Re: [tkined] Error in scotty 3 beta? maxSizeResponseScopedPDU

Peder Chr. Norgaard (pcn@tbit.dk)
Tue, 27 Apr 1999 13:03:50 +0200 (MET DST)

On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Juergen Schoenwaelder wrote:

>
> >>>>> Peder Chr Norgaard writes:
>
> Peder> The scotty, in the role of command generator, specifies a
> Peder> maxSizeResponseScopedPDU (the value is 2048) in a request. My
> Peder> implementation, as command responder, produces a response where
> Peder> the ScopedPDU is less than 2048, but the entire message is
> Peder> slightly larger (2070 bytes). Scotty complains:
>
>
> Do not confuse the maxSizeResponseScopedPDU parameter of the ASIs with
> the msgMaxSize field in the message. RFC 2272 section 6.3 says:
>

Sorry. You are right, of course; I had stupidly just copied my internal
value of maxSizeResponseScopedPDU from the msgMaxSize of the incoming
SNMP message. I need to adjust that.

>
> [I think it would be nice if the RFCs would contain precise hints on
> how to derive maxSizeResponseScopedPDU from msgMaxSize. It might be
> useful to bring this up on the SNMPv3 mailing list so that this can be
> clarified in the next revision cycle.]

Agreed!

best regards
--peder chr.

Peder Chr. Nørgaard System Developer, M. Sc.
Telebit Communications A/S tel: +45 86 28 81 77 - 49
Fabrikvej 11 fax: +45 86 28 81 86
DK-8260 Viby J Denmark e-mail: pcn@tbit.dk

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