Subject: Re: [IETFMIBS] MIB draft review request

From: Randy Presuhn <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:37:42 -0500 (EST)

Hi -

>From: Juergen Schoenwaelder <[email-masked]>
>Sent: Feb 19, 2007 4:03 AM
>To: Randy Presuhn <[email-masked]>
>Cc: [email-masked]
>Subject: Re: [IETFMIBS] MIB draft review request
>
>On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:08:35AM +0700, Randy Presuhn wrote:
> 
>> The analysis of SNMPv3 vs SNMPv1 and SNMPv2c message
>> sizes has been done before.  Is it *really* an issue for this
>> technology?
>
>The 6lowpan environment is severly size constrained. This can only
>change with an update of the underlying 802.15.4 technology as far as
>I understand things (or of course relying an some fragmentation and
>reassembly in an environment which rather high failure probabilities).

The constraints appear to be so severe that some kind of underlying
transport to fragment / reassemble would be necessary for any version
of SNMP.  Consequently, I find the argument for an exemption to the
SNMPv3 requirement unconvincing.

Randy

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