach would have been to 'snapshot' the flow table, which would mean
that the meter readers would have to be synchronized.  The stateless
approach does mean that two meter readers will never return exactly the
same set of traffic counts, but over long periods (e.g. 15-minute
collections over a day) the discrepancies are acceptable.  If one really
needs a snapshot, this can be achieved by switching to an identical rule
set with a different RuleSet number, hence asynchronous collections may
be regarded as a useful generalisation of synchronised ones.

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The control variables are the minimum set required for a meter reader.
Their number has been whittled down as experience has been gained with
the MIB implementation.  A few of them are 'general,' i.e. they control
the overall behaviour of the meter.  These are set by a single 'master'
manager, and no other manager should attempt to change their values.
The decision as to which manager is the 'master' must be made by the
network operations personnel responsible; this MIB does not attempt to
define any interaction between managers.

There are three other groups of control variables, arranged into tables
in the same way as in the RMON2 MIB [10].  They are used as follows:

  - RULE SET INFO: Before attempting to download a RuleSet, a manager
    must create a row in the flowRuleSetInfoTable and set its
    flowRuleInfoSize to a value large enough to hold the RuleSet.  When
    the rule set is ready the manager must set flowRuleInfoRulesReady
    to 'true,' indicating that the rule set is ready for use (but not
    yet 'running').

  - METER READER INFO: Any meter reader wishing to collect data
    reliably for all flows from a RuleSet should first create a row in
    the flowReaderInfoTable with flowReaderRuleSet set to that
    RuleSet's index in the flowRuleSetInfoTable.  It should write that
    row's flowReaderLastTime object each time it starts a collection
    pass through the flow table.  The meter will not recover a flow's
    memory until every meter reader holding a row for that flow's
    RuleSet has collected the flow's data.

  - MANAGER INFO: Any manager wishing to run a RuleSet in the meter
    must create a row in the flowManagerInfo table, specifying the
    desired RuleSet to run and its corresponding 'standby' Ruleset (if
    one is desired).  A current RuleSet is 'running' if its
    flowManagerRunningStandby value is false(2), similarly a standby
    RuleSet is 'running' if flowManagerRunningStandby is true(1).

Times within the meter are in terms of its Uptime, i.e. centiseconds
since the meter started.  For meters implemented as self-contained SNMP
agents this will be the same as sysUptime, but this may not be true for
meters implemented as subagents.  Managers can read the meter's Uptime
when neccessary (e.g. to set a TimeFilter value) by setting
flowReaderLastTime, then reading its new value.

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5 Definitions

FLOW-METER-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

IMPORTS
    MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, Counter32, Counter64, Integer32
        FROM SNMPv2-SMI
    TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, RowStatus, TimeStamp, TruthValue
        FROM SNMPv2-TC
    OBJECT-GROUP, MODULE-COMPLIANCE
        FROM SNMPv2-CONF
    mib-2, ifIndex
        FROM RFC1213-MIB
    OwnerString
        FROM RMON-MIB
    TimeFilter
        FROM RMON2-MIB;

flowMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
    LAST-UPDATED "9712230937Z"
    ORGANIZATION "IETF Realtime Traffic Flow Measurement Working Group"
    CONTACT-INFO
        "Nevil Brownlee, The University of Auckland

        Postal: Information Technology Sytems & Services
                The University of Auckland
                Private Bag 92-019
                Auckland, New Zealand

        Phone:  +64 9 373 7599 x8941
        E-mail: n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz"
    DESCRIPTION
        "MIB for the RTFM Traffic Flow Meter."

    REVISION "9712230937Z"
    DESCRIPTION
        "Two further variables deprecated:
          - flowRuleInfoRulesReady (use flowRuleInfoStatus intead)
          - flowDataStatus (contains no useful information)"

    REVISION "9707071715Z"
    DESCRIPTION
        "Significant changes since RFC 2064 include:
          - flowDataPackageTable added
          - flowColumnActivityTable deprecated
          - flowManagerCounterWrap deprecated"

    REVISION "9603080208Z"
    DESCRIPTION
        "Initial version of this MIB (RFC 2064)"

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    ::= { mib-2 40 }

flowControl         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { flowMIB 1 }

flowData            OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { flowMIB 2 }

flowRules           OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { flowMIB 3 }

flowMIBConformance  OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { flowMIB 4 }

-- Textual Conventions

MediumType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the type of a MediumAddress (see below).  The
        values used for IEEE 802 media are from the 'Network
        Management Parameters (ifType definitions)' section of the
        Assigned Numbers RFC [11]."
    SYNTAX  INTEGER {
        ethernet(7),
        tokenring(9),
        fddi(15) }

MediumAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the value of a Medium Access Control (MAC) address.
        Address format depends on the actual Medium, as follows:

        Ethernet:     ethernet(7)
            6-octet 802.3 MAC address in 'canonical' order

        Token Ring:   tokenring(9)
            6-octet 802.5 MAC address in 'canonical' order

        FDDI:         fddi(15)
            FddiMACLongAddress, i.e. a 6-octet MAC address
            in 'canonical' order  (defined in the FDDI MIB [12])
        "
    SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (6..20))

PeerType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates the type of a PeerAddress (see below).  The values
        used are from the 'Address Family Numbers' section of the
        Assigned Numbers RFC [11]."
    SYNTAX  INTEGER {

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        ipv4(1),
        ipv6(2),
        nsap(3),
        ipx(11),
        appletalk(12),
        decnet(13) }

PeerAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the value of a peer address for various network
        protocols.  Address format depends on the actual protocol,
        as indicated below:

        IPv4:        ipv4(1)
            4-octet IpAddress  (defined in the SNMPv2 SMI [2])

        IPv6:        ipv6(2)
            16-octet IpAddress  (defined in the
                                    IPv6 Addressing RFC [13])

        CLNS:        nsap(3)
            NsapAddress  (defined in the SNMPv2 SMI [2])

        Novell:      ipx(11)
            4-octet Network number,
            6-octet Host number (MAC address)

        AppleTalk:   appletalk(12)
            2-octet Network number (sixteen bits),
            1-octet Host number (eight bits)

        DECnet:      decnet(13)
            1-octet Area number (in low-order six bits),
            2-octet Host number (in low-order ten bits)
        "
    SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (3..20))

AdjacentType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates the type of an adjacent address.
        Is a superset of MediumType and PeerType."
    SYNTAX  INTEGER {
        ip(1),
        nsap(3),
        ethernet(7),
        tokenring(9),
        ipx(11),
        appletalk(12),
        decnet(13),

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        fddi(15) }

AdjacentAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the value of an adjacent address.
        Is a superset of MediumAddress and PeerAddress."
    SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (3..20))

TransportType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates the type of a TransportAddress (see below).  Values
        will depend on the actual protocol; for IP they will be those
        given in the 'Protocol Numbers' section of the  Assigned Numbers
        RFC [11], including icmp(1), tcp(6) and udp(17)."
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)

TransportAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the value of a transport address for various
        network protocols.  Format as follows:

        IP:
            2-octet UDP or TCP port number

        Other protocols:
            2-octet port number
        "
    SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (2))

RuleAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the value of an address.  Is a superset of
        MediumAddress, PeerAddress and TransportAddress."
    SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (2..20))

