CURRENT_MEETING_REPORT_


Reported by Oscar Newkerk/DEC

MSI Minutes

The following issues were discussed at the MSI Working Group session.


   o Online MIB Database and the Need for both GDMO and SNMP MIB
     Definitions:  The group discussed the requirement for an online MIB
     database that would be needed to support the translation of MSI
     requests and replies to and from protocol specific formats.  It was
     decided that the MSI document would make an explicit statement
     about the types of services that would be required from such a
     database, but would not attempt to fully define an interface to the
     data.  In addition, the issue with the need for both GDMO and SNMP
     versions of MIBs was discussed and also raised at the OIM meeting.
     It was decided that the Chairs of the OIM and MSI Working Groups
     would raise this as an issue with the Network Area Chair.

   o Access Control Change:  The format of the access control parameter
     was changed to be an AVL and the decision on the contents of the
     parameter was defined until the proposals for SNMP and CMOT
     authentication are stable.  Once these methods are stable, then the
     contents of the access control parameter for each protocol will be
     the subject of separate implementors agreements and will not be
     included directly in the MSI document.

   o Add ASN.1 Encodings for the MSI Parameters:  Oscar Newkerk agreed
     to add an appendix to the MSI document that will define that ASN.1
     structures and the object identifiers needed by the MSI.



Attendees

Jeffrey Buffum           jbuffum@apollo.hp.com
Shimshon Kaufman
John Lunny               jlunny@twg.com
Lynn Monsanto            monsanto@sun.com
Oscar Newkerk            newkerk@decwet.enet.dec.com
John Nunneley            john_nunneley@touch.com
Jim Reinstedler          jimr@ub.com
Kary Robertson
L. Michael Sabo          dockmaster.ncs.mil
Mark Sleeper             mws@sparta.com
Sudhanshu Verma          verma@hpindbu.cup.hp.com

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David Waitzman           djw@bbn.com



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