Description: The value of this object specifies how long this row can exist in the midcomRuleTable after the midcomRuleOperStatus switched to a termination state or to an error state. This object returns the remaining time that the row may exist before it is aged out.

After expiration or termination of the context, the value of this object ticks backwards. The entry in the midcomRuleTable is destroyed when the value reaches 0.

The value of this object may be set in order to increase or reduce the remaining time that the row may exist. Setting the value to 0 will destroy this entry as soon as the midcomRuleOperStatus switched to a termination state or to an error state.

Note that there is no guarantee that the row is stored as long as this object indicates. At any time, the MIDCOM- MIB implementation may decide to remove a row describing a terminated policy rule before the storage time of the corresponding row in the midcomRuleTable reaches the value of 0. In this case, the information stored in this row is not available anymore.

If object midcomRuleStorageType indicates that the policy rule has the storage type permanent(4), then this object has a constant value of 4294967295.