| 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. |