FlowAttributeNumber ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Uniquely identifies an attribute within a flow data record."
    SYNTAX  INTEGER {
        flowIndex(1),
        flowStatus(2),
        flowTimeMark(3),

        sourceInterface(4),
        sourceAdjacentType(5),
        sourceAdjacentAddress(6),

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        sourceAdjacentMask(7),
        sourcePeerType(8),
        sourcePeerAddress(9),
        sourcePeerMask(10),
        sourceTransType(11),
        sourceTransAddress(12),
        sourceTransMask(13),

        destInterface(14),
        destAdjacentType(15),
        destAdjacentAddress(16),
        destAdjacentMask(17),
        destPeerType(18),
        destPeerAddress(19),
        destPeerMask(20),
        destTransType(21),
        destTransAddress(22),
        destTransMask(23),

        pduScale(24),
        octetScale(25),

        ruleSet(26),
        toOctets(27),             -- Source-to-Dest
        toPDUs(28),
        fromOctets(29),           -- Dest-to-Source
        fromPDUs(30),
        firstTime(31),            -- Activity times
        lastActiveTime(32),

        sourceSubscriberID(33),   -- Subscriber ID
        destSubscriberID(34),
        sessionID(35),

        sourceClass(36),          -- Computed attributes
        destClass(37),
        flowClass(38),
        sourceKind(39),
        destKind(40),
        flowKind(41) }

RuleAttributeNumber ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Uniquely identifies an attribute which may be tested in
        a rule.  These include attributes whose values come directly
        from (or are computed from) the flow's packets, and the five
        'meter' variables used to hold an Attribute Number."
    SYNTAX  INTEGER {
        null(0),
        sourceInterface(4),       -- Source Address

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        sourceAdjacentType(5),
        sourceAdjacentAddress(6),
        sourcePeerType(8),
        sourcePeerAddress(9),
        sourceTransType(11),
        sourceTransAddress(12),

        destInterface(14),        -- Dest Address
        destAdjacentType(15),
        destAdjacentAddress(16),
        destPeerType(18),
        destPeerAddress(19),
        destTransType(21),
        destTransAddress(22),

        sourceSubscriberID(33),   -- Subscriber ID
        destSubscriberID(34),
        sessionID(35),

        sourceClass(36),          -- Computed attributes
        destClass(37),
        flowClass(38),
        sourceKind(39),
        destKind(40),
        flowKind(41),

        matchingStoD(50),         -- Packet matching

        v1(51),                   -- Meter variables
        v2(52),
        v3(53),
        v4(54),
        v5(55) }

ActionNumber ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Uniquely identifies the action of a rule, i.e. the Pattern
        Matching Engine's opcode number.  Details of the opcodes
        are given in the 'Traffic Flow Measurement: Architecture'
        document [9]."
    SYNTAX  INTEGER {
        ignore(1),
        noMatch(2),
        count(3),
        countPkt(4),
        return(5),
        gosub(6),
        gosubAct(7),
        assign(8),
        assignAct(9),

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        goto(10),
        gotoAct(11),
        pushRuleTo(12),
        pushRuleToAct(13),
        pushPktTo(14),
        pushPktToAct(15),
        popTo(16),
        popToAct(17) }

--
-- Control Group:  Rule Set Info Table
--

flowRuleSetInfoTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF FlowRuleSetInfoEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An array of information about the rule sets held in the
        meter.

        Any manager may configure a new rule set for the meter by
        creating a row in this table with status active(1), and setting
        values for all the objects in its rules.  At this stage the new
        rule set is available but not 'running,' i.e. it is not being
        used by the meter to produce entries in the flow table.

        To actually 'run' a rule set a manager must create a row in
        the flowManagerInfoTable, set it's flowManagerStatus to
        active(1), and set either its CurrentRuleSet or StandbyRuleSet
        to point to the rule set to be run.

        Once a rule set is running a manager may not change any of the
        objects within the rule set itself.

        Any manager may stop a rule set running by removing all
        references to it in the flowManagerInfoTable (i.e. by setting
        CurrentRuleSet and StandbyRuleSet values to 0). This provides a
        way to stop rule sets left running if a manager fails."
    ::= { flowControl 1 }

flowRuleSetInfoEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowRuleSetInfoEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Information about a particular rule set."
    INDEX  { flowRuleInfoIndex }
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoTable 1 }

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FlowRuleSetInfoEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    flowRuleInfoIndex         Integer32,
    flowRuleInfoSize          Integer32,
    flowRuleInfoOwner         OwnerString,
    flowRuleInfoTimeStamp     TimeStamp,
    flowRuleInfoStatus        RowStatus,
    flowRuleInfoName          OCTET STRING,
    flowRuleInfoRulesReady    TruthValue,
    flowRuleInfoFlowRecords   Integer32
    }

flowRuleInfoIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..2147483647)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An index which selects an entry in the flowRuleSetInfoTable.
        Each such entry contains control information for a particular
        rule set which the meter may run."
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoEntry 1 }

flowRuleInfoSize OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Number of rules in this rule set.  Setting this variable will
        cause the meter to allocate space for these rules."
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoEntry 2 }

flowRuleInfoOwner OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OwnerString
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Identifies the manager which 'owns' this rule set.  A manager
        must set this variable when creating a row in this table."
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoEntry 3 }

flowRuleInfoTimeStamp OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeStamp
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Time this row's associated rule set was last changed."
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoEntry 4 }

flowRuleInfoStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  RowStatus
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current

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    DESCRIPTION
        "The status of this flowRuleSetInfoEntry. If this value is
        not active(1) the meter must not attempt to use the row's
        associated rule set.  Once its value has been set to active(1)
        a manager may not change any of the other variables in the
        row, nor the contents of the associated rule set.

        To download a rule set, a manger could:
           - Locate an open slot in the RuleSetInfoTable.
           - Create a RuleSetInfoEntry by setting the status for this
               open slot to createAndWait(5).
           - Set flowRuleInfoSize and flowRuleInfoName as required.
           - Download the rules into the row's rule table.
           - Set flowRuleInfoStatus to active(1).

        The rule set would then be ready to run. The manager is not
        allowed to change the value of flowRuleInfoStatus from
        active(1) if the associated RuleSet is being referenced by any
        of the entries in the flowManagerInfoTable.

        Setting RuleInfoStatus to destroy(6) destroys the associated
        rule set together with any flow data collected by it."
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoEntry 5 }

flowRuleInfoName OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An alphanumeric identifier used by managers and readers to
        identify a rule set.  For example, a manager wishing to run a
        rule set named WWW-FLOWS could search the flowRuleSetInfoTable
        to see whether the WWW-FLOWS rule set is already available on
        the meter.

