RFC 2572 · DRAFT STANDARD · 1999

Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol

Overview

RFC 2572, “Message Processing and Dispatching for the Simple Network Management Protocol”, is a Draft Standard document published in April 1999 by J. Case, D. Harrington, R. Presuhn, B. Wijnen. It obsoletes RFC 2272. It has been obsoleted by RFC 3412 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

This document describes the Message Processing and Dispatching for SNMP messages within the SNMP architecture. It defines the procedures for dispatching potentially multiple versions of SNMP messages to the proper SNMP Message Processing Models, and for dispatching PDUs to SNMP applications. This document also describes one Message Processing Model - the SNMPv3 Message Processing Model. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Abstract as published in the RFC, via rfc-editor.org.

What “Draft Standard” means

A historical maturity level (retired in 2011) that sat between Proposed Standard and Internet Standard and required multiple interoperable implementations.

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Relationships to other RFCs
This RFC obsoletes
RFC 2272
Obsoleted by
RFC 3412
Other RFCs from 1999

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