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SNMPv3 Can Still be Simple?

The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) was introduced in 1988. The initial version (SNMPV1) is still widely implemented, deployed, and used. SNMFV3is now in its final stages of standardization. SNMTV3 allows new capabilities for open, interoperable, and secure management on the Internet environment, SNMF’V3builds on SNMPvl and V2 to include methods for security (authentication, encryptio...

If comparisons can be odious, so can assumptions

CORRESPONDENCE If comparisons can be odious, so can assumptions Dear Sir, We are writing in response to the article 'A cost minimization study comparing vigabatrin, lamot-rigine and gabapentin for the treatment of intractable partial epilepsy' that was published in Seizure 1996; 5: 89-95. There are some specific issues concerning the paper that we would like to raise. However, we would first li...

Can "Bill-and-Keep" Peering Be Mutually Beneficial?

We analyze “Bill-and-Keep” peering between two providers, where no money exchanges hands. We assume that each provider incurs costs from its traffic traversing its as well as the peer’s links, and compute the traffic levels in Nash equilibrium. We show that Nash strategies are not blind, i.e., they are neither pure hot-potato nor pure cold-potato strategies. Rather, the Nash strategies involve ...

Inside the teen brain: behavior can be baffling when young minds are taking shape.

The effect of insulin may not be so simple.

To the Editor: Drenger et al. have demonstrated that sevoflurane postconditioning is cancelled in the rat heart with type 1 diabetes mellitus and that this adverse effect by glucose intolerance cannot be restored by the adjustment of blood glucose using insulin. This study appears to have many questions regarding the mechanisms of insulin’s action, whereas we would congratulate their impressive...