Subject: MIB progress

From: [email-masked]
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 94 12:13:58 EDT

Well folks, it's been almost two months since I proposed a general
structure for a MIB and solicited your comments.  The lack of
response has been discouraging, but we have continued discussions
within IBM anyway about what a standard MIB might include.  Speci-
fically, Dave Chen and I have been exploring ways to relect in
a MIB some of the work going on in the other RIGlets, and some
other useful functions.

Over the next couple of weeks, Dave will be posting some ideas and
trying once again to get the discussion going.  Maybe by the AIW
meeting we will at least be able to get a sense of the level of
function people want in the standard MIB.  That is, do we include
an object only if most people want to implement it, or include it
if it looks useful and at least a few want it.

Please identify someone in your companies to get involved in this
mailing list!  My understanding of the consensus reached is that
the MIB will not be part of the Rel 1 protocol standard per se, but
certainly should not trail it by too much and takes priority over
any release 2 work.  So, please reread my last append and make
comments, comment on Dave's forthcoming appends - let's get going!

Peter