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Hi - 

I've noticed that most of the spam directed at the agentx list is
being passed by way of the old <agentx@fv.com> address.  Is there
any need to keep that old address alive?  It was a valuable service
during the transition period, but I think it has become a liability.

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>At 02:26 PM 6/5/98 -0700, you wrote:

Hi Randy,

>I've noticed that most of the spam directed at the agentx list is
>being passed by way of the old <agentx@fv.com> address.  Is there
>any need to keep that old address alive?  It was a valuable service
>during the transition period, but I think it has become a liability.

Agreed.

Btw, everyone, *I've* got to kick things back into gear here...
we need to get organized wrt the up-coming bake-off...I've got
a revised charter to post for your comment (I'm just factoring
in some recent comments from Bert now)...and get the "to do"
list in shape...all my fault...been very busy with business and
family matters, but starting to see some daylight now.

Until then...have a good weekend!

Cordially,

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Date: Tue, 09 Jun 1998 14:38:11 -0400
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Hi,

Following some off-list exchanges with the ADs over the past month or
so, I'd like to propose the following update of the AgentX charter:

Done    Publication of AgentX protocol specification (RFC 2257).
Done    Submit working draft version of AgentX MIB I-D.
Jun 98  Collect and evaluate implementation reports (through bake-off).
Jul 98  Conduct AgentX interoperability testing (July 23-24, Sunnyvale).
Aug 98  Meet at 42nd IETF-CHICAGO  (refine or revise RFC 2257).
Sep 98  Petition IESG to advance RFC 2257 to Draft or recycle at Proposed.
Oct 98  Submit final version of AgentX MIB I-D to IESG (for Proposed RFC).
Nov 98  Submit working draft version of AgnetX API I-D.
Jan 99  Submit final version of AgentX API I-D to IESG (for Info RFC).
Feb 99  Evaluate necessary revisions to RFC 2257.
        Evaluate necessary revisions to AgentX MIB RFC.
Mar 99  Meet at 44th IETF-TBD (begin SNMPv3 adaptation of AgentX)
May 99  Publish SNMPv3 update of AgentX documents

Please feel free to request clarification of any of that and/or to
suggest any revisions/deletions/additions you feel may be necessary
or desirable.  Please do your best to get such comments submitted--
preferably on-list--by the end of this week, so that the ADs can
review and approve our plan and carry it forward to the IESG.

Thanks.

Cordially,

BobN
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From: "Matt White" <mwhite@cmu.edu>
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Subject: Conceptual table indices
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I have a question regarding index allocation that I believe Juergen brought
up earlier but for which I do not recall there ever being a resolution.

How do we handle conceptual tables with more than one indexing column?  The
RFC states that for conceptual tables indexed by more than one variable, an
index may be allocated for each variable.  This does not seem sufficient.

For example, suppose that I have a table indexed by IP address and port
number.  If I wish to allocate a single address/port pair, the RFC seems to
indicate that I should send an IndexAllocate PDU with two variable bindings,
one for the IP address and another for the port number.

If I do allocate these two indices, however, I have just allocated ALL rows
with that IP address and all rows with that port number.  While I can
certainly see instances where this might be useful, there are also many
instances where this behaviour is not desireable.

Any thoughts on this?


-Matt
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Canegie Mellon Computing Services


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We have an alpha quality implementation of a subset of the AgentX protocol
available for ftp from:

ftp://ftp.net.cmu.edu/pub/agentx/agentx-v0.1.tar.gz

There is some documentation available at:

http://www.net.cmu.edu/projects/agentx/

At this time, I have only tried to compile this code under Sparc Solaris
2.5.1.  It compiles without difficulty using both the Sun and GNU compilers.

I'd like to emphasize that this is an alpha release and that there is still
a good amount of work to be done.  However, I would appreciate any feedback
on the current implementation as well as comments on what features people
would like to see in future versions.

Bug reports are solicited, patches even more so.  Please send all
correspondance to: agentx-bugs@andrew.cmu.edu


-Matt
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>At 01:47 PM 6/9/98 -0400, Matt White wrote:

Hi Matt,

>I have a question regarding index allocation that I believe Juergen brought
>up earlier but for which I do not recall there ever being a resolution.

