


          Network Working Group                            K. McCloghrie
          Request for Comments: 1447                  Hughes LAN Systems
                                                               J. Galvin
                                             Trusted Information Systems
                                                              April 1993


                                    Party MIB
                               for version 2 of the
                   Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)


          Status of this Memo

          This RFC specifes an IAB standards track protocol for the
          Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
          for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
          "IAB Official Protocol Standards" for the standardization
          state and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo
          is unlimited.


          Table of Contents


          1 Introduction ..........................................    2
          1.1 A Note on Terminology ...............................    2
          2 Definitions ...........................................    3
          3.1 Textual Conventions .................................    4
          3.2 Administrative Assignments ..........................    7
          3.2.1 Initial Party and Context Identifiers .............    8
          3.3 Object Assignments ..................................   16
          3.4 The SNMPv2 Party Database Group .....................   16
          3.5 The SNMPv2 Contexts Database Group ..................   29
          3.5 The SNMPv2 Access Privileges Database Group .........   36
          3.6 The MIB View Database Group .........................   40
          3.7 Conformance Information .............................   45
          3.7.1 Compliance Statements .............................   45
          3.7.2 Units of Conformance ..............................   47
          3 Acknowledgments .......................................   48
          4 References ............................................   49
          5 Security Considerations ...............................   50
          6 Authors' Addresses ....................................   50











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          1.  Introduction

          A network management system contains: several (potentially
          many) nodes, each with a processing entity, termed an agent,
          which has access to management instrumentation; at least one
          management station; and, a management protocol, used to convey
          management information between the agents and management
          stations.  Operations of the protocol are carried out under an
          administrative framework which defines both authentication and
          authorization policies.

          Network management stations execute management applications
          which monitor and control network elements.  Network elements
          are devices such as hosts, routers, terminal servers, etc.,
          which are monitored and controlled through access to their
          management information.

          Management information is viewed as a collection of managed
          objects, residing in a virtual information store, termed the
          Management Information Base (MIB).  Collections of related
          objects are defined in MIB modules.  These modules are written
          using a subset of OSI's Abstract Syntax Notation One (ASN.1)
          [1], termed the Structure of Management Information (SMI) [2].

          The Administrative Model for SNMPv2 document [3] defines the
          properties associated with SNMPv2 parties, SNMPv2 contexts,
          and access control policies.  It is the purpose of this
          document, the Party MIB for SNMPv2, to define managed objects
          which correspond to these properties.


          1.1.  A Note on Terminology

          For the purpose of exposition, the original Internet-standard
          Network Management Framework, as described in RFCs 1155, 1157,
          and 1212, is termed the SNMP version 1 framework (SNMPv1).
          The current framework is termed the SNMP version 2 framework
          (SNMPv2).












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          2.  Definitions

          SNMPv2-PARTY-MIB DEFINITIONS ::= BEGIN

          IMPORTS
              MODULE-IDENTITY, OBJECT-TYPE, snmpModules,
                  UInteger32
                  FROM SNMPv2-SMI
              TEXTUAL-CONVENTION, RowStatus, TruthValue
                  FROM SNMPv2-TC
              MODULE-COMPLIANCE, OBJECT-GROUP
                  FROM SNMPv2-CONF;


          partyMIB MODULE-IDENTITY
              LAST-UPDATED "9304010000Z"
              ORGANIZATION "IETF SNMP Security Working Group"
              CONTACT-INFO
                      "        Keith McCloghrie

                       Postal: Hughes LAN Systems
                               1225 Charleston Road
                               Mountain View, CA  94043
                               US

                          Tel: +1 415 966 7934
                          Fax: +1 415 960 3738

                       E-mail: kzm@hls.com"
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The MIB module describing SNMPv2 parties."
              ::= { snmpModules 3 }


















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          -- textual conventions

          Party ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
              STATUS       current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Denotes a SNMPv2 party identifier.

                      Note that agents may impose implementation
                      limitations on the length of OIDs used to identify
                      Parties. As such, management stations creating
                      new parties should be aware that using an
                      excessively long OID may result in the agent
                      refusing to perform the set operation and instead
                      returning the appropriate error response, e.g.,
                      noCreation."
              SYNTAX       OBJECT IDENTIFIER


          TAddress ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
              STATUS       current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Denotes a transport service address.

                      For snmpUDPDomain, a TAddress is 6 octets long,
                      the initial 4 octets containing the IP-address in
                      network-byte order and the last 2 containing the
                      UDP port in network-byte order.  Consult [5] for
                      further information on snmpUDPDomain."
              SYNTAX       OCTET STRING





















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          Clock ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
              STATUS       current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A party's authentication clock - a non-negative
                      integer which is incremented as specified/allowed
                      by the party's Authentication Protocol.

                      For noAuth, a party's authentication clock is
                      unused and its value is undefined.

                      For v2md5AuthProtocol, a party's authentication
                      clock is a relative clock with 1-second
                      granularity."
              SYNTAX       UInteger32


          Context ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
              STATUS       current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Denotes a SNMPv2 context identifier.

