PKTC-ES-TAP-MIB

MIB Reference — IPNetwork Monitor · Updated September 09, 2026

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Organization: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc.

Last Updated: 2008-04-25

Category: Cable/DOCSIS, Security

Description: Provides CableLabs PacketCable Electronic Surveillance tap configuration and status objects for lawful intercept compliance.

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What Is PKTC-ES-TAP-MIB?

PKTC-ES-TAP-MIB is a CableLabs PacketCable MIB defining generic Electronic Surveillance (lawful intercept) tap configuration and status objects, providing a common stream table used across specific intercept-type extension MIBs such as the IP-TAP-MIB. It exposes a mediation table describing each intercept stream's content ID, destination address/port, source interface, DSCP marking, timeout, transport protocol, and notification settings. It is used to monitor the software configuration status of active lawful-intercept mediation streams, such as whether a tap is correctly directing intercepted content to the mediation device and whether notifications are enabled, rather than exposing hardware sensors. It explicitly depends on and is extended by intercept-type-specific MIBs like IP-TAP-MIB, functioning as a shared base table for the PacketCable electronic surveillance framework. It is deployed on cable modem termination systems (CMTS) and multimedia terminal adapters (MTAs) in cable telephony (PacketCable/IPCablecom) networks subject to lawful intercept requirements. Engineers can download the PKTC-ES-TAP-MIB file directly to load it into their MIB browser.

IPNetwork Monitor allows you to monitor SNMP objects defined in PKTC-ES-TAP-MIB. Use the built-in SNMP Monitoring Browser to explore available variables, view their current values and descriptions, and select the objects you want to monitor. You can then create SNMP monitors, configure thresholds, and receive alerts when monitored values change.

Supported Devices

  • cable modem termination system (CMTS)
  • PacketCable multimedia terminal adapter (MTA)

Monitoring Examples

A compliance operator would query pktcEScTapMediationTable/Entry, keyed by pktcEScTapMediationNewIndex, to verify pktcEScTapMediationDestAddress, pktcEScTapMediationDestPort, and pktcEScTapMediationTransport correctly route an active tap's mediated content to the intercept collection facility. Checking pktcEScTapMediationTimeout and pktcEScTapMediationNotificationEnable confirms the stream will be torn down or reported appropriately. Traps under pktcESTapMibNotifs would alert on tap setup failures or unexpected changes to a surveillance stream's configuration.

What Can Be Monitored

  • intercept stream destination address/port
  • transport and DSCP settings
  • stream timeout configuration
  • notification enable status
  • tap setup/change trap events
Imported Objects

From CLAB-DEF-MIB

pktcESSupportMibsOBJECT-IDENTITY

From IF-MIB

InterfaceIndexOrZero

From INET-ADDRESS-MIB

InetAddress
InetAddressType
InetPortNumber

From SNMP-FRAMEWORK-MIB

SnmpAdminString

From SNMPv2-CONF

MODULE-COMPLIANCE
NOTIFICATION-GROUP
OBJECT-GROUP

From SNMPv2-SMI

Counter32
Integer32
MODULE-IDENTITY
NOTIFICATION-TYPE
OBJECT-TYPE
Unsigned32

From SNMPv2-TC

DateAndTime
RowStatus
TEXTUAL-CONVENTION
TruthValue
OIDs

RFC description

Packet Cable equipment-side tap and intercept MIB for lawful interception access.

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