>On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 12:07:31PM +1000, Manfred Bartz wrote:
>> *COUNTERS MUST NOT BE RESETABLE!!!*
>>
>> Resetable counters guarantee that no two programs can co-exists if
>> they happen to reset the same counters.
>That sounds like crap (sorry). Counters are resettable, and will be.
>If you run two applications resetting counters individually, you have
>a problem with your applications.
Resettable counters in a security sensitive environment are just a
call for trouble. That's why you can't reset the SNMP counters on any
Cisco device I've encountered today. They learned their lesson. Maybe
you will, too.
Regards
Henning
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