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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Xerox has an interest and has already
posted to a MIB Repository.&nbsp; I see that quite a few other members of the
PWG have also done so.&nbsp; The site I refer to is MibDepot &lt;<a
href="http://www.mibdepot.com/cgi-bin/mibvendors.cgi?id=8415">http://www.mibdepot.com/cgi-bin/mibvendors.cgi?id=8415</a>&gt;.&nbsp;
Not only are private MIBs from various vendors made available but also the
standard MIBs such as rfc3805 &lt;<a
href="http://www.mibdepot.com/cgi-bin/vendor_index.cgi?r=ietf_rfcs&amp;id=8517">http://www.mibdepot.com/cgi-bin/vendor_index.cgi?r=ietf_rfcs&amp;id=8517</a>&gt;
(#178). &nbsp;The site is well organized for browsing the various MIBs.&nbsp; The
down side is that it requires a $10 contribution before downloads of the zip/tar
file containing a vendor&#8217;s MIB can be done.&nbsp; To me that seems a
reasonable cost given all the other functionality of the website.&nbsp; If that
is perceived as a problem perhaps we can work something out with MibDepot.&nbsp;
Take a look at the repository and think about how we would make the MIBs
available to interested parties.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Pete<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=navy face=Impact><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;font-family:Impact;color:navy'>Peter Zehler</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font color=red face=XeroxPeopleNet><span style='font-family:
XeroxPeopleNet;color:red'>XEROX</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
  color:navy'>Xerox</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font size=2 color=navy
 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:navy'> <st1:PlaceName
 w:st="on">Research</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></span></font></st1:place><font
size=2 color=navy face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;
color:navy'> Webster<br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Email: Peter.Zehler@Xerox.com</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Voice: (585) 265-8755</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>FAX: (585) 265-7441</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>US Mail: Peter Zehler</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Xerox Corp.</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font size=2
  color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;
  color:navy'>800 Phillips Rd.</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>M/S 128-25E</span></font><font color=navy><span
style='color:navy'><br>
</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Webster NY, 14580-9701</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org [mailto:owner-pwg-announce@pwg.org] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>thrasher@lexmark.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, October 29, 2007
2:08 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> pwg-announce@pwg.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> PWG-ANNOUNCE&gt; Poll of
the level of interest in a Private MIB repository hosted by PWG (RESPONSE
REQUESTED!!)</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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</span></font><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>Greetings:</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The
PWG Steering Committee has had a request for the Printer Working Group</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>to
host an SNMP MIB repository on the PWG web site to allow hardcopy device </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>vendors
to publish their private/enterprise MIBs for any/all products they</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>choose.</span></font>
<br>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Before
work on the mechanics and logistics of setting up a web/ftp site and</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>developing
a process for the controlled publish and update of the MIBs, the </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>PWG
Steering Committee would like to guage the level of committment and </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>interest,
from hardcopy device vendors, in using such a MIB repository</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>to
publish thier MIBs. </span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Please
respond to the PWG officers with your company's level of interest</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(Yes,would
publish MIB info. if a site was available, or NO,not interested) in having</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>a
MIB repository available. </span></font><br>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Please
send your responses to: </span></font><br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>(Replacing
&quot;dot&quot; with . and &quot;at&quot; with @):</span></font> <br>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>thrasher&quot;at&quot;lexmark&quot;dot&quot;com</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>lee&quot;dot&quot;farrell&quot;at&quot;cda&quot;dot&quot;canon&quot;dot&quot;com</span></font>
<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>harryl&quot;at&quot;us&quot;dot&quot;ibm&quot;dot&quot;com</span></font>
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<br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Jerry
Thrasher</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>PWG
Chair</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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