Juergen,

Yes, that rephrased paragraph would be fine.

Thanks,
--David

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Juergen Schoenwaelder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 4:56 PM
> To: Black, David
> Cc: [email protected]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Gen-ART review of draft-schoenw-snmp-ether-01.txt
> 
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2006 at 09:22:09AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>  
> > Comments:
> 
> [...] 
> 
> > The -01 version would be ok to publish as-is, but I concur with
> > Cullen Jennings's comment that use of RFC 2119 language is
> > appropriate, and I specifically suggest a couple of "MUST"s in
> > the second paragraph of Section 3.2 to require the use of EtherType
> > hex 814C and use of SNAP with LLC.  I happen to know from history
> > that IEEE is somewhat sensitive about proper EtherType usage.
> 
> Does the following rephrased text address your comment:
> 
>    When serialized SNMP messages are sent in IEEE 802.3 frames (and in
>    other IEEE 802 MAC frame types that can natively represent Ethernet
>    type values), the Ethernet type field value of 33100 (hexadecimal
>    814C) MUST be used as the link layer protocol identifier.  In IEEE
>    802 LANs that use LLC as the means of link layer protocol
>    identification, such as IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs, the SNAP
>    encapsulation method described in subclause 10.5 "Encapsulation of
>    Ethernet frames over LLC" in [IEEE802] MUST be used.
>  
> > IANA needs clarification of what to do about SNMP domain
> > registration - see the IANA comment in the I-D tracker.
> 
> This is taken care of in the -02 version (which still sits in the
> queue).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> /js
> 
> -- 
> Juergen Schoenwaelder             International University Bremen
> <http://www.eecs.iu-bremen.de/>           P.O. Box 750 561, 
> 28725 Bremen, Germany
> 

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