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Date:      Tue, 28 May 1996 11:35:23 -0400
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
To:        "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   snmp for FreeBSD...
Message-ID:  <9605281535.AA19970@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960527143245.12605B-100000@ki.net>
References:  <Pine.NEB.3.93.960527143245.12605B-100000@ki.net>

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<<On Mon, 27 May 1996 14:38:49 -0400 (EDT), "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@ki.net> said:

> 	What would it take to get the agent and the support programs
> included in FreeBSD 2.2, working towards snmp manageablililty?  I'm
> willing to work at maintaining it and keeping it up to date, but I 
> think something like this should be "integrated into" the Operating 
> System, not an extra...

At this point, I would be more inclined to leave it as a `port'.
While I agree that this is functionality that we will eventually want
integrated, I'm a bit concerned that we might be drawn into the SNMPv2
morass and all its attendant nightmares.  I would prefer for that
issue to become settled, and a good daemon implemnentation found which
has well-constructed security mechanisms, before we try to integrate
it into the system itself.

That said, if there are any specific features which the agent would
like to get from the operating system, I'm more than happy to consider
them.

-GAWollman

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