RFC 2579 · INTERNET STANDARD · 1999
WED · 29 JUL 2026
Textual Conventions for SMIv2
Overview
RFC 2579, “Textual Conventions for SMIv2”, is an Internet Standard document published in April 1999 by K. McCloghrie, D. Perkins, J. Schoenwaelder. It obsoletes RFC 1903. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
It is the purpose of this document to define the initial set of textual conventions available to all MIB modules. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Internet Standard” means
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1999
- RFC 2578 Structure of Management Information Version 2
- RFC 2580 Conformance Statements for SMIv2
- RFC 2577 FTP Security Considerations
- RFC 2581 TCP Congestion Control
- RFC 2582 The NewReno Modification to TCP's Fast Recovery Algorithm
- RFC 2575 View-based Access Control Model for the Simple Network Management Protocol
- RFC 2583 Guidelines for Next Hop Client Developers
- RFC 2574 User-based Security Model for version 3 of the Simple Network Management Protocol