PKTC-ES-IPTAP-MIB

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Organization: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

Last Updated: 2008-04-25

Category: Cable/DOCSIS, Security

Description: Defines CableLabs PacketCable Electronic Surveillance IP tap (CALEA) management objects for lawful intercept of IP media streams.

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What Is PKTC-ES-IPTAP-MIB?

PKTC-ES-IPTAP-MIB is a CableLabs PacketCable standard MIB that defines objects for lawful intercept (Electronic Surveillance, CALEA-compliant) of IP media traffic on cable network equipment such as Cable Modem Termination Systems (CMTS) or embedded MTAs. It works alongside the more general TAP-MIB, with this module supplying the IP-specific filter details — source/destination address, address type, TOS byte, and flow identifier — used to define which IP traffic stream should be intercepted. Rather than general hardware/software health, this MIB's status data concerns intercept stream configuration and capability (pktcESTapStreamCapabilities) rather than device performance counters, uptime, or CPU/memory. It has an explicit hard dependency on TAP-MIB, since a pktcESTapStreamEntry must be paired with a common stream entry defined in TAP-MIB to form a complete intercept instance. It is deployed exclusively in cable/PacketCable operator networks where legal authorities require electronic surveillance capability on IP voice or data streams. Engineers can download the PKTC-ES-IPTAP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

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Supported Devices

  • Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS)
  • PacketCable-compliant cable network equipment

Monitoring Examples

A CALEA administrative system would provision an entry in pktcESTapStreamTable, setting pktcESTapStreamDestinationAddress, pktcESTapStreamSourceAddress, and pktcESTapStreamFlowId to define exactly which IP flow is being tapped, then link it to a corresponding TAP-MIB stream entry. pktcESTapStreamTosByte and pktcESTapStreamTosByteMask allow filtering by DSCP/ToS marking for more precise flow selection. This MIB is used for regulatory intercept configuration rather than everyday network health monitoring.

What Can Be Monitored

  • IP tap stream configuration
  • intercept source/destination address
  • flow identifier
  • ToS/DSCP filter match
  • tap capability support
Imported Objects

From CLAB-DEF-MIB

pktcESSupportMibsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressPrefixLength
InetAddressType
InetPortNumber

From PKTC-ES-TAP-MIB

pktcEScTapMediationContentIdOBJECT-TYPE
pktcEScTapStreamIndexOBJECT-TYPE

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
OBJECT-TYPE

From SNMPv2-TC

RowStatus
OIDs

RFC description

PacketCable vendor-private MIB for IP Tap monitoring on PacketCable Embedded Servers for lawful intercept.

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