                      Note that agents may impose implementation
                      limitations on the length of OIDs used to identify
                      Contexts. As such, management stations creating new
                      contexts should be aware that using an excessively
                      long OID may result in the agent refusing to
                      perform the set operation and instead returning
                      the appropriate error response, e.g., noCreation."
              SYNTAX       OBJECT IDENTIFIER





















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          StorageType ::= TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
              STATUS       current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Describes the memory realization of a conceptual
                      row.  A row which is volatile(2) is lost upon
                      reboot.  A row which is nonVolatile(3) is backed
                      up by stable storage.  A row which is permanent(4)
                      cannot be changed nor deleted."
              SYNTAX       INTEGER {
                               other(1),       -- eh?
                               volatile(2),    -- e.g., in RAM
                               nonVolatile(3), -- e.g., in NVRAM
                               permanent(4)    -- e.g., in ROM
                           }




































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          -- administrative assignments

          partyAdmin     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIB 1 }


          -- definitions of security protocols

          partyProtocols OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyAdmin 1 }

          -- the protocol without authentication
          noAuth         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyProtocols 1 }

          -- the protocol without privacy
          noPriv         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyProtocols 2 }

          -- the DES Privacy Protocol [4]
          desPrivProtocol
                         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyProtocols 3 }

          -- the MD5 Authentication Protocol [4]
          v2md5AuthProtocol
                         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyProtocols 4 }


          -- definitions of temporal domains

          temporalDomains
                         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyAdmin 2 }

          -- this temporal domain refers to management information
          -- at the current time
          currentTime    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { temporalDomains 1 }

          -- this temporal domain refers to management information
          -- upon the next re-initialization of the managed device
          restartTime    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { temporalDomains 2 }

          -- the temporal domain { cacheTime N } refers to management
          -- information that is cached and guaranteed to be at most
          -- N seconds old
          cacheTime      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { temporalDomains 3 }









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          -- Definition of Initial Party and Context Identifiers

          -- When devices are installed, they need to be configured
          -- with an initial set of SNMPv2 parties and contexts.  The
          -- configuration of SNMPv2 parties and contexts requires (among
          -- other things) the assignment of several OBJECT IDENTIFIERs.
          -- Any local network administration can obtain the delegated
          -- authority necessary to assign its own OBJECT IDENTIFIERs.
          -- However, to provide for those administrations who have not
          -- obtained the necessary authority, this document allocates a
          -- branch of the naming tree for use with the following
          -- conventions.

          initialPartyId OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyAdmin 3 }

          initialContextId
                         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyAdmin 4 }

          -- Note these are identified as "initial" party and context
          -- identifiers since these allow secure SNMPv2 communication
          -- to proceed, thereby allowing further SNMPv2 parties to be
          -- configured through use of the SNMPv2 itself.

          -- The following definitions identify a party identifier, and
          -- specify the initial values of various object instances
          -- indexed by that identifier.  In addition, the SNMPv2
          -- context, access control policy, and MIB view information
          -- assigned, by convention, are identified.






















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          -- Party Identifiers for use as initial SNMPv2 parties
          --       at IP address  a.b.c.d

          -- Note that for all OBJECT IDENTIFIERs assigned under
          -- initialPartyId, the four sub-identifiers immediately
          -- following initialPartyId represent the four octets of
          -- an IP address.  Initial party identifiers for other address
          -- families are assigned under a different OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
          -- as defined elsewhere.

          -- Devices which support SNMPv2 as entities acting in an
          -- agent role, and accessed via the snmpUDPDomain transport
          -- domain, are required to be configured with the appropriate
          -- set of the following as implicit assignments as and when
          -- they are configured with an IP address.  The appropriate
          -- set is all those applicable to the authentication and
          -- privacy protocols supported by the device.

































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          --      a noAuth/noPriv party which executes at the agent
          -- partyIdentity            = { initialPartyId a b c d 1 }
          -- partyIndex               = 1
          -- partyTDomain             = snmpUDPDomain
          -- partyTAddress            = a.b.c.d, 161
          -- partyLocal               = true (in agent's database)
          -- partyAuthProtocol        = noAuth
          -- partyAuthClock           = 0
          -- partyAuthPrivate         = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyAuthPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyAuthLifetime        = 0
          -- partyPrivProtocol        = noPriv
          -- partyPrivPrivate         = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyPrivPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)

          --      a noAuth/noPriv party which executes at a manager
          -- partyIdentity            = { initialPartyId a b c d 2 }
          -- partyIndex               = 2
          -- partyTDomain             = snmpUDPDomain
          -- partyTAddress            = assigned by local administration
          -- partyLocal               = false (in agent's database)
          -- partyAuthProtocol        = noAuth
          -- partyAuthClock           = 0
          -- partyAuthPrivate         = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyAuthPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyAuthLifetime        = 0
          -- partyPrivProtocol        = noPriv
          -- partyPrivPrivate         = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyPrivPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)





















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          --      a md5Auth/noPriv party which executes at the agent
          -- partyIdentity            = { initialPartyId a b c d 3 }
          -- partyIndex               = 3
          -- partyTDomain             = snmpUDPDomain
          -- partyTAddress            = a.b.c.d, 161
          -- partyLocal               = true (in agent's database)
          -- partyAuthProtocol        = v2md5AuthProtocol
          -- partyAuthClock           = 0
          -- partyAuthPrivate         = assigned by local administration
          -- partyAuthPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyAuthLifetime        = 300
          -- partyPrivProtocol        = noPriv
          -- partyPrivPrivate         = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyPrivPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)

          --      a md5Auth/noPriv party which executes at a manager
          -- partyIdentity            = { initialPartyId a b c d 4 }
          -- partyIndex               = 4
          -- partyTDomain             = snmpUDPDomain
          -- partyTAddress            = assigned by local administration
          -- partyLocal               = false (in agent's database)
          -- partyAuthProtocol        = v2md5AuthProtocol
          -- partyAuthClock           = 0
          -- partyAuthPrivate         = assigned by local administration
          -- partyAuthPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyAuthLifetime        = 300
          -- partyPrivProtocol        = noPriv
          -- partyPrivPrivate         = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyPrivPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)





















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          --      a md5Auth/desPriv party which executes at the agent
          -- partyIdentity            = { initialPartyId a b c d 5 }
          -- partyIndex               = 5
          -- partyTDomain             = snmpUDPDomain
          -- partyTAddress            = a.b.c.d, 161
          -- partyLocal               = true (in agent's database)
          -- partyAuthProtocol        = v2md5AuthProtocol
          -- partyAuthClock           = 0
          -- partyAuthPrivate         = assigned by local administration
          -- partyAuthPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyAuthLifetime        = 300
          -- partyPrivProtocol        = desPrivProtocol
          -- partyPrivPrivate         = assigned by local administration
          -- partyPrivPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)

