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Title:	DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
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Created:	Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:	Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	6497
Total number of notes:	27359

3341.0. "How about SMP ?" by HOO78C::TURHAN () Sun Jul 12 1992 10:48

    
    Hi,
    
    A lot of steam is coming from the internet about secure SNMP and
    recently SMP. 
    
    I started receiving questions about what we plan to do on SMP.
    Could someone explain what is (or will be) Digital's strategy about SMP.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Tankut

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3341.1	SMP (SNMP V2) - YES	SKIBUM::GASSMAN		`Tue Jul 14 1992 12:31`	11
	Digital's strategy is to support the management of TCP/IP networks. The SMP protocol has some very nice features. Most or all of it will be probably accepted by the IAB/IETF, and become SNMP V2. As soon as the specs are made public, I would expect those involved in SNMP directors and agents to get the specs, and make plans to support the new features. It would not be against our strategy to adopt some of the features before final standardization by the IAB/IETF, however each product group would have to make decision based on what their customers ask for. bill
3341.2	Maybe	MARVIN::COBB	Graham R. Cobb (DECNIS development), REO2-G/G9, 830-3917	`Fri Jul 17 1992 09:27`	16
	Bill is probably closer to things than I am but I am slightly less optimistic than him about any rapid adoption of SMP. I would say, at least for the CBN products, that we are tracking SMP (the documents are sitting in my "really quite urgent but not as urgent as some things" pile of reading at home) and if and when it becomes standardised or widely adopted we will support it in our products. The best line to take in public statements is to point out that Digital is publicly committed to supporting management of TCP/IP networks using industry standard protocols. If SMP (or some other SNMP V2) becomes widely used we could hardly fail to support it! By the way, although CBN is unlikely to drive the SMP process much, I can't comment on whether any other Digital group will participate more actively. Graham