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Subject: comp.protocols.snmp SNMP FAQ Part 1 of 2
Date: 2 Sep 1997 14:00:33 -0400
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                 comp.protocols.snmp

                    PART 1 of 2

         FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions - FAQ

          Simple Network Management Protocol
          ----------------------------------

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~Subject:         TABLE OF CONTENTS
                 -----------------
 
FAQ PART 1 of 2:      IN THIS DOCUMENT
----------------      -----------------

@0. What is the purpose of this FAQ?
--------------------------------------
@0.1 Where can I Obtain This FAQ?
------------------------------------
 
@I. General Questions about SNMP and SNMPv2
-------------------------------------------
@1. What is SNMP?
@2. What is an RFC?
@3. Where can I get RFC text?
@4. What books are there which cover SNMP?
@5. What periodicals are heavily oriented to SNMP?
@6. What classes are available on the topic of SNMP?
@7. Category Being Recycled.
@8. What discussion groups are available for SNMP?
@9. What trade shows cater to SNMP?
@10. What SNMP product User Groups are available.
@11. Where can I find SNMP-related material on WWW?
@12. What related mailing lists exist?
@13. SNMP and Autodiscovery
     -------------------------
@20. What is SNMPv2?
@20a. What is SNMPv2*/SNMPv1+/SNMPv1.5?
@21. SNMP and/versus The Web
@22. SNMP and Java
@30. What is RMON?
@31.  RMON Standardization Status
@32.  RMON Working Group.
@33.  Joining the RMON Working Group Mailing List
@34.  Historical RMON Records
@35.  RMON Documents
@39. What is ISODE?
@39a. Where can I get ISODE?


FAQ PART 2 of 2:      >>>NOT IN THIS DOCUMENT<<<
-----------
@40. What is CMIP?
@41. What books should I read about CMIP?
@50. What is OMNIPoint?
 
@II. SNMP Software and Related Products
----------------------------------------
@1. Where can I get Public Domain SNMP software?
@1. Where can I get Proprietary SNMP software?
@3. Where can I get SNMP Shareware?
@4. Miscellaneous FTP Sources
@10. What CMIP software is available?
@11. SNMP and Windows NT/95
@12. More About CMU SNMP Software
 
@III. MIBS
-----------
@1. What is a MIB?
@2. What are MIB-I and MIB-II
@3. What are enterprise MIBs?
@4. Where can I get enterprise MIBs?
@5. How can I register an enterprise MIB?
@5a. Where can I find the current Enterprise Number Assignments?
@6. What is the SMI?
@7. What is ASN.1?
 
@Appendix A. Glossary
@Appendix B. Acknowledgements & Credits
 
 
~Subject:             C O N T E N T S
                     - - - - - - - -
 
@0. 
~Subject: What is the purpose of this FAQ?
----------------------------------------
  This FAQ is to serve as a guide to the resources known to
  be available for helping you to understand SNMP, SNMPv2,
  and their related technologies.  OSI/CMIP is touched on
  briefly as well because we're fair-minded folk.
 
  There is NO INTENT that this be a one-stop SNMP tutorial.
 
  You WILL need to read the books listed herein, maybe even
  some of the RFCs.  You may wish to take a class as well.
  Just think of this as your "tourist guide book."

@0.1
~Subject: Where Can I Obtain This FAQ?
----------------------------------------
  This FAQ is available on the WWW as:

http://www.pantherdig.com

http://www.netcom.com/~snmpshop/snmpfaq

http://people.delphi.com/~pantherdig/snmpfaq

http://www.snmp.com/FAQs/snmp-faq-part1.txt
http://www.snmp.com/FAQs/snmp-faq-part2.txt

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/bngusenet/comp/protocols/snmp/top.html

http://smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu/NetMan/FAQs.html

http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/snmp-faq.part1.html
http://www.lib.ox.ac.uk/internet/news/faq/archive/snmp-faq.part2.html

See also:
ftp://ftp.cs.utwente.nl/pub/src/snmp/


This FAQ is officially archived (as with all "licensed" FAQs) at
rtfm.mit.edu [18.181.0.24] under /pub/usenet/news.answers
as snmp-faq/part1 &/part2, or under /pub/usenet/comp.protocols.snmp
as its own self (the only files in that directory). Use
anonymous ftp to retrieve or send e-mail to 
 
       mailto:mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
 
with
 
      "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources"
 
for instructions on FTP via e-mail.

@I. 
~Subject: General Questions about SNMP and SNMPv2
-----------------------------------------------
 
@1. 
~Subject: What is SNMP?
----------------
  The Simple Network Management Protocol is a protocol for
  Internet network management services.  It is formally
  specified in a series of related RFC documents.

    (Some of these RFCs are in "historic" or "informational" status)
     
     RFC 1089 - SNMP over Ethernet
     RFC 1140 - IAB Official Protocol Standards
     RFC 1147 - Tools for Monitoring and Debugging TCP/IP
                Internets and Interconnected Devices
                [superceded by RFC 1470]
     RFC 1155 - Structure and Identification of Management
                Information for TCP/IP based internets.
     RFC 1156 (H)- Management Information Base Network
                Management of TCP/IP based internets
     RFC 1157 - A Simple Network Managment Protocol
     RFC 1158 - Management Information Base Network
                Management of TCP/IP based internets: MIB-II
     RFC 1161 (H)- SNMP over OSI
     RFC 1187 - Bulk Table Retrieval with the SNMP
     RFC 1212 - Concise MIB Definitions
     RFC 1213 - Management Information Base for Network Management
                of TCP/IP-based internets: MIB-II
     RFC 1215 (I)- A Convention for Defining Traps for use with the SNMP
     RFC 1224 - Techniques for Managing Asynchronously-Generated Alerts
     RFC 1270 (I)- SNMP Communication Services
     RFC 1303 (I)- A Convention for Describing SNMP-based Agents
     RFC 1470 (I)- A Network Management Tool Catalog
     RFC 1298 - SNMP over IPX (obsolete, see RFC 1420)
     RFC 1418 - SNMP over OSI
     RFC 1419 - SNMP over AppleTalk
     RFC 1420 - SNMP over IPX (replaces RFC 1298)
     

"Just a reminder that if you are new to SNMP (or know someone who is)
you might want to check out my Web page at:"
 
http://www.concentric.net/~tkvallil/snmp.html

  -- Tyler Vallillee

@2. 
~Subject: What is an RFC?
------------------
  The letters stand for the title Request For Comment, which
  is the initial stage in the process for creating Internet
  standards.  RFCs go through several stages of review and
  refinement before they are adopted as final by the Internet
  community.
 
@3. 
~Subject: Where can I get RFC text?

On WWW:
-------

Ohio State University has an extensive set of RFCs in html (browser)
format.  To see RFC 9898 (for example), use the following URL:

http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc9898.html

Simply change the RFC number in the above URL to access the correct
file for your purpose.

==============================================================
 
RFC-Info Simplified Help      submitted by: Mark Wallace
-----------------------
 
Use RFC-Info by sending an email messages to RFC-INFO@ISI.EDU.
 
1.  To get a specific RFC send a message with text as follows:
 
        Retrieve: RFC   
          Doc-ID: RFC1500
 
This gets RFC 1500.  All RFC numbers in the Doc-Id are 4 digits 
(RFC 791 would be Doc-ID: RFC0791).
 
2.  To get a specific FYI send a message with text as follows:
 
        Retrieve: FYI
          Doc-ID: FYI0004
 
3.  To get a list of available RFC's that match a certain criteria:
 
        LIST: RFC
    Keywords: Gateway
 
Returns a list of RFC's with the word Gateway in the title or
specified as a keyword.
 
4.  To get information about other ways to get RFCs, FYIs, STDs,
    or IMRs.
 
        HELP: ways_to_get_rfcs
        HELP: ways_to_get_fyis
        HELP: ways_to_get_stds
        HELP: ways_to_get_imrs
 
5.  To get help about using RFC-Info:
 
        HELP: help
 
    or
 
        HELP: topics
 
===============================================================
 
Other sites:

     ftp.internic.net
     ftp.uu.net
     merit.edu
     nic.ddn.mil - note: avoid using this one, it's SLOW
     nis.nsf.net
     src.doc.ic.ac.uk
     venera.isi.edu
     world.std.com
 
     munnari.oz.au \___ Pacific Rim Sites use these
     archie.au     /
 
  A. Use anonymous ftp & look for rfc or pub/rfc directories above.
 
     Details on obtaining RFCs via FTP or EMAIL may be obtained by
     sending an EMAIL message to "rfc-info@ISI.EDU" with the message
     body "help: ways_to_get_rfcs".  For example:
 
>>        To: rfc-info@ISI.EDU
>>        Subject: getting rfcs
 
>>        help: ways_to_get_rfcs
 
  B. You can get a CD Rom with all the RFC's as of the date of the
     CD ROM (Mar 93) from :
            Info Magic
            POB 338
            Pennington, NJ 08534-0338
 
            (800) 800-6613
            (609) 683-5501
 
     Title is 'The Internet CD-ROM' (around $50)
     Includes sources for BSD 4.3 and GNU.
 
