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From: mrose@CHEETAH.NYSER.NET (Marshall Rose)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: CMOT and MIB
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Date: 9 Jun 90 03:39:00 GMT
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RFCs 1155, 1156, and 1157 are "full standard protocols, with recommended
status"  according to the IAB.  They are, respectively, the SMI, MIB,
and SNMP.  Because 1155, 1156, and 1157 have reached the end of the
standardization process, the three documents together are sometimes
referred to as the Internet-standard network management framework.

RFC 1158 is a "proposed standard, with recommended status".  It is MIB-II, the
proposed successor to the Internet-standard MIB, and fully compatible
with RFC1156.

RFC 1095 is a "draft standard".  It is CMOT.  There is a new
internet-draft specifying a new version of CMOT.  As it is an
internet-draft, it has no standardization status.

RFC 1156 can be used with both SNMP(1157) and CMOT(1095).  RFC 1109 said
that the work on SNMP and CMOT could use different MIBs.  RFC 1158 can
be used with SNMP.  I am told there is a document which casts RFC 1158
into a form useable for CMOT.

It is my believe that this is the "truth, and whole truth, and nothing
but the truth" regarding the standardization status of these
technologies.  Beyond this, work continues, both in producing new
experimental MIBs (e.g., for FDDI), and in re-evaluating existing
technology.

/mtr