        Note that references to rule sets in the flowManagerInfoTable
        use indexes for their flowRuleSetInfoTable entries.  These may
        be different each time the rule set is loaded into a meter."
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoEntry 6 }

flowRuleInfoRulesReady OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TruthValue
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates whether the rules for this row's associated rule set
        are ready for use.  The meter will refuse to 'run' the rule set
        unless this variable has been set to true(1).
        While RulesReady is false(2), the manager may modify the rule
        set, for example by downloading rules into it."
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoEntry 7 }

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flowRuleInfoFlowRecords OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The number of entries in the flow table for this rule set.
        These may be current (waiting for collection by one or more
        meter readers) or idle (waiting for the meter to recover
        their memory)."
    ::= { flowRuleSetInfoEntry 8 }

--
-- Control Group:  Interface Info Table
--

flowInterfaceTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF FlowInterfaceEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An array of information specific to each meter interface."
    ::= { flowControl 2 }

flowInterfaceEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowInterfaceEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Information about a particular interface."
    INDEX   { ifIndex }
    ::= { flowInterfaceTable 1 }

FlowInterfaceEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    flowInterfaceSampleRate   Integer32,
    flowInterfaceLostPackets  Counter32
    }

flowInterfaceSampleRate OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The parameter N for statistical counting on this interface.
        Set to N to count 1/Nth of the packets appearing at this
        interface.  A meter should choose its own algorithm to
        introduce variance into the sampling so that exactly every Nth
        packet is not counted.  A sampling rate of 1 counts all
        packets.  A sampling rate of 0 results in the interface
        being ignored by the meter."
    DEFVAL { 1 }

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    ::= { flowInterfaceEntry 1 }

flowInterfaceLostPackets OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Counter32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The number of packets the meter has lost for this interface.
        Such losses may occur because the meter has been unable to
        keep up with the traffic volume."
    ::= { flowInterfaceEntry 2 }

--
-- Control Group:  Meter Reader Info Table
--

-- Any meter reader wishing to collect data reliably for flows
-- should first create a row in this table.  It should write that
-- row's flowReaderLastTime object each time it starts a collection
-- pass through the flow table.

-- If a meter reader (MR) does not create a row in this table, e.g.
-- because it failed authentication in the meter's SNMP write
-- community, collection can still proceed but the meter will not be
-- aware of meter reader MR.  This could lead the meter to recover
-- flows before they have been collected by MR.

flowReaderInfoTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF FlowReaderInfoEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An array of information about meter readers which have
        registered their intent to collect flow data from this meter."
    ::= { flowControl 3 }

flowReaderInfoEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowReaderInfoEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Information about a particular meter reader."
    INDEX  { flowReaderIndex }
    ::= { flowReaderInfoTable 1 }

FlowReaderInfoEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    flowReaderIndex            Integer32,
    flowReaderTimeout          Integer32,
    flowReaderOwner            OwnerString,
    flowReaderLastTime         TimeStamp,
    flowReaderPreviousTime     TimeStamp,

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    flowReaderStatus           RowStatus,
    flowReaderRuleSet          Integer32
    }

flowReaderIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..2147483647)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An index which selects an entry in the flowReaderInfoTable."
    ::= { flowReaderInfoEntry 1 }

flowReaderTimeout OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the maximum time (in seconds) between flow data
        collections for this meter reader.  If this time elapses
        without a collection, the meter should assume that this meter
        reader has stopped collecting, and delete this row from the
        table.  A value of zero indicates that this row should not be
        timed out."
    ::= { flowReaderInfoEntry 2 }

flowReaderOwner OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OwnerString
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Identifies the meter reader which created this row."
    ::= { flowReaderInfoEntry 3 }

flowReaderLastTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeStamp
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Time this meter reader began its most recent data collection.

        This variable should be written by a meter reader as its first
        step in reading flow data.  The meter will set this LastTime
        value to its current Uptime, and set its PreviousTime value
        (below) to the old  LastTime.  This allows the meter to
        recover flows which have been inactive since PreviousTime,
        for these have been collected at least once.

        If the meter reader fails to write flowLastReadTime, collection
        may still proceed but the meter may not be able to recover
        inactive flows until the flowReaderTimeout has been reached
        for this entry."

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    ::= { flowReaderInfoEntry 4 }

flowReaderPreviousTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeStamp
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Time this meter reader began the collection before last."
    ::= { flowReaderInfoEntry 5 }

flowReaderStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  RowStatus
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The status of this FlowReaderInfoEntry. A value of active(1)
        implies that the associated reader should be collecting data
        from the meter.  Once this variable has been set to active(1)
        a manager may only change this row's flowReaderLastTime and
        flowReaderTimeout variables."
    ::= { flowReaderInfoEntry 6 }

flowReaderRuleSet OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..2147483647)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An index to the array of rule sets.  Specifies a set of rules
        of interest to this meter reader.  The reader will attempt to
        collect any data generated by the meter for this rule set, and
        the meter will not recover the memory of any of the rule set's
        flows until this collection has taken place.  Note that a
        reader may have entries in this table for several rule sets."
    ::= { flowReaderInfoEntry 7 }

--
-- Control Group:  Manager Info Table
--

-- Any manager wishing to run a rule set must create a row in this
-- table.  Once it has a table row, the manager may set the control
-- variables in its row so as to cause the meter to run any valid
-- rule set held by the meter.

-- A single manager may run several rule sets; it must create a row
-- in this table for each of them.  In short, each row of this table
-- describes (and controls) a 'task' which the meter is executing.

flowManagerInfoTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF FlowManagerInfoEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible

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    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "An array of information about managers which have
        registered their intent to run rule sets on this meter."
    ::= { flowControl 4 }

flowManagerInfoEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowManagerInfoEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Information about a particular meter 'task.'  By creating
        an entry in this table and activating it, a manager requests
        that the meter 'run' the indicated rule set.

        The entry also specifies a HighWaterMark and a StandbyRuleSet.
        If the meter's flow table usage exceeds this task's
        HighWaterMark the meter will stop running the task's
        CurrentRuleSet and switch to its StandbyRuleSet.

        If the value of the task's StandbyRuleSet is 0 when its
        HighWaterMark is exceeded, the meter simply stops running the
        task's CurrentRuleSet.  By careful selection of HighWaterMarks
        for the various tasks a manager can ensure that the most
        critical rule sets are the last to stop running as the number
        of flows increases.

        When a manager has determined that the demand for flow table
        space has abated, it may cause the task to switch back to its
        CurrentRuleSet by setting its flowManagerRunningStandby
        variable to false(2)."
    INDEX  { flowManagerIndex }
    ::= { flowManagerInfoTable 1 }

FlowManagerInfoEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    flowManagerIndex           Integer32,
    flowManagerCurrentRuleSet  Integer32,
    flowManagerStandbyRuleSet  Integer32,
    flowManagerHighWaterMark   Integer32,
    flowManagerCounterWrap     INTEGER,
    flowManagerOwner           OwnerString,
    flowManagerTimeStamp       TimeStamp,
    flowManagerStatus          RowStatus,
    flowManagerRunningStandby  TruthValue
    }

flowManagerIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..2147483647)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION

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        "An index which selects an entry in the flowManagerInfoTable."
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 1 }

flowManagerCurrentRuleSet OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Index to the array of rule sets.  Specifies which set of
        rules is the 'current' one for this task.  The meter will
        be 'running' the current ruleset if this row's
        flowManagerRunningStandby value is false(2).