          --      a md5Auth/desPriv party which executes at a manager
          -- partyIdentity            = { initialPartyId a b c d 6 }
          -- partyIndex               = 6
          -- partyTDomain             = snmpUDPDomain
          -- partyTAddress            = assigned by local administration
          -- partyLocal               = false (in agent's database)
          -- partyAuthProtocol        = v2md5AuthProtocol
          -- partyAuthClock           = 0
          -- partyAuthPrivate         = assigned by local administration
          -- partyAuthPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- partyAuthLifetime        = 300
          -- partyPrivProtocol        = desPrivProtocol
          -- partyPrivPrivate         = assigned by local administration
          -- partyPrivPublic          = ''H    (the empty string)





















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          -- the initial SNMPv2 contexts assigned, by convention, are:

          -- contextIdentity          = { initialContextId a b c d 1 }
          -- contextIndex             = 1
          -- contextLocal             = true (in agent's database)
          -- contextViewIndex         = 1
          -- contextLocalEntity       = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- contextLocalTime         = currentTime
          -- contextProxyDstParty     = { 0 0 }
          -- contextProxySrcParty     = { 0 0 }
          -- contextProxyContext      = { 0 0 }

          -- contextIdentity          = { initialContextId a b c d 2 }
          -- contextIndex             = 2
          -- contextLocal             = true (in agent's database)
          -- contextViewIndex         = 2
          -- contextLocalEntity       = ''H    (the empty string)
          -- contextLocalTime         = currentTime
          -- contextProxyDstParty     = { 0 0 }
          -- contextProxySrcParty     = { 0 0 }
          -- contextProxyContext      = { 0 0 }





























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       -- The initial access control policy assigned, by
       -- convention, is:

       -- aclTarget                =   1
       -- aclSubject               =   2
       -- aclResources             =   1
       -- aclPrivileges            =  35 (Get, Get-Next & Get-Bulk)

       -- aclTarget                =   2
       -- aclSubject               =   1
       -- aclResources             =   1
       -- aclPrivileges            = 132 (Response & SNMPv2-Trap)

       -- aclTarget                =   3
       -- aclSubject               =   4
       -- aclResources             =   2
       -- aclPrivileges            =  43 (Get, Get-Next, Set & Get-Bulk)

       -- aclTarget                =   4
       -- aclSubject               =   3
       -- aclResources             =   2
       -- aclPrivileges            =   4 (Response)

       -- aclTarget                =   5
       -- aclSubject               =   6
       -- aclResources             =   2
       -- aclPrivileges            =  43 (Get, Get-Next, Set & Get-Bulk)

       -- aclTarget                =   6
       -- aclSubject               =   5
       -- aclResources             =   2
       -- aclPrivileges            =   4 (Response)


       -- Note that the initial context and access control
       -- information assigned above, by default, to the
       -- md5Auth/desPriv parties are identical to those assigned to
       -- the md5Auth/noPriv parties.  However, each administration
       -- may choose to have different authorization policies,
       -- depending on whether privacy is used.










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          -- The initial MIB views assigned, by convention, are:

          -- viewIndex                = 1
          -- viewSubtree              = system
          -- viewMask                 = ''H
          -- viewType                 = included

          -- viewIndex                = 1
          -- viewSubtree              = snmpStats
          -- viewMask                 = ''H
          -- viewType                 = included

          -- viewIndex                = 1
          -- viewSubtree              = snmpParties
          -- viewMask                 = ''H
          -- viewType                 = included

          -- viewIndex                = 2
          -- viewSubtree              = internet
          -- viewMask                 = ''H
          -- viewType                 = included


          -- Note that full access to the partyTable, contextTable,
          -- aclTable, and viewTable gives a manager the ability to
          -- configure any parties with any/all capabilities (the
          -- equivalent of "root" access).  A lesser manager can be
          -- given access only to the partyTable so that it can
          -- maintain its own parties, but not increase/decrease
          -- their capabilities.  Such a lesser manager can also
          -- create new parties but they are of no use to it.



















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          -- object assignments

          partyMIBObjects
                         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIB 2 }


          -- the SNMPv2 party database group

          snmpParties    OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIBObjects 1 }


          partyTable OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      SEQUENCE OF PartyEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The SNMPv2 Party database."
              ::= { snmpParties 1 }

          partyEntry OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      PartyEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Locally held information about a particular
                      SNMPv2 party."
              INDEX      { IMPLIED partyIdentity }
              ::= { partyTable 1 }






















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          PartyEntry ::=
              SEQUENCE {
                  partyIdentity        Party,
                  partyIndex           INTEGER,
                  partyTDomain         OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
                  partyTAddress        TAddress,
                  partyMaxMessageSize  INTEGER,
                  partyLocal           TruthValue,
                  partyAuthProtocol    OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
                  partyAuthClock       Clock,
                  partyAuthPrivate     OCTET STRING,
                  partyAuthPublic      OCTET STRING,
                  partyAuthLifetime    INTEGER,
                  partyPrivProtocol    OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
                  partyPrivPrivate     OCTET STRING,
                  partyPrivPublic      OCTET STRING,
                  partyCloneFrom       Party,
                  partyStorageType     StorageType,
                  partyStatus          RowStatus
              }

          partyIdentity OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      Party
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A party identifier uniquely identifying a
                      particular SNMPv2 party."
              ::= { partyEntry 1 }

          partyIndex OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (1..65535)
              MAX-ACCESS  read-only
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A unique value for each SNMPv2 party.  The value
                      for each SNMPv2 party must remain constant at
                      least from one re-initialization of the entity's
                      network management system to the next re-
                      initialization."
              ::= { partyEntry 2 }









