Mar/29 2011 - version 0.8.6

SNMP v2 introduced a concept of MIB status notification encoded in the VbList as a value that notifies the caller when there is an issue with the request or if request has reached the end of available data.

Unlike the name of the class, OctetString doesn’t really store text strings as would be expected, but any type of byte based data.

Because data in the OctetString is just a series of bytes, there is no guarantee that it is printable so some fancy footwork is required to perform the ToString() method operation.

I have decided that next version will be 0.5 and a formal beta release. One of the goals I have set for myself is that 0.5 beta will contain only my own code. To accomplish this, I have to re-code the BER encoding/decode functionality of Oid, Integer32, UInteger32 and Counter64 classes.

I started the code rewrite with the Oid class.

Before being able to do any work I had to do a little research and figure out how it’s supposed to be done. This is what I have found out.

I have registered a new SNMP project on SourceForge in December and since then there have been a lot of questions about the project activity.

Since I’m the only project developer, project is moving at the pace that depends on my ability to set aside time to work on it. Sometimes, this can lead to a slow release cycle and questions if project is still active.