Patent ID: 6539540
Filing Date: 2003-03-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of detecting a change in Management Information Base (MIB) information received from a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) agent over a network, the method comprising the steps of:generating a MIB information request; sending said MIB information request to an SNMP agent over said network; receiving a first response to said MIB information request from said SNMP agent, wherein said first response comprises MIB information encoded as a byte array, wherein said first response byte array is used as a baseline comparison byte array for response byte arrays received from said SNMP agent subsequent to the receipt of said first response; comparing on a binary level said first response byte array to said baseline comparison byte array to determine if said MIB information has changed; and if a change is detected, extracting MIB information from said first response byte array for comparison with baseline MIB information.