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From: sfb@NCoast.ORG (Stephen F. Bush)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Application management with SNMP
Message-ID: <1991May3.211239.20754@NCoast.ORG>
Date: 3 May 91 21:12:39 GMT
Organization: North Coast Public Access Un*x (ncoast)
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Can SNMP be used for managing applications as well as
network entities or is application management better
handled by another protocol?

As an SNMP novice, I could see adding MIB types for
application information, and proxy-agents for
applications. 

What I am looking for is something which will monitor/control
applications running anywhere on a network. Relevent information
would be:

(1) who is using which application
(2) which version of an application is being run
(3) ability to control access to the application

Is there a standard for an APPLICATION management protocol (in ASN.1) ?
or am I nuts. Is this already included in any SNMP implementation, or
is it discouraged?

Please let me know if any such protocol exists (IP or otherwise).

				Steve Bush
				GE Information Services