Chapter 16 Remote Management Screens

Table 58 Remote Management: SNMPv3 User Profile

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Privacy

Select the encryption method for SNMP communication from this

Protocol

user. You can choose one of the following:

 

• DES - Data Encryption Standard is a widely used (but breakable)

 

method of data encryption. It applies a 56-bit key to each 64-bit

 

block of data.

 

• AES - Advanced Encryption Standard is another method for data

 

encryption that also uses a secret key. AES applies a 128-bit key

 

to 128-bit blocks of data.

 

 

SNMPv3User

 

 

 

Enable

Click this to activate the security settings for this User account.

SNMPv3User

 

 

 

User Name

Enter the name you want to use for authentication with managers

 

using SNMP v3.

 

 

Password

Enter the password for the user name.

 

 

Confirm

Retype the password for verification.

Password

 

 

 

Access Type

The default value for this is Get.

 

This allows the manager to retrieve an object variable from the

 

agent.

 

 

Authentication

Select an authentication algorithm. MD5 (Message Digest 5) and

Protocol

SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) are hash algorithms used to

 

authenticate SNMP data. SHA authentication is generally considered

 

stronger than MD5, but is slower.

 

 

Privacy

Select the encryption method for SNMP communication from this

Protocol

user. You can choose one of the following:

 

• DES - Data Encryption Standard is a widely used (but breakable)

 

method of data encryption. It applies a 56-bit key to each 64-bit

 

block of data.

 

• AES - Advanced Encryption Standard is another method for data

 

encryption that also uses a secret key. AES applies a 128-bit key

 

to 128-bit blocks of data.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your customized settings and exit this screen.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

16.6 Technical Reference

This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter.

16.6.1 MIB

Managed devices in an SMNP managed network contain object variables or managed objects that define each piece of information to be collected about a

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