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          partyTDomain OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OBJECT IDENTIFIER
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Indicates the kind of transport service by which
                      the party receives network management traffic."
              DEFVAL      { snmpUDPDomain }
              ::= { partyEntry 3 }

          partyTAddress OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      TAddress
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The transport service address by which the party
                      receives network management traffic, formatted
                      according to the corresponding value of
                      partyTDomain.  For snmpUDPDomain, partyTAddress is
                      formatted as a 4-octet IP Address concatenated
                      with a 2-octet UDP port number."
              DEFVAL      { '000000000000'H }
              ::= { partyEntry 4 }

          partyMaxMessageSize OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (484..65507)
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The maximum length in octets of a SNMPv2 message
                      which this party will accept.  For parties which
                      execute at an agent, the agent initializes this
                      object to the maximum length supported by the
                      agent, and does not let the object be set to any
                      larger value.  For parties which do not execute at
                      the agent, the agent must allow the manager to set
                      this object to any legal value, even if it is
                      larger than the agent can generate."
              DEFVAL      { 484 }
              ::= { partyEntry 5 }










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          partyLocal OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      TruthValue
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "An indication of whether this party executes at
                      this SNMPv2 entity.  If this object has a value of
                      true(1), then the SNMPv2 entity will listen for
                      SNMPv2 messages on the partyTAddress associated
                      with this party.  If this object has the value
                      false(2), then the SNMPv2 entity will not listen
                      for SNMPv2 messages on the partyTAddress
                      associated with this party."
              DEFVAL      { false }
              ::= { partyEntry 6 }

          partyAuthProtocol OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OBJECT IDENTIFIER
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The authentication protocol by which all messages
                      generated by the party are authenticated as to
                      origin and integrity.  The value noAuth signifies
                      that messages generated by the party are not
                      authenticated.

                      Once an instance of this object is created, its
                      value can not be changed."
              DEFVAL      { v2md5AuthProtocol }
              ::= { partyEntry 7 }



















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          partyAuthClock OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      Clock
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The authentication clock which represents the
                      local notion of the current time specific to the
                      party.  This value must not be decremented unless
                      the party's private authentication key is changed
                      simultaneously."
              DEFVAL      { 0 }
              ::= { partyEntry 8 }






































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          partyAuthPrivate OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
                          -- for v2md5AuthProtocol: (SIZE (16))
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "An encoding of the party's private authentication
                      key which may be needed to support the
                      authentication protocol.  Although the value of
                      this variable may be altered by a management
                      operation (e.g., a SNMPv2 Set-Request), its value
                      can never be retrieved by a management operation:
                      when read, the value of this variable is the zero
                      length OCTET STRING.

                      The private authentication key is NOT directly
                      represented by the value of this variable, but
                      rather it is represented according to an encoding.
                      This encoding is the bitwise exclusive-OR of the
                      old key with the new key, i.e., of the old private
                      authentication key (prior to the alteration) with
                      the new private authentication key (after the
                      alteration).  Thus, when processing a received
                      protocol Set operation, the new private
                      authentication key is obtained from the value of
                      this variable as the result of a bitwise
                      exclusive-OR of the variable's value and the old
                      private authentication key.  In calculating the
                      exclusive-OR, if the old key is shorter than the
                      new key, zero-valued padding is appended to the
                      old key.  If no value for the old key exists, a
                      zero-length OCTET STRING is used in the
                      calculation."
              DEFVAL      { ''H }     -- the empty string
              ::= { partyEntry 9 }















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          partyAuthPublic OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
                          -- for v2md5AuthProtocol: (SIZE (0..16))
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A publically-readable value for the party.

                      Depending on the party's authentication protocol,
                      this value may be needed to support the party's
                      authentication protocol.  Alternatively, it may be
                      used by a manager during the procedure for
                      altering secret information about a party.  (For
                      example, by altering the value of an instance of
                      this object in the same SNMPv2 Set-Request used to
                      update an instance of partyAuthPrivate, a
                      subsequent Get-Request can determine if the Set-
                      Request was successful in the event that no
                      response to the Set-Request is received, see [4].)

                      The length of the value is dependent on the
                      party's authentication protocol.  If not used by
                      the authentication protocol, it is recommended
                      that agents support values of any length up to and
                      including the length of the corresponding
                      partyAuthPrivate object."
              DEFVAL      { ''H }      -- the empty string
              ::= { partyEntry 10 }






















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          partyAuthLifetime OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (0..2147483647)
              UNITS       "seconds"
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The lifetime (in units of seconds) which
                      represents an administrative upper bound on
                      acceptable delivery delay for protocol messages
                      generated by the party.

                      Once an instance of this object is created, its
                      value can not be changed."
              DEFVAL      { 300 }
              ::= { partyEntry 11 }

          partyPrivProtocol OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OBJECT IDENTIFIER
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The privacy protocol by which all protocol
                      messages received by the party are protected from
                      disclosure.  The value noPriv signifies that
                      messages received by the party are not protected.

                      Once an instance of this object is created, its
                      value can not be changed."
              DEFVAL      { noPriv }
              ::= { partyEntry 12 }




















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          partyPrivPrivate OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
                          -- for desPrivProtocol: (SIZE (16))
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "An encoding of the party's private encryption key
                      which may be needed to support the privacy
                      protocol.  Although the value of this variable may
                      be altered by a management operation (e.g., a
                      SNMPv2 Set-Request), its value can never be
                      retrieved by a management operation: when read,
                      the value of this variable is the zero length
                      OCTET STRING.

