RE: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs?

2006-05-18 Thread Bernie Volz \(volz\)
z) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: Re: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs? > > Bernie Volz (volz) wrote: > > Obviously that is less than desirable, but just because > some platforms > > may be unable to provide useful information doesn't mean we just > >

Re: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs?

2006-05-18 Thread Erik Nordmark
Bernie Volz (volz) wrote: Obviously that is less than desirable, but just because some platforms may be unable to provide useful information doesn't mean we just deprecate it for all. Implementers of SNMP agents for this MIB will thus need to decide whether they return a value for this item or no

RE: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs?

2006-05-15 Thread Bernie Volz \(volz\)
what caveats may exist for it. The text already has "or zero if there is no such process." - Bernie > -Original Message- > From: Erik Nordmark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 7:20 PM > To: Bernie Volz (volz) > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ipv6@ietf.or

Re: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs?

2006-05-15 Thread Erik Nordmark
Bernie Volz (volz) wrote: It seems to me that having some process identified with a endpoint (socket) has value. Yes, it may not be the actual process now using the endpoint, but it still provides some meaningful information (such as the process that originally created the endpoint). Even after

RE: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs?

2006-05-13 Thread Bernie Volz \(volz\)
rgen Schoenwaelder [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2006 3:44 AM > To: Erik Nordmark > Cc: ipv6@ietf.org > Subject: Re: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs? > > On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 01:51:57PM -0700, Erik Nordmark wrote: > > > >So my preference would be to d

Re: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs?

2006-05-13 Thread Juergen Schoenwaelder
On Fri, May 12, 2006 at 01:51:57PM -0700, Erik Nordmark wrote: > >So my preference would be to deprecate them since what we really would > >need is a n:m mapping table between process ids and transport endpoints. > > Any other comments? > > If not, how do we go about deprecating them? On the t

Re: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs?

2006-05-12 Thread Erik Nordmark
Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote: So my preference would be to deprecate them since what we really would need is a n:m mapping table between process ids and transport endpoints. Any other comments? If not, how do we go about deprecating them? Erik -

Re: Process id in UDP/TCP mibs?

2006-05-11 Thread Juergen Schoenwaelder
On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 09:55:49AM -0700, Erik Nordmark wrote: > Both RFC 4113 (UDP MIB) and RFC 4022 (TCP MIB) have a process ID for > each endpoint (udpEndpointProcess and tcpConnectionProcess). > > Was there any discussion how this can be implemented? Due to fork etc > there can be more than