Re: Standard way of referencing SNMP versions

[Steve Moulton <moulton@snmp.com>]

On Friday, March 29 2002, Mark Ellison <ellison@ieee.org> wrote:

> Hi-
> 
> The moniker SNMPv2 is vague.  It should be replaced by SNMPv2c, SNMPv2p,
> SNMPv2u, SNMPv2*
> 
> Anyway, there is no "standard" way to reference SNMP versions.  The
> above are used as common convention.

I make it a habit (and it is company policy in all communications)
to use the terms SNMPv1, SNMPv2c, and SNMPv3, with just that capitalization.

Similarly for SNMPv2u and SNMPv2* though I only discuss those
in a historical context or a standards meeting.

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