                      The private encryption key is NOT directly
                      represented by the value of this variable, but
                      rather it is represented according to an encoding.
                      This encoding is the bitwise exclusive-OR of the
                      old key with the new key, i.e., of the old private
                      encryption key (prior to the alteration) with the
                      new private encryption key (after the alteration).
                      Thus, when processing a received protocol Set
                      operation, the new private encryption key is
                      obtained from the value of this variable as the
                      result of a bitwise exclusive-OR of the variable's
                      value and the old private encryption key.  In
                      calculating the exclusive-OR, if the old key is
                      shorter than the new key, zero-valued padding is
                      appended to the old key.  If no value for the old
                      key exists, a zero-length OCTET STRING is used in
                      the calculation."
              DEFVAL      { ''H }     -- the empty string
              ::= { partyEntry 13 }
















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          partyPrivPublic OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
                          -- for desPrivProtocol: (SIZE (0..16))
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A publically-readable value for the party.

                      Depending on the party's privacy protocol, this
                      value may be needed to support the party's privacy
                      protocol.  Alternatively, it may be used by a
                      manager as a part of its procedure for altering
                      secret information about a party.  (For example,
                      by altering the value of an instance of this
                      object in the same SNMPv2 Set-Request used to
                      update an instance of partyPrivPrivate, a
                      subsequent Get-Request can determine if the Set-
                      Request was successful in the event that no
                      response to the Set-Request is received, see [4].)

                      The length of the value is dependent on the
                      party's privacy protocol.  If not used by the
                      privacy protocol, it is recommended that agents
                      support values of any length up to and including
                      the length of the corresponding partyPrivPrivate
                      object."
              DEFVAL      { ''H }     -- the empty string
              ::= { partyEntry 14 }






















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          partyCloneFrom OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      Party
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The identity of a party to clone authentication
                      and privacy parameters from.  When read, the value
                      { 0 0 } is returned.

                      This value must be written exactly once, when the
                      associated instance of partyStatus either does not
                      exist or has the value `notReady'.  When written,
                      the value identifies a party, the cloning party,
                      whose status column has the value `active'.  The
                      cloning party is used in two ways.

                      One, if instances of the following objects do not
                      exist for the party being created, then they are
                      created with values identical to those of the
                      corresponding objects for the cloning party:

                           partyAuthProtocol
                           partyAuthPublic
                           partyAuthLifetime
                           partyPrivProtocol
                           partyPrivPublic

                      Two, instances of the following objects are
                      updated using the corresponding values of the
                      cloning party:

                           partyAuthPrivate
                           partyPrivPrivate

                      (e.g., the value of the cloning party's instance
                      of the partyAuthPrivate object is XOR'd with the
                      value of the partyAuthPrivate instances of the
                      party being created.)"
              ::= { partyEntry 15 }











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          partyStorageType OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      StorageType
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The storage type for this conceptual row in the
                      partyTable."
              DEFVAL      { nonVolatile }
              ::= { partyEntry 16 }

          partyStatus OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      RowStatus
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The status of this conceptual row in the
                      partyTable.

                      A party is not qualified for activation until
                      instances of all columns of its partyEntry row
                      have an appropriate value.  In particular:

                        A value must be written to the Party's
                        partyCloneFrom object.

                        If the Party's partyAuthProtocol object has the
                        value md5AuthProtocol, then the corresponding
                        instance of partyAuthPrivate must contain a
                        secret of the appropriate length.  Further, at
                        least one management protocol set operation
                        updating the value of the party's
                        partyAuthPrivate object must be successfully
                        processed, before the partyAuthPrivate column is
                        considered appropriately configured.

                        If the Party's partyPrivProtocol object has the
                        value desPrivProtocol, then the corresponding
                        instance of partyPrivPrivate must contain a
                        secret of the appropriate length.  Further, at
                        least one management protocol set operation
                        updating the value of the party's
                        partyPrivPrivate object must be successfully
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                     Until instances of all corresponding columns are
                     appropriately configured, the value of the
                     corresponding instance of the partyStatus column is
                     `notReady'."
              ::= { partyEntry 17 }













































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          -- the SNMPv2 contexts database group

          snmpContexts   OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIBObjects 2 }


          contextTable OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      SEQUENCE OF ContextEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The SNMPv2 Context database."
              ::= { snmpContexts 1 }

          contextEntry OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      ContextEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Locally held information about a particular
                      SNMPv2 context."
              INDEX      { IMPLIED contextIdentity }
              ::= { contextTable 1 }

          ContextEntry ::=
              SEQUENCE {
                  contextIdentity         Context,
                  contextIndex            INTEGER,
                  contextLocal            TruthValue,
                  contextViewIndex        INTEGER,
                  contextLocalEntity      OCTET STRING,
                  contextLocalTime        OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
                  contextProxyDstParty    Party,
                  contextProxySrcParty    Party,
                  contextProxyContext     OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
                  contextStorageType      StorageType,
                  contextStatus           RowStatus
              }













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          contextIdentity OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      Context
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A context identifier uniquely identifying a
                      particular SNMPv2 context."
              ::= { contextEntry 1 }

          contextIndex OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (1..65535)
              MAX-ACCESS  read-only
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A unique value for each SNMPv2 context.  The
                      value for each SNMPv2 context must remain constant
                      at least from one re-initialization of the
                      entity's network management system to the next
                      re-initialization."
              ::= { contextEntry 2 }

          contextLocal OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      TruthValue
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "An indication of whether this context is realized
                      by this SNMPv2 entity."
              DEFVAL      { true }
              ::= { contextEntry 3 }




















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          contextViewIndex OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (0..65535)
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "If the value of an instance of this object is
                      zero, then this corresponding conceptual row in
                      the contextTable refers to a SNMPv2 context which
                      identifies a proxy relationship; the values of the
                      corresponding instances of the
                      contextProxyDstParty, contextProxySrcParty, and
                      contextProxyContext objects provide further
                      information on the proxy relationship.