        When the manager sets this variable the meter will stop using
        the task's old current rule set and start using the new one.
        Specifying rule set 0 (the empty set) stops flow measurement
        for this task."
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 2 }

flowManagerStandbyRuleSet OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Index to the array of rule sets.  After reaching HighWaterMark
        (see below) the manager will switch to using the task's
        StandbyRuleSet in place of its CurrentRuleSet.  For this to be
        effective the designated StandbyRuleSet should have a coarser
        reporting granularity then the CurrentRuleSet.  The manager may
        also need to decrease the meter reading interval so that the
        meter can recover flows measured by this task's CurrentRuleSet."
    DEFVAL { 0 }  -- No standby
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 3 }

flowManagerHighWaterMark OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (0..100)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A value expressed as a percentage, interpreted by the meter
        as an indication of how full the flow table should be before
        it should switch to the standby rule set (if one has been
        specified) for this task.  Values of 0% or 100% disable the
        checking represented by this variable."
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 4 }

flowManagerCounterWrap OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  INTEGER { wrap(1), scale(2) }
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION

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        "Specifies whether PDU and octet counters should wrap when
        they reach the top of their range (normal behaviour for
        Counter64 objects), or whether their scale factors should
        be used instead.  The combination of counter and scale
        factor allows counts to be returned as binary floating
        point numbers, with 64-bit mantissas and 8-bit exponents."
    DEFVAL { wrap }
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 5 }

flowManagerOwner OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OwnerString
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Identifies the manager which created this row."
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 6 }

flowManagerTimeStamp OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeStamp
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Time this row was last changed by its manager."
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 7 }

flowManagerStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  RowStatus
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The status of this row in the flowManagerInfoTable.  A value
        of active(1) implies that this task may be activated, by
        setting its CurrentRuleSet and StandbyRuleSet variables.
        Its HighWaterMark and RunningStandby variables may also be
        changed."
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 8 }

flowManagerRunningStandby OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TruthValue
    MAX-ACCESS  read-create
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Set to true(1) by the meter to indicate that it has switched
        to runnning this task's StandbyRuleSet in place of its
        CurrentRuleSet.  To switch back to the CurrentRuleSet, the
        manager may simply set this variable to false(2)."
    DEFVAL { false }
    ::= { flowManagerInfoEntry 9 }

--
-- Control Group:  General Meter Control Variables

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--

flowFloodMark OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (0..100)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A value expressed as a percentage, interpreted by the meter
        as an indication of how full the flow table should be before
        it should take some action to avoid running out of resources
        to handle new flows.  Values of 0% or 100% disable the
        checking represented by this variable."
    DEFVAL { 95 } -- Enabled by default.
    ::= { flowControl 5 }

flowInactivityTimeout OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The time in seconds since the last packet seen, after which
        a flow becomes 'idle.'  Note that although a flow may be
        idle, it will not be discarded (and its memory recovered)
        until after its data has been collected by all the meter
        readers registered for its RuleSet."
    DEFVAL { 600 } -- 10 minutes
    ::= { flowControl 6 }

flowActiveFlows OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The numbers of flows which are currently in use."
    ::= { flowControl 7 }

flowMaxFlows OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The maximum number of flows allowed in the meter's
        flow table.  At present this is determined when the meter
        is first started up."
    ::= { flowControl 8 }

flowFloodMode OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TruthValue
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION

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        "Indicates that the meter has passed its FloodMark and is
        not running in its normal mode.  When a manager notices this
        it should take action to remedy the problem which caused the
        flooding.  Once the flood has receded, the manager may set
        this variable to false(2) to resume normal operaation."
    ::= { flowControl 9 }

--
-- The Flow Table
--

-- This is a table kept by a meter, with one flow data entry for every
-- flow being measured.  Each flow data entry stores the attribute
-- values for a traffic flow.  Details of flows and their attributes
-- are given in the 'Traffic Flow Measurement: Architecture'
-- document [9].

-- From time to time a meter reader may sweep the flow table so as
-- to read counts.  This is most effectively achieved by using the
-- TimeMark variable together with successive GetBulk requests to
-- retrieve the values of the desired flow attribute variables.

-- This scheme allows multiple meter readers to independently use the
-- same meter; the meter readers do not have to be synchronised and
-- they may use different collection intervals.

flowDataTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF FlowDataEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The list of all flows being measured."
    ::= { flowData 1 }

flowDataEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowDataEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The flow data record for a particular flow."
    INDEX { flowDataRuleSet, flowDataTimeMark, flowDataIndex }
    ::= { flowDataTable 1 }

FlowDataEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    flowDataIndex                   Integer32,
    flowDataTimeMark                TimeFilter,
    flowDataStatus                  INTEGER,

    flowDataSourceInterface         Integer32,
    flowDataSourceAdjacentType      AdjacentType,

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    flowDataSourceAdjacentAddress   AdjacentAddress,
    flowDataSourceAdjacentMask      AdjacentAddress,
    flowDataSourcePeerType          PeerType,
    flowDataSourcePeerAddress       PeerAddress,
    flowDataSourcePeerMask          PeerAddress,
    flowDataSourceTransType         TransportType,
    flowDataSourceTransAddress      TransportAddress,
    flowDataSourceTransMask         TransportAddress,

    flowDataDestInterface           Integer32,
    flowDataDestAdjacentType        AdjacentType,
    flowDataDestAdjacentAddress     AdjacentAddress,
    flowDataDestAdjacentMask        AdjacentAddress,
    flowDataDestPeerType            PeerType,
    flowDataDestPeerAddress         PeerAddress,
    flowDataDestPeerMask            PeerAddress,
    flowDataDestTransType           TransportType,
    flowDataDestTransAddress        TransportAddress,
    flowDataDestTransMask           TransportAddress,

    flowDataPDUScale                Integer32,
    flowDataOctetScale              Integer32,

    flowDataRuleSet                 Integer32,

    flowDataToOctets                Counter64,    -- Source->Dest
    flowDataToPDUs                  Counter64,
    flowDataFromOctets              Counter64,    -- Dest->Source
    flowDataFromPDUs                Counter64,
    flowDataFirstTime               TimeStamp,    -- Activity times
    flowDataLastActiveTime          TimeStamp,

    flowDataSourceSubscriberID      OCTET STRING,
    flowDataDestSubscriberID        OCTET STRING,
    flowDataSessionID               OCTET STRING,

    flowDataSourceClass             Integer32,
    flowDataDestClass               Integer32,
    flowDataClass                   Integer32,
    flowDataSourceKind              Integer32,
    flowDataDestKind                Integer32,
    flowDataKind                    Integer32
    }

flowDataIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..2147483647)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Value of this flow data record's index within the meter's
        flow table."

