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From: dfk@NIC.EU.net (Daniel Karrenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.dev-environ
Subject: Bug in snmp/syntax.c:prim2ulong() ?
Keywords: isode, SNMP, RFC1155, MIB
Message-ID: <2891@mcsun.eu.net>
Date: 16 Apr 91 16:23:38 GMT
Organization: EurOpen
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The following is about the SNMP implementation. 

I have found a problem decoding MIB "Counter"s which have the most
significant bit set. The function prim2ulong() in snmp/syntax.c
thinks the MSB should never be set. I read RFC1155 differently and
apparently the implementors of the agent software in my cisco router
think likewise. But then I don't really grok the BER.

For the time being I have just disabled the test and it works just fine.

Now the question: What is broken, the agent or prim2ulong()?

Daniel
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