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+Sat Jul 5 15:20:20 PDT 1997
+
+====================================================================
+ASNMP = ACE+SNMP++ Version 1.0
+By Michael R. MacFaden mrm@acm.org mrm@cisco.com
+====================================================================
+
+What is ASNMP ? ==> ACE+SNMP! aka Another SNMP API
+ HP's SNMP++ 2.5 freely available C++ SNMP class library
+ has been adapted to the ACE 4.2 Framework.
+
+What was changed from HP version?
+ See src/ChangeLog file.
+
+Is HP SNMP++ compatible with ASNMP?
+ It is neither source nor binary compatible. About 10% of the API has changed.
+ There have been API changes to make the interface more orthogonal
+ and to reduce implementation complexity such as consolidating constructors
+ with default formal values, and to remove some inconsistencies
+ with the HP interface as well as locking down valid() semantics, etc.
+
+What platforms have the test programs been verified on?
+ Solaris 2.4, 2.5.1 using SUN C++ 4.1 compiler
+
+Why use this version?
+ The SNMP++ version ships only for HP-UX and for Windows.
+ It is not very portable nor does it do a good job at checking
+ for out of memory exhaustion conditions (asn1.cpp). There is some great
+ code here. ACE needs an SNMP library to build NM type
+ communications applications. Hence ASNMP was born in my spare time.
+
+How does ASNMP differ from SNMP?
+ Current version uses ACE OS Adaption layer. All memory
+ allocation is now consistent, uses ACE_NEW().
+ Standard ACE Debugging (ACE_TRACE) has been inserted.
+ ASNMP has less global namespace pollution by moving all non-class
+ functions into interface classes or made into static locals.
+
+ X11 GUI support removed from this version since this is
+ not the place to include GUI support in the new world of
+ multi-threaded apps.
+
+ No ASYNC interface. In this version the ASYNC interface has been
+ removed. A new one based on class callbacks will be added in
+ the future. Use ACE Threads if blocking doesn't suit you.
+
+ SNMP V2c cmds (getbulk) has been hidden from the API until I
+ have an CISCO IOS agent that talks V2c to test with.
+
+How to build this library?
+ Set ACE_ROOT and platform_macros.GNU per ../INSTALL file.
+ create libasnmp.a, libasnmp.so and then run the tests
+
+Any Support for ASNMP?
+ As time permits from the mailing list.
+
+Where to ask questions?
+ Please use ace-users@cs.wustl.edu mailing list or mrm@acm.org
+
+NOTE: Please do not bother Eric Mellquist unless you are using
+ the original HP version of this library.
+
+Where can I get the original HP SNMP++?
+ From ftp://rosegarden.external.hp.com:/pub/snmp++
+
+What version of SNMP is fully supported?
+ SNMP Version 1 (RFC 1155,1157, 1215)
+
+What about SNMP Version 2c?
+ V2c is defined in RFC 1901 - 1908
+ These bits are added to v1 code in this library: GetBulk PDU, Counter64
+ These bits are missing Inform (RFC 1905)
+ RFC 1903 defined new datatypes using existing SMI via macros.
+ These should be coded as if they were SMI datatypes to encapsulate
+ their behavior. V2c hasn't been deployed
+
+What copyrights/legal requirements are required when using this code?
+ See ./COPYRIGHT
+
+Does this really work?
+ See tests/ directory for the current test reports (purify/purecov/...).
+
+Any Future Plans?
+ The ASNMP library will be improved for performance and made to use
+ higher level design patterns. Hopefully it will be used as a
+ vehicle for grad students to learn something about network mgmt
+ code work related distributed programming.
+
+
+Regards,
+Michael R. MacFaden
+Software Engineer III
+Cisco Systems, Inc.
+Network Management Business Unit
+170 West Tasman Drive
+San Jose, CA 95120
+408-526-6228
+mrm@cisco.com
+Fri Jul 25 12:36:32 PDT 1997
+
+====================================================================
+SNMP++ For UNIX Source Code and Examples:
+====================================================================
+Included within this package can be found the source code and
+examples for SNMP++. The following represents the directories which
+are included within the compressed tar file and their contents.
+
+For more details on the API , please refer to the API specification.
+
+This library is a complete implementation of SNMP++ and does not
+require other SNMP libraries to be present.
+
+Required Tools:
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+
+readme.txt ( this file)
+|
+|
+|------ src ( .cpp files and Makefile for building libraries )
+|
+|------ examples ( a variety of apps, .cpp and Makefile included )
+|
+|------ tests - unit test routines
+
+
+src Directory Contents:
+--------------------------------------------------------------------
+Makefile - make file for ACE/Solaris 2. build
+target.cpp - Collection of attributes(address, timeout, etc) used
+ to define a command session
+snmp.cpp - A logical session between NM app and agent
+pdu.cpp - Pdu class source (vb list and API command)
+wpdu.cpp - Adapter pattern based class between CMU and HP code
+transaction.cpp - synchronous transaction clss
+vb.cpp - Variable Binding class source (oid + value)
+
+<< SMI datatypes used to get/set values in SNMPv1 agents>>
+
+address.cpp - Address class source
+gauge.cpp - Gauge32 class source
+integer.cpp - Integer32 class source
+counter.cpp - Counter32 class source
+ctr64.cpp - Counter64 class source
+timetick.cpp - TimeTicks class source
+octet.cpp - Octet String class source
+oid.cpp - Oid class source
+asn1.cpp - ASN1 encoding and decoding code. CMU code.
+
+examples Directory Contents:
+---------------------------------------------------------------------
+Makefile - make file for building console apps
+get.cpp - source for SNMP get program
+next.cpp - source for SNMP get Next program
+set.cpp - source for SNMP set program
+trap.cpp - source for SNMP trap send program
+walk.cpp - source for SNMP walk program
+