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    ::= { flowDataEntry 1 }

flowDataTimeMark OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeFilter
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A TimeFilter for this entry.  Allows GetNext and GetBulk
        to find flow table rows which have changed since a specified
        value of the meter's Uptime."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 2 }

flowDataStatus OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  INTEGER { inactive(1), current(2) }
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "Status of this flow data record."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 3 }

flowDataSourceInterface OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Index of the interface associated with the source address
        for this flow.  It's value is one of those contained in the
        ifIndex field of the meter's interfaces table."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 4 }

flowDataSourceAdjacentType OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  AdjacentType
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Adjacent address type of the source for this flow.  If
        metering is being performed at the network level this will
        probably be an 802 MAC address, and the adjacent type will
        indicate the medium being used.  If traffic is being metered
        inside a tunnel, its adjacent address type will be the peer
        type of the host at the end of the tunnel."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 5 }

flowDataSourceAdjacentAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  AdjacentAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Address of the adjacent device on the path for the source
        for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 6 }

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flowDataSourceAdjacentMask OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  AdjacentAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "1-bits in this mask indicate which bits must match when
        comparing the adjacent source address for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 7 }

flowDataSourcePeerType OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  PeerType
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Peer address type of the source for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 8 }

flowDataSourcePeerAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  PeerAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Address of the peer device for the source of this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 9 }

flowDataSourcePeerMask OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  PeerAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "1-bits in this mask indicate which bits must match when
        comparing the source peer address for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 10 }

flowDataSourceTransType OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TransportType
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Transport address type of the source for this flow.  The
        value of this attribute will depend on the peer address type."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 11 }

flowDataSourceTransAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TransportAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Transport address for the source of this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 12 }

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flowDataSourceTransMask OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TransportAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "1-bits in this mask indicate which bits must match when
        comparing the transport source address for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 13 }

flowDataDestInterface OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Index of the interface associated with the dest address for
        this flow.  This value is one of the values contained in the
        ifIndex field of the interfaces table."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 14 }

flowDataDestAdjacentType OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  AdjacentType
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Adjacent address type of the destination for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 15 }

flowDataDestAdjacentAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  AdjacentAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Address of the adjacent device on the path for the
        destination for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 16 }

flowDataDestAdjacentMask OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  AdjacentAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "1-bits in this mask indicate which bits must match when
        comparing the adjacent dest address for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 17 }

flowDataDestPeerType OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  PeerType
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION

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        "Peer address type of the destination for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 18 }

flowDataDestPeerAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  PeerAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Address of the peer device for the destination of this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 19 }

flowDataDestPeerMask OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  PeerAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "1-bits in this mask indicate which bits must match when
        comparing the dest peer type for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 20 }

flowDataDestTransType OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TransportType
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Transport address type of the destination for this flow.  The
        value of this attribute will depend on the peer address type."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 21 }

flowDataDestTransAddress OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TransportAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Transport address for the destination of this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 22 }

flowDataDestTransMask OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TransportAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "1-bits in this mask indicate which bits must match when
        comparing the transport destination address for this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 23 }

flowDataPDUScale OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION

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        "The scale factor applied to this particular flow.  Indicates
        the number of bits the PDU counter values should be moved left
        to obtain the actual values."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 24 }

flowDataOctetScale OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The scale factor applied to this particular flow.  Indicates
        the number of bits the octet counter values should be moved
        left to obtain the actual values."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 25 }

flowDataRuleSet OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The RuleSet number of the rule set which created this flow.
        Allows a manager to use GetNext or GetBulk requests to find
        flows belonging to a particular RuleSet."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 26 }

flowDataToOctets OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Counter64
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The count of octets flowing from source to dest address and
        being delivered to the protocol level being metered.  In the
        case of IP this would count the number of octets delivered to
        the IP level."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 27 }

flowDataToPDUs OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Counter64
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The count of protocol packets flowing from source to dest
        address and being delivered to the protocol level being
        metered.  In the case of IP, for example, this would count the
        IP packets delivered to the IP protocol level."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 28 }

flowDataFromOctets OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Counter64
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current

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    DESCRIPTION
        "The count of octets flowing from dest to source address and
        being delivered to the protocol level being metered."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 29 }

flowDataFromPDUs OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Counter64
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The count of protocol packets flowing from dest to source
        address and being delivered to the protocol level being
        metered.  In the case of IP, for example, this would count
        the IP packets delivered to the IP protocol level."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 30 }

flowDataFirstTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeStamp
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The time at which this flow was first entered in the table"
    ::= { flowDataEntry 31 }

flowDataLastActiveTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeStamp
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The last time this flow had activity, i.e. the time of
        arrival of the most recent PDU belonging to this flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 32 }

flowDataSourceSubscriberID OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OCTET STRING (SIZE (4..20))
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Subscriber ID associated with the source address for this
        flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 33 }

flowDataDestSubscriberID OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OCTET STRING (SIZE (4..20))
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Subscriber ID associated with the dest address for this
        flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 34 }

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flowDataSessionID OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OCTET STRING (SIZE (4..10))
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Session ID for this flow.  Such an ID might be allocated
        by a network access server to distinguish a series of sessions
        between the same pair of addresses, which would otherwise
        appear to be parts of the same accounting flow."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 35 }

flowDataSourceClass OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Source class for this flow.  Determined by the rules, set by
        a PushRule action when this flow was entered in the table."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 36 }

flowDataDestClass OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Destination class for this flow.  Determined by the rules, set
        by a PushRule action when this flow was entered in the table."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 37 }

flowDataClass OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Class for this flow.  Determined by the rules, set by a
        PushRule action when this flow was entered in the table."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 38 }

flowDataSourceKind OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Source kind for this flow.  Determined by the rules, set by
        a PushRule action when this flow was entered in the table."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 39 }

flowDataDestKind OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current

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    DESCRIPTION
        "Destination kind for this flow.  Determined by the rules, set
        by a PushRule action when this flow was entered in the table."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 40 }

flowDataKind OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Class for this flow.  Determined by the rules, set by a
        PushRule action when this flow was entered in the table."
    ::= { flowDataEntry 41 }

--
-- The Activity Column Table
--

flowColumnActivityTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF FlowColumnActivityEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS   deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "Index into the Flow Table.  Allows a meter reader to retrieve
        a list containing the flow table indexes of flows which were
        last active at or after a given time, together with the values
        of a specified attribute for each such flow."
    ::= { flowData 2 }

flowColumnActivityEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowColumnActivityEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "The Column Activity Entry for a particular attribute,
        activity time and flow."
    INDEX { flowColumnActivityAttribute, flowColumnActivityTime,
            flowColumnActivityIndex }
    ::= { flowColumnActivityTable 1 }

FlowColumnActivityEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    flowColumnActivityAttribute   FlowAttributeNumber,
    flowColumnActivityTime        TimeFilter,
    flowColumnActivityIndex       Integer32,
    flowColumnActivityData        OCTET STRING
    }

flowColumnActivityAttribute OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowAttributeNumber
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only

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    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the attribute for which values are required from
        active flows."
    ::= { flowColumnActivityEntry 1 }

flowColumnActivityTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeFilter
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "This variable is a copy of flowDataLastActiveTime in the
        flow data record identified by the flowColumnActivityIndex
        value of this flowColumnActivityTable entry."
    ::= { flowColumnActivityEntry 2 }

flowColumnActivityIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..2147483647)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "Index of a flow table entry which was active at or after
        a specified flowColumnActivityTime."
    ::= { flowColumnActivityEntry 3 }

flowColumnActivityData OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OCTET STRING (SIZE (3..1000))
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "Collection of attribute data for flows active after
        flowColumnActivityTime.  Within the OCTET STRING is a
        sequence of { flow index, attribute value } pairs, one for
        each active flow.  The end of the sequence is marked by a
        flow index value of 0, indicating that there are no more
        rows in this column.

