Entries for January, 2009

Work-in-Progress: Current IETF Activity Related to MIB Modules

Updated on Tuesday 09 March 2010 I am often asked, “What MIB modules are IETF working groups developing?”. MIB modules are defined within the relevant working group and reviewed by a small cadre of IETF MIB doctors prior to publication as an RFC. The following provides a brief outline of and links to the current [...]

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Work-in-Progress: Current IETF Activity Related to Network and Service Management

Updated on Tuesday 09 March 2010 I am often asked, “What Internet-Drafts on network and services management are IETF working groups developing?”. The following provides a brief outline of and links to the current works-in-progress. Note that Internet-Drafts are works-in-progress and expire when a subsequent revision is available, or six months after initial publication, whichever [...]

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Using SNMPv3 for Secure Transmission of SNMP Messages

Versions of the SNMP prior to third version (SNMPv3) did not include adequate security. Any sufficiently motivated individual with physical access to a shared network link and a protocol sniffer had the ability to capture clear text messages exchanged between a manager application and its agents. Once captured, it was simply a matter of extracting [...]

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