Thanks Wes.
Wes Hardaker wrote: >>>>>> On Wed, 20 Oct 2010 11:15:12 +0530, Manjit >>>>>> <[email protected]> said: >>>>>> > > M> Yes Wes ...i am trying to understand the concept. > > Ah. In that case I'd suggest writing to the SNMPv3 IETF Working Group > mailing list (which still exists) and ask those sorts of questions there > instead, because that's where the authors of the specification read > things. > > M> As i read in RFC 3412: > M> a. if reportable flag is 0 for a confirmed class of packets, then also > M> the receiver should process it as though it had been set to 1. > M> b . if reportable flag is 1 for a unconfirmed class of packets, then > M> also the receiver should process it as though it had been set to 0. > > M> If this is the case then what is the purpose of keeping this flag ?? > > If you read the full 3412, it actually explains why it is needed: > > The reportableFlag is a secondary aid in determining whether a Report > PDU MUST be sent. It is only used in cases where the PDU portion of > a message cannot be decoded, due to, for example, an incorrect > encryption key. If the PDU can be decoded, the PDU type forms the > basis for decisions on sending Report PDUs. > > IE, sometimes you don't know the class of the PDU because it's encrypted. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nokia and AT&T present the 2010 Calling All Innovators-North America contest Create new apps & games for the Nokia N8 for consumers in U.S. and Canada $10 million total in prizes - $4M cash, 500 devices, nearly $6M in marketing Develop with Nokia Qt SDK, Web Runtime, or Java and Publish to Ovi Store http://p.sf.net/sfu/nokia-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