        The format of objects inside flowColumnFlowData is as follows.
        All numbers are unsigned.  Numbers and strings appear with
        their high-order bytes leading.  Numbers are fixed size, as
        specified by their SYNTAX in the flow table (above), i.e. one
        octet for flowAddressType and small constants, and four octets
        for Counter and TimeStamp.  Strings are variable-length, with
        the length given in a single leading octet.

        The following is an attempt at an ASN.1 definition of
        flowColumnActivityData:

        flowColumnActivityData ::= SEQUENCE flowRowItemEntry
        flowRowItemEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
           flowRowNumber    Integer32 (1..65535),

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                                 -- 0 indicates the end of this column
           flowDataValue   flowDataType -- Choice depends on attribute
           }
        flowDataType ::= CHOICE {
            flowByteValue   Integer32 (1..255),
            flowShortValue  Integer32 (1..65535),
            flowLongValue   Integer32,
            flowStringValue OCTET STRING  -- Length (n) in first byte,
                  -- n+1 bytes total length, trailing zeroes truncated
            }"
    ::= { flowColumnActivityEntry 4 }

--
-- The Data Package Table
--

flowDataPackageTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF FlowDataPackageEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS   current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Index into the Flow Table.  Allows a meter reader to retrieve
        a sequence containing the values of a specified set of
        attributes for a flow which came from a specified rule set and
        which was last active at or after a given time."
    ::= { flowData 3 }

flowDataPackageEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowDataPackageEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The data package containing selected variables from
        active rows in the flow table."
    INDEX { flowPackageSelector,
        flowPackageRuleSet, flowPackageTime, flowPackageIndex }
    ::= { flowDataPackageTable 1 }

FlowDataPackageEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    flowPackageSelector    OCTET STRING,
    flowPackageRuleSet     Integer32,
    flowPackageTime        TimeFilter,
    flowPackageIndex       Integer32,
    flowPackageData        OCTET STRING
    }

flowPackageSelector OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION

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        "Specifies the attributes for which values are required from
        an active flow.  These are encoded as a sequence of octets
        each containing a FlowAttribute number, preceded by an octet
        giving the length of the sequence (not including the length
        octet).  For a flowPackageSelector to be valid, it must
        contain at least one attribute."
    ::= { flowDataPackageEntry 1 }

flowPackageRuleSet OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..255)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Specifies the index (in the flowRuleSetInfoTable) of the rule
        set which produced the required flow."
    ::= { flowDataPackageEntry 2 }

flowPackageTime OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  TimeFilter
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This variable is a copy of flowDataLastActiveTime in the
        flow data record identified by the flowPackageIndex
        value of this flowPackageTable entry."
    ::= { flowDataPackageEntry 3 }

flowPackageIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..2147483647)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Index of a flow table entry which was active at or after
        a specified flowPackageTime."
    ::= { flowDataPackageEntry 4 }

flowPackageData OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  OCTET STRING
    MAX-ACCESS  read-only
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A collection of attribute values for a single flow, as
        specified by this row's indexes.  The attribute values are
        contained within a BER-encoded sequence [7], in the order
        they appear in their flowPackageSelector.

        For example, to retrieve a flowPackage containing values for
        attributes 11, 18 and 29, for a flow in rule set 7, with flow
        index 3447, one would GET the package whose Object Identifier
        (OID) is
            flowPackageData . 3.11.18.29 . 7. 0 . 3447

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        To get a package for the next such flow which had been
        active since time 12345 one would GETNEXT the package whose
        Object Identifier (OID) is
            flowPackageData . 3.11.18.29 . 7. 12345 . 3447"
    ::= { flowDataPackageEntry 5 }

--
-- The Rule Table
--

-- This is an array of rule sets; the 'running' ones are indicated
-- by the entries in the meter's flowManagerInfoTable.  Several rule
-- sets can be held in a meter so that the manager can change the
-- running rule sets easily, for example with time of day.  Note that
-- a manager may not change the rules in any rule set currently
-- referenced within the flowManagerInfoTable (either as 'current' or
-- 'standby')!  See the 'Traffic Flow Measurement:  Architecture'
-- document [9] for details of rules and how they are used.
--
-- Space for a rule table is allocated by setting the value of
-- flowRuleInfoSize in the rule table's flowRuleSetInfoTable row.

flowRuleTable OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  SEQUENCE OF FlowRuleEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS   current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Contains all the rule sets which may be used by the meter."
    ::= { flowRules 1 }

flowRuleEntry OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  FlowRuleEntry
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS   current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The rule record itself."
    INDEX { flowRuleSet, flowRuleIndex }
    ::= { flowRuleTable 1 }

FlowRuleEntry ::= SEQUENCE {
    flowRuleSet                  Integer32,
    flowRuleIndex                Integer32,
    flowRuleSelector             RuleAttributeNumber,
    flowRuleMask                 RuleAddress,
    flowRuleMatchedValue         RuleAddress,
    flowRuleAction               ActionNumber,
    flowRuleParameter            Integer32
    }

flowRuleSet OBJECT-TYPE

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    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..2147483647)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Selects a rule set from the array of rule sets."
    ::= { flowRuleEntry 1 }

flowRuleIndex OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The index into the Rule table.  N.B: These values will
        normally be consecutive, given the fall-through semantics
        of processing the table."
    ::= { flowRuleEntry 2 }

flowRuleSelector OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  RuleAttributeNumber
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "Indicates the attribute to be matched.

        null(0) is a special case; null rules always succeed.

        matchingStoD(50) is set by the meter's Packet Matching Engine.
        Its value is true(1) if the PME is attempting to match the
        packet with its addresses in Source-to-Destination order (i.e.
        as they appear in the packet), and false(2) otherwise.
        Details of how packets are matched are given in the 'Traffic
        Flow Measurement: Architecture' document [9].

        v1(51), v2(52), v3(53), v4(54) and v5(55) select meter
        variables, each of which can hold the name (i.e. selector
        value) of an address attribute.  When one of these is used
        as a selector, its value specifies the attribute to be
        tested.  Variable values are set by an Assign action."
    ::= { flowRuleEntry 3 }

flowRuleMask OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  RuleAddress
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The initial mask used to compute the desired value.  If the
        mask is zero the rule's test will always succeed."
    ::= { flowRuleEntry 4 }

flowRuleMatchedValue OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  RuleAddress

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    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The resulting value to be matched for equality.
        Specifically, if the attribute chosen by the flowRuleSelector
        logically ANDed with the mask specified by the flowRuleMask
        equals the value specified in the flowRuleMatchedValue, then
        continue processing the table entry based on the action
        specified by the flowRuleAction entry.  Otherwise, proceed to
        the next entry in the rule table."
    ::= { flowRuleEntry 5 }

flowRuleAction OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  ActionNumber
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The action to be taken if this rule's test succeeds, or if
        the meter's 'test' flag is off.  Actions are opcodes for the
        meter's Packet Matching Engine; details are given in the
        'Traffic Flow Measurement: Architecture' document [9]."
    ::= { flowRuleEntry 6 }

flowRuleParameter OBJECT-TYPE
    SYNTAX  Integer32 (1..65535)
    MAX-ACCESS  read-write
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "A parameter value providing extra information for the
        rule's action."
    ::= { flowRuleEntry 7 }

