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In article <3145@ra.nrl.navy.mil>, atkinson@itd.nrl.navy.mil (Randall Atkinson) writes:
> 
> In article <2115@devnull.mpd.tandem.com>, 
> 	nath@mpd.tandem.com (Narendra M. Nath (Pi-Net)) writes:
>>> 
>>> Does anyone out there know about any existing MIB for SS7.
>>> If so please send me a copy
> 
> In article <1992Jul26.233303.1@research.ptt.nl>,
> 	<mschenk@research.ptt.nl> Mike Schenk writes:
> 
> %  You mean managing SS7 with SNMP? That does not seem very appropriate
> % and I have not heard about anyone doing it. However, managing SS7 with
> % CMIS/CMIP is something completely different.
> 
>   Why the hell not use SNMP ?  It is more secure than CMIP and it
> WORKS properly and interoperably and it is deployed in 100 times more
> sites than CMIP/CMOT is.  The only thing "completely different" is
> that using CMIP make NO SENSE technically, while using SNMP makes a
> hell of a lot of sense.  

Since when is SNMP more secure than CMIP? SNMP is not secure at 
all. So current SNMP based NMSs can only get information from an 
agent. Setting variables is not implemented and therefore SNMP 
based NMSs can only be used to monitor your network. Controlling 
your network is out of the question (unless you want every geek 
to control your network as well).

>   No doubt this is why BELLCORE has published a number of MIBs for use
> with SNMP.  SS7 might be among them.  I know that SONET and DS1/DS3

I can hardly believe that the SNMP MIB for SONET has the same 
functionality as the CMIP MIB for SONET (or better for SDH).

> are among the published MIBs.  [Rude comments about Europeans ISO zealots
> not having a clue about what tools work have been deleted here]

While I am absolutely certain that there is a place for SNMP I am 
also absolutely certain that it is more appropriate to manage SS7 
with CMIS/CMIP just because the MIB is better structured and has 
more functionality.

Mike