   C. In Germany and Europe, try Christian Seyb:
 
     "I also offer a CDROM with all RFC's as of the date 
      of beginning of Aug 93."
 
The following CDROM is available for DM 98,-- (app. $60) and
contains the following software:
 
- Linux SLS V1.03, Kernel 0.99.11 and utilities for Linux
- 386BSD version 0.1 including patch-kit 0.2.4
- NetBSD version 0.8
- Utilities for 386BSD and NetBSD
- The Berkely Second Networking Distribution
- GNU software (gcc 2.4.5, emacs 19.17, gmake 3.68, etc)
- X11R5 up to patch 25 and lots of Contributed Software
- TeX version 3.14
- The Internet RFCs up to RFC1493
- News, mail and mailbox software and many utilities for Unix
 
  Issue: Aug 1993
 
Contact:
    CDROM Versand
    Helga Seyb
    Fuchsweg 86
                                Tel: +49-8106-302210
    85598 Baldham               Fax: +49-8106-302310
    Germany                 Bbs/Fax: +49-8106-34593
 
Christian Seyb  |    |  Mailbox/uucp/Fax: 08106-34593
---------------------------------------------------
 
Dr. Sidnie Feit writes:

."You might want to mention the authoritative site:
.ds.internic.net"

Below is a quote from the gopher file:

gopher://ds1.internic.net:70/00/internic.info/access.info

"Anonymous FTP
-------------
All publically-accessible files are available via anonymous FTP. 
Please use the word "anonymous" as the login and your email address
as the password."

(NOTE: login ID ftp works too.)

"Electronic Mail
---------------
An electronic mail application, developed by AT&T, is available which 
provides batch access to our services.  To obtain user information,
send mailto mailserv@ds.internic.net and include the command HELP
in the body of the message.

WWW
---
All publically-accessible files are available via WWW.  The URL is 

http://ds.internic.net/

Gopher
------
The InterNIC Directory and Database Services collection of Directory
of Directories Listings, Internet Documents such as RFCs, FYIs, STDs
and Internet Drafts, and Publically Accessible Databases are available
via Gopher... "

===

Aloha and greetings from Cologne, Germany.
Maybe it is interested for you, that the Technical University of Cologne 
has a good script which translate the RFCs into HTML-RFCs.
So you can link between the RFCs and you can get online.

You can try it by using the URL

http://rfc.fh-koeln.de/rfc.html


@4. 
~Subject: What books are there which cover SNMP?
-----------------------------------------------

A good source for books on UNIX and on UNIX-related
networking topics (such as SNMP) is:

     Computer Literacy Bookshops, Inc.
     Stores in San Jose, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, CA
     and Vienna, VA.

     (408) 435-5015 x127

     http://www.clbooks.com
     info@clbooks.com
     ftp from ftp.netcom.com under /pub/clbooks
 
  A. The Simple Book: An Introduction to Managment
     of TCP/IP-based Internets
     by: Marshall T. Rose
 
     ISBN 0-13-812611-9
 
     (c) 1991 Prentice-Hall, Inc
 
     And ...
 
     The Simple Book: (Second Edition)
     by: Marshall T. Rose
 
     ISBN 0-13-177254-6
 
     Prentice-Hall Copyright 1994
 
 
  B. SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to
     Network Management Standards
     by: William Stallings
 
     ISBN 0-201-63331-0
 
     (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc
 
     NOTE:
 
   >>A second printing of
   >>SNMP, SNMPv2, and CMIP:
   >>The Practical Guide to Network Management
     (Addison-Wesley, 1993)
 
   >>is now in bookstores. A number of errata in the first printing
   >>have been corrected. None of these are "fatal" but they were a
   >>nuisance. For anyone with a first printing, an errata sheet is
   >>available via anonymous ftp in the file SNMP.errata in directory
   >>ftp/pub on aw.com.

   also, see the URL, below.

 
  SNMP, SNMPv2 and RMON: Practical Network Management,
  Second Edition
  by William Stallings

  Addison-Wesley, 1996
  ISBN 0-201-63479-1

  For more info see:

  http://www.shore.net/~ws/welcome.html

 or ftp from ftp.shore.net/members/ws

 
 
  C. Network Management: A Practical Perspective
     by: Allan Leinwand & Karen Fang
 
     ISBN 0-201-52771-5
 
     (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley Publishing Co, Inc

   Their Second Edition is ISBN 0-201-609990-1

   Please see:

   http://heg-school.aw.com/cseng/authors/leinwand/netman2e/netman2e.html
 
  or Email to: leinwand@cisco.com  or fang@cisco.com

 
  D. Internetworking with TCP/IP (3 Volumes)
 
     Volume 1: Principles, Protocols, and Architecture
     by: Douglas E. Comer
    
     ISBN 0-13-468505-9  (Note: 2nd Edition)
 
     Volume 2: Design, Implementation, and Internals 
     by: Douglas E. Comer and David Stevens
    
     ISBN 0-13-472242-6
 
     (c) 1991 Prentice-Hall, Inc
 
     Volume 3: Client-Server Programming and Applications
     by: Douglas E. Comer and David Stevens
 
     ISBN 0-13-474222-2  (Note: BSD Socket Version)
 
     (c) 1993 Prentice-Hall, Inc
 
 
  E. Managing Internetworks with SNMP
     by: Mark A. Miller, P.E.
 
     ISBN 1-55851-304-3
 
     (c) 1993 M&T Books, New York, NY
 
 
  F.  Open Systems Networking: OSI & TCP/IP
      by: David Piscitello & A. L. Chapin
 
      ISBN 0-201-56334-7
 
      (c) 1993 Addison-Wesley
 
      While largely about OSI, this book contains
      lots of stuff about TCP/IP and SNMP as well.
 
 
  G.  Total SNMP
      by: Sean Harnedy
 
      ISBN  1-878956-33-7
 
      (c) 1994   CPM Books, 1300 Virginia Drive, 3rd Floor
                 Fort Washington, PA 19034

[EDITOR'S NOTE: The second edition is due out any day now.]

 
  H.  How to Manage Your Network using SNMP
      by: Marshall T. Rose & Keith McCloghrie
 
      ISBN 0-13-141517-4
 
      (c) 1995 P T R Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
 

  I.  SNMP: A Guide to Network Management
      by: Sidnie Feit

      McGraw-Hill  ISBN 0-07-020359-8


 J.   SNMP Application Developer's Guide
         by: Robert L. Townsend

         ISBN 0-442-01874-6

         Includes two 3.5" disks with source code!

         Van Nostrand Reinhold
         115 Fifth Ave, NY, NY 10003

  K.  Understanding SNMP MIBs
         by: Perkins and McGinnis

        ISBN 0134377087
        Prentice Hall
        http://www.prenhall.com/ptrbooks/ptr_0134377087.html

        contact: dperkins@scruznet.com


<-- SNMP related books  from: Jan-Arendt Klingel
<-- klingel@rhoen.de    last update 12.06.95

     Communication Network Management, 2nd Edition
.K. Terplan
.Prentice Hall, 1992

     Enterprise Network Management: A Guide to IBM's NetView
.D.M. Peterson
.McGraw-Hill, 1994

     Exploring the Simple Network Management Protocol
.S. Harnedy
.McGraw-Hill, 1994

     The Hands-On Guide to Network Management
.John Mueller, Robert A. Williams
.McGraw-Hill, 1993

     Integrated Network Management
.I. Krishan
.McGraw-Hill, 1993

     Integriertes Netz- und Systemmanagement
.Heinz-Gerd Hegering, Sebastian Abeck
.Addison-Wesley, 1993
.ISBN 3-89319-508-4

     Management von Rechnernetzen
.K. Garbe
.Teubner, 1991

     Managing Internetworks with SNMP
.M.A. Miller
.M&T, 1993

     NetView
.A. Charley
.Van Nostrand, 1993

     NetView: A Professional Guide to SNA Network Management
.L.D. Trindell
.McGraw-Hill, 1993

     Network Management: A Practical Perspective
.Allan Leinwand, Karen Fang Conroy
.Addison-Wesley 1992/1993
.ISBN 0-201-52771-5

