On 2008-06-26 07:01, Randy Presuhn wrote:
> Hi -
> 
>> From: "Juergen Schoenwaelder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> ...
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 11:13 AM
>> Subject: Re: [OPSAWG] Gen-ART LC 
>> reviewofdraft-ietf-opsawg-snmp-engineid-discovery-02.txt
> ... 
>> Any suggestion how to fix this? Would if be sufficient to add "if a
>> security model does not provide a suitable discovery mechanism for
>> contextEngineIDs", that is:
>>
>>    If a device configuration permits non-secure SNMPv1/v2c access to a
>>    target system, then reading the snmpEngineID variable of the SNMP-
>>    FRAMEWORK-MIB will also reveal a suitable contextEngineID value for
>>    subsequent SNMPv3 usage.  However, implementations should not rely
>>    on non-secure SNMPv1/v2c access and therefore MUST implement this
>>    specification to enable secure contextEngineID discovery if a
>>    security model does not provide a suitable discovery mechanism for
>>    contextEngineIDs.
> 
> This looks fine to me.

I agree. That was the intention of my suggested change (but as Juergen
noted, it can be read differently).

   Brian
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