sw0l+@ANDREW.CMU.EDU ("Steven L. Waldbusser") (09/21/89)
I have just released version 1.0 of the CMU SNMP libraries and applications. The source code and documentation for this package is now available for anonymous FTP. The following text is from the README file in the distribution: The files in this directory compromise the 1.0 release of the CMU SNMP distribution. This includes the SNMP/ASN.1 library, many client applications, and supporting documentation. This code was written with efficiency and portability in mind. The libraries are very independent of hardware and OS dependencies. They have been run on Unix, DOS, Macintosh and other OS's on a variety of platforms. The applications compile and run on the following systems: IBM PC/RT running ACIS Release 3, Sun3/60 running SUNOS 3.5, DEC microVax running Ultrix 2.2, and DECStation 3100's runing Ultrix 3.0. They are expected to run on any system with a Berkeley socket interface. The agent compiles into about 10 KB of 68000 code. The machine independent portions of this agent also run on CMU's IBM PC/AT based router. The snmp agent for the Kinetics box is included in this distribution, but the KIP code it links against is not yet distributable (this is not the released KIP code). This will probably be distributed at another time if there is sufficient demand. The applications are designed to be useful in the real world. Snmpnetstat is a port of the Berkeley Unix netstat that gathers it's information using SNMP. (Many people will enjoy "snmpnetstat mygateway public -r"). Snmpstatus collects several pieces of information and presents them in a useful format and is good for everyday status monitoring. The rest of the tools are simpler, but still interpret input and output symbolicly (they can be used without referencing the RFC's!). For instance, snmpnetstat mygateway public -r returns: Routing tables Destination Gateway Flags Interface bbn-net-temp psc-gw3.psc.edu UG Ethernet0 arpanet prpnet-gw.cc.cmu.e UG Ethernet0 xerox-net psc-gw3.psc.edu UG Ethernet0 hp-internet psc-gw3.psc.edu UG Ethernet0 ... snmpstatus returns: [128.2.56.220]=>[Kinetics Fastpath2] Up: 1 day, 4:43:31 Recv/Trans packets - Interface: 262874/39867 | IP 47432/34587 The rest of the applications typically present a variable in a form similar to the following: Name: interfaces.ifTable.ifEntry.ifType.1 INTEGER: ethernet-csmacd(6) The parsing and printing of symbolic object identifiers and the printing of typed variables is driven by a database that describes the MIB. The MIB database is now retrieved from a text file in the ASN.1 format used in the RFC1066 MIB. This makes adding new (enterprise specific) mibs to the database very simple. I will solicit description files from other SNMP vendors and redistribute them via anonymous FTP. Initially, the mib.txt file contains a discription of the RFC 1066 MIB and portions of the CMU enterprise specific MIB. I had help in optimizing the parser from Phil Lapsley of Berkeley (Thanks Phil!). For further information, please consult the man pages. There are man pages for each of the applications, as well as for the Application Programming Interface (API). The API has been redesigned to present a very convenient and useful asynchronous interface to the SNMP transport. In addition, snmp_client.c contains a toolkit of routines that simplify writing client applications. In particular, there is a synchronous interface built on top of the asyncronous interface that makes writing applications very easy. This distribution is coprighted by CMU, but may be used and sold without permission. The snmpnetstat application is derived from the Berkeley 4.3 netstat, and is therefore also copyrighted by Berkeley. Consult the copyright notices for further information. The distribution is available by anonymous FTP from the host lancaster.andrew.cmu.edu (128.2.13.21) as the file pub/cmu-snmp1.0.tar. I will maintain a repository of mib description files in the directory pub/mibs. Please direct questions, comments, and bug reports to sw0l+snmp@andrew.cmu.edu. I have received very helpful feedback in the past that has been integrated into the current release. This will continue in the future. If you pick up this package, please send me a note to the above address, so that I may notify you of future enhancements/changes and additions to the set of applications (several are planned). I will also redistribute applications using the CMU SNMP library that were written elsewhere and placed in the public domain. There are already several such applications pending such a distribution. There is a gateway at CMU running the agent. Feel free to query it. You can access as netdev-kbox.cc.cmu.edu (128.2.56.220) with community name "public". Steve Waldbusser Network Development Carnegie-Mellon University
goldstei@NSIPO.ARC.NASA.GOV ("Steve Goldstein Ph 202-357-9717") (09/26/89)
>>The files in this directory compromise the 1.0 release of the CMU SNMP
distribution.<<
Do they really compromise it?
--SG