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        RFC 2261:

        Title:      An Architecture for Describing
		    SNMP Management Frameworks
	Author(s):  D. Harrington, R. Presuhn, B. Wijnen
        Status:     Proposed Standard
	Date:       January 1998
        Mailbox:    dbh@ctron.com, rpresuhn@bmc.com,
		    wijnen@vnet.ibm.com
        Pages:      56
        Characters: 128036
        Updates/Obsoletes: None

        URL:        ftp://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc2261.txt

This document describes an architecture for describing SNMP
Management Frameworks.  The architecture is designed to be modular to
allow the evolution of the SNMP protocol standards over time.  The
major portions of the architecture are an SNMP engine containing a
Message Processing Subsystem, a Security Subsystem and an Access
Control Subsystem, and possibly multiple SNMP applications which
provide specific functional processing of management data.

This document is a product of the SNMPv 3 Working Group of the IETF.

This is now a Proposed Standard Protocol.

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for
the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions
for improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the
"Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the
standardization state and status of this protocol.  Distribution
of this memo is unlimited.


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Joyce K. Reynolds and Alegre Ramos
USC/Information Sciences Institute