Network Working Group A. Smith
Request for Comments: 2940 Consultant
Category: Standards Track D. Partain
Ericsson
J. Seligson
Nortel Networks
October 2000
Definitions of Managed Objects for Common Open Policy Service (COPS)
Protocol Clients
Status of this Memo
This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.
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Abstract
This memo defines a portion of the Management Information Base (MIB)
for use with network management protocols in TCP/IP based internets.
In particular it defines objects for managing a client of the Common
Open Policy Service (COPS) protocol.
This memo includes a MIB module in a manner that is compliant to the
SMIv2 [V2SMI].
Smith Standards Track [Page 1]RFC 2940 COPS Client MIB October 20001. The SNMP Management Framework
The SNMP Management Framework presently consists of five major
components:
o An overall architecture, described in an Architecture for
Describing SNMP Management Frameworks [ARCH].
o Mechanisms for describing and naming objects and events for the
purpose of management. The first version of this Structure of
Management Information (SMI) is called SMIv1 and described in
STD 16, RFC 1155 [V1SMI], STD 16, RFC 1212 [V1CONCISE] and RFC
1215 [V1TRAPS]. The second version, called SMIv2, is described
in STD 58, RFC 2578 [V2SMI], STD 58, RFC 2579 [V2TC] and STD
58, RFC 2580 [V2CONFORM].
o Message protocols for transferring management information. The
first version of the SNMP message protocol is called SNMPv1 and
described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [V1PROTO]. A second version of
the SNMP message protocol, which is not an Internet standards
track protocol, is called SNMPv2c and described in RFC 1901
[V2COMMUNITY] and RFC 1906 [V2TRANS]. The third version of the
message protocol is called SNMPv3 and described in RFC1906
[V2TRANS], Message Processing and Dispatching [V3MPC] and
User-based Security Model [V3USM].
o Protocol operations for accessing management information. The
first set of protocol operations and associated PDU formats is
described in STD 15, RFC 1157 [V1PROTO]. A second set of
protocol operations and associated PDU formats is described in
RFC 1905 [V2PROTO].
o A set of fundamental applications described in SNMPv3
Applications [V3APPS] and the view-based access control
mechanism described in View-based Access Control Model
[V3VACM].
A more detailed introduction to the current SNMP Management Framework
can be found in RFC 2570 [V3INTRO].
Managed objects are accessed via a virtual information store, termed
the Management Information Base or MIB. Objects in the MIB are
defined using the mechanisms defined in the SMI.
This memo specifies a MIB module that is compliant to the SMIv2. A
MIB conforming to the SMIv1 can be produced through the appropriate
translations. The resulting translated MIB must be semantically
equivalent, except where objects or events are omitted because no
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translation is possible (use of Counter64). Some machine readable
information in SMIv2 will be converted into textual descriptions in
SMIv1 during the translation process. However, this loss of machine
readable information is not considered to change the semantics of the
MIB.
2. Overview
The COPS protocol [COPS] is a client-server protocol intended for the
communication of policy requests and decisions between a Policy
Enforcement Point (PEP) and a Policy Decision Point (PDP). The PEP
acts as a COPS client in this scenario. The model for policy out-
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