Subject: Posting of <draft-ietf-ifmib-testmib-04.txt>

From: Kaj Tesink <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 1998 16:34:05 +0000

Hi,

Please post the attached as draft-ietf-ifmib-testmib-04.txt.
(Note that draft-ietf-ifmib-testmib-03.txt was expired).

The key changes resulted from the quality review process and 
are listed below. Comments invited. Note that
draft-ietf-atommib-test-04.txt depends on this.

Thanks,

Kaj

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changes in draft-ietf-ifmib-testmib-04.txt

- applied latest I-D boilerplate, incl copyright etc
- applied latest snmp boilerplate
- expanded abstract
- zeroDotZero is used instead of { 0 0 }
- the purpose of testIndexNext is clarified
- the condition has been removed that an agent may
  remove rows that have been inactive for a long time 
  based on the observation that this control is better
  left to the manager.
- the name testCompletionTime was changed to testResultTimeStamp
  to better reflect the function
- clarification has been added that managers are responsible
  for removing rows that are no longer in use.
- clarification has been added to testEntry that this table
  also stores test results
- the SYNTAX of testIndex has been improved to
  Unsigned32 (1..4294967295) to exclude the value 0 which
  has special meaning in testIndexNext
- clarification has been added that the value of
  testType must be one of those listed in the
  testCapabilityTable
- the value of testResultTimeStamp while a test is
  in progress has been clarified (0)
- the semantics of the values of testResult have been
  further clarified
- the remark referring to InstancePointer was removed from
  testCode
- the description of testOwner has been improved using
  the OwnerString definition of rfc2233
- the various test states have been spelled out in testRowStatus;
  based on Dawn's comments i ended up not introducing a testHandle
  but refining testRowStatus instead.
- occurrences of 'Capabilities' have been replaced by the
  more accurate 'Capability'
- the security section has been beefed up
- various minor edits

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Kaj Tesink
Bellcore
Email  [email-masked]
Tel    732.758.5254
Fax    732.758.2269
Postal 331 Newman Springs Rd
       Red Bank, NJ 07701
       USA

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