Black Box LES114BA, LES1332A, LES1408A Modifying Snmp Configuration, 15.5.1 /etc/config/snmpd.conf

system.

-Rules are added which explicitly allow network traffic to access enabled services, for example, TTP, SNMP, etc.

-Rules are added that explicitly allow traffic network traffic access to serial ports over enabled protocols e.g. Telnet, SSH and raw TCP.

If the standard system firewall configuration is not adequate for your needs you can bypass it safely by creating a file at /etc/config/filter-customcontaining commands to build a specialized firewall. This firewall script will run whenever the LAN interface is brought up (including initially) and will override any automated system firewall settings.

Below is a simple example of a custom script that creates a firewall using the iptables command. Only incoming connections from computers on a C-class network 192.168.10.0 will be accepted when this script is installed at /etc/config/filter-custom.Note that when this script is called, any preexisting chains and rules have been flushed from iptables:

#/bin/sh

#Set default policies to drop any incoming or routable traffic

#and blindly accept anything from the 192.168.10.0 network. iptables –-policy FORWARD DROP

iptables –-policy INPUT DROP iptables –-policy OUTPUT ACCEPT

#Allow responses to outbound connections back in.

iptables –-append INPUT \

–-match state –-state ESTABLISHED,RELATED –-jump ACCEPT

#Explicitly accept any connections from computers on

#192.168.10.0/24

iptables –-append INPUT –-source 192.168.10.0/24 –-jump ACCEPT

There’s good documentation about using the iptables command at the Linux netfilter website http://netfilter.org/documentation/index.html. There are also many high-quality tutorials and HOWTOs available via the netfilter website, in particular peruse the tutorials listed on the netfilter HOWTO page.

15.5 Modifying SNMP Configuration

15.5.1/etc/config/snmpd.conf

The net-snmpdis an extensible SNMP agent which responds to SNMP queries for management information from SNMP management software. Upon receiving a request, it processes the request(s), collects the requested information and/or performs the requested operation(s) and returns the information to the sender.

This includes built-in support for a wide range of MIB information modules, and can be extended using dynamically loaded modules, external scripts and commands. snmpd when enabled should run with a default configuration. You can customize its behavior via the options in /etc/config/snmpd.conf.

To change standard system information such as system contact, name, and location, edit /etc/config/snmpd.conf file and locate the following lines:

sysdescr	"Black Box"
syscontact	root <root@localhost>(configure /etc/default/snmpd.conf)

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