The prediction, in brief:

SNMP lives up to its name as a simple protocol, but … as people use it for more applications, it will need to become less simple.

Predictor: Internet Architecture Board

Prediction, in context:

In the minutes of the Internet Architecture Board meeting held June 28-29, 1990, at Bolt, Beranek & Newman in Cambridge, Mass., the members who recorded and edited the record of the proceedings write:”There was some limited discussion of network management policy. It was pointed out that SNMP lives up to its name as a simple protocol, but … as people use it for more applications, it will need to become less simple. Two problem areas mentioned were (1) security and timing, and (2) alert management. We should expect pressure to extend SNMP.”

Date of prediction: June 1, 1990

Topic of prediction: Information Infrastructure

Subtopic: Protocols

Name of publication: Internet Architecture Board Minutes, June 28-29, 1990

Title, headline, chapter name: Standards Actions

Quote Type: Paraphrase

Page number or URL of document at time of study:
http://www.iab.org/IABmins/IABmins.1990-06-28.html

This data was logged into the Elon/Pew Predictions Database by: Culp, William Jarrell