Here's the full text of Mike's response to Juergen:

>Subject: Re: index allocation  
>Date: Wed, 29 Apr 98 11:06:42 -0400
>From: Mike Daniele <daniele@zk3.dec.com>
>
>>Thanks Mike, this interpretation is fine with me. Anyway, this is
>>something that should be clarified in a revision of the RFC.
>
>Agreed.  Bob, Dale, are we keeping a list of suggested revisions?
>
>>I have another question. Lets assume I have a fooTable indexed by two
>>columns fooA and fooB. I want to allocate a single entry in the
>>table. I would send an agentx-IndexAllocate-PDU with v.name1 = fooA,
>>and v.name2 = fooB. The corresponding data elements contain the index
>>values I would like to allocate. Is this correct?
>
>Yes, as described in the 4th paragraph of 7.1.3.
>
>>If yes, what happens if I want to allocate indexes for two rows in
>>fooTable? Am I correct to send an agentx-IndexAllocate-PDU with
>>v.name1 = fooA, v.name2 = fooB, v.name3 = fooA and v.name4 = fooB and
>>appropriate data elements?
>
>You could certainly do so if you wished.  Or you could send multiple 
>agentx-IndexAllocate-PDUs, each containing fewer varbinds.
>If you were requesting specific indexes be allocated, yes you'd
>place those values in the appropriate v.data elements.
>
>>What happens if the data elements v.data1 and v.data3 have the same value?
>
>Then one of them would fail, per step 4) (c) in 7.1.2.  And per step 4),
>no index values would be allocated, and a response pdu indicating the error
>would be returned.
>
>>I other words: How are complex index values grouped together? The text
>>in section 7.1.2 looks like if each VarBind element is processed in
>>isolation.
>
>They are, to the extent that each varbind contains a wholly defined
>request for an index allocation, that can be processed individually.
>(One way to think of it is that the master agent maintains a database
> keyed by v.name values.)
>
>They are not, to the extent that if multiple varbinds are present in
>the PDU, their index allocations either all succeed, or none succeed.
>
>I hope I understood your question.  I don't understand why a subagent
>would send multiple varbinds requesting exactly the same index allocation
>(same v.name, same v.data, both NEW_INDEX and ANY_INDEX bits clear)
>when the request can't possibly succeed...
>
>Regards,
>Mike

>How do we handle conceptual tables with more than one indexing column?
>The RFC states that for conceptual tables indexed by more than one
>variable, an index may be allocated for each variable.  This does not
>seem sufficient.

It is sufficient for some cases and it may be insufficient for some
others.

>For example, suppose that I have a table indexed by IP address and port
>number.  If I wish to allocate a single address/port pair, the RFC seems
>to indicate that I should send an IndexAllocate PDU with two variable
>bindings, one for the IP address and another for the port number.

Correct.

>If I do allocate these two indices, however, I have just allocated ALL
>rows with that IP address and all rows with that port number.

Correct.

>While I can certainly see instances where this might be useful, there
>are also many instances where this behaviour is not desireable.

Correct...leaving open the quantification and qualification of the
"some" and "many" for the moment.

>Any thoughts on this?

If this particular limitation proves to be unacceptable, then
perhaps we can use another flags bit on the IndexAllocate PDU
to mean "the multiple varbinds in this PDU must be considered
as a single index allocation value"...or something like that...?

>Matt White
>Network Systems Designer
>Canegie Mellon Computing Services

Cordially,

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Hi,

I have updated the Agentx web site with the information
for Matt White's implementation.

If anyone else would like to post their implementation
on the Agentx web page just send me email.  Even if you
do not want to give very much information it would still
be useful to know who is currently working on implementations.

The Agentx web site is at  http://www.scguild.com/agentx

Thanks,
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(sadly, I have Bob's first message at home, so I'll have to respond to
that one later [ie, out of order])...

>>>>> On Thu, 11 Jun 98 10:16:21 -0400, Mike Daniele <daniele@zk3.dec.com> said:

>>> It would be best, in my eyes, if we could do something like:
>>> 
>>> try to open 161 ourselves.
>>> 
>>> if in use, open a agentX connection and register each of our
>>> internal modules with the master agentX controller.
>>> 
>>> if not in use, do what we have been doing and optionally open the
>>> agentX port ourselves and handle the master functions.

Mike> So perhaps a slightly better approach would be

Mike> try to establish an AgentX session

Mike> if that succeeds, register with whatever master agent is running

Mike> if that doesn't succeed, do what you have been doing

Well, but if 161 isn't opened, I say we should grab it (and possibly
bring up the agentX port ourselves).  IE, assume that you're an snmp
agent directed on purpose to the default port...  If the default port
isn't being used, then it should be is my point.

