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 | | Understanding SNMP MIBs by David T. Perkins, Evan McGinnis ISBN-10: 9780134377087 ISBN-10: 0-13-437708-7 ISBN-13: 9780134377087 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-437708-7 Paperback 1996-12-13 Prentice Hall PTR Find Lowest Price |
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The relation of MIB and ASN.1 I have read many RFCs(request for comments). But I cannot understand what is the MIB of SNMP. Figure 1-4 Rules for writing MIB(Management Information Base) modules can clearly undestand that the structure of MIB and relation of MIB and ASN.1(Abstract WSyntax Notation One). Also syntax, output and format are well summarize in Appenddix. | ||
Paperback for $74? BAH! HUMBUG! A colleague of mine had this book in hardback. Without paying too much attention, I ordered the same from Amazon. Imagine my disappointment when mine arrived as a cheesy paperback. Not only that, the paper quality is poor and a lot of the type is smeared!! The quality is more like a $30 book. Since I'll be using this frequently as a reference, I imagine it will fall apart before long. If you can find a used one in hardback, GET IT! I haven't dug into it yet, but the content looks very useful. Too bad about the wrapper! I'm tired of getting ripped when buying technical books!!!! Epilogue: After complaining to Prentice Hall customer service about the smeared type, they sent me a replacement. I had to provide documentation. The replacement did not have the smeared type. Epilogue's Epilogue: As I predicted, after using the replacement for about 3 weeks the binding is already starting to fall apart. I didn't think it would happen this soon though! ARRRRGH! WHAT A WASTE OF TREES!!! | ||
Review of Understanding SNMP MIBs This is a great book on a dry subject. This book has a very nice consolidation of SNMP information from the relevant sources as well as detailed instructions on how to create your own MIB. I highly recommend it if you are looking to learn more about MIB construction and authoring. | ||
Fails in achieving goals. I've earned two CS degrees and worked with SNMP and TCP for years. The problem with the book is that it is written by pompus insiders. SNMP is one of the worst standards used on the internet. You could teach a course on how such a rudimentary functionality was obfuscated by impenetrable terminology and poor implementation choices (ASN1/BER for example). What is desperately needed in understanding SNMP is someone who knows what a disaster it is and tries to help bridge the terminology gaps. Unfortunately, the authors actually believe that the terminology and implementation were a good idea. They can't bring themselves to say "You know what the rest of the world calls an array? Well, we decided to call them 'columnar objects'" The most useful part of the book was learning of the available SNMP parsers, 'smicng' and 'mosey' in an appendix. But now that I've told you, there is no reason to buy this book. | ||
A good reference manual Let's not kid ourselves, SNMP MIBs are messy and needlessly confusing. Most of this confusion stems from the fact that there are many ways to do the same thing. This book helps you identify the various ways of doing something so that you can make informed decisions. I find this book to be a well organized reference about MIB design and SNMP at the protocol level. It assumes the reader already has some understanding of the topic. If you are new to MIB design, I suggest that you check the web first to get a basic understanding. Note that this book is not geared toward SNMP network administration. | ||