     Network Management
.F.J. Kauffels
.Addision-Wesley, 1992
.ISBN 0-201-56524-X

     Netzwerk-Management: Probleme, Standards, Strategien
.F.J. Kauffels
.Datacom, 1990/1992
.ISBN 3-89238-027-9

     The Simple Book, 2nd. Edition
.Marshall T. Rose
.Prentice Hall 1994
.ISBN 0-13-177254-6

     SNMP, SMP and CMIP: The Practical Guide to Network Management
.Standards
.W. Stallings
.Addison-Wesley, 1993

     SNMP: Konzepte, Verfahren, Plattformen
.R. Janssen, W. Schott
.Datacom, 1993

     SNMP-2: Simple Network Management Protocol
.D. Griffith, M. Hein
.Addison-Wesley, 1994

     TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol I
.W. Richard Stevens
.Addison-Wesley, 1994
.ISBN 0-201-63346-9

     TCP/IP Illustrated, Vol II
.W. Richard Stevens
.Addison-Wesley, 1995
.ISBN 0-201-63354-X
.ftp://aw.com/aw.prof.comp.series/wright.stevens.tcpipv2.info.tar.Z

     The Token-Ring Management Guide
.M. Nemzow
.McGraw-Hill, 1993

     Understanding SNMP MIBs
.David T. Perkins

ftp://lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/UnderstandingSNMPv1Mibs.ps

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submitted by:
--
Jan-Arendt Klingel    Sudetenstr. 2A     D-36041 Glaeserzell      Germany
         Voice +49 661 53715     Fax +49 7044 41499
http://www.rhoen.de/users/jan.klingel.html


New from Jan-Arendt Klingel:

"1) Simple Network Management Protocol / Version 2
   Mathias Hein, David Griffiths
   644 pages
   Thomson Publishing, 1994
   ISBN 3-929821-51-6

2) Netzwerk-Management
   Paulo Heitlinger
   561 pages
   Thomson Publishing, 1995
   ISBN 3-8266-0117-3

3) Netzwerkmanagement
   Jochen Seitz
   89 pages
   Thomson Publishing/TAT, 1994
   ISBN 3-929821-76-1

4) Internet Systems Handbook
   Part III: Chapter 12: Network Management
   Daniel C. Lynch, Marshall T. Rose
   28 pages
   Addison-Wesley, 1993
   ISBN 0-201-56741-5

Maybe the English version of books 1) and 2) are on http://www.ora.com."



@5. 
~Subject: What periodicals are heavily oriented to SNMP?
--------------------------------------------------
 
  A.  One bi-monthly newsletter is "SIMPLE TIMES".
      You can subscribe via email at
 
        mailto:/st-subscriptions@simple-times.org
 
      Use HELP on the Subject line for details. See also

     http://www.simple-times.org
 
     For back issues of Simple Times, try

        ftp://ftp.tv.com/pub/simple-times/issues/index.html

 
   B. ConneXions, The Interoperability Report
      480 San Antonio Road, Suite 100
      Mountain View, CA 94040
 
      Ph: 415-941-3399
      Fx: 415-949-1779
 
 
@6. 
~Subject: What classes are available on the topic of SNMP?
----------------------------------------------------
 
   A.   Softbank Expositions
        303 Vintage Park Drive
        Foster City, CA 94404
 
        415-578-6986
 
        EMail: onsite@interop.com

     [Note: Softbank now owns the Networld + Interop Show]
     [See subject @9]
 
   B. [Deleted]

 
   C. Network World Technical Seminars
 
      Ph: 800-643-4668  (direct: 508-820-7493)
      Fx: 800-756-9430

         [Fax back line, ask for document 55]

   D. Learning Tree International
      1805 Library St
      Reston, VA 22090-9919

      800-843-8733 or 703-709-6405

      http://www.learningtree.com

   E. American Research Group, Inc.
      PO Box 1039
      Cary, NC  27512
   
      919-380-0097
 
 
@7. 
~Subject: Category Being Recycled
----------------------------------------

 
@8. 
~Subject: What discussion groups are available for SNMP?
-------------------------------------------------
 
   The basic discussion groups are:
 
        snmp@psi.com    Covers SNMP V1.
        snmp2@tis.com   Covers SNMP V2.
 
   SNMP Mailing Lists.
 
   SNMPv1
 
   To add yourself to the SNMPv1 mailing list send an email message
   with the title subscribe and containing your preferred email
   address in the body to snmp-request@psi.com eg.
 
       mail snmp-request@psi.com
       subject: subscribe
 
       n.user@fred.com
 
   To remove yourself send an unsubscribe message to the same address.
   If you want to post a message to all of the current subscribers to
   the list (and there are hundreds) the address is snmp@psi.com.
 
   SNMPv2
 
   To add yourself to the SNMPv2 mailing list send an email message
   with the title subscribe and containing your preferred email
   address in the body to snmpv2-request@tis.com eg.
 
       mail snmpv2-request@tis.com
       subject: subscribe
 
       n.user@fred.com
 
   To remove yourself send an unsubscribe message to the same address.
   If you want to post a message to all of the current subscribers to
   the list (and there are many) the address is snmpv2@tis.com.
 
 
@9. 
~Subject: What trade shows cater to SNMP?
-----------------------------------
   These days nearly every networking trade show in the
   US, and many outside the US, covers the SNMP market.

   The "big name" in internetworking is:
 
   Networld + Interop
   Phone: 800-488-2883
   Fax:   415-525-0199
 
  Mail Registration:
 ------------------
   SOFTBANK Expositions
   Attn: Registration Department
   PO Box 5855
   San Mateo, CA  94402-0855
 
 Parent Company:
 ------------------
  SOFTBANK Exposition and Conference Co
  303 Vintage Park Drive
  Foster City, CA 94404
  415-578-6900
  Fax:  415-525-0194
   
 
@10.
~Subject: What SNMP Product User Groups Are There?
------------------------------------------------
 
HP OPENVIEW:
------------------------
For owners of a run time license to HP OpenView, there
is the the OpenView Forum (a yearly fee is charged).
 
Contact:
        Richard C. "Rick" Sturm, OV Forum President, at
        
        U.S. West Advanced Technologies
        4001 Discovery Drive
        Suite 190
        Boulder, CO  80303
 
        Voice: 303-541-6262
        Fax:   303-541-6250
        EMail: sturm@advtech.uswest.com


[Editor's Note:  I know Rick has moved but don't know where.]
 
There is an email list for the ovforum.
It is very active (20-40 messages per day).
to submit questions or responses:
.ovforum.ovforum.org
To Subscribe:
.I think it's majordomo@ovforum.org.  If you try to subscribe to
      ovforum.ovforum.org it will respond with subscription instructions.

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An anonymous FTP area is set up on Zippy.Telcom.Arizona.EDU (128.196.128.85). Look in ~/pub/snm.
 
For those users that do not have access to ftp directly, zippy also
supports ftps by mail.  If you want to try it out send an email
message with the word `help' in the body of the message for some
instructions.  Send that email message to
            ftpmail@zippy.telcom.arizona.edu.
 
An archive of the mail messages sent to the list subscribers is
maintained as well. To get an index of these messages send a message
to listproc@zippy.telcom.arizona.edu with a single line message of:
 
   INDEX SNM-PEOPLE
 
To remove your name from the mailing list send a one line mail message
to  listproc@zippy.telcom.arizona.edu.  The message should contain the
line:
 
   UNSUBSCRIBE SNM-PEOPLE
 
To receive a list of the commands for the listproc send a message to
listproc@zippy.telcom.arizona.edu with a message of:
 
   HELP
 
To send a message to the list send mail to snm-people@zippy.telcom.arizona.edu
 

@11.
~Subject: Where can I find SNMP-related material on WWW?
------------------------------------------------------

[from comp.dcom.net-management...]
----------------------------------

it's best if you check out the following www page: it's devoted to
network management and contains an excellent overview and links to
all the different organisations and commitees:

.http://smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu/NetMan/index.html

~from: Andreas Weder

[the following www pages have been extracted from 
 elsewhere in this FAQ list ...]

Re: HNMS:
 
http://snmp.cs.utwente.nl/General/snmp-faq.html
 
Re: The tkined & scotty network management system:
 
http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/ibr/cgi-bin/sbrowser.cgi
http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/ibr/projects/nm/scotty/tcl+snmp.html
http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/ibr/projects/nm/tkined/
http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/ibr/projects/nm/scotty/
 
Re: FTP Software:
 
http://www.ftp.com

Commercial SNMP Software:

http://www.int.snmp.com
http://www.snmp.com
http://www.epilogue.com
http://www.castlerock.com
http://world.std.com/~pfa
http://www.xm.com/snmp
http://www.operations.com
http://www.adventnet.com


"Announce: Networking/Management WWW Site
-----------------------------------------

This on-line material covers networking basics, netware 3.1x 
system administration, network components, API's, remote boot,
security, trouble-shooting, and heaps more.