The point (since you missed it) behind my original message is that I
wanted to do something more along the lines of:

   if (open the default port ourselves) {
     if (open the agentx port as a client) {
       register_as_agentX_client();
     } else if (open the agentX port as a master) {
       accept agentX connections();
     }
     accept snmp connections();
   } else if (open the agentx port as a client) {
       register_as_agentX_client();
     }
   }

In this way, we've covered all bases.  My original question was
related to the fact the the agentX specifications imply that you
shouldn't be both a master and a sub-agent.

My reasoning for wanting to do both is that the people that use our
agent already have a simple method of adding in sub-modules to our
agent in a easy and semi-documented method.  They would benefit from
being on both sides of the fence without worrying about it.  On
machines with a vendor supplied master, they could use the same agent
code as on the machines that don't.  Of course, the drawback to this
is that the agent's code would be much more bulky having to support
all possible contingencies...

(and its arguably a better solution to deploy both a true master and
sub-agent ourselves rather than the above rolling of both into one application.)

-- 
"Ninjas aren't dangerous.  They're more afraid of you than you are of them."

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To: Bob Natale <bnatale@acecomm.com>
Cc: wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu, agentx@peer.com
Subject: Re: UCD-SNMP AgentX questions (answers)  
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 10 Jun 98 11:46:49 EDT."
             <3.0.5.32.19980610114649.00962610@nips.acec.com> 
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 98 10:16:21 -0400
From: Mike Daniele <daniele@zk3.dec.com>
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Hi,

>>What I'm not sure of is why the protocol specifies that you be so
>>strict with separating the master manager with the sub agents.

>The intent of the spec, I believe, is to emphasize the *logical*
>separation of the master agent from any particular sub-agent(s)--
>with one possible exception.  

Actually Bob I think you answered Wes' question best in the last sentence
of your posting:

>Remember that a primary purpose of AgentX is to enable an independently
>developed sub-agent to interoperate with any independently developed master agent.

The only way to accomplish this is by "strictly" defining how they should
intoperate.

>>It would be best, in my eyes, if we could do something like:
>>
>>  try to open 161 ourselves.
>>  
>>  if in use, open a agentX connection and register each of our
>>  internal modules with the master agentX controller.
>>  
>>  if not in use, do what we have been doing and optionally open the
>>  agentX port ourselves and handle the master functions.

>I can see nothing wrong with that plan...bear in mind that, while
>not the primary scenario envisioned for AgentX, the master agent
>*could* have its SNMP interface at some port other than UDP/161.

So perhaps a slightly better approach would be

  try to establish an AgentX session

  if that succeeds, register with whatever master agent is running

  if that doesn't succeed, do what you have been doing

>>The thing is that the agentx documentation actually states that there
>>should be a separation between the implementations.  I think I'm
>>actually going to write the agentx group and ask them about it.  My
>>guess is that they would be worried about software bulk.

I don't have enough context to understand the issue.

Regards,
Mike

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This is a re-transmission of the earlier
SNMPv3/AgentX bakeoff announcement.

Please note that, with a few very special
exceptions, attendance is only open to individuals
and organizations who are planning to test
their SNMPv3 and/or AgentX implementations.

If you are planning to attend but haven't
registered yet, I encourage you to register
as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Lauren

------------------------------------------------


BMC Software invites you to participate
in the SNMPv3 and AgentX combined bakeoffs,
to be held the week of July 20 - 24 for
interoperability testing of the latest SNMPv3
and AgentX implementations.

This non-profit bakeoff will allow SNMPv3/AgentX
developers and vendors to find and fix bugs
in their SNMPv3 and/or AgentX implementations
and help identify any issues with the proposed
standards (RFCs 2257, 2271, 2272, 2273, 2274, 2275).

When: 

        SNMPv3 session:

                Mon-Wed, July 20-22, 1998, 9:30AM - 6:00 PM

        AgentX session:

                Thu-Fri, July 23-24, 1998 9:30AM - 6:00PM

Where: 

        BMC Software
        965 Stewart Drive
        Sunnyvale, California 94086

Who to contact:

        Lauren Heintz
        (voice) 408-616-3169
        (fax) 408-616-3101
        Lauren_Heintz@bmc.com

        NOTE: Lauren will be out of office during the week June 1-5.

