RE: [Syslog] MIB Issue #2: document terminology.

2007-01-16 Thread Rainer Gerhards
David, I will happily do that. But before I can, I need to go back to the discussion on architecture in syslog-protocol. Is this issue solved? Do we need a new section or are the proposed definition updates enough? I am asking these questions because I think we need to be clear on the

Re: [Syslog] MIB Issue #1 - one or multiple? Seeking consensus

2007-01-16 Thread tom.petch
- Original Message - From: Glenn M. Keeni [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: tom.petch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: David Harrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [Syslog] MIB Issue #1 - one or multiple? Seeking consensus tom.petch wrote: I do

RE: [Syslog] MIB Issue #1 - one or multiple? Seeking consensus

2007-01-16 Thread Rainer Gerhards
Being not MIB-literate, I tend to agree that it does not add much complexity if there is a table which most often includes just a single element. What is used in practice. It depends on your point of view. If you look at deployments, a single engine is the vast majority. If you look at number of

RE: [Syslog] MIB Issue #1 - one or multiple? Seeking consensus

2007-01-16 Thread David Harrington
Hi, [speaking as co-chair] MIB Issue#1 is not about whether Windows is a real operating system. If you want to have that discussion feel free, but please do it elsewhere - it is inappropriate for the syslog WG, and it is certainly off-topic for MIB Issue#1. David Harrington [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Syslog] MIB Issue #1 - one or multiple? Seeking consensus

2007-01-16 Thread John Calcote
Tom, Saying that Windows is not an operating system in some key respects because it doesn't provide the infrastructure that apps need (because it doesn't provide SNMP support natively) is a little like saying Solaris shouldn't be called a desktop environment because it doesn't provide Beryl