The row status of this conceptual row in the table. active - The authentication key is available for use in NTP operations. Other writable leaves in this table can not be modified while the row is in the active state. notReady - Indicates that the conceptual row exists in the agent, one or more required columns in the row are not instantiated. createAndGo - This is the preferred mechanism for creating conceptual rows in this table. This value can never be read as the row will always transition immediately to active. destroy - This will remove the conceptual row from the table and make it unavailable for NTP operations.