Included are links to the FAQ's and other resources.

Full access to course notes is provided.

The URL is

http://www.cit.ac.nz/smac/nm210/default.htm
-- 
Brian Brown
Dept. Information Technology
CIT, New Zealand"


An SNMP on WWW Encyclopaedia From Bruce Barnett:
-----------------------------------------------

SNMP Archives summary. Maintained by Bruce Barnett

The following are FTP/WEB sites for various packages, information, etc.
I have not used many of these tools, but do try to keep a record of 
locations. They are in no particular order.
If you have any updates/corrections, please let me know. Thanks...

Last update: Jan 26, 1996

http://smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu/NetMan/index.html
. - network management index

http://smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu/NetMan/Doc/UnderstandingSNMPv1Mibs.ps.gz
.- "Understanding SNMP MIBS". Rev. 1.1.6 - Perkins, David T

ftp.tis.com:/pub/lists/snmpv2
. - minutes/archives of SNMPv2 working group

http://snmp.net.cmu.edu/bin/snmpv2
. - minutes/archives of SNMPv2 working group


http://wwwsnmp.cs.utwente.nl/ - Archive of SNMP and SNMPv2 mailing lists.


lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu: [NOTE - Currently reported to be blank - Dec 15, 1995]
./pub/snmp-dist/* 
..snmp2.1.2.tar
..CMU SNMP v2 source (Library, agent, mid-level agent, 
..Tcl/Tk interface, net management routines)
./pub/snmp.tar
./pub/snmp1.1b.tar
./pub/UnderstandingSNMPv1Mibs.ps 
..- Dave Perkin's "How to Read and Use an SNMP MIB?"

> ***** IMPORTANT *****
> The above server is now known as FTP.NET.CMU.EDU. Please connect to that
> hostname. In the near future, the anonymous server will no longer be
> associated with LANCASTER.ANDREW.CMU.EDU so connections there will not
> work.

FTP.CS.CMU.EDU:/project/netdev/cmu-scs-snmp-Nov-1993.tar 
.improved parser for CMU software

ftp.sce.carleton.ca:/pub/snmp
.Another version of the CMU software (some bug fixes)

ftp.ics.uci.edu:mrose/isode-snmpV2/isode-snmpV2.tar.Z 
.4BSD/ISODE 8.0 SNMPv2 package
.This distribution has moved. 
.One place a copy can be obtained is listed below.

.Questions may be sent to ISODE-SNMPv2@ida.liu.se
.Mailing list may be subscribed by sending mail to 
..isode-snmpv2-request@cs.utk.edu

ftp://ftp.ida.liu.se/pub/isode-snmpV2/isode-snmpV2.tar.gz
.A copy of the 4BSD/ISODE 8.0 SNMPv2 package
.
ftp.ece.ucdavis.edu:/snmp/hp-cmu-snmp-2.1.2.1.tar.gz
.CMU SNMP ported to HP/UX (hardaker@ece.ucdavis.edu)

ftp://zippy.telcom.arizona.edu/pub/snm/patches/snmpd2.2.3
.Updated snmpd agent for Sun/Solaris/Solaris-x86
..From sun. 

ftp.ece.ucdavis.edu:/pub/snmp/ucd-snmp.tar.gz 
.Updated version of the CMU 2.1.2.1 snmp agent. 
.GNU autoconf script
.Allows extensions to be easily added
.Current ports: hp700s/hpux9.0.5, 
..SunOS/4.1.4, Dec5000/Ultrix 4.3, dec-alpha/osf 3.1,
..Solaris 2.4, mips/Ultrix 4.3
.Mailing list: 
..send to ucd-snmp-announce-request@ece.ucdavis.edu
..with a subject line of "subscribe"

ftp.psi.com:/wp/snmp-wg.old - precompiled binaries of snmpi/mosy
. (dated 1993, for SPARC/SunOS 4.0.3c, and Sun3/SunOS 3.5)

ftp://ftp.std.com/vendors/snmp/snmp95/snmp95.tar.Z
.SNMP Agent - ralex@world.std.com (Aleksey Y Romanov)
.Bilingual SNMPv1/SNMPv2
.two agents -
..Base agent for all UNIX systems, no MIB-II support
..Second has kernel/driver 
...MIB-II support for TCP/IP Streams systems
.Based on CMU code
.Support for inform requests
.MIBs are in accordance with recent drafts now
.Some unnecessary inheritance from SNMPv2-RFC-based was removed
.Predicable load on a host (no Mallocs)
.Portable
.Admin model separated from most of code

ftp://thumper.bellcore.com/pub/forum/iimc 
.Tools to convert MIBS into GDMO

http://www.linux.org/ 
.- SNMP/Management software for LINUX

ftp.cs.utwente.nl:pub/src/snmp 
.UT-SNMPv2 Supports RFC1441-1452. 
.Includes 
..Basic Encoding Rules, 
..Packet Encoding Rules,
..Party MIB, with convenient configuration scripts
..DES, 
..SNMPv2 MIB,
..MD5,
..meta-management,
..SNMPv1 functionality,
..An API tester,
..and a nice API. 
.Missing the Manager to Manager MIB.
.Written in GNU-C. Tested on SPARC w/ SunOS 5.3 and 4.1.1
.Contact snmp@cs.utwente.nl for more information
.There is a WWW server for this:
..http://wwwsnmp.cs.utwente.nl

ftp.cs.utwente.nl:/pub/src/snmp/UT-ROSE-1_0.tar.gz a tcl/tk interface for the 
.UT-SNMP-4_0a package (above)

ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/lan/snmpms.zip
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/msdos/lan/snmpwat.zip
ftp://ftp.coast.net/SimTel/win3/network/snmpwin.zip

.CMU SNMP code ported to DOS and Windows.
.Includes SNMPGET SNMPGETN SNMPWALK SNMPSTAT SNMPTEST SNMPTRAP
.The Windows port is WinSock compatible, 
.and includes SNMPTEST and SNMPWALK
.Submitted by Martin Bayreuther <maba@hpbbmdse.bbn.hp.com>

[ Above URL updated 10/5/96]

ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/winsock/apps/snmp/snmptstw.lzh
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/snmp/snmpdos.lzh
ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/snmp/snmpwat.lzh

.Another location for the tools described above.

http://wwwsnmp.cs.utwente.nl/General/mngt-rfc.html 
.RFC's (from The SimpleWeb)

http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/SNMPv1.5/snmpv15.html 
.SNMP V1.5 draft
http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/SNMPv1.5/community-action.html
.SNMP V1.5 Call for action

http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/snmpv2x/ updated documents of the above,
.concerning the migration from 1 to 2. by Karl Auerbach
http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/snmpv2x/snmpvt2.html document itself


ftp.netcom.com:/pub/he/heyjude/HNMS, Hierarchical Network Management System
.A modular software package which offers compact, informative displays
.of LANs and WANs.  Uses SNMP, ICMP, and layer-2 monitoring.
.Displays use the X Window System and (currently) require Motif.
.This is free, copylefted software.
.send questions to owner-hnms-users@maillist.cs.orst.edu

SEE ALSO ftp.bayarea.net:/pub/vip/jude/hnms

ftp.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de:/pub/local/tkined/tkined-0.9i.tar.gz - TK/TCL Mib Browser
..used to build graphical SNMP-based applications
..ftp://ftp.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/pub/local/tkined/scotty-0.9i.tar.gz
                http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/ibr/projects/nm/tkined/
                http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/ibr/projects/nm/scotty/
ftp://ftp.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/pub/local/linux-cmu-snmp CMU SNMP for linux
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/Network/admin - CMU SNMP for linux

http://siva.cshl.org/cgi-bin/lsmbyid/001001
.tkined and scotty for linux ?