                      Otherwise, if the value of an instance of this
                      object is greater than zero, then this
                      corresponding conceptual row in the contextTable
                      refers to a SNMPv2 context which identifies a MIB
                      view of a locally accessible entity; the value of
                      the instance identifies the particular MIB view
                      which has the same value of viewIndex; and the
                      value of the corresponding instances of the
                      contextLocalEntity and contextLocalTime objects
                      provide further information on the local entity
                      and its temporal domain."
              ::= { contextEntry 4 }
























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          contextLocalEntity OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OCTET STRING
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "If the value of the corresponding instance of the
                      contextViewIndex is greater than zero, then the
                      value of an instance of this object identifies the
                      local entity whose management information is in
                      the SNMPv2 context's MIB view.  The empty string
                      indicates that the MIB view contains the SNMPv2
                      entity's own local management information;
                      otherwise, a non-empty string indicates that the
                      MIB view contains management information of some
                      other local entity, e.g., 'Repeater1'."
              DEFVAL      { ''H }     -- the empty string
              ::= { contextEntry 5 }

          contextLocalTime OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OBJECT IDENTIFIER
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "If the value of the corresponding instance of the
                      contextViewIndex is greater than zero, then the
                      value of an instance of this object identifies the
                      temporal context of the management information in
                      the MIB view."
              DEFVAL      { currentTime }
              ::= { contextEntry 6 }




















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          contextProxyDstParty OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      Party
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "If the value of the corresponding instance of the
                      contextViewIndex is equal to zero, then the value
                      of an instance of this object identifies a SNMPv2
                      party which is the proxy destination of a proxy
                      relationship.

                      If the value of the corresponding instance of the
                      contextViewIndex is greater than zero, then the
                      value of an instance of this object is { 0 0 }."
              ::= { contextEntry 7 }

          contextProxySrcParty OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      Party
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "If the value of the corresponding instance of the
                      contextViewIndex is equal to zero, then the value
                      of an instance of this object identifies a SNMPv2
                      party which is the proxy source of a proxy
                      relationship.

                      Interpretation of an instance of this object
                      depends upon the value of the transport domain
                      associated with the SNMPv2 party used as the proxy
                      destination in this proxy relationship.

                      If the value of the corresponding instance of the
                      contextViewIndex is greater than zero, then the
                      value of an instance of this object is { 0 0 }."
              ::= { contextEntry 8 }














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          contextProxyContext OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OBJECT IDENTIFIER
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "If the value of the corresponding instance of the
                      contextViewIndex is equal to zero, then the value
                      of an instance of this object identifies the
                      context of a proxy relationship.

                      Interpretation of an instance of this object
                      depends upon the value of the transport domain
                      associated with the SNMPv2 party used as the proxy
                      destination in this proxy relationship.

                      If the value of the corresponding instance of the
                      contextViewIndex is greater than zero, then the
                      value of an instance of this object is { 0 0 }."
              ::= { contextEntry 9 }

          contextStorageType OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      StorageType
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The storage type for this conceptual row in the
                      contextTable."
              DEFVAL      { nonVolatile }
              ::= { contextEntry 10 }





















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          contextStatus OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      RowStatus
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The status of this conceptual row in the
                      contextTable.

                      A context is not qualified for activation until
                      instances of all corresponding columns have the
                      appropriate value.  In  particular, if the
                      context's contextViewIndex is greater than zero,
                      then the viewStatus column of the associated
                      conceptual row(s) in the viewTable must have the
                      value `active'.  Until instances of all
                      corresponding columns are appropriately
                      configured, the value of the corresponding
                      instance of the contextStatus column is
                      `notReady'."
              ::= { contextEntry 11 }






























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          -- the SNMPv2 access privileges database group

          snmpAccess     OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIBObjects 3 }


          aclTable OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      SEQUENCE OF AclEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The access privileges database."
              ::= { snmpAccess 1 }

          aclEntry OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      AclEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The access privileges for a particular subject
                      SNMPv2 party when asking a particular target
                      SNMPv2 party to access a particular SNMPv2
                      context."
              INDEX      { aclTarget, aclSubject, aclResources }
              ::= { aclTable 1 }

          AclEntry ::=
              SEQUENCE {
                  aclTarget        INTEGER,
                  aclSubject       INTEGER,
                  aclResources     INTEGER,
                  aclPrivileges    INTEGER,
                  aclStorageType   StorageType,
                  aclStatus        RowStatus
              }
















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          aclTarget OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (1..65535)
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The value of an instance of this object
                      identifies a SNMPv2 party which is the target of
                      an access control policy, and has the same value
                      as the instance of the partyIndex object for that
                      party."
              ::= { aclEntry 1 }

          aclSubject OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (1..65535)
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The value of an instance of this object
                      identifies a SNMPv2 party which is the subject of
                      an access control policy, and has the same value
                      as the instance of the partyIndex object for that
                      SNMPv2 party."
              ::= { aclEntry 2 }

          aclResources OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (1..65535)
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The value of an instance of this object
                      identifies a SNMPv2 context in an access control
                      policy, and has the same value as the instance of
                      the contextIndex object for that SNMPv2 context."
              ::= { aclEntry 3 }
















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          aclPrivileges OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (0..255)
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The access privileges which govern what
                      management operations a particular target party
                      may perform with respect to a particular SNMPv2
                      context when requested by a particular subject
                      party.  These privileges are specified as a sum of
                      values, where each value specifies a SNMPv2 PDU
                      type by which the subject party may request a
                      permitted operation.  The value for a particular
                      PDU type is computed as 2 raised to the value of
                      the ASN.1 context-specific tag for the appropriate
                      SNMPv2 PDU type.  The values (for the tags defined
                      in [5]) are defined in [3] as:

                       Get         :   1
                       GetNext     :   2
                       Response    :   4
                       Set         :   8
                       unused      :  16
                       GetBulk     :  32
                       Inform      :  64
                       SNMPv2-Trap : 128

                      The null set is represented by the value zero."
              DEFVAL      { 35 }      -- Get, Get-Next & Get-Bulk
              ::= { aclEntry 4 }

          aclStorageType OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      StorageType
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The storage type for this conceptual row in the
                      aclTable."
              DEFVAL      { nonVolatile }
              ::= { aclEntry 5 }










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          aclStatus OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      RowStatus
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The status of this conceptual row in the
                      aclTable."
              ::= { aclEntry 6 }










































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          -- the MIB view database group

          snmpViews      OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIBObjects 4 }


          viewTable OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      SEQUENCE OF ViewEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Locally held information about the MIB views
                      known to this SNMPv2 entity.

