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Re: [LinkSec] "Wildcard" VLAN ID - ballot




In which specific MIB could this value be used?

-- Norm

Tony Jeffree wrote:
> 
> In March, the question was raised as to whether it would be appropriate for
> the Bridge MIB to use the value 4095 as a wildcard VLAN ID. The general
> discussion around this in the meeting favoured the idea; 4095 is a reserved
> VID according to the 802.1Q standard, and therefore, this use is possible.
> It was decided to hold a ballot to make sure that there was no opposition
> to this idea before the Bridge MIB went ahead with this use.
> 
> Please consider this to be the start of that ballot. If you have any
> objections to this course of action, please indicate what the objections
> are in an email to the 802.1 exploder. I will collate any comments received
> so that we can discuss at the June interim meeting.
> 
> Regards,
> Tony