ftp:/ftp.wellfleet.com/netman/snmp/perl5/SNMP-1.5b.tar.gz
.Perl5 CMU-SNMPv2 Interface by G.S.Marzot(gmarzot@baynetworks.com)

http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/ibr/cgi-bin/sbrowser.cgi
. - experimental MIB browser

http://www.cs.tu-bs.de/ibr/projects/nm/scotty/tcl+snmp.html
.More info on scotty, TCL+SNMP - a graphical NMS package

http://www.fc.ul.pt/software/snmpman.html 
..- SNMP agent for Microsoft Windows
..snmpman@di.fc.ul.pt

http://zenon.inria.fr:8003/rodeo/personnel/hoschka/hoschka.html
.ASN.1 Resources (Philipp Hoschka, INRIA, France) 
http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/home.html      
.IETF Home Page
        
http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/projects/nm/welcome.html     
.Project: Network Management (Free Tcl/Tk NM tools)
     
http://www.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/welcome.html     
.Tk SNMP Mgr (Institut f|r Betriebssysteme und Rechnerverbund)

http://www.nyx.net/~tgeorges/uniforum.txt  
.SNMP:  Tom Georges Usage Paper on CMU SNMP
  
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/information/rfc.html
    RFC's (Internet Request For Comments)

ftp://ftp.aud.alcatel.com/tcl/code/mib-browser.tar.gz 
.- MIB Browser by Subodh Nijsure <snijsure@cisco.com>

ftp.cs.columbia.edu:/pub/dupuy/cmu-snmp2.1.2-sol2patch.tar.gz  
.CMU 2.1.2 software for Solaris 2 (SNMPv2). 
.Uses undocumented kernel access procedures

ftp://neblina.unisinos.tche.br/pub/snmp/cmu-snmp2.1.2l3.tar.gz CMU SNMP Compiled for linux

dnpap.et.tudelft.nl:/pub/btng 
.Contains:
..RMON agent for OS/2, SunOS 4.1.X, & Ultrix 4.1
..Tricklet (Perl-based SNMP tool for Unix or OS/2)

ftp.cnam.fr:/pub/CNAM/MISC/record_arp.tar.Z - Tricklet-based PERL routines 
.for learning all IP addresses from a LAN 
.(arp.pl, record_mac_addresses.pl, print_mac_addresses.pl, 
..remove_mac_address.pl) 

ftp.csc.liv.ac.uk:/hpux8/Networking/xmib-1.0b.tar.gz - 
.MIB Browser (needs tricklet)

nic.nikhef.nl:~ftp/pub/monet/monet-0.10.tar.Z 
.Xmonet network monitoring tools
.(Note: Apparently this host is missing, unreachable. or I have a typo.)

ftp.synoptics.com:/tmp/eng/mibcompiler/src.tar.Z
.SMIC -  MIB Compiler

ftp.synoptics.com:/tmp/eng/mibcompiler2 
.- SMICng - a SNMPv1 & SNMPv2 MIB Compiler

ftp.microsoft.com:SOFTLIB\MSLFILES\NEWMIB.EXE 
.MIBS for NT

lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu:/pub/smicng
. - another site for SMICNG

> ***** IMPORTANT *****
> This server is now known as FTP.NET.CMU.EDU. Please connect to that
> hostname. In the near future, the anonymous server will no longer be
> associated with LANCASTER.ANDREW.CMU.EDU so connections there will not
> work.

ftp.synoptics.com:/eng/mibcompiler/mibs.tar.Z - 
.Public MIBS

fore.com /pub/snmp/mib.2.2.6/
. or mib.2.2.1/ - MIBS

ftp.3com.com:/3com-mibs/
. - MIBS for 3COM devices 
.send mail to info@3com.com for additional help.

telnet://cio.cisco.com/
.CISCO MIBS
http://cio.cisco.com/warp/public/496/5.html CiscoWorks

http://www.cisco.com/public/library/newmib.shtml/
.CISCO MIBS

ftp://ftp.cisco.com/pub/mibs/
.CISCO MIBS
  .get the README file to get you started (ls doesn't work)
.MIBS for CISCO routers

ftp://ftp.sei.cmu.edu/pub/argus-1.5 
.an IP Transaction auditing tool

ftp://munnari.OZ.AU/pub/snmp/cmu-mu-snmp1.5.tar.Z 
.MIB-II enhancements to CMU's SNMPv1 API

SEE ALSO:

ftp://munnari.OZ.AU/pub/snmp/cmu-snmp2.1.2.tar.Z
      for current version

ftp://fennel.acc.com:pub/raj/xsnmp22.tar.Z
.(was ncgia.ucsb.edu:pub/etc/xsnmp21.tar.Z ) 
.xsnmp - X-windows based snmp program. 
.Several people have reported an inability to find this.

http://snmp.net.cmu.edu/bin/snmpv2
.SNMPv2 Working Group Web page

http://budman.cmdl.noaa.gov/RMWNTUG/RMWNTUGT.HTM 
.- information of one implementation of a Windows NT MIB 

ftp://ftp.cs.ubc.ca/pub/local/src/snacc
.SNACC - MIB compiler with MIB-II Macros and C, C++ BER routines.

ftp://venera.isi.edu/ftp/mib
.various Public MIBS - including NOVELL

ftp://venera.isi.edu/mib/snmp-vendors-contacts

ftp://ftp.near.net/pub/cmu-snmp1.2u.tar.Z 
.Version 1.2(Unofficial) CMU SNMP code. MIB-II support

ftp://zippy.telcom.arizona.edu/pub/snm/agents/*
.Schema and oid for SunNet Manager

ftp://mercury.lcs.mit.edu/pub/snmp
.MIT SNMP code - MIB-II

ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/private/mib
.Source of MIBs for DEC products.

ftp://nexus.yorku.ca/pub/tcl_snmp 
.Tcl/Tk interface to SNMP

ctron.com:/pub/management/mibs
.Cabletron MIBS

ftp://ftp.oar.net/pub/src/xnetdb
.Xnetdb "A network database and monitoring tool" by
.henryc@oar.net
.X-based network monitoring system with an integrated database which
.uses SNMP and PING to graphically display the state of the network. 

ftp://ftp.ldv.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de/dist/WILMA

.SNMP toolkit
.Mib Compiler
.SimAgent - Agent Simulation for test purposes
.Mib browser
.MIB-II Agent
.Widgets
.mmak-5.2 (multiplatform project manager and makefile generator)
..Supports HP, Sun, Linux, AIX

ftp://ftp.ibr.cs.tu-bs.de/pub/local/cmu*
.Linux port of CMU code

ftp://ftp.navya.com/pub/vikas/nocol.tar.gz
.NOCOL - Network Operations Center OnLine
.From: vikas@navya.com (Vikas Aggarwal).
.NOCOL (NOC-On Line) is a network monitoring package for TCP/IP networks.
.Features in 4.0
. - Unix host performance monitor (hostmon)
. - SNMP variables monitor for RMON, ciscos, routers, etc. (snmpmon)
. - Ethernet load and packet rate monitor (etherload)
. - 'rpcpingmon' for checking status of RPC portmapper
. - Report generation (via logstats)
. - Large number of bug fixes and considerably enhanced code
.- IP ICMP monitor (using IP 'multiping')
.- OSI reachability monitor (using OSI ping)
.- RPC portmapper monitor (using 'rpcping')
.- Ethernet load (bandwidth & pps)
.- TCP port monitor
.- Unix host performance (disks, memory, swap, load, nfs, collisions)
.- SNMP variables monitor (RMON, Cisco router, terminal server)
.- TCP data throughput monitor
.- Nameserver (named)
.- SNMP traps
.- Usage of terminal server modem lines (busy lines)
.- Appletalk route monitor (for cisco routers)
.- Novell service monitor
.- BGP peer status



ftp://aarnet.edu.au/pub/gwtraffic 
.AARNet Traffic Monitoring
.This document describes the implementation of the 'new' AARNet traffic
.monitoring application.  The application is composed of several (Bourne)
.shell script programs, together with an SNMP application (GWTRAFFIC)
.and an interactive plotting program (GNUPLOT).

ftp://ftp.fc.ul.pt/pub/networking/snmp 
.- SNMPMAN & NETGUARD for PC's

ftp://it.kth.se/pub/snmp/MIB-browser.tar.Z 
.- a Tcl/Tk/CMU-based MIB browser by Markus oelhafen@it.kth.se

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/
ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsnmp/

.WINSOCK & Windows SNMP Information natale@acec.com (Bob Natale) 

..../winsnmp/winsnmp_app contains
         /snmp_pp.doc.;MS Word for Windows 6.0a version
         /snmp_pp.ps.;PostScript version
         /snmp_pp.ww2.;MS Word for Windows 2.0c version

.Also, in the same directory, check out the recent update of the
.WinSNMP.hlp file (Windows help file format)
.WinSNMP/Manager API Specifications:.(various formats)
./pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsnmp/winsnmp_app
../winsnmp.doc.;MS-Word 6.0a
../winsnmp.ww2.;MS-Word 2.0
../winsnmp.ps.;MS PostScript
../winsnmp.h.;text
../winsnmp.def.;text