                      Each SNMPv2 context which is locally accessible
                      has a single MIB view which is defined by two
                      collections of view subtrees: the included view
                      subtrees, and the excluded view subtrees.  Every
                      such subtree, both included and excluded, is
                      defined in this table.

                      To determine if a particular object instance is in
                      a particular MIB view, compare the object
                      instance's OBJECT IDENTIFIER with each of the MIB
                      view's entries in this table.  If none match, then
                      the object instance is not in the MIB view.  If
                      one or more match, then the object instance is
                      included in, or excluded from, the MIB view
                      according to the value of viewType in the entry
                      whose value of viewSubtree has the most sub-
                      identifiers.  If multiple entries match and have
                      the same number of sub-identifiers, then the
                      lexicographically greatest instance of viewType
                      determines the inclusion or exclusion.

                      An object instance's OBJECT IDENTIFIER X matches
                      an entry in this table when the number of sub-
                      identifiers in X is at least as many as in the
                      value of viewSubtree for the entry, and each sub-
                      identifier in the value of viewSubtree matches its
                      corresponding sub-identifier in X.  Two sub-
                      identifiers match either if the corresponding bit
                      of viewMask is zero (the 'wild card' value), or if
                      they are equal.

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                      the term, a 'family' of view subtrees, to refer to
                      the set of subtrees defined by a particular
                      combination of values of viewSubtree and viewMask.
                      In the case where no 'wild card' is defined in
                      viewMask, the family of view subtrees reduces to a
                      single view subtree."
              ::= { snmpViews 1 }

          viewEntry OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      ViewEntry
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "Information on a particular family of view
                      subtrees included in or excluded from a particular
                      SNMPv2 context's MIB view.

                      Implementations must not restrict the number of
                      families of view subtrees for a given MIB view,
                      except as dictated by resource constraints on the
                      overall number of entries in the viewTable."
              INDEX      { viewIndex, IMPLIED viewSubtree }
              ::= { viewTable 1 }

          ViewEntry ::=
              SEQUENCE {
                  viewIndex        INTEGER,
                  viewSubtree      OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
                  viewMask         OCTET STRING,
                  viewType         INTEGER,
                  viewStorageType  StorageType,
                  viewStatus       RowStatus
              }

















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          viewIndex OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER (1..65535)
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A unique value for each MIB view.  The value for
                      each MIB view must remain constant at least from
                      one re-initialization of the entity's network
                      management system to the next re-initialization."
              ::= { viewEntry 1 }

          viewSubtree OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OBJECT IDENTIFIER
              MAX-ACCESS  not-accessible
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "A MIB subtree."
              ::= { viewEntry 2 }

          viewMask OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      OCTET STRING (SIZE (0..16))
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The bit mask which, in combination with the
                      corresponding instance of viewSubtree, defines a
                      family of view subtrees.

                      Each bit of this bit mask corresponds to a sub-
                      identifier of viewSubtree, with the most
                      significant bit of the i-th octet of this octet
                      string value (extended if necessary, see below)
                      corresponding to the (8*i - 7)-th sub-identifier,
                      and the least significant bit of the i-th octet of
                      this octet string corresponding to the (8*i)-th
                      sub-identifier, where i is in the range 1 through
                      16.

                      Each bit of this bit mask specifies whether or not
                      the corresponding sub-identifiers must match when
                      determining if an OBJECT IDENTIFIER is in this
                      family of view subtrees; a '1' indicates that an
                      exact match must occur; a '0' indicates 'wild
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                      Thus, the OBJECT IDENTIFIER X of an object
                      instance is contained in a family of view subtrees
                      if the following criteria are met:

                           for each sub-identifier of the value of
                           viewSubtree, either:

                                the i-th bit of viewMask is 0, or

                                the i-th sub-identifier of X is equal to
                                the i-th sub-identifier of the value of
                                viewSubtree.

                      If the value of this bit mask is M bits long and
                      there are more than M sub-identifiers in the
                      corresponding instance of viewSubtree, then the
                      bit mask is extended with 1's to be the required
                      length.

                      Note that when the value of this object is the
                      zero-length string, this extension rule results in
                      a mask of all-1's being used (i.e., no 'wild
                      card'), and the family of view subtrees is the one
                      view subtree uniquely identified by the
                      corresponding instance of viewSubtree."
              DEFVAL      { ''H }
              ::= { viewEntry 3 }























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          viewType OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      INTEGER  {
                              included(1),
                              excluded(2)
                          }
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The status of a particular family of view
                      subtrees within the particular SNMPv2 context's
                      MIB view.  The value 'included(1)' indicates that
                      the corresponding instances of viewSubtree and
                      viewMask define a family of view subtrees included
                      in the MIB view.  The  value 'excluded(2)'
                      indicates that the corresponding instances of
                      viewSubtree and viewMask define a family of view
                      subtrees excluded from the MIB view."
              DEFVAL      { included }
              ::= { viewEntry 4 }

          viewStorageType OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      StorageType
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The storage type for this conceptual row in the
                      viewTable."
              DEFVAL      { nonVolatile }
              ::= { viewEntry 5 }

          viewStatus OBJECT-TYPE
              SYNTAX      RowStatus
              MAX-ACCESS  read-create
              STATUS      current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The status of this conceptual row in the
                      viewTable."
              ::= { viewEntry 6 }












