opaque docs [Re: rough consensus of what "population"?]

Margaret Wasserman mrw at windriver.com
Wed Mar 26 13:14:42 CET 2003



Hi Pekka,

>A fundamental problem may be that MIB's look a bit scary.  A formal data
>structure and model is not for the faint of heart.  So, it's something
>that, until you get started (do a few reviews of them at least), is not
>something you look forward to and subsequently want to avoid.

Perhaps this is an area in which the IETF, as an organization, needs
more training/development?

Perhaps people would be more likely to review MIBs if they were
taught a few things about how to read them, what to look for, etc?

Margaret





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