.To join the Windows Sockets (winsock) and Windows SNMP (winsnmp) lists,
.send e-mail:

..To:  Majordomo@mailbag.intel.com
..Subject:  <leave blank>
..subscribe winsock <your name>
..subscribe winsnmp <yuor name>

134.220.4.1:/pub/infomagic/internet.tools.cdrom/msdos/windows/winsnmp
..Another place for information
http://www.stardust.com
.WWW starting point for WinSOCK

http://www.trumpet.au
.Another WWW starting point for WinSock

http://litwww.epfl.ch/~ppvx/CCE-CNMA.html
ftp://litsun.epfl.ch:/pub/CNMA/*
.Information regarding EASN.1 (Extended ASN.1 combiler. 
.Note - this is not public domain code. 
.For more info, contact Thomas Uslaender <usl@iitb.fhg.de>

liawww.epfl.ch:/pub/net/snmp/lisp-snmp.tar.gz
.SNMPv1 implementation in Common Lisp.  Includes an API, a
.simple test client (snmp-netstat) and an SNMP agent for
.Symbolics Lisp Machines.  Currently reads MIB definitions in
.the form created by ISODE SNMP.
.thanks to: simon@lia.di.epfl.ch (Simon Leinen)


ftp://ftp.cs.berkeley.edu/ucb/tcl  
.- source for TCL - used by many tools


home.merit.edu:~ftp/pub/users/norton/NMSeval/Mon.Team.Rpt.txt
.Contains Bill Norton's <wbn@merit.edu> evaluation of NMS platforms

http://www.aetc.af.mil/AETC-NetMgmt/nms-menu.html
.home page for NMS evaluations..

http://www.concentric.net/~tkvallil/snmp.html 
.A beginner's introduction to SNMP vs. CMIP

http://ovforum.net.cmu.edu OpenView Forum with tutorials on SNMP/IP/MIBs etc

http://paf-nms.hqpacaf.af.mil/unixOV/unixOV87.html Unix OpenView Reviews and Documentation

ftp://ftp.cisco.com/ftp/rmonmib/rmonmib - archives of the RMON mailing list.

ftp://gatekeeper.ctron.com/pub/misc/snmpV2d.tar.Z - A SNMPv2 proposal
http://www.cavebear.com/CaveBear/snmpv2x/
.various SNMPv2 proposals


ftp://software.watson.ibm.com/~ftp

.SNMP DPI 2.0 (RFC1592) API 
.Code that maps DPI 2.0 onto SMUX
.Works with AIX.'"s SMUX-based agents
.contect "Bert Wijnen" <wijnen@VNET.IBM.COM>


http://tampico.cso.uiuc.edu/~gressley/netmgmt/
.-?
http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Networking_and_Communications/Network_Management/
.-?
http://netlab.itd.nrl.navy.mil/NM.html
.-?

---
Commercial sites:

http://www.int.snmp.com/welcome.html
.SNMP Research site: a good and very informational one, with 
   .various company products technical information as well. 
                        
http://www.sun.com/sunsoft/Products/emp

.Sunsoft Solstice Enterprise Management site: information about 
   .various SUN products, including SUNNET Manager.
                        
http://www.com/empiretech/

[EDITOR'S NOTE: See Part 2 under "Proprietary Software"]

.Empire Technologies Inc. site: Manager and agent applications.
                         

---
Other innformation (Commercial, non-SNMP, etc.)

http://www.ki.com/nmsolution.html OpenView and NetView solutions

[Editor's Note: The above URL reported to no longer exist (6 Jul 96)]

http://hpseeg1.nm.informatik.uni-muenchen.de HP-OVUA WWW Server
http://iu.net/n1/hometext.html Network-1 Software and Technology
http://ftp.legent.com/innews/Press/n950227.html Legent A Key Member of HP's Expanded Openview Solution Program

http://www.iwl.com/IWL/ InterWorking Labs - SNMP Testing software
http://www.empiretech.com/empiretech - MIB Testing
http://www.cs.curtin.edu.au:80/~netman/ Netman
http://www.peregrine.com/product/welcome.html  Peregrine Systems
http://www.micromuse.com/micromuse/products.html MicroMuse Products Home Page

ftp://ftp.uu.net/published/books/stevens.tcpipiv1.tar.z Source code for Steven's book
ftp://ftp.cs.purdue.edu/pub/comer/TCPIP-vol2.dist.tar.Z COMER source code
---
ftp://?
.snmptcl: 
.an TCL-based API for SNMP. Supports SNMPv1 and SNMPv2.
.uses TCL 7.3, TK 3.6 and BLT 1.0. RUns on top of 4bsd/isode 
.SNMPv2 package. There are two mailing lists:

.snmptcl-users-request@cisco.com - how to use the software
.snmptcl-workers-request@cisco.com - how to write softeware
---
http://www.cs.ucl.ac.uk/people/knight/osimis/osimis.html
.OSIMIS-4.0 is now ready and as already mentioned it is available
.free of charge on a non-commercial basis to all institutions.
.Institutions wishing to obtain it should sign a non-commercial
.licence. The exact procedure is as follows:

.a. send a request to osimis-licence@cs.ucl.ac.uk (NOT to this list)
.b. a soft copy of the licence will be sent to you by e-mail
.c. a signed hard copy of the licence should be sent to UCL by snail-mail
.d. as soon as the latter is received, information on FTAM/FTP access
 .  to an encrypted copy and the required decryption key will be 
..sent to you

.OSIMIS-4.0 is substantially enhanced compared to version 3.0
.and has been developed by the RACE ICM and MIDAS projects. A
.description is accessible through WWW:


.From the features described there, conditional packages are not
.yet properly supported. In short, new developments include:
.
.- a GDMO compiler and an enhanced "plug-in" MO API
.- a high level manager access API (RMIB)
.- object and state management, alarm reporting and metric objects
.- standard event reporting and logging
.- security extensions (authentication and integrity checking)
.- location transparency / discovery service using the OSI directory
.- a full CMIS/P-SNMP generic proxy facility conforming to the 
.  NMF IIMC work
.- a facility to allow management systems to work transparently
.  over simulated network/services
.- various performance/size optimisations
.- interoperability / conformance and many other fixes
.
.OSIMIS-4.0 needs ISODE-7.0, 8.0 or the ISODE Consortium R1.0
.and can be built using the GNU C++ 2.5.8 and earlier versions
.or the ATT 2.1.  A pre-built version (binaries) for Sun SPARC /
.SunOS 4.1.3 built with gcc/g++ 2.5.8 is also available.
.Operating systems supported are SunOS (not Solaris), AIX and
.HP-UX.
.
.There is no new users' manual but enough documentation
.to enable people to use the new features / convert old code.
.Bear in mind that there is NO time/resources to answer support-type
.questions, please refrain from asking.

---
There exists a UNIX program called "premosy". It extracts a MIB from an
RFC document. It was created by SNMP Research. You can request this
program by sending mail to "support@snmp.com" and asking for
"premosy".

------

Re: perl & SNMP
.There are two solutions: one requires patches to perl, 
.the other (Tricklet, see above) uses an external program.
.Contact gmstreet@guy.b30.ingr.com for information on his 
.extension/patches to perl for SNMP. It might be available via FTP on
.liasun3.epfl.ch:/pub/net/snmp/snmpperl*



Re: "The Internet Rover" contact wbn@merit.edu

For more information, get the RFC's on SNMP. (RFC 1441-1452)

>From "Jeffrey T. Johnson" 

The next step is to get all the back issues of The Simple Times.  For
more information on this informative, free publication, send a message
to st-subscriptions@simple-times.org with a subject of "help"

There is also an online publication dealing with CMIP called CMIP Run.
Backissues are available on the host ibmstandards.cary.ibm.com (192.35.236.4)
in the directory /pub/protocols/mgmt/cmip/cmip_run, and subscription requests can be sent to
cmiprun@ralvm6.vnet.ibm.com.  (there are two list, a notification list
to tell you when a new issue is available on the ftp site, and a mail list
to which new issues are actually sent).