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          -- conformance information

          partyMIBConformance
                         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIB 3 }

          partyMIBCompliances
                         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIBConformance 1 }
          partyMIBGroups
                         OBJECT IDENTIFIER ::= { partyMIBConformance 2 }


          -- compliance statements

          unSecurableCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
              STATUS  current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The compliance statement for SNMPv2 entities
                      which implement the Party MIB, but do not support
                      any authentication or privacy protocols (i.e.,
                      only the noAuth and noPriv protocols are
                      supported)."
              MODULE  -- this module
                  MANDATORY-GROUPS { partyMIBGroup }
              ::= { partyMIBCompliances 1 }


          partyNoPrivacyCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
              STATUS  current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The compliance statement for SNMPv2 entities
                      which implement the Party MIB, and support an
                      authentication protocol, but do not support any
                      privacy protocols (i.e., only the noAuth,
                      v2md5AuthProtocol, and noPriv protocols are
                      supported)."
              MODULE  -- this module
                  MANDATORY-GROUPS { partyMIBGroup }
              ::= { partyMIBCompliances 2 }












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          partyPrivacyCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
              STATUS  current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The compliance statement for SNMPv2 entities
                      which implement the Party MIB, support an
                      authentication protocol, and support a privacy
                      protocol ONLY for the purpose of accessing
                      security parameters.

                      For all aclTable entries authorizing a subject
                      and/or target SNMPv2 party whose privacy protocol
                      is desPrivProtocol, to be used in accessing a
                      SNMPv2 context, the MIB view for that SNMPv2
                      context shall include only those objects
                      subordinate to partyMIBObjects, or a subset
                      thereof, e.g.,

                           viewSubtree = { partyMIBObjects }
                           viewMask    = ''H
                           viewType    = { included }

                      Any attempt to configure an entry in the
                      partyTable, the contextTable, the aclTable or the
                      viewTable such that a party using the
                      desPrivProtocol would be authorized for use in
                      accessing objects outside of the partyMIBObjects
                      subtree shall result in the appropriate error
                      response (e.g., wrongValue or inconsistentValue)."
              MODULE  -- this module
                  MANDATORY-GROUPS { partyMIBGroup }
              ::= { partyMIBCompliances 3 }



















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          fullPrivacyCompliance MODULE-COMPLIANCE
              STATUS  current
              DESCRIPTION
                      "The compliance statement for SNMPv2 entities
                      which implement the Party MIB, support an
                      authentication protocol, and support a privacy
                      protocol without restrictions on its use."
              MODULE  -- this module
                  MANDATORY-GROUPS { partyMIBGroup }
              ::= { partyMIBCompliances 4 }


        -- units of conformance

        partyMIBGroup OBJECT-GROUP
            OBJECTS { partyIndex, partyTDomain, partyTAddress,
                      partyMaxMessageSize, partyLocal,
                      partyAuthProtocol, partyAuthClock,
                      partyAuthPrivate, partyAuthPublic,
                      partyAuthLifetime, partyPrivProtocol,
                      partyPrivPrivate, partyPrivPublic,
                      partyStorageType, partyStatus,
                      partyCloneFrom,
                      contextIndex, contextLocal,
                      contextViewIndex, contextLocalEntity,
                      contextLocalTime, contextStorageType,
                      contextStatus, aclTarget, aclSubject,
                      aclPrivileges, aclStorageType, aclStatus,
                      viewMask, viewType, viewStorageType, viewStatus }
            STATUS  current
            DESCRIPTION
                    "The collection of objects allowing the
                    description and configuration of SNMPv2 parties.

                    Note that objects which support proxy
                    relationships are not included in this conformance
                    group."
            ::= { partyMIBGroups 1 }


        END









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          3.  Acknowledgments

          This document is based, almost entirely, on RFC 1353.















































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          4.  References

          [1]  Information processing systems - Open Systems
               Interconnection - Specification of Abstract Syntax
               Notation One (ASN.1), International Organization for
               Standardization.  International Standard 8824, (December,
               1987).

          [2]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and Waldbusser, S.,
               "Structure of Management Information for version 2 of the
               Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1442,
               SNMP Research, Inc., Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach
               Consulting, Inc., Carnegie Mellon University, April 1993.

          [3]  Galvin, J., and McCloghrie, K., "Administrative Model for
               version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
               (SNMPv2)", RFC 1445, Trusted Information Systems, Hughes
               LAN Systems, April 1993.

          [4]  Galvin, J., and McCloghrie, K., "Security Protocols for
               version 2 of the Simple Network Management Protocol
               (SNMPv2)", RFC 1446, Trusted Information Systems, Hughes
               LAN Systems, April 1993.

          [5]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and Waldbusser, S.,
               "Protocol Operations for version 2 of the Simple Network
               Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1448, SNMP Research,
               Inc., Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.,
               Carnegie Mellon University, April 1993.

          [5]  Case, J., McCloghrie, K., Rose, M., and Waldbusser, S.,
               "Transport Mappings for version 2 of the Simple Network
               Management Protocol (SNMPv2)", RFC 1449, SNMP Research,
               Inc., Hughes LAN Systems, Dover Beach Consulting, Inc.,
               Carnegie Mellon University, April 1993.















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          5.  Security Considerations

          Security issues are not discussed in this memo.


          6.  Authors' Addresses

               Keith McCloghrie
               Hughes LAN Systems
               1225 Charleston Road
               Mountain View, CA  94043
               US

               Phone: +1 415 966 7934
               Email: kzm@hls.com


               James M. Galvin
               Trusted Information Systems, Inc.
               3060 Washington Road, Route 97
               Glenwood, MD 21738

               Phone:  +1 301 854-6889
               EMail:  galvin@tis.com


























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