Does libsmi it load these MIBs anyway? It is OK 4 me if libsmi it rants... I think it has to. It's not OK if it fails to load them.
On 8/18/07, Wes Hardaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>>> "AH" == Andrew Hood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > AH> libsmi's parser is MUCH more picky than net-snmp's parser. > > Mostly, FYI: > > Yep. By design. Libsmi is designed to be a strict parser enforcing the > rules of the SMI against the MIBs. This is seen as a benefit since it > forces MIB authors to fix problems (and the IETF actually requires new > MIBs published in standard documents to be checked with libsmi's the > excellent smilint tool). > > Net-SNMP's parser, on the other hand, has taken the roll of trying to be > helpful to the user whenever possible and accept MIBs that although not > strictly legally correct could still interpreted and thus are loadable > and usable. (it's highly unlikely that most end-users will know how to > edit SMI documents to fix problems, after all). > > -- > "In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap, > and much more difficult to find." -- Terry Pratchett > _______________________________________________ > Wireshark-dev mailing list > Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org > http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev > -- This information is top security. When you have read it, destroy yourself. -- Marshall McLuhan _______________________________________________ Wireshark-dev mailing list Wireshark-dev@wireshark.org http://www.wireshark.org/mailman/listinfo/wireshark-dev