There are also several books on the subject, including Rose's "The Simple
Book 2nd Ed." and Stallings' "SNMP, SNMPv2, and CMIP"
---
http://www.osf.org/~zpope/CMISAPI/ - CMIP written in C++ <zpope@osf.org>
-
~From: cheryl@empiretech.com:
.Empire has a trap-exploder, that forwards traps to a list of hosts.
If you would like for Empire to email you the trap-exploder binary for
SunOS 4.1.x, just send email to:

..   info@empiretech.com

with subject line:  trap-exploder

---
http://www.slac.stanford.edu/netdoc/perf-rep.html
.From: CAL@SLAC.Stanford.Edu <Connie Logg>

.Example of integrating WWW with SNMP

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/scs/net/quick-guide.html QuickGuide to SLAC's Network Monitoring

http://www.slac.stanford.edu/comp/net/wan-mon.html WAN Monitoring page
---
gopher://info.itu.ch/
.From: acb@baseworx.cb.att.com (Antonio)

.A pretty cool way to get ASN.1 documents  

gopher://info.itu.ch:70/11/.1/itudoc/public/gophertree/.1/.itu-t/.rec/.x/.22887

.[X.208] Recommendation X.208 - 
.Specification of Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)

gopher://info.itu.ch:70/11/.1/itudoc/public/gophertree/.1/.itu-t/.rec/.x/.24177

.[X.209] Recommendation X.209 - 
.Specification of basic encoding rules for 
.Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)


.or

.send mail to itudoc@itu.ch and include "help" in the message body
.Or include
..GET ITU-7147
..GET ITU-12852
.in the message body.

---
~From: Christian Daudt 

To convert a SNMPv2 MIB to SNMPv1 syntax, send the MIB to 
mib-v2tov1@dbc.mtview.ca.us
----

ftp://marul1.in2p3.fr/meessen/snmp

---
ftp.delmarva.com:/pub/nms - NeTraMet
wuarchive.wustl.edu:/doc/mailing-lists/accounting-wg/NeTraMet
ftp.aarnet.edu.au:/pub/tools/NeTraMet
ftp.near.net:/pub/NeTraMet
ftp.funet.fi:/pub/networking/management/NeTraMet
ftp.EU.net:/network/NeTraMet


.NeTraMet - the first implementation of the Internet
.Accounting Architecture (outlined in RFC 1272, 
."Internet Accounting Background") 


http://www.cpro.com
.- Home of SNMX (Simple Network Management Executive)
.Extensible interactive network manager and agent shell
.and scripting language environment for Unix and Windows 95/NT
.- Home of RMONX (commercial product)

The folks at CyberPro wrote as follows:

"Cyber Professionals is pleased to announce the release of RMONX 3.1,
available for download and evaluation at:

   http://www.cpro.com/

This is a fully-functional Web Based SNMP Network Management system,
providing real-time network status, high level event detection and
notification, trend monitoring, MIB browsing and other interactive
tools that allow interactive monitoring and configuration of networks
from any Web browser."

---
iana@isi.edu - mail address of a service that registers object ID's for SNMP purposes.  

For information on SNMP tools - see RFC1470

----

email:info@cormasy.remcomp.fr

.Information on a SNMP MIB to IDL translator.
.Also a GDMO/ASN.1 to IDL translator.

-----
Mailing lists: 
.SunNetManager snm-people-request@zippy.telcom.arizona.edu
.CableTron's Spectrum - send to majordomo@po.cwru.edu with the message:
..subscribe spectrum your.email.address
.OpenView Forum sent mail to ovforum-request@andrew.cmu.edu
.dck2-iesg@mail.bellcore.com - Network Management AD
.cisco-request@spot.colorado.edu - mailing list for CISCO products
.RAID MIBS 
..subscribe - mail to listserv@netcom.com containing 
..subscribe raidmib-l <your address>
..ftp.netcom.com:/pub/ko/kodela/raidmib_archive

.ISDN-MIB

..subscribe - mail to majordomo@combinet.com containing 
..subscribe isdn-mib <your e-mail address>

.Application MIB
..To subscribe to the list, send a message to:
.. . applmib-request@emi-summit.com
..In the body of the message place the text:
..  .Subscribe

http://rampages.onramp.net/~cwk/net-manage.html - mailing list for MIB/HTTP

Papers:
http://neptune.corp.harris.com/uniforum.html CMU SNMP API, Tom Georges
http://cobweb.bus.utexas.edu/dmi/dmi.html 
."A Management  Assessment of the Desktop Management Interface" by PEARSONJ@afc4a.safb.af.mil (Pearson, Capt Jeffrey)

Bruce Barnett

----------END of Bruce Barnett ENCYCLOPAEDIA-----------


@12.
~Subject: What related mailing lists exist?
-------------------------------------------

J. Lindsay writes:

I have started a mailing list for those interested in web-based network
and systems management.  To subscribe send email to
mailto:web-manage-request@qds.com with an email body of "subscribe web-manage"
or go to http://www.qds.com/people/jlindsay/webbased.htm.

Below is the info page for the list:

Instructions on unsubscribing are at the end of this note.]

This note is a periodic reminder about this discussion
list about Web Based Management. This list is intended as a place
to discuss using the web interface and technologies in
both network and enterprise management systems.
Please forward this information to whomever you know
that is interested.

The most applicable usenet news group is
news://comp.dcom.net-management.

There is a web page that supports this list and the topic
of Web Based Management, it has links to related sites
as well as to a html archive of this mailing list.
http://www.mindspring.com/~jlindsay/webbased.html

The focus of this group (hopefully) is applied technology.
How to use it. When to use it. When not to use it and what
to use instead. As well as serving as a forum to share
successes and failures in applying web or internet technologies
to network and systems management. The topic of
managing internet services is also welcome, especially
when they are being managed via internet technologies.

We would like to have this as a forum where we can hear about
people's experiences with the technology and receive any
helpful do's and don'ts, successes and problems, and basic
rules-of-thumb for designing and deploying web based
management systems.

The information below should be saved so that you know how
to get back off this list when you want.

TO UNSUBSCRIBE:

If you send an "unsubscribe me" message to the list itself
it is almost certain your mail box will overflow with people
flaming you.

The list is open and unmoderated. All requests should go to:

mailto:web-manage-request@qds.com


@13.
~Subject: SNMP and Autodiscovery
 -------------------------------

Posted on the newsgroup:

"Automated topology discovery is a hard problem due to the diversity of deployed
systems and the wide distribution of resource information.  I will briefly
mention some reasons why a ping/traceroute based approach will not work :
subnetting, tunneling, firewalls, virtual LANS.  Your network topology
discovery tool would have to extract more information like subnet masks,
etc and use heuristics for "guessing" the real topology.

I was a teaching assistant for the computer networks course offered in the
spring at Columbia, and assigned the third class project on network topology
discovery.  You may want to refer to the project resources WWW page at the
URL="http://www.cs.columbia.edu/networks97/project3/resources.html"

Alexander V. Konstantinou"


14 - 19 Reserved

 
@20. 
~Subject: What is SNMPv2?
------------------
 
   SNMPv2 is a revised protocol (not just a new MIB)
   which includes improvements to SNMP in the areas
   of performance, security, confidentiality, and
   manager-to-manager communications.
 
        
   SNMPv2 Framework :
   The following RFC's identify the major components of SNMPv2.

   Historical
   ----------
 
   RFC 1441 - Introduction to SNMP v2
   RFC 1442 - SMI For SNMP v2
   RFC 1443 - Textual Conventions for SNMP v2
   RFC 1444 - Conformance Statements for SNMP v2
   RFC 1445 - Administrative Model for SNMP v2
   RFC 1446 - Security Protocols for SNMP v2
   RFC 1447 - Party MIB for SNMP v2
   RFC 1448 - Protocol Operations for SNMP v2
   RFC 1449 - Transoport Mappings for SNMP v2
   RFC 1450 - MIB for SNMP v2
   RFC 1451 - Manager to Manger MIB
   RFC 1452 - Coexistance between SNMP v1 and SNMP v2

   Draft
   -----

   RFC 1902 - SMI for SNMPv2
   RFC 1903 - Textual Conventions for SNMPv2
   RFC 1904 - Conformance Statements for SNMPv2
   RFC 1905 - Protocol Operations for SNMPv2
   RFC 1906 - Transport Mappings for SNMPv2
   RFC 1907 - MIB for SNMPv2
   RFC 1908 - Coexistence between SNMPv1 and SNMPv2

   Experimental
   ------------

   RFC 1901 - Introduction to Community-based SNMPv2
   RFC 1901 - An Administrative Infrastructure for SNMPv2
   RFC 1910 - User-based Security Model for SNMPv2


@20a. 
~Subject: What is SNMPv2*/SNMPv1+/SNMPv1.5/SNMP++?
------------------
 
  SNMPv2 had been announced for many months, and most of us assumed that it was
  accepted as the next step up from SNMPv1. That assumption was false.  In fact there
  were several points on which the members of the IETF subcommittee could not agree.
  Primary among them was the security and administrative needs of the protocol.