--
-- Traffic Flow Meter conformance statement
--

flowMIBCompliances
    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { flowMIBConformance 1 }

flowMIBGroups
    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { flowMIBConformance 2 }

flowControlGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
        flowRuleInfoSize, flowRuleInfoOwner,
            flowRuleInfoTimeStamp, flowRuleInfoStatus,
            flowRuleInfoName,
            flowRuleInfoRulesReady,
            flowRuleInfoFlowRecords,
        flowInterfaceSampleRate,

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            flowInterfaceLostPackets,
        flowReaderTimeout, flowReaderOwner,
            flowReaderLastTime, flowReaderPreviousTime,
            flowReaderStatus, flowReaderRuleSet,
        flowManagerCurrentRuleSet, flowManagerStandbyRuleSet,
            flowManagerHighWaterMark,
--          flowManagerCounterWrap,               <- In DataScaleGroup
            flowManagerOwner, flowManagerTimeStamp,
            flowManagerStatus, flowManagerRunningStandby,
        flowFloodMark,
            flowInactivityTimeout, flowActiveFlows,
            flowMaxFlows, flowFloodMode }
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "The control group defines objects which are used to control
        an accounting meter."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 1 }

flowDataTableGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
--      flowDataIndex,                            <- Index
--      flowDataTimeMark,                         <- Index
        flowDataStatus,
        flowDataSourceInterface,
        flowDataSourceAdjacentType,
        flowDataSourceAdjacentAddress, flowDataSourceAdjacentMask,
        flowDataSourcePeerType,
        flowDataSourcePeerAddress, flowDataSourcePeerMask,
        flowDataSourceTransType,
        flowDataSourceTransAddress, flowDataSourceTransMask,
        flowDataDestInterface,
        flowDataDestAdjacentType,
        flowDataDestAdjacentAddress, flowDataDestAdjacentMask,
        flowDataDestPeerType,
        flowDataDestPeerAddress, flowDataDestPeerMask,
        flowDataDestTransType,
        flowDataDestTransAddress, flowDataDestTransMask,
--      flowDataRuleSet,                          <- Index
        flowDataToOctets, flowDataToPDUs,
        flowDataFromOctets, flowDataFromPDUs,
        flowDataFirstTime, flowDataLastActiveTime,
        flowDataSourceClass, flowDataDestClass, flowDataClass,
        flowDataSourceKind, flowDataDestKind, flowDataKind
        }
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "The flow table group defines objects which provide the
        structure for the flow table, including the creation time
        and activity time indexes into it.  In addition it defines
        objects which provide a base set of flow attributes for the
        adjacent, peer and transport layers, together with a flow's

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        counters and times.  Finally it defines a flow's class and
        kind attributes, which are set by rule actions."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 2 }

flowDataScaleGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
        flowManagerCounterWrap,
        flowDataPDUScale, flowDataOctetScale
        }
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "The flow scale group defines objects which specify scale
        factors for counters."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 3 }

flowDataSubscriberGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
        flowDataSourceSubscriberID, flowDataDestSubscriberID,
        flowDataSessionID
        }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The flow subscriber group defines objects which may be used
        to identify the end point(s) of a flow."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 4 }

flowDataColumnTableGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
        flowColumnActivityAttribute,
        flowColumnActivityIndex,
        flowColumnActivityTime,
        flowColumnActivityData
        }
    STATUS  deprecated
    DESCRIPTION
        "The flow column table group defines objects which can be used
        to collect part of a column of attribute values from the flow
        table."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 5 }

flowDataPackageGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
--      flowPackageSelector,                      <- Index
--      flowPackageRuleSet,                       <- Index
--      flowPackageIndex,                         <- Index
        flowPackageData
        }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The data package group defines objects which can be used
        to collect a specified set of attribute values from a row of

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        the flow table."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 6 }

flowRuleTableGroup OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
        flowRuleSelector,
        flowRuleMask, flowRuleMatchedValue,
        flowRuleAction, flowRuleParameter
        }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The rule table group defines objects which hold the set(s)
        of rules specifying which traffic flows are to be accounted
        for."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 7 }

flowDataScaleGroup2 OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
--      flowManagerCounterWrap,                   <- Deprecated
        flowDataPDUScale, flowDataOctetScale
        }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The flow scale group defines objects which specify scale
        factors for counters.  This group replaces the earlier
        version of flowDataScaleGroup above (now deprecated)."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 8}

flowControlGroup2 OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
        flowRuleInfoSize, flowRuleInfoOwner,
            flowRuleInfoTimeStamp, flowRuleInfoStatus,
            flowRuleInfoName,
--          flowRuleInfoRulesReady,               <- Deprecated
            flowRuleInfoFlowRecords,
        flowInterfaceSampleRate,
            flowInterfaceLostPackets,
        flowReaderTimeout, flowReaderOwner,
            flowReaderLastTime, flowReaderPreviousTime,
            flowReaderStatus, flowReaderRuleSet,
        flowManagerCurrentRuleSet, flowManagerStandbyRuleSet,
            flowManagerHighWaterMark,
--          flowManagerCounterWrap,               <- In DataScaleGroup
            flowManagerOwner, flowManagerTimeStamp,
            flowManagerStatus, flowManagerRunningStandby,
        flowFloodMark,
            flowInactivityTimeout, flowActiveFlows,
            flowMaxFlows, flowFloodMode }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The control group defines objects which are used to control

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        an accounting meter.  It replaces the earlier version of
        flowControlGroup above (now deprecated)."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 9 }

flowDataTableGroup2 OBJECT-GROUP
    OBJECTS  {
--      flowDataIndex,                            <- Index
--      flowDataTimeMark,                         <- Index
--      flowDataStatus,                           <- Deprecated
        flowDataSourceInterface,
        flowDataSourceAdjacentType,
        flowDataSourceAdjacentAddress, flowDataSourceAdjacentMask,
        flowDataSourcePeerType,
        flowDataSourcePeerAddress, flowDataSourcePeerMask,
        flowDataSourceTransType,
        flowDataSourceTransAddress, flowDataSourceTransMask,
        flowDataDestInterface,
        flowDataDestAdjacentType,
        flowDataDestAdjacentAddress, flowDataDestAdjacentMask,
        flowDataDestPeerType,
        flowDataDestPeerAddress, flowDataDestPeerMask,
        flowDataDestTransType,
        flowDataDestTransAddress, flowDataDestTransMask,
--      flowDataRuleSet,                          <- Index
        flowDataToOctets, flowDataToPDUs,
        flowDataFromOctets, flowDataFromPDUs,
        flowDataFirstTime, flowDataLastActiveTime,
        flowDataSourceClass, flowDataDestClass, flowDataClass,
        flowDataSourceKind, flowDataDestKind, flowDataKind
        }
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "This flow table group defines objects which provide the
        structure for the flow table.  It replaces the earlier
        version of flowDataTableGroup above (now deprecated)."
    ::= {flowMIBGroups 10 }

flowMIBCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
    STATUS  current
    DESCRIPTION
        "The compliance statement for a Traffic Flow Meter."
    MODULE
        MANDATORY-GROUPS  {
            flowControlGroup2,
            flowDataTableGroup2,
            flowDataPackageGroup,
            flowRuleTableGroup
            }
    ::= { flowMIBCompliances 1 }

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6 Security Considerations

This MIB describes how an RTFM traffic meter is controlled, and provides
a way for traffic flow data to be retrieved from it by a meter reader.
This is essentially an application using SNMP as a method of
communication between co-operating hosts; it does not - in itself - have
any inherent security risks.

