BER problem

[Brackstone, Wayne]

SNMP++ V3.2.5b Agent++ V3.5.10b

Guys,

	I've come across a problem whereby an SNMP firewall that is part of the 
system architecture that my software has to interface with is rejecting SNMP 
traps generated by my Agent++ agents because of the BER encoding of the length 
parameter.
Essentially what it is objecting to is the fact that although the trap is less 
than 127 bytes in length it is encoded the 'long' way with the extra 
preceeding byte set to zero. Although I have subsequently found out that this 
isn't illegal I have seen other SNMP implementations that change the encoding 
depending on the length i.e. use the short form if less than 127 bytes.

At the moment it looks unlikely that the firewall can be changed. I have 
considered changing the the source code used by the agents (probably only 
option and not yet investigated) but I also wondered if there were any plans 
to change this by yourselves in future versions?

Any help appreciated

Wayne Brackstone



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