Testing agenda:

        The respective working group (WG) chairs
        are responsible for preparing and publishing
        appropriate test plans by June 30, 1998.

Fee:

        $100.00 per person, per day.

What's Included:

        BMC Software will provide testing facilities, including
        one private 10BaseT network drop and ten IP addresses
        for each company, and approximately a 3 foot square area
        of table space (minimum).  The network will not be
        connected to the Internet, so please plan for your email
        and FTP needs accordingly.  Telephones will be available.

        Hot beverages, sodas and water.

        On-site morning and afternoon snacks, and lunch.

        Mutual non-disclosure agreement that each company/attendee
        must agree to, and sign, prior to entering the testing
        facilities.

What you provide:

        One or more attendees.

        SNMPv3 and/or AgentX implementation(s) and test
        station (hardware), including a 10BaseT transceiver.

        Signed mutual non-disclosure agreement (provided
        upon request) for each attendee.  You must use the
        MNDA BMC provides.

        All lodging and transportation and other expenses
        for your needs.

How to register:

        Call Lauren Heintz to verify space availability, then
        send payment to be received by July 3, 1998, to Lauren
        Heintz at BMC Software at the above address along with
        names and phone numbers and email addresses of all
        attendees, and the number of days and actual dates of
        attendance.  Also indicate the type of implementation and
        a list of equipment you will bring.  Please indicate if you
        have special needs.

        Make checks payable to: BMC Software.

        Space is limited, so reserve early.

Cancellations:

        Cancellations prior to July 3, 1998 are entitled to full
        refund.

        Cancellations on or after July 3, 1998 are entitled to 50%
        refund.

        Cancellations on or after July 13, 1998 receive no refund.

Airport info:

        Sunnyvale is served by both the San Jose and San Francisco
        airports.  You are responsible for all your transportation
        arrangements.  We will provide directions to the Sunnyvale
        testing site upon request.

Lodging:

        You are responsible for your own lodging arrangements.
        
        Residence Inn by Marriott, Silicon Valley II, 408-720-8893,
        is less than a five minute walk to BMC.  Corporate rates
        start at approximately $175.00/night.

        Other hotels (not walking distance) abound in the Sunnyvale
        and Santa Clara areas with widely varying rates.

Shipping/Receiving:

        With prior arrangement, you may ship your test stations
        to the BMC testing site up to one week in advance.  BMC
        will provide storage for reasonably-sized test stations
        and their containers during the bakeoffs and one week prior.
        BMC cannot accept shipments requiring payment on receipt,
        nor can BMC fund return shipments before, during or after
        the bakeoffs.  Return shipments may be sent directly from
        the BMC site if adequate funding is pre-arranged.

        To arrange for your shipping and receiving needs, please
        contact Lauren Heintz (see above).

Disclaimers:

        BMC does not assume responsibility for anything not
        explicitly stated above, nor does BMC offer any implied
        warranty of fitness or guarantee of any service.

        BMC is not responsible for conducting the actual bakeoff
        tests or providing the SNMPv3 and/or AgentX test cases.

        BMC cannot accept responsibility for damage incurred to
        property on, or shipped to or from, BMC property.  BMC also
        reserves the right to dispose of abandoned or unclaimed
        property after July 27, 1998, as it sees fit.

        BMC cannot accept responsibility for determining the exact
        cost of the bakeoffs, nor can BMC offer prorated refunds
        based on actual expenses incurred.

        In the event of unusual circumstances, BMC reserves the
        right to cancel this event at any time with a full (prior to
        July 20) or pro-rated (on or after July 20) refund of
        registration fees due to all registered attendees and
        without bearing or incurring any other expense or claim.
        BMC will make every reasonable attempt to ensure this
        event transpires as stated above.


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From: Randy Presuhn <rpresuhn@dorothy.bmc.com>
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Hi  -

| To: Mike Daniele <daniele@zk3.dec.com>
| Cc: Bob Natale <bnatale@acecomm.com>, wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu, agentx@peer.com
| Subject: Re: UCD-SNMP AgentX questions (answers)
| From: Wes Hardaker <wjhardaker@ucdavis.edu>
| Date: 11 Jun 1998 09:11:52 -0700
...
| Well, but if 161 isn't opened, I say we should grab it (and possibly
| bring up the agentX port ourselves).  IE, assume that you're an snmp
| agent directed on purpose to the default port...  If the default port
| isn't being used, then it should be is my point.

