SNMP Overview

Using SNMP

 

 

 

 

The community string security standard offers minimal security and is generally insufficient for networks where need for security is high. Although SNMPv1 lacks bulk message retrieval capabilities and security features, it is widely used and is a de facto standard in the Internet environment.

SNMPv2

SNMPv2 is a later version of the SNMP protocol. It uses the same Get, Set, GetNext, and Trap operations as SNMPv1 and supports the same community-based security standard. SNMPv1 is incompatible with SNMPv2 in certain applications due to the following enhancements.

•Management Information Structure

SNMPv2 includes new macros for defining object groups, traps compliance characteristics, and capability characteristics.

•Protocol Operations

SNMPv2 has two new PDUs not supported by SNMPv1. The GetBulkRequest PDU enables the manager to retrieve large blocks of data efficiently. In particular, it is well suited to retrieving multiple rows in a table. The InformRequest PDU enables one manager to send trap information to another manager.

SNMPv3

SNMPv3 supports the View-Based Access Control Model (VACM) and User-Based Security Model (USM) security models along with these added security features:

•Message integrity—Ensuring that a packet has not been tampered with in transit.

•Time Frame Protection—Limiting requests to specified time frames. The user can specify a time frame so that any PDU bearing an out of date timestamp will be ignored.

•Encryption—Scrambling the contents of a packet to prevent it from being learned by an unauthorized source.

•Authentication—Determining that the message is from a valid source holding the correct privileges.

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omniswitch specifications

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