  Simply put, SNMPv2*/SNMPv1+/SNMPv1.5 is SNMPv2 without the contentious
  pieces, but *with* the stuff everyone agrees is of value.

  You may wish to check
     http://www.int.snmp.com/v2star.html
   for more details.

===

Edward M. Hourigan wrote:
: I keep hearing about SNMP++.  What is it?  Are there any web pages
: describing what it is? 

  I believe there is a Web site with this info at :

.http://rosegarden.external.hp.com/snmp++/

  Hope this helps,

.John Silva

[Editor's Note:  See also Part 2: Public Domain SNMP software]


I'd like to announce availability of MG-WinSNMP SDK V1.0b6,
a 32-bit implementation of WinSNMP specification. It is 
available under the shareware license and you are welcome 
to download it from the following URLs:

http://www.mg-soft.si/
http://www.abit.co.jp/varidocs/download.html

This release of MG-WinSNMP SDK (wsnmp32.dll, a 32-bit 
winsnmp.dll library) by MG-SOFT Corporation has been 
published in order to gain compatibility with the Revision 
2.5f of SNMP++, an Open Specification for Object Oriented 
Network Management Development Using C++ by Peter Erik 
Mellquist, Hewlett Packard Company.
(http://rosegarden.external.hp.com/snmp++/)


Matjaz Vrecko

[Editor's Note:  See also Part 2: Public Domain SNMP software]


@21.
~Subject:  SNMP and/versus the Web
----------------------------------

    A.  SNMP MIB Browsers for Web Software
    --------------------------------------

    1.  Commercially Available.
    ---------------------------

    a.  MibMaster, an SNMP to HTML Gateway from Equivalence

        http://www.ozemail.com.au/~equival
        An evaluation version is available free.  A fully-functional
        version can be purchased.

    2.  Public Domain.
    -----------------


    B.  Web Browsers as Network Agents/Managers
    -------------------------------------------



@22.
~Subject:  SNMP and Java
------------------------

"If you have a Linux or Windows NT environment check out:
  http://www.ozemail.com.au/~equival/mibmaster/info.html

For Java see:
  http://www.adventnet.com/java-nm-resources.html

-- 
Carl H. Wist
White Plains, NY
"

    A. Java Classes/Applets/Etc for SNMP
    ------------------------------------

    1.  Commercially Available
    --------------------------

    a.  Advent Network Management, Inc.

        http://www.adventnet.com

        mailto:info@adventnet.com

        4 Infield Lane
        Aberdeen, NJ  07747

        (908) 566-2314 Voice
        (908) 566-1598

    b.  SunSoft

        http://www.javasoft.com

        Note: the above is one place to start, but don't
        forget to search the Web


    2.  Public Domain
    -----------------

From Jan-Arendt Klingel ...

"Beside MIB-Master there is the JaSCA class library (Java SNMP Control  
Applet). The URL is http://termiitti.akumiitti.fi/nixu/. The organisation  
is called Nixu Oy and is located in Finland. One of the three authors is  
Pekka Nikander (Pekka.Nikander@nixu.fi).

There is a mailing list called "Java Network Management Mailing List" on  
java-nm@clearlight.com. To subscribe send an email to  
majordomo@clearlight.com with a body of "subscribe java-nm". There is not  
so much traffic on the list (maybe because of a bug in the majordomo  
list).

The URL http://www.West.nl/archive/java/snmp/ points to some Java stuff  
but I have to check the source first.

A very nice Java tool can be found on http://misa.zurich.ibm.com/~lde/.  
It's Luca Deris hot application called "Liaison", developed at the IBM  
Research Center in Zurich. There are SNMP and CMIS-agents to query network  
management data.

In the next three months I will hopefully present a network management  
application with Java "droplets". The URL is http://193.174.26.169:8080.  
Remember to switch off "lock ports above 1024" at your firewall."

--
Jan-Arendt Klingel    Sudetenstr. 2A     D-36041 Glaeserzell      Germany
        Voice +49 661 53715     Fax +49 7044 41499
http://www.rhoen.de/users/jan.klingel.html



@23 - 29 Reserved
 
@30. 
~Subject: What is RMON?
----------------
  The Remote Network Monitoring MIB is a SNMP MIB for remote
  management of networks.  While other MIBs usually are created to
  support a network device whose primary function is other than
  management, RMON was created to provide management of a network. 
  RMON is one of the many SNMP based MIBs that are on the IETF
  Standards track.
 
@31.  RMON Standardization Status
--------------------------------
  RMON is one of the many SNMP based MIBs that are on the IETF
  Standards track (RFC 1310).  Currently (Jan 94) RMON has two
  instantiations in the IETF standards process.  First, RFC
  1271 - a Proposed Standard, specifies the general structure
  of RMON and the particulars of an Ethernet based RMON agent.
  RFC 1513 - a Proposed Standard specifies the additional RMON
  groups and specifics for a Token Ring network.
 
@32.  RMON Working Group.
------------------------
  The RMON Working Group is an IETF Working Group under the Network
  Management Area.  The WG meets periodically - usually at all IETF 
  meetings.  The WG maintains a mailing list for Questions and
  Comments concerning RMON.
 
    Mail List: mailto:rmonmib@cs.hmc.edu  ?

    If no luck there, try rmonmib@cisco.com

   The group's charter can be found at:

   http://www.ietf.cnri.reston.va.us/html.charters/rmonmib-charter.html
 
@33.  Joining the RMON Working Group Mailing List
-----------------------------------------------
  To join the RMON Working Group mailing list, send mail to:
 
    Mail List Request: mailto:rmonmib-request@jarthur.claremont.edu.
 
  DO NOT send a request to join message to the general mailing list.

[Editor's Note: We have received a complaint that this request
 may bounce. The claremont.edu addresses may no longer be active]

    You may also wish to try: mailto:rmonmib-request@cisco.com

(Thanks to James Stansell for the detective work.)
 
@34.  Historical RMON Records
-----------------------------
  There are copies of the RMON mailing list messages and meeting
  minutes within the IETF archive structure - available at various
  sites.
 
  There is also a RMON archive directory which can be accessed via 
  anonymous ftp at:

   jarthur.cs.hmc.edu,  directory /pub/rmon
 
[Editor's Note: We have received a complaint that site no longer exists
 (or, was not at home when someone called). Anyone know if this site remains active?
 Is this the same place as jarthur.claremont.edu?]

@35.  RMON Documents
-----------------------
  1.  RMON White Paper in  the anonymous ftp directory at 
  jarthur.cs.hmc.edu.  There are two formats: frame and postscript. 
  This paper was developed by members of the RMON working group
  prior to an Interop.  It is a superficial discussion of RMON.
 
  2.  Chapter 7 in "SNMP, SNMPv2 and CMIP: The Practical Guide to
      Network Management Standards" by William Stallings, (c) 1993
  Addison-Wesley, goes into some detail on the RMON MIB.
 
@36-38 Reserved
--------------

@39.  What is ISODE?
------------------------
ISODE (pronounced "eye-so-DEE") is an acronym for "ISO Develoment
Environment".  It is an implementation of SNMP which can be used
as the starting point for further refinement by you. In order to use
it you must agree to the conditions. This quote is from "The Simple Book", 2nd ed.:

"[ISODE] is openly available but is NOT in the public domain. You are
allowed and encouraged to take this software and use it for any lawful
purpose. However, as a condition of use, you are required to hold
harmless all contributors."

Most MIB compilers seen by this editor sprang from ISODE roots.

@39a.  Where can I get ISODE?
--------------------------------

The old archive was ...
ftp.ics.uci.edu:mrose/isode-snmpV2/isode-snmpV2.tar.Z
        4BSD/ISODE 8.0 SNMPv2 package
        This distribution has moved.
        One place a copy can be obtained is listed below.
 
        Questions may be sent to ISODE-SNMPv2@ida.liu.se
        Mailing list may be subscribed by sending mail to
                isode-snmpv2-request@cs.utk.edu
 
ftp://ftp.ida.liu.se/pub/isode-snmpV2/isode-snmpV2.tar.gz
        A copy of the 4BSD/ISODE 8.0 SNMPv2 package

  ftp://ftp.ida.liu.se/pub/isode-snmpV2/isode-8.tar.gz
  ftp://ftp.ida.liu.se/pub/isode-snmpV2/isode-snmpV2.tar.gz

@39b.  Is there an ISODE  SNMPv2 Mailing List?
-----------------------

Yes.  To subscribe, send email to:

    mailto:isode-snmpv2-request@cs.utk.edu


END OF PART 1,    SNMP FAQ