Since, however, the traffic flow data can be extremely valuable for
network management purposes it is vital that sensible precautions be
taken to keep the meter and its data secure.  This requires that access
to the meter for control purposes (e.g. loading RuleSets and reading
flow data) be restricted.  Such restriction could be achieved in many
ways, for example

  - Physical Separation.  Meter(s) and meter reader(s) could be
    deployed so that control capabilities are kept within a separate
    network, access to which is carefully controlled.

  - Application-layer Security.  A minimal level of security for SNMP
    is provided by using 'community' strings, which are essentially
    clear-text passwords.  Stronger security for SNMP is being
    developed within the IETF; when this becomes available it should be
    used to protect managed network equipment.

  - Lower-layer Security.  Access to the meter can be protected using
    encryption at the network layer.  For example, one could run SNMP
    to the meter through an encrypted TCP tunnel.

When implementing a meter it may be sensible to use separate network
interfaces for control and for metering.  If this is done the control
network can be set up so that it doesn't carry any 'user' traffic, and
the metering interfaces can ignore any user attempts to take control of
the meter.

Users should also consider how they will address attempts to circumvent
a meter, i.e. to prevent it from measuring flows.  Such attempts are
essentially denial-of-service attacks on the metering interfaces.  For
example

  - Port Scan attacks.  The attacker sends packets to each of a very
    large number of IP (Address :  Port) pairs.  Each of these packets
    creates a new flow in the meter; if there are enough of them the

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    meter will recognise a 'flood' condition, and will probably stop
    creating new flows.  As a minimum, users (and implementors) should
    ensure that meters can recover from flood conditions as soon as
    possible after they occur.

  - Counter Wrap attacks:  The attacker sends enough packets to cause
    the counters in a flow to wrap several times between meter
    readings, thus causing the counts to be artificially low.  The
    change to using 64-bit counters in this MIB reduces this problem
    significantly.

Users can reduce the severity of both the above attacks by ensuring that
their meters are read often enough to prevent them being flooded.  The
resulting flow data will contain a record of the attacking packets,
which may well be useful in determining where any attack came from.

7 Appendix A: Changes Introduced Since RFC 2064

The first version of the Meter MIB was published as RFC 2064 in January
1997.  The most significant changes since then are summarised below.

  - TEXTUAL CONVENTIONS: Greater use is made of textual conventions to
    describe the various types of addresses used by the meter.

  - PACKET MATCHING ATTRIBUTES: Computed attributes (e.g. FlowClass
    and FlowKind) may now be tested.  This allows one to use these
    variables to store information during packet matching.

    A new attribute, MatchingStoD, has been added.  Its value is 1
    while a packet is being matched with its adresses in 'wire'
    (source-to-destination) order.

  - FLOOD MODE: This is now a read-write variable.  Setting it to
    false(2) switches the meter out of flood mode and back to normal
    operation.

  - CONTROL TABLES: Several variables have been added to the RuleSet,
    Reader and Manager tables to provide more effective control of the
    meter's activities.

  - FLOW TABLE: 64-bit counters are used for octet and PDU counts.
    This reduces the problems caused by the wrap-around of 32-bit
    counters in earlier versions.

    flowDataRuleSet is now used as an index to the flow table.  This
    allows a meter reader to collect only those flow table rows created
    by a specified RuleSet.

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  - DATA PACKAGES: This is a new table, allowing a meter reader to
    retrieve values for a list of attributes from a flow as a single
    object.  When used with SNMP GetBulk requests it provides an
    efficient way to recover flow data.

    Earlier versions had a 'Column Activity Table;' using this it was
    difficult to collect all data for a flow efficiently in a single
    SNMP request.

8 Acknowledgements

An early draft of this document was produced under the auspices of the
IETF's Accounting Working Group with assistance from the SNMP Working
Group and the Security Area Advisory Group.  Particular thanks are due
to Jim Barnes, Sig Handelman and Stephen Stibler for their support and
their assistance with checking early versions of the MIB.

Stephen Stibler shared the development workload of producing the MIB
changes summarized in chpter 5 (above).

9 References

    [1] McCloghrie, K., and Rose, M., Editors, "Management
    Information Base for Network Management of TCP/IP-based
    internets," RFC 1213, Performance Systems International, March
    1991.

    [2] Case J., McCloghrie K., Rose M., and Waldbusser S.,
    "Structure of Management Information for version 2 of the
    Simple Network Managemenet Protocol," RFC 1902, SNMP Research
    Inc., Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Carnegie
    Mellon University, January 1996.

    [3] Case J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and Waldbusser, S.,
    "Textual Conventions for version 2 of the Simple Network
    Managemenet Protocol SNMPv2", RFC 1903, SNMP Research Inc.,
    Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Carnegie Mellon
    University, January 1996.

    [4] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and Waldbusser, S.,
    "Conformance Statements for version 2 of the Simple Network
    Managemenet Protocol (SNMPv2)," RFC 1904, SNMP Research Inc.,
    Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Carnegie Mellon
    University, January 1996.

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    [5] Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and Waldbusser, S.,
    "Coexistence between version 1 and version 2 of the
    Internet-standard Network Management Framework," RFC 1908, SNMP
    Research Inc., Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach Consulting,
    Carnegie Mellon University, January 1996.

    [6] Information processing systems - Open Systems
    Interconnection - Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One
    (ASN.1), International Organization for Standardization,
    International Standard 8824, December 1987.

    [7] Information processing systems - Open Systems
    Interconnection - Specification of Basic Encoding Rules for
    Abstract Notation One (ASN.1), International Organization for
    Standardization, International Standard 8825, December 1987.

    [8] Mills, C., Hirsch, G. and Ruth, G., "Internet Accounting
    Background," RFC 1272, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., Meridian
    Technology Corporation, November 1991.

    [9] Brownlee, N., Mills, C., and G. Ruth, "Traffic Flow
    Measurement:  Architecture", RFC 2063, The University of
    Auckland, Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc., GTE Laboratories, Inc,
    January 1997.

    [10] Waldbusser, S., "Remote Network Monitoring Management
    Information Base Version 2 using SMIv2," RFC 2021, INS, January
    1997.

    [11] Reynolds, J., Postel, J., "Assigned Numbers," RFC 1700,
    ISI, October 1994.

    [12] Case, J., "FDDI Management Information Base," RFC 1285,
    SNMP Research Incorporated, January 1992.

    [13] Hinden, R., Deering, S., "IP Version 6 Addressing
    Architecture," RFC 1884, Ipsilon Networks, Xerox PARC, December
    1995.

10 Author's Address

    Nevil Brownlee
    Information Technology Systems & Services
    The University of Auckland

    Phone: +64 9 373 7599 x8941
    E-mail: n.brownlee@auckland.ac.nz

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Nevil Brownlee                                                 [Page 47]