There are a couple of additional considerations, including:
        - giving the application the necessary permissions to grab these
          privileged ports
        - ensuring access to non-volatile configuration information,
          including the value of snmpEnableAuthenTraps for snmpv1
        - access to the stored privacy and authentication keys for snmpv3
          (how does the library find this stuff, and how does the user
          process get the rights to access it without opening a massive
          security hole?)
        - access to trap destination lists as in RFC 2273

Consider the implications of these issues for a library-level
implementation of the application MIB, where the agentx support would
presumably be just another library dependency, and the instrumented
application's API calls would be at about the same level of abstraction
as the ARM API, rather than at the protocol detail level of WinSNMP.
This proposal would effectively require the user application, which
did nothing more than innocently call an instrumentation API, to run
setuid root!

...
| In this way, we've covered all bases.  My original question was
| related to the fact the the agentX specifications imply that you
| shouldn't be both a master and a sub-agent.
....

I like to look at "master agent" and "sub-agent" as types of
interfaces, so the relationship is "has-a" rather than "is-a".

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>>>>> On Wed, 17 Jun 1998 14:51:25 -0700 (PDT), Randy Presuhn <rpresuhn@dorothy.bmc.com> said:

Randy> | Well, but if 161 isn't opened, I say we should grab it (and possibly
Randy> | bring up the agentX port ourselves).  IE, assume that you're an snmp
Randy> | agent directed on purpose to the default port...  If the default port
Randy> | isn't being used, then it should be is my point.

Randy> - giving the application the necessary permissions to grab these
Randy> privileged ports

I consider that to be roughly the same error as failing to open it
because it's already in use.

Randy> - ensuring access to non-volatile configuration information,
Randy> including the value of snmpEnableAuthenTraps for snmpv1
Randy> - access to the stored privacy and authentication keys for snmpv3
Randy> (how does the library find this stuff, and how does the user
Randy> process get the rights to access it without opening a massive
Randy> security hole?)
Randy> - access to trap destination lists as in RFC 2273

Randy> Consider the implications of these issues for a library-level
Randy> implementation of the application MIB, where the agentx support
Randy> would presumably be just another library dependency
...
Randy> This proposal would
Randy> effectively require the user application, which did nothing
Randy> more than innocently call an instrumentation API, to run setuid
Randy> root!

Those are good points, but I think I'm missing how it tied in with my
question/statements...  I'm implementing an agent, that will should
always be run suid-root (in most cases at least)...

-- 
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Hi all,
      The AgentX RFC defines agentx-Ping PDU so that subagent can monitor
master agent's ability to send and receive agentx PDUs over a session. I
want to know whether are there any guidelines about how to use agentx-Ping
PDUs by subagent (or subagent library internally). Particularly, I want to
know the frequency and conditions under which subagent should use
agentx-Ping PDUs.
      One policy I can think of is to periodically ping the master agent.
Other is when the master agent does'nt respond to subagent's agentx-notify,
agentx-register, agentx-deregister etc. PDUs within certain time period. 
      Is this thinking Okay?

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Hi  -

> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 20:06:11
> To: agentx@peer.com
> From: Ashish Hanwadikar <ashishkh@wipinfo.soft.net>
> Subject: agentx-Ping PDU
...
>       The AgentX RFC defines agentx-Ping PDU so that subagent can monitor
> master agent's ability to send and receive agentx PDUs over a session. I
> want to know whether are there any guidelines about how to use agentx-Ping
> PDUs by subagent (or subagent library internally). Particularly, I want to
> know the frequency and conditions under which subagent should use
> agentx-Ping PDUs.

One use of this PDU is in clause 6.2.11, to retrieve sysUpTime.

Other than that, the guidelines for use will be environment specific.
For local connections (the most common use of AgentX protocol) master
agent termination is quickly detected by the loss of the underlying
transport.  The same could be accomplished by the use of TCP keepalives
over a non-local connection, subject to all the usual admonitions about
keepalives being bad for networks.

Its real value is in determining whether a master agent is still
(at least somewhat) working.  The "when" and "why" a particular
subagent would need to know will depend on the environment.

>       One policy I can think of is to periodically ping the master agent.

And what action would be taken when a response doesn't arrive within
the designated interval?

> Other is when the master agent does'nt respond to subagent's agentx-notify,
> agentx-register, agentx-deregister etc. PDUs within certain time period. 
...

