Messages in this thread | | | From | "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <> | Subject | Re: IP Acounting Idea for 2.5 | Date | Tue, 17 Apr 2001 06:56:42 +0000 (UTC) |
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Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> writes:
>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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