From: dperkins at snmpinfo.com (dperkins at snmpinfo.com)
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 1999 09:04:26 -0700
Subject: SNMPy update
In-Reply-To: <7ebtn1$dq$1@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>
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HI,

I cannot tell the context of the orginal question. But yet again,
to write an SNMP agent or manager, do not fall for the belief that
you need an ASN.1 compiler. Also, do not fall for the believe that
you need an ASN.1 compiler for processing MIB modules.

Whether one or not a asn.1 compiler is free does not matter, because
you really donot need one!

On 5 Apr 1999, Cameron Laird wrote:

> In article <14089.11820.416453.80124 at bitdiddle.cnri.reston.va.us>,
> Jeremy Hylton  <jeremy at cnri.reston.va.us> wrote:
> 			.
> 			.
> 			.
> >encode/decode and on how to build a backend for SNACC.  (A free-ish
> >ASN.1 compiler; the only one?)
> 
> Hardly.  There are several ASN.1 compilers.  MAVROS <URL:http://
> www-sop.inria.fr/rodeo/personnel/huitema/mavros-home.html> is
> another.  I know of none that's achieved SNACC's portability.
> -- 
> 
> Cameron Laird           http://starbase.neosoft.com/~claird/home.html
> claird at NeoSoft.com      +1 281 996 8546 FAX
> 


Regards,
/david t. perkins