Reasonable, but not quite right for notifications.  Clause 7.1.11 says:

|        Except in the case of a `notOpen' error as described in (1)
|        above, no agentx-Response-PDU is sent to the subagent when the
|        master agent finishes processing the notification.

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Hi all,
      While going through AgentX RFC I had following questions:
       
1) The Transport Mappings TCP and UNIX Domain Socket are compulsory or
optional?
   The AgentX RFC just mentions the two transport Domains. However, it does
not say whether the Master Agent or Sub Agents should always implement TCP
or UNIX Domain Sockets.

My guess is that the Transport Mappings are purely optional. 

If implementation of Transport Mapping are purely optional, then detection
of whether master agent is running or not is difficult to be detected by
the subagent library or subagent implementation.
 However, following algo might help:
     a) The sysadm knows whether Master Agent has been installed on the
node or not. So, most probably he also knows the various transport mappings
supported by Master Agent. Thus, he can always set some configuration
parameters in the subagent library or subagent implementations giving the
details of the transport mappings and their associated port etc. 
     b) Based on the configuration information in the files, the subagent
startup code tries to make transport connection with each of the transport
mappings mentioned in the configuration file. 
     c) If connections can be made to the master agent through one or more
transports then it chooses the best transport mechanism available.
     d) Otherwise, it can either ask the user to spawn the master agent
and/or log a message and exit
     e) One more alternative here is to include the master agent code as a
separate module alongwith subagent api or code. Thus, if no master agent is
available then subagent implementation can take over that responsibility.
This behavior can be tailored through some parameter in the config files or
whatever mechanism available.
    
With this approach it is the sysadm's, or whoever is responsible for
installation, responsibility to synchronize the configuration information
of the master agent and the multiple subagent api/implementation. With this
synchronization done I don't think we need to really check if the master
agent or snmp agent is listening on port 161 etc. As a fallback when none
of the above work, then as a last resort we can actually try using port 161
or some default agentx transport like TCP/705 etc.

Thanks.


With Regds.,
Ashish Hanwadikar
Technology Solutions,
Wipro Limited
Bangalore-27
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/5393/
Email: ashishkh@writeme.com
Ph: +91-80-2241730 Ext. 3315


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Hi  -

> Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 15:59:45
> To: agentx@peer.com
> From: Ashish Hanwadikar <ashishkh@wipinfo.soft.net>
> Subject: Transport Mappings
...
> 1) The Transport Mappings TCP and UNIX Domain Socket are compulsory or
> optional?
>    The AgentX RFC just mentions the two transport Domains. However, it does
> not say whether the Master Agent or Sub Agents should always implement TCP
> or UNIX Domain Sockets.
> 
> My guess is that the Transport Mappings are purely optional. 
...

That'd be my reading of the current words.  I'd prefer it if support for
the TCP mapping were mandatory, but I can live with the current language.

> If implementation of Transport Mapping are purely optional, then detection
> of whether master agent is running or not is difficult to be detected by
> the subagent library or subagent implementation.
...

It's not THAT hard.  One can use getservbyname() as well as the old "just
try it" approach.  One can even do this to support multiple subagent
protocols over multiple transports.

...
>      e) One more alternative here is to include the master agent code as a
> separate module alongwith subagent api or code. Thus, if no master agent is
> available then subagent implementation can take over that responsibility.
> This behavior can be tailored through some parameter in the config files or
> whatever mechanism available.
...

Deja vu.  The access rights needed within a system for a master agent
(for privacy/authentication keys and access control information) should
not be within reach of a typical subagent.  It's one thing to trigger
the activation of a master agent if none is found; it's quite another
to BECOME the master agent if no one else is doing the job.

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Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 10:34:33
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From: Ashish Hanwadikar <ashishkh@wipinfo.soft.net>
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Hi all,
      I want to know whether Microsoft NT/win95 supports UNIX Domain
sockets or not. I searched for it msdn, but could not find it out. The
Simple Times Article in March 1998 issue by Matt White on "An OverView of
AgentX Protocol" says in "Security Issues" Subsection that "Fortunately,
there are implementations of Unix domain sockets for all major platforms,
including Microsoft Windows". 
      If that is the case where can I get the implementation of UNIX domain
sockets on NT/95?
Thanks in advance,

With Regds.,
Ashish Hanwadikar
Technology Solutions,
Wipro Limited
Bangalore-27
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/5393/
Email: ashishkh@writeme.com
Ph: +91-80-2241730 Ext. 3315


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From: Matthew White <mwhite@andrew.cmu.edu>
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Ashish:

The Cygnus GCC for windows supports unix domain sockets.  You can get more
information from http://www.cygnus.com/.


