Hi Glenn,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn M. Keeni [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> 1.7 > > 12) SyslogService - can we make this just a service name.
The
> > > port semantics are really ambiguous. How do distinguish a
UDP
> > >port# from a TCP port#?
> Not fixed.
>
> Response.
> The syslogEntityControlTransportDomain specifies the
> transport e.g.
> transportDomainUdpIpv4.
>
I am looking for an unambiguous format for the value of this field.
SyslogService ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
STATUS current
DESCRIPTION
"The service name or port number that will be used to
send and/or receive messages.
The service name must resolve to a port number on the
local host.
"
SYNTAX OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..255))
A service name is presumably a string; a port number is a decimal
value.
When put into this object, MUST the port number be represented as an
ASCII string? If so, the description does not say so.
If a service name is specified, is this done as an ASCII string or a
UTF-8 string? The description doesn't say. If it is not UTF-8, why
not?
If the service name must resolve to a port number on the local host,
how will a remote NMS get that resolution from the local host?
Wouldn't it be simpler to put only a port number in the managed
object?
If you restricted it to a port number, then implementers only need to
provide memory for an unsigned32 value (4 octets) rather than 255
octets.
dbh
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