Re: Difference between admin string, display string and octet sring.

2012-07-19 Thread Dave Shield
On 19 July 2012 09:28, Benix Vincent wrote: > But can you let me know the corresponding RFC which discusses these object > types? OCTET STRING is one of the base types of ASN.1 In terms of defining MIB files (i.e. SMI), it's introduced in RFC 2578 DisplayString is defined as part of RFC 2579

Re: Difference between admin string, display string and octet sring.

2012-07-19 Thread Benix Vincent
Thanks !!  But can you let me know the corresponding RFC which discusses these object types? Benix. --- On Wed, 7/18/12, Dave Shield wrote: From: Dave Shield Subject: Re: Difference between admin string, display string and octet sring. To: "Benix Vincent" Cc: "netsnmp" D

Re: Difference between admin string, display string and octet sring.

2012-07-18 Thread Dave Shield
On 18 July 2012 13:35, Benix Vincent wrote: > When and how Display string, octet string and snmp admin sting should be > used in data type? Octet String is the underlying base type. Defining a MIB object using this type doesn't say anything about what sort of value the object should contain (othe

Difference between admin string, display string and octet sring.

2012-07-18 Thread Benix Vincent
When and how Display string, octet string and snmp admin sting should be used in data type? For a product model name, what is the correct object type to be used? THanks in advance,Benix.-- Live Security Virtual Conferen