-Matt


On Wed, 24 Jun 1998, Ashish Hanwadikar wrote:

> Hi all,
>       I want to know whether Microsoft NT/win95 supports UNIX Domain
> sockets or not. I searched for it msdn, but could not find it out. The
> Simple Times Article in March 1998 issue by Matt White on "An OverView of
> AgentX Protocol" says in "Security Issues" Subsection that "Fortunately,
> there are implementations of Unix domain sockets for all major platforms,
> including Microsoft Windows". 
>       If that is the case where can I get the implementation of UNIX domain
> sockets on NT/95?
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> With Regds.,
> Ashish Hanwadikar
> Technology Solutions,
> Wipro Limited
> Bangalore-27
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/5393/
> Email: ashishkh@writeme.com
> Ph: +91-80-2241730 Ext. 3315
> 
> 

----------
Matt White
Network Systems Designer
Carnegie Mellon Computing Services


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Hi,

We've done some testing of DEC's subagent library vis a vis
Peer/BMC's master agent.  In general, the news is good.
We've been able to open a session, register multiple regions,
and have some SNMP Get and GetNext requests handled correctly
end to end.

I wanted to note 2 things that might help avoid problems
for others:

1) SearchRange ending OID

        Cannot be identical to the SearchRange starting OID.
        7.2.2.2 states that for next/bulk, a subagent must return
        a variable such that

>       - If the ending OID is not null, the variable's name
>         lexicographically precedes the ending OID.

        If the SearchRange's ending oid == its starting oid,
        the subagent can't legally return anything.

2) Register PDU's optional range upper bound (r.upper_bound)

	This field is present only if r.range_subid is non-zero.

	If r.range_subid is 0, the PDU ends with r.region.  It does
	NOT contain (a 0-valued) r.upper_bound in this case.

	Note to editors:  We should discuss r.upper_bound in sections
	6.2.3 and 6.2.4 in a separate paragraph, just like we do with
	all the other fields.  We should also include an example
	that has no upper bound.


We have master and subagents available for testing (via TCP over the
internet) if other folks are interested in doing so before
the bakeoff.

Thanks Lauren @ BMC, the testing so far has been very valuable.

Regards,
Mike	

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Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:44:41 -0400
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From: Bob Natale <bnatale@acecomm.com>
Subject: Updated goals and milestones
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Hi,

The AgentX page at <http://www.ietf.org/>www.ietf.org has been updated with=
 the
following:

Goals and Milestones:

Done Publication of AgentX protocol specification
Done Submit working draft version of AgentX MIB I-D.
Jun 98 Collect and evaluate implementation reports
       (through bake-off).
Jul 98 Conduct AgentX interoperability testing
       (July 23-24, Sunnyvale).
Aug 98 Meet at 42nd IETF-Chicago (refine or revise
       RFC 2257).
Sep 98 Petition IESG to advance RFC 2257 to Draft
       or recycle at Proposed
Oct 98 Submit final version of AgentX MIB I-D to
       IESG for consideration as Proposed.
Nov 98 Submit initial draft version of AgentX API I-D
Dec 98 Submit interim draft version of AgentX API I-D.
Jan 99 Submit final version of AgentX API I-D to IESG
       for consideration as an Informational RFC.
Feb 99 Evaluate necessary revisions to RFC 2257.
Feb 99 Evaluate necessary revisions to AgentX MIB RFC.
Mar 99 Meet at 44th IETF to
          Assess status of AgentX deployment
          Determine need for AgentX v2 (Protocol, MIB, or API)
          Plan future work items accordingly.
Apr 99 Submit new charter proposal to IESG or retire WG.

I have submitted a request for a single 2hr meeting slot in
Chicago...I have not yet received notification of the scheduled
time and place.  The basic agenda will include:

 - the usual preliminaries
 - review implementation status reports
 - review bake-off results, findings
 - review list of open issues
 - review status of AgentX MIB
 - review need/desire for a standard AgentX API
 - review status of SNMPv3 and DISMAN wrt AgentX
 - recommend working plan wrt any of the above items
 - the usual summaries

Comments on any of the above are welcomed...as are proposed
mods (additions/deletions/changes) to the agenda outline.

Cordially,

BobN
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