PMP> Lastest Host MIB v2smi draft

PMP> Lastest Host MIB v2smi draft

Bobby Krupczak rdk at empiretech.com
Wed Apr 28 16:20:53 EDT 1999


Hi!

>This MIB imports the BITS construct, which should not be done.  The BITS
>definition has its problems, but taken reasonably literally its definition
>is available implicitly by IMPORTing OBJECT-TYPE from SNMPv2-SMI.

I disagree.  Why should BITS not be imported?  It is a textual
convention defined in RFC1902.  As far as I can tell, the BITS clause
adds semantic clarity to the notion of assigning meaning to bits in an
octet string.

Bobby



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