Hi,
Since you're wondering why you aren't getting responses: Even much simpler
> queries on the list aren't getting responses, but YOUR request will filter
> out potential respondents fairly quickly.
>
I understand it's not the simplest request :o)
>
> You'd need people with crypto experience (which means they'll also know
> that there are lots of crypto problems where it's difficult-to-impossible to
> determine how close you are to a solution, meaning this could be quite a
> time sink), *preferably* experienced with the lib you've chosen (my
> favorite); they need to know SNMP (I don't; and don't have *any* sense
> how much time that would take), need to have access to an SNMP server to
> test against ( ! ), should probably have RFC (implementation) experience, or
> at least *any* protocol implementation experience; obviously need in-depth
> experience with Synapse; AND they need the *time* and willingness to work
> on *someone else's* problem, right now... A "someone else" they don't
> know... whose level of expertise and communications skills they don't know,
> etc. etc. etc. ... Hmmm... the *only* potential match I can
> imagine at this point is Lukas; it's doubtful that one expert's needs and
> schedule will coincide with another's; and it's doubtful anyone would fault
> him for not volunteering more (right now) after contributing so much.
>
>
Lukas replied earlier today and told me that he will try to look into it
when he gets the time, but that he is very busy.
> I think it'd be far more surprising if you had gotten productive answers,
> ESPECIALLY in that short time frame. If you were hiring someone, I think
> you'd expect to take much longer to even *begin* to find candidates
> (factoring in other limiting factors like Delphi and your location)...
>
>
The time frame wasn't that short. I sent a bug report over a month ago
regarding a pretty bad bug in the IPv6 address conversion code and never got
a reply. This is one of the reasons I was thinking the email might not be
getting through.
> As for me, this is the kind of problem (tricky and remote from mine ! ) I'd
> love to get involved with, but several of the above factors *and more*,
> prevent me from doing anything. Heck,* I shouldn't have spent the time
> on this note!* Alright back to work now...
>
>
I totally understand the pressures that you guys are under. I'm in a very
similar situation being the sole developer of a large. complicated
application.
Please understand that I never at any point intended to be pushy or to make
the assumption that I was owed somebodies help. this last post was truly to
find out if the emails were getting to the list. I thought it strange that
none of the bug reports I posted got any kind of acknowledgment.
>
> P.S. Another way to determine if your messages are reaching the mailing
> list, is to see if you're receiving copies of the messages...
>
That's exactly what I thought... I *wasn't* receiving them! If I had
received a copy I would never have made this post.
>
> P.P.S. Your pressing need for this code may be (unduly) influencing your
> expectations for totally FREE and fairly advanced support from this mailing
> list.
>
To be honest, I don't think I have pressed for anything. The only thing I
wanted was some kind of response so I didn't feel like I was wasting my time
firing off emails that weren't ending up anywhere.
> The odds of getting someone involved might go up if they'd feel they know
> you to some extent from participation on the mailing list (contributing,
> answering others, or just having established some level of relationship),
> BUT even that might not be useful if the volunteers don't have the requisite
> skills either! In addition, chances are pretty decent that you'd have to
> invest more time to get any (other) volunteers up to speed on all these
> specifics, than it will take you to resolve the problem.
>
Until now, I didn't feel that there were many questions I could answer with
much authority. If any SNMPv3 questions come up now, I think I'll have a go
at answering :o)
>
> P.P.P.S. This is a long shot, but since you've resolved the authentication
> issues, and suspect the encryption... if you don't find other SNMP specific
> problems, check to make sure that you're using the correct Initialization
> Vectors.
>
I've been staring at the IV code for days now. I know there could still be
bugs in it, but if there are I'm pretty much out of ideas.
> Maybe it *is* worth checking against the RFCs... ?
>
>
I have, and everything seems to line up pretty well. I've even downloaded
other implementations of SNMPv3 in C sharp and C++, but still can't see
where the problem is.
Thanks for your suggestions, and once again, I really wasn't trying to be
pushy and I'm sorry if that's how it came across.
Cheers,
Paul
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