<inline> Tom Petch ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rainer Gerhards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <syslog-sec@employees.org> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 11:24 AM Subject: [Syslog-sec] SNMP parameters in syslog message (renamed subject)
<snip> 7.3.1 sequenceID The "sequenceID" parameter allows to track the sequence in which the sender sent the messages. It is an integer that MUST be reset to 0 at reboot and MUST be monotnically incremented with each message sent. Its maximum value is 4,294,967,295. If that value is reached, the next message must be emited with a sequenceID of 0. Uh huh. Everywhere, I look monotonic has the same, well-defined meaning which is that the value only changes in one direction. So 99 77 23 5 5 5 3 3 1 -1 is a monotonic sequence as is 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 3 5 7 68 79 123 To quote Merriam-Webster, " having the property either of never increasing or of never decreasing as the values of the independent variable or the subscripts of the terms increase <monotonic functions> <a monotonic sequence>" Some words change their meaning as they travel around the world but I do not think this is one of them:-) If you want each value to be greater than (not greater than or equal to) the previous one, then I think you want 'strictly increasing' but I would suggest instead 'It is an integer that MUST be set to 0 when the syslog function is started and MUST be increased with every message up to a maximum value of 4,294,967,295. If that value is reached, the next message must be sent with a sequenceID of 0.' But I also question the use of zero; zero is special, best avoided unless really wanted (as in SNMP index values and enumerations) so I suggest starting at one. And I would prefer sequenceId to sequenceID (perhaps because I use so much Snmp:-) _______________________________________________ Syslog-sec mailing list Syslog-sec@www.employees.org http://www.employees.org/